Mel's Surnames

I’ve been doing genealogy research since 2000 and have accumulated almost 44,000 individuals and nearly 6200 different surnames in my Family Tree Maker file. My primary or family lines include SLANE, HARTMAN, PHILLIPS, BALE, HUNT, HENRY, WALKER, GRAVES, RYAN, GODSIL AND PEACOCK. A lot of these people are from parts of the US other than Central Illinois and also other countries. When I had pretty much completed my family research, it occurred to me that I had a lot of other Central Illinois surnames in my file that I could research and possibly help other people from this area. In addition to my own work, I’ve also added a lot of data recently from other people’s research, from cousins and cousins of cousins.

I have people in my file representing Peoria, Stark, Marshall, Fulton, Knox, Tazewell and Woodford Counties in Central Illinois. Peoria, Stark and Knox Counties are the most heavily represented. Specifically, I have one cluster of data covering the Glasford, Trivoli, Edwards and Oak Hill area of western Peoria County. I have another cluster covering the Galesburg, Victoria and Knoxville area of Knox County. Finally, I have another, much larger cluster covering northern Peoria County, southern Stark County and a little bit of Marshall County west of the Illinois River. That large area includes the towns of Alta, Kickapoo, Dunlap, Brimfield, Laura, West Jersey, Wyoming, Speer, Monica, Duncan, Princeville, Edelstein, Lawn Ridge and Chillicothe. I also have a smaller cluster of data for the Camp Grove-Bradford area.

The list of surnames that I’ve posted represents those for which I have the most information, from at least 80 individuals through several hundred. Below that is another list of surnames for which I have between 40 and 80 individuals. Obviously, I have a better chance of helping you if the name is in the main list. If I don’t have the specific people you’re looking for, I will do some research to see if I can come up with anything for you. No charge, this is something I enjoy doing.

Mel Slane
Peoria, IL

Surname	Illinois Counties Covered

Allen	Peoria
Anderson	Peoria
Aten	Peoria
Barrett	Peoria
Beall	Peoria
Becker	Peoria
Best	Peoria
Birkett	Tazewell
Bledsoe	Knox
Bliss	Peoria
Brown	Peoria, Knox
Burgess	Peoria
Bush	Peoria
Camp	Peoria
Carlson	Peoria, Knox
Catton	Peoria
Colgan	Stark
Cox	Stark
Crow	Knox
Day	Marshall, Stark
Doubet	Peoria
Dunlap	Peoria
Essex	Stark
Fields	Knox
Frye	Peoria
German	Peoria
Gibbs	Knox
Gillham	Peoria
Godsil/Godsill	Knox
Graves	Peoria, Stark
Hammer	Peoria
Harlan	Peoria
Harrison	Peoria
Hart	Peoria
Heinz	Peoria
Henry	Peoria
Hunt	Peoria
Johnson	Knox
Jones	Peoria
Kelly	Stark
King	Knox
LaFollette	Peoria
Maher	Peoria
Maple	Peoria
Martin	Peoria
Mendenhall	Peoria
Miller	Peoria, Knox
Mooberry	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford
Moore	Peoria
Nelson	Peoria
Nixon	Peoria
Peacock	Peoria, Tazewell, Knox
Phillips	Peoria, Fulton
Pierce	Peoria
Ratcliff	Peoria, Stark
Rice	Peoria, Stark, Knox
Rogers	Peoria
Scott	Knox, Stark
Shane	Peoria
Shaw	Peoria
Shull	Peoria
Slane	Peoria
Smith	Peoria
Stewart	Peoria
Stowell	Peoria
Streitmatter	Peoria
Sturm	Peoria
Taylor	Peoria
Walker	Peoria, Stark, Knox, Brown
Williams	Peoria
Wilson	Peoria
Yates	Peoria


Other surnames from Peoria, Stark, Marshall and Knox Counties that I have data on (to a lesser extent) are:

ADAMS, ARMSTRONG, BLANCHARD, BOUTON, CAMPBELL, DAVIS, DEBORD, ECKLEY, EDWARDS, EVANS, FRENCH, HILL, HYSLOP, JOHNSTON, KNEER, MCWETHY, MORROW, OERTLEY, OLMSTED, ONION, PETERSON, PULLEN, RYAN, SIPP, SNIFF, STAHL, TUCKER, WEEDMAN and WOLFORD.



Feel free to ask about these surnames also. I won't have as many individuals but I may still be able to help.

Any contributions, corrections, or suggestions would be deeply appreciated!