Jackson Williamson Co Illinois IL directory history genealogy Prairie Farmers CD

Description

Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders
Jackson & Williamson Counties Illinois
Originally published Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, Chicago IL, 1920, 269 pp.
This is a reproduction on CD which is searchable.
Farm directories can be a gold mine of information for the genealogist. They contain:
Farmers Directory
- This contains the name of farmer, spouse with her
maiden
name, name of children, how many acres he farms, if he owns or rents the land and the year he moved to the county. Often this is the year the farmer was born.
Ads
for banks, auto dealers, furniture stores, lumber companys, hardware stores, drug stores, clothiers, livestock dealers, doctors and more. Some of the ads are illustrated with photos.
Breeders Directory
- in order by type of livestock.
Silo Owner's Directory
Automobile Owner's Directory
- Find if your ancestor was a Ford, Maxwell, Overland or Studebaker fan.
Tractor Owner's Directory
- was it a Case, Moline or maybe a Hart-Parr?
Articles on farming.
Do you need to know how to adjust your plow, care for horses, judge your tractor horsepower or mark your litter? The info is contained in the book.
Jackson county is in southern Illinois and contains the following towns Ava, Campbell Hill, Carbondale, De Soto, Dowell, Elkville, Gorham, Grand Tower, Makanda, Murphysboro and Vergennes.
Williamson also in southern Illinois contains the following towns Bush, Cambria, Carterville, Colp, Crainville, Creal Springs, Energy, Herrin, Hurst, Johnston City, Marion, Pittsburg, Corinth, Crab Orchard, Crenshaw, Dewmaine, Dykersburg, Lake of Egypt, No. 9, Paulton, Pulley's Mill, Spillertown and Whiteash.
Note
The original copy of the book was quite age yellowed so a good black & white contrast image could not be made. The images to the right shows actual pages.
About the CD:
This CD provides the genealogist the opportunity to have access to information from a book that is difficult to locate in the used book market.   The CD was made by scanning an original copy of the book.  Any defect such as notes in the margin or light text will also appear in the CD version.  The CD requires  Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file.  When viewing on your screen the page size can be increased to make reading easier.  This CD is searchable and has a series of bookmarks making navigation through the file easier.  The CD is packaged in a protective sleeve.
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