FADED INTO THE MISTS OF TIME

Hello Everyone,

I’m Betty Beeson, born and raised in Wayne Co., IL.  Some of you know me personally and others through direct research requests and purchasers of my research books, of which 29 have been printed on Wayne County. 

Besides doing genealogy, I love spending time in my flower gardens, getting acquainted with my digital camera, canning in the summer, and going to old out of the way cemeteries no longer in use, trying to find buried tombstones, cleaning, marking and taking photos of them.

One of many flower beds located at my home.

My Great-Granddaughter said, “Oops here comes the little butterfly back.”

Our great-granddaughter takes priority over everything.  She is the love of our lives and we so cherish every moment we can be with her.  Such a sweet, bright, intelligent, little girl.  She just turned 8 but to us will always be our “little bit”.

Index to Brides 1916-1950

This database contains 5,458 records.

Betty Beeson has located 299 additional surnames of brides, as well as a number of brides & grooms married in Wayne County, Illinois which were omitted from the Wayne County Courthouse Marriage Book Index, there also were numerous misspelled surnames which have been corrected, and additional notations have been made for Brides married more than once.  Betty has gone through each marriage book and recorded the information. The corrections have not been made in the official Wayne County Marriage Index Book located at the courthouse, only Betty possesses the corrections. Betty will lookup and make a copy of the original, if the original is not located a copy from the Marriage Book will be made and sent. 

Cost: Please send $4.00 per marriage record & an SASE with the name(s) of the brides you wish to get a marriage record for with your order.

You may contact Betty by email at:

b_beeson@juno.com 

            or

Snail mail Betty at:

Betty Beeson
RR# 1 Box 79
Geff, Illinois 62842;

Original Death Certificates starting in 1886

This is a collection of various death certificates starting in 1886 forward that were in a box, many were crumbling and falling apart at the time, these records were photocopied by Betty Beeson, the badly damage ones may no longer be available at the courthouse due to their deterioration.  Price for each copy will be $1.50, Please send check or money order, SASE, with your order.

Old Section of Buckeye Cemetery Tombstone Pictures

This database contains an index to all photo’s of the old section of Buckeye Cemetery in Lamard Township.  Betty Beeson photographed these stones over the years.  Some of the stones are gone now, some have crumbled or the weather took its toll and they are now unreadable. You may enter a partial or full last name to search this database Example: using the surname Trotter, you may enter Tro, Trot, Trott, or Trotter, all names containing these letters will be returned in you search results. Copies of the photographs are available at $1.00 each. Please send your check or money order along with an SASE with order.

My Published Books I will Reprint and their Prices

I still do research for a fee.  Just for everyone’s reference not all records burned in the court house fire.  Wayne  County Circuit Clerk’s records begin in the 1800’s.  For a year now the old records are being laminated and will be stored away in the basement. Records will eventually be put on CD’s.