a little something about me:

I didn't like or appreciate history until I went on a trip to New Orleans with my sister  ;)
What a beautiful place...so rich in culture and history!  I fell in love.
I started gathering information from family members and joined a search engine and realized that
a year membership, just wasn't enough.  I certainly wasn't going to pay again.
I ran into Illinois Trails and here I am.

Through my search for my family history, I found a personal connection with Marion County as well as Gallatin County.
Hardin County I discovered last year when I took the kids to the Shawnee Forest.  It's trully a beautiful place. I fell in love with Elizabeth town.
It's trully a wonder of nature... a must see...
My Grandmother, Frieda Pauline Potter,  was born in Marion County and I'm told my Grandfather, Seymour Larkin Nation
is from Shawneetown, Gallatin County.


                                                                                                                      ( me)
                                                                        Nation,        Nation,         Deanna Nation,         Nation,         Nation


                                 Living Nation (mom) married to    Living Nation (dad)           Living Nation                                        Living Nation


                                                                       Frieda Pauline Potter          married to             Seymour Larkin Nation
                                                                           B: 14 Aug 1915                                           B: 13 Oct 1900
                                                                           D: 15 Feb 1988                                             (2nd marriage)                     
                                    
                                 Martha Jane Slagley                 married to                  Napoleon B Potter
                                    B: 1876                               3 Feb 1895                 B: 13 May 1873
                                                                                                                  D: 27 Nov 1934                                                                    
                
                    Evaline ?     married to   George W Slagley              Louisa Jane Pearson          married to       Thomas Potter
               B:  approx.1854                  B: approx.1852                    B: 29 May 1834           7 Apr 1857       B: 25 Feb 1832                                                                                                      (2nd marriage)                                        D:17 May 1914
                                                                                                     D: 14 Feb 1880
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                  Mary Anne Marshall      married to       Thomas Potter
                                                                                                                                   B:12/8/1806               30 Nov 1825      B: Oct 1809
                                                                                                                                                                                                D: 5 Mar 1875

                                                                                                                                                                  Ruth Moore        married to        Thomas Potter
                                                                                                                                                                  B: 22 Mar 1764                           b: 1/1755