Where’s my family in all this mess

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Surnames/tags: Johnson Brown

Trying to find order in Southern Illinois during the early 1800’s.

•Deciphering wills •who’s initials belong to who •prairie madness or a mass murderer in the county •did my cousins marry each other •if my cousins married each other it explains a lot •Mapping land patents •sorting Johnson roots from the chaos •making sure I’m not my own mother

•IS THIS NORMAL?• http://genealogytrails.com/ill/macoupin/coronersfile.html

• http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IL2250__.356&docClass=STA&sid=vkeszvlv.afy