To visit the Illinois State Archives page click HERE. Click HERE to visit the Marriage License search page.   Celebrate! Venice gets put on the map! Two new names discovered PLACE YOUR CURSOR over the photo for ID numbers, CLICK for larger version         THANKS TO A RELATIVE, Harold "Butch" Hackney, formerly of Venice, two new names have been added to this photo (Both shown in blue below), Ralph and Juanita Hackney. We are reasonably confident this photo was not taken at Venice-Madison Post 307 based on the walls and furniture and this could explain why we only have 11 of the names of the 18 people pictured. From left, 1. ???, 2. Fred Richardson, 3. ???, 4. Fred Honercamp, 5. Mabel Richardson, 6. ???, 7. ???, 8. ???, 9. Jack Tolliver, 10. Mike Leatherman, 11. Jackie Leatherman, 12. Evelyn Tolliver, 13. Eva Maurer, 14. Jay Maurer, 15. Ralph Hackney, 16. ???, 17. Juanita Hackney, 18. ???. Please send the missing names and/or any corrections to venicememories@yahoo.com . We're half way there PLACE YOUR CURSOR over the photo for ID numbers, CLICK for larger version         WE ARE REASONABLY CONFIDENT this photo was not taken at Venice-Madison Post 307 based on the walls and furniture and this could explain why we only have half of the names of the 18 people pictured. From left, 1. ???, 2. Fred Richardson, 3. ???, 4. Fred Honercamp, 5. Mabel Richardson, 6. ???, 7. ???, 8. ???, 9. Jack Tolliver, 10. Mike Leatherman, 11. Jackie Leatherman, 12. Evelyn Tolliver, 13. Eva Maurer, 14. Jay Maurer, 15. ???, 16. ???, 17. ???, 18. ???. Please send the missing names and/or any corrections to venicememories@yahoo.com . For a larger version, click on photo above