If no one has replied to your email, it has been my experience with listings for the Illinois Newspaper Project that 1892:1:2 - 12:31 would mean the editions available on microfilm for 1892 are January 2nd through December 31st, so your thought on this would be correct.  The Illlinos Newspaper Project shows issues of Abendpost available:  http://www.library.illinois.edu/inp/results_full_public.php?oclc=09642267   The locations of the films show the type of copy:  microfilm service copy, microfilm master copy, original, original print.  Films can be ordered from the source via interlibrary loan and must be requested through the library where you have your card.  However, the "type" may dictate whether the films are "loanable" or must be viewed at the source location.   Make some calls to inquire about the available of the films you are interested in.  Hope this helps.  FYI, depending on your location (out-of-state?), I believe these films are only "loanable" within the State of Illinois.   Ruth --- On Wed, 10/12/11, D&S <donald.berndt@wmich.edu> wrote: From: D&S <donald.berndt@wmich.edu> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Abendpost, Chicago, IL To: COOK-CO-IL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 5:23 PM I am hoping to learn what the numbers listed by Chicago Hist. Soc. Libr., in connection with available micro film service copies of the "Abendpost" newspaper, mean. They must be concerning the dates available. Example: <1891:1:2 - 12:31> and <1892:5:2 - 1914:9:30>. I am hoping to find obituaries for Louis/Ludwig Ramp, d. 20 Feb 1891, and Mary Ramp, d. 06 July 1908. Next, what does "available micro film service copies" entail?  SAB, in MI ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message