At 06:21 PM 10/21/98 EDT, Summrswm2@aol.com wrote: >Do any of you know of a good library that has a genealogy department and keeps >microfilm in the library?I need one in the NW suburbs of Chicago. > >Paula > ====== Hi Paula.... I know the NW suburbs of Chicago very well - I just moved from the North suburbs within the past year (to California). Anyway.....here is a list of libraries that should prove useful to you: Libertyville Library - small but good collection Arlington Heights Library - also relatively good Wilmette Library - has the entire 1850 census on microfilm - very good for Northeastern US research, RI, NY, and Mass. Another thing - I found the local public libraries of this system just wonderful about getting any book in on inter-library loan. And......if you don't mind a fairly short drive.....the Milwaukee public library has a very good genealogy/history section - I found it to be really terrific, especially if you are doing research in the original 13 colonies. Newberry is the best of all (one of the top history/genealogy collections in the entire country) in downtown Chicago, but it is somewhat of a pain in the neck to use . On second thought - it is more of a pain than that.....grin grin. Also......all the census records are available (along with the Rev. War Pension records) at the National Archives off Pulaski Highway in Chicago...well worth fighting traffic to get there! Also...the main branch of the Chicago library has some things - I never went there but heard from others they had a decent collection. Good luck to you! Laura ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Laura Greene lgg@interaccess.com lggreene@earthlink.net or redhed44@aol.com Carlsbad, California =================================================== Researching: Green(e) (RI>NY), Daves (NC>Illinois), DuBois (NY) Fay (Mass>NY), Riley (NY), Johnson (RI) Hardenbergh (NY), Holden (RI>Mass >NY), Mitchell (?>TX & KS) Putman (NY), Wands (NY), =================================================== FTM Homepage: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/e/Laura-G-Greene/ Noel's Greene Database: http://al7fl.abts.net/green-page/green.htm Noel's Putman/Putnam Database: http://al7fl.abts.net/putman/putman.htm ===================================================