First time announced: There are two Clinton County, Illinois Township history books that are for sale. Both Townships are on the eastern side of the county and border Marion County. East Fork borders Fayette County on the north and tips Bond County: "Quicks of East Fork" - Compiled by the late H. Wilbert Quick - $20 including postage - over 500 pages - covers East Fork Township, the first decade, early Clinton County, land records, railroads and hard roads, farming 1820 to 1977, religion and church histories, country schools, small town life, Carter, Brooks, Quick, Pigg, Noler genealogies, census excerpts, land records 1816-1855, cemetery headstones, Carter school students and teachers, Diamond Springs Church members, Prairie Farmer 1920 excerpts, and more. Send check to his daughter: Teresa Quick Thiel 246 W. 12th Avenue Oshkosh WI 54902 "After All these Years: A History of Meridian Township from Territorial Days" - Compiled by William Orrell, M. A., 1996 - $25 plus $3 P/H - over 700 pages - covers early life and customs, landowners of 1892, 1880 Meridian census, farming, Shattuc, Ferrin, Personal Property Assessment 1897, transportation and roads, daily life, commerce, schools, post office, churches, 17 cemetery listings, telephones, military, organizations, 1920 Meridian farmers, sketches of 85 Meridian families, and more. Send check to: William Orrell, M. A. 1103 Byars Road Centralia IL 62801 Dorothy