Also on the subject of closing: The Chicago Historical Society will close its exhibits for about 1 year, as of Sunday Dec 4 2005. Scheduled reopening is Fall 2006. The Research Center will remain open, but call for hours. Dave B --- Ellen Plourde <[email protected]> wrote: > But don't panic, all seems to be fine, they're just > cleaning up! > > Got this From the Newberry Library site: > > 12/1/2005 Fire at Northeastern > Illinois University Temporarily Closes IRAD The > Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at > Northeastern Illinois University has closed due to a > fire at the Ronald Williams Library. According to > the university's Web site, the target date for the > reopening of the library is January 2nd. Check here > or call (773) 442-4410 for additional details. > > According to the Chicago Tribune, the fire broke out > on the night of November 28th (click here). There > was smoke damage, but there were no injuries and no > materials were burned. Although the library has > established a temporary location in the student > union, the reference librarian on duty today > confirmed that there is no access to any of the > library's collections, including IRAD, until the > library reopens. > > The IRAD at Northeastern Illinois is a repository of > numerous governmental records for Cook County and > Chicago. For a complete list of their holdings, > click here. > > > Ellen Plourde > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~opindex/ > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from Digest: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the > command unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > David T Buzzek <www.gensearch.net> You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com