The Newspaper Abstracts website began nearly 6 years ago as a place to permanently archive news articles that were being transcribed and sent through a few regional mail lists. Over the years, the site has grown to include articles from across the entire United States, Canada and Ireland. The site is maintained 100% by volunteers and relies on visitors and members to contribute news items for sharing with others. If you have old news articles, please consider submitting them to be included on the site. More information can be found at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=638 The following articles have been added to the Newspaper Abstracts website in the past week. California > Humboldt County - 8 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=566 California > Modoc County - 3 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=579 California > Sacramento County - 29 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 California > San Mateo County - 1 new article http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=595 California > Tuolomne County - 8 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=608 District of Columbia - 4 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Idaho > Latah County - 17 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1304 Kentucky > Grayson County - 9 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2694 New York > Erie County - 1 new article http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=635 New York > Genesee County - 3 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=637 New York > Monroe County - 7 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=636 Ohio > Harrison County - 2 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=631 Ohio > Marion County - 6 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2519 Oklahoma > Pawnee County - 1 new article http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=3473 Texas > Jack County - 85 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=614 Texas > Jones County - 15 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2394 Wisconsin > Sauk County - 21 new articles http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1551 Good luck in your research! Barbara (Saxbury) Freeman http://www.Saxbury.net http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org

Newspaper Abstracts Update Finding Our Ancestors In The News! As we ring in the new year and look forward to finding those elusive ancestors, I would like to take a moment to look back on the past year and the happenings at NewspaperAbstracts.com. 2004 brought much needed improvements to the site and the way that news items are contributed, making it possible for news items to be online within minutes instead of weeks or months. No longer was it necessary for county and state coordinators to painstakingly hand-code and upload web pages, now it is being done by the simple use of an online form that allows coordinators to immediately post the news item to the site. We also welcomed dozens of new contributors and coordinators to our Newspaper Abstracts family and with their help grew by nearly 3,900 news items in a single year! There are now over 14,765 news items from all over the United States, Canada and Ireland, available free of charge on the http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com website. I would like to take this time to publicly thank all of the county and state coordinators, along with the site contributors, for their dedication in consistently submitting news items to allow this site continue to grow and provide the visitors with such a wonderful resource. Without their generous donation of time and news items, Newspaper Abstracts would not have grown to be the wonderful resource that it is, and for that we are all very grateful. Call For Volunteers Are you looking for a project? Have a spare hour or two a week? We are always looking for volunteers to assist us with the site. While some counties and states have thousands of news items available, others are quite bare. Newspaper Abstracts is a personal site, run entirely by volunteers that relies on individuals like you to help it grow and continue to be such a wonderful free resource for researchers all over the world. There are many ways you can help: Transcribers – Don’t have any news items of your own to submit, but you would still like to help? Several coordinators have stacks of newspapers that need to be transcribed and submitted to the site. Coordinators are always looking for volunteers to help them transcribe copies of news items to be placed on the site. If you can help, please email [email protected] and a coordinator will contact you shortly with details. Contributors – Do you have news items that may be of benefit to others? Want a place to post them but don’t want to coordinate a county? Then this is for you! Request a free account (see below) and you can easily place your news items online and help other researchers in their search for their ancestors. County Coordinators – Do you have a county or two that you find yourself doing a lot of research in? As a county coordinator you can share your knowledge of the area and the news resources available to other researchers. Volunteer to coordinate a county (see below) and help it grow with news items. State Coordinator – Do you like to manage projects? Are you familiar with researching in a particular state? As a state coordinator you can help the site grow by submitting news items, assisting county coordinators and sharing your knowledge of news in your state with other researchers. If this sounds like you, volunteer to coordinate (see below) a state and meet thousands of helpful researchers in the process. Country Coordinator – Currently we have news items from the United States, Canada and Ireland. If you would be willing to take on another country and help it grow, email [email protected] and we can work out the details. To request a contributor account or to coordinate a county or state, complete the short form found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/application.php Recent Additions to the following counties at http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Alaska - Fairbanks North Star, Outer Ketchikan Alabama – Washington Arizona – Yavapai California – Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Trinity, Tulare, Yolo, Yuba Canada - Nova Scotia, Ontario District of Columbia Iowa - Fremont, Polk Illinois - Adams, Brown, Champaign, Fulton, Logan, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Tazewell Indiana - Floyd, Vigo Kansas - Greenwood, Shawnee Kentucky - Jefferson Massachusetts - Suffolk, Worcester Maryland - Frederick, Montgomery, Washington Missouri - Buchanan, Jefferson, Livingston Montana - Silver Bow New Mexico - Grant Nevada - Washoe New York - Brooklyn, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, New York, Niagara Ohio - Ashtabula, Athens, Brown, Butler, Franklin, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull Oklahoma - Oklahoma, Tulsa, Woods Oregon - Wasco Pennsylvania - Adams, Bucks, Crawford, Philadelphia, Washington South Carolina - York Tennessee - Campbell, Carter, Knox, Sullivan Texas - Bexar, Harris, Shackelford, Throckmorton Virginia - Henrico, Warwick Vermont - Chittenden, Rutland, Washington, Windham Washington - Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston Wisconsin - Dane, Dodge, Door, Iowa, Ozaukee, Sauk, Trempealeau, Walworth West Virginia – Mercer Have a Wonderful New Year, Barbara Freeman http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

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Hazel, If you are referring to the information that I gave on the Hayner library then the answer is no - the Hayner library is in Alton. Marian

Hello, Is this the Decatur library that you are talking about? Hazel

I tried to call the Telegraph today abd could not reach a "real person", so here is their website: www.thetelegraph.com. If you need further help, please let me know. I was up in central Illinois "doing graveyards" today.....with 2 cousins and 2 nieces!!! Happy hunting!! Jan

Elaine, I hope you saw the answer I gave to Marita because it applies to you as well but if you didn't, I suggest you email Cathie at [email protected] as she should be able to help you. If I lived in the Alton area I would be glad to help you out myself, but I suggest Cathie because she has been very helpful for my own research in the area. She will charge $5.00 but she is worth it. Marian

I haven't seen anyone give you a better answer than this so I'll give you mine. I don't live in Illinois any longer but I was born and raised in the Alton area and still have much research to do there as my family was there for a few generations before me. I have found Cathie at the Hayner Public Library to be very helpful. She will charge you $5.00 but she is very helpful and polite and will stop at nothing to help you find what you are looking for. You can contact her by email at [email protected] I hope this is helpful. Marian

My grandfather sold a pool hall he did not own in 1920 or 1921. I would like to find an article in the newspaper about this crime. The pool hall was in East Alton, Illinois (Madison County.) Would that newspaper be the Alton Telegraph? Family story says that my grandfather worked as a barber in the shop next door to the pool hall and the owner of the building had to go out of town and asked my grandfather to watch the place. That's when he sold it and took the money and drove to California, abandoning my grandmother and father, who was only 1-2 years old. Thanks, Elaine Powell Orlando, Florida

Seth T. Hodges was a significan individual in the history of Macoupin Co. Il. He donated property to create the city. He lived in section 28 of So. Palmyra. He fell into a well in 1841, broke a leg from which he never recovered. I am searching a new article of that event. I have been going through the Alton Telegraph frame by frame, but the paper changes name about the time he did. He died 18 June 1841. His probate was printed in the same paper in that fall. The paper changed to Telegraph Democratic Review. Does anyone have access to a microfilm, of that paper or another that might tell of his fall and death. Would you be willing to go through and see what you can find. I am hoping his children are named, especially William b 1830. Marita in Ca.

In a message dated 8/26/2004 1:01:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:28:03 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Jacksonville State Hospital, South Main Street, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Does anyone have any info on this institution, I had 4 family members that were residents/Insane there. Am looking for history and patient info . Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank You Linda. Jacksonville State Hospital, South Main Street, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL ****** Have you checked with their local genealogical society? Several years ago I browsed through their journal and there was a nice section about some research the group did on that hospital and listed some of the patients that perhaps died onsite. Just a suggestion where to look. Susanne

Does anyone have any info on this institution, I had 4 family members that were residents/Insane there. Am looking for history and patient info . Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank You Linda. Jacksonville State Hospital, South Main Street, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL

Looking for any obits on the following surname DUERLING, I dont have much info as I just recieved these 3 names. I dont know if it is feasable without year of death, Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. Linda Descendants of Paul Duerling 1 Paul Duerling ......... 2 Cunniegunda Duerling b: November 1869 in IL. d: April 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. ............. +Henry Martin Macke b: October 30, 1868 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: September 12, 1948 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. .................... 3 Arnold Paul Macke b: June 10, 1899 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: October 1971 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. ........................ +Goldie Vivian Day b: February 08, 1908 in DECATUR, IL. MACON CO. d: March 24, 1995 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. .................... 3 Marcella Macke b: October 31, 1901 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: March 10, 1990 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. ........................ +Martin Williams b: May 13, 1891 in IL. d: July 04, 1970 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. .................... 3 Veronica Macke b: September 23, 1903 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: February 26, 1980 in Painesville, OH ........................ +Frank Paffe d: May 30, 1958 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. .................... 3 [1] Aloysius J. Macke b: May 02, 1906 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: August 11, 1974 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. ........................ +Josephine Cunningham b: March 07, 1917 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. .................... *2nd Wife of [1] Aloysius J. Macke: ........................ +Matilda Phillips b: September 07, 1911 in Dry Budge,Scotland d: October 18, 1940 in Dallas, TX. .................... 3 Clarence Macke b: January 16, 1910 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. d: September 13, 1970 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. ........................ +Anna M. Herzog b: September 28, 1910 d: November 25, 1994 .................... 3 Rita Elizabeth Macke b: September 22, 1915 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: September 02, 1996 in Evergreen Park, IL. ........................ +Thomas Joesph Cunningham b: May 14, 1905 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: March 03, 1972 in Evergreen Park, IL. ......... 2 Margaret Duerling ............. +Thelen

Am Looking for the obit on Henry and his wife Cunniegunda Would or any other MACKEs you may come across I would appreciate any help. they always have live in Chicago, IL. on La Salle St and Wentworth Ave .Thank you. Linda Descendants of Henry Martin Macke 1 Henry Martin Macke b: October 30, 1868 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: September 12, 1948 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. .. +Cunniegunda Duerling b: November 1869 in IL. d: April 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. ......... 2 Arnold Paul Macke b: June 10, 1899 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: October 31, 1971 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. ............. +Goldie Vivian Day b: February 08, 1908 in DECATUR, IL. MACON CO. d: March 24, 1995 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. ......... 2 Marcella Macke b: October 31, 1901 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: March 10, 1990 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. ............. +Martin Williams b: May 13, 1891 in IL. d: July 04, 1970 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. ......... 2 Veronica Macke b: September 23, 1903 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: February 26, 1980 in Painesville, OH ............. +Frank Paffe d: May 30, 1958 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. ......... 2 [1] Aloysius J. Macke b: May 02, 1906 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: August 11, 1974 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. ............. +Josephine Cunningham b: March 07, 1917 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. ......... *2nd Wife of [1] Aloysius J. Macke: ............. +Matilda Phillips b: September 07, 1911 in Dry Budge,Scotland d: October 18, 1940 in Dallas, TX. ......... 2 Clarence Macke b: January 16, 1910 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. d: September 13, 1970 in Chicago,IL. Cook Co. ............. +Anna M. Herzog b: September 28, 1910 d: November 25, 1994 ......... 2 Rita Elizabeth Macke b: September 22, 1915 in CHICAGO, IL. COOK CO. d: September 02, 1996 in Evergreen Park, IL. ............. +Thomas Joesph Cunningham b: May 14, 1905 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: March 03, 1972 in Evergreen Park, IL.

Karen, You can try the Illinois State Historical Library. The have copies of old newspapers on microfilm. http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/Microfilm.htm Jim Spoolstra > > Subject: > Need Newspapers from Odell and/or Livingston County > > >Does anyone know where I can find archived copies of the Odell newspaper? > >Karen Beidelman > > >

Hello! I am having trouble finding a source for newspapers from the 1850s to about 1920 for Odell, IL in Livingston County. I know that the Pontiac Public Library has the Pontiac newspapers on microfilm and they even have a wonderful card index of obits and such for it, but the obits I still need were not in that newspaper. Does anyone know where I can find archived copies of the Odell newspaper? Karen Beidelman SOLON Searchings http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~solon/solon.htm Researching REEDs in Delaware County, IN http://members.aol.com/karenmbeidelman/REED/reed.htm Looking for LAUERMANs http://members.aol.com/KarenMBeidelman/LAUERMAN/lauerman.htm Descendants of Peter SCHOLL http://members.aol.com/KarenBeid/scholl.html Lyons Public School, Greene County, IN (Grade 1, 1942 photo) http://members.aol.com/KarenBeid/Lyons.htm

Please I need some help finding a news article from Peoria. I would dearly love to have an accounting but I don't have access to a library to search myself. What I am looking for is an article in 1869 (summer possibly, they left in the 'fall' ) about my g-g-grandfathers store being destroyed by fire. The store was called Cents Furnishing owned by John G. Goerke. He lost all previous family records in that fire. Please if you can help I would be so grateful. I'll repay by helping someone else or if you need something in New Mexico please let me know. Thank you!! Susan Goerke Ball New Mexico

The following news items and/or resources were added to Newspaper Abstracts website in the last week. Newspaper Abstracts is a user-contributed database of old newspaper articles and available free to all. To submit your articles see: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/submitarticles.html To coordinate a county or state, or to open a regular contributor account, see: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/volunteer.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Cook http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/cook/index.shtml Broad Ax June 16, 1900 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Dupage http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/dupage/index.shtml Elmhurst Press ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Macon http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/macon/index.shtml Decatur Daily Dispatch Decatur Herald Decatur Evening Herald

The following news items and resources were added to Newspaper Abstracts website in the last week. Newspaper Abstracts is a user-contributed database of old newspaper articles and available free to all. To submit your articles visit: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/submitarticles.html To coordinate a county or state, or to open a regular contributor account, visit: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/volunteer.html Feel free to forward these updates to others who may be interested. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illinois http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/index.shtml Newspaper Catalog University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign catalog of newspaper holdings. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Bureau http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/bureau/index.shtml Newspapers available on microfilm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Cass http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/cass/index.shtml Ashland Public Library Listing of newspapers available at Ashland Public Library. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Champaign http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/champaign/index.shtml Champaign County News October 9, 1894 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Madison http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/madison/index.shtml Alton Telegraph ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Macoupin http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/macoupin/index.shtml Newspapers available on microfilm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/pike/index.shtml Pike County Democrat January 24, 1917 The Union January 1856 The Union December 10, 1855 The Union November 1855 The Union October 1855 The Union September 1855 The Union August 1855 The Union July 1855 The Union June 1855 The Union May 1855 The Union April 18, 1855 The Union March 21, 1855 The Union January 24, 1855 Pike County Free Press November 1848 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ More Resources http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/resources/index.shtml Center for Research Libraries U.S. Ethnic Newspapers available thru Inter-library Loan

The following news items and resources were added to Newspaper Abstracts website in the last week. Newspaper Abstracts is a user-contributed database of old newspaper articles and available free to all. To submit your articles see: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/submitarticles.html To coordinate a county or state, or to open a regular contributor account, see: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/volunteer.html Feel free to forward these updates to others who may be interested. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illinois IL-Champaign http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/champaign/index.shtml Champaign County Herald November 5, 1884 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Champaign County Herald September 24, 1884 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Champaign County Herald September 17, 1884 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Champaign County Herald September 3, 1884 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA IL-Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/pike/index.shtml Pike County Free Press February 26, 1857 Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA IL-Stark http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/stark/index.shtml Stark County News, Miscellaneous Data ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ More Resources http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/resources/index.shtml 52 Mcg.S: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert Mcg. Thomas Stage Deaths: A Biographical Guide to International Theatrical Obituaries, 1850 to 1990 Local Newspapers, 1750-1920 in England and Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution Vol 1: April 18, 1775-November 1, 1775 Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution Vol II: November 1, 1775-April 30, 1776 Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church 1830-1839