trying again. I think it stripped the attachment last time. sorry..i'm still learing yahoomail. Fred The following how-to articles related to Illinois Research are posted to my site. Using the Illinois Death Index http://www.rootdig.com/adn/illinoisdeathindex.html Using the Illinois Marriage Index http://www.rootdig.com/illinoismarriage.html Analyzing some late 1800s era land records http://www.rootdig.com/adn/millingaround.html (not just IL, but talks about land descriptions) http://www.rootdig.com/adn/nsew.html The Search for the Parents of Franciska Trautvetter (discusses a variety of Illinois Sources and how I used them) http://www.rootdig.com/franciska/ Draft Cards--World War I http://www.rootdig.com/draft/worldwaronedraft.html Late 1880s voter's registrations--Cook County http://www.rootdig.com/voters/chicago.html An Italian in Chicago:Egisto Lencioni http://www.rootdig.com/immigrate/egisto.html Peter Verikios Naturalization Papers--from Chicago http://www.rootdig.com/immigrate/pverikios/ Good Luck! Michael www.rootdig.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now