The State of Illinois has some terrific data bases online for researchers http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/feesnotice.html new prices for out of state residents, see email below. Guess if an Illinois relative requests something for you, there is minimal cost? http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/reference.html It says that because of the volume of requests that their office has received, they are now replying to requests that they received in August 2002. The IRAD's do not have a similar backlog. Our Regional IRAD is at: Illinois Regional Archives Depository http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html c/o Special Collections Morris Library 6632 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 Telephone: (618) 453-3040 Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m IRAD's Holdings for Clinton County http://www.ilsos.net/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html Mail requests should be sent to the address above. However, the depository is located on McLafferty Road one-third mile south of its intersection with Chautauqua Street - not in Morris Library. Visitors unfamiliar with Carbondale may wish to call the depository for directions. Dorothy ---- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: [IL-CENTRAL] Archives - New Fee for Out of State Residents > Do you have living relatives in Illinois? You need them. Here's the latest > from the State Archives thanks to the budget crunch. > > Effective July 1, 2003, the Illinois State Archives is required to > receive, from all out-of-state or non-Illinois residents, a $10 fee, > prepaid and nonrefundable, along with all research requests before those > requests may be honored. That fee will entitle the requester to up to 2 > unofficial, non-certified copies of the records requested if those > records exist. > > We hope to have a means to accommodate payment for out-of-state or > non-Illinois residents on our Web site in the near future. Until an > online form is available, out-of-state or non-Illinois residents should > mail requests along with the appropriate fee to: > > Illinois State Archives > Reference Unit > Margaret Cross Norton Building > Capitol Complex > Springfield, IL 62756 > > Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Illinois Secretary > of State. > > > > ==== IL-CENTRAL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the IL-CENTRAL List if you are in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]