Hi List, Since the subject has been books, I will throw this question out there. I have been searching for someone with access to a book "Memoirs of Milwaukee, Volume II", by Jerome Anthony Watrous, 1909. There is a biography or some such thing on page 567 for a person I'm researching, (Schleif, Edward J.), and I've been trying to find someone who might be able to tell me what it says. I realize Milwaukee is not the area covered by this list, but I couldn't find any help in Wisconsin! Best of luck to everyone with their research. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: <GScott113@aol.com> To: <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [ILDUPAGE] DuPage County book > Hi everyone, > After I posted about the DuPage book, I was reminded that Nathan Bateman > had also done county histories. (I knew that, I'd just forgotten. Oops.) > Of course, not having actually seen the book I need, & having so many family > names in my head to keep track of, & the fact that Blanchard & Bateman both > start with "B"...... well, it seems I got them crossed up. Mea culpa. I > wasn't aware of the date of Mr. Blanchard's death. (He's not in my family > tree. That I know of. Yet. <g>) > I have looked at the 1882 Blanchard book, & tho it's got some very > helpful info in it it's not the one that has the particular (& sometimes more > lengthy) bios that I'm after. It's apparently the 1913 Bateman book that I'm > needing. > To everyone who suggested various book sites.... I've spent hours on > every search engine available, including the auction sites. The reprints of > the 1877 & 1882 books are the only ones I've seen, & I've already gotten > those thru interlibrary loan. My post to the list was due to my failure to > find the book anyplace else. I do believe I have a lead on it now. Good > thing we're making a trip "up north" in a few days - it's apparently the only > way I'll get to check on it. (I may have to mortgage the house to feed the > copy machine....... <g>) > Thanks to everyone who replied! > Gloria (Landwer) Scott > > In a message dated 00-05-16 22:59:55 EDT, you write: > > << I just did quite a bit of looking for this later edition. I doubt > that it exists. For one thing, Rufus Blanchard died in 1904. From > looking through three very significant catalogs, it appears that the > 1882 edition is the only one which exists, and that the index is to > this 1882 edition. There was a collection of Illinois county histories > published in 1913. There is a chapter on DuPage Co., but it doesn't > appear to me that Blanchard wrote it. What is the nature of your > evidence that an edition published well after Blanchard's death exists? >> > >