Here's another one from June, forwarded from the Kane County list: Subject: Good evening folks, For those who live in or around Addison, IL, the Addison Library [http://www.addison.lib.il.us] is beginning to build a genealogy section. They whole-heartedly said I could announce this on the internet. All they ask is you be semi-skilled in the use of a PC; they don't have time nor the personnel to train although they do offer classes. They've dedicated one computer, a scanner and a printer to Family research. A number of scanning software packages [adobe photo deluxe, paint shop pro & photoshop] are loaded on the PC. The library has paid for the subscriptions to [http://www.familytreemaker.com] (200 CD-ROMs make up the currect collection) and [http://www.ancestry.com] PERSI (Periodical Source Index) They also have on line [http://www.citydirectories.psmedia.com] old city directories, 99 antebellum & civil war era directories are available currently dating form 1859. The next group scheduled to be released will cover major cities during the civil war years, port cities during the largest wave of immigration: 1880--1910. Chicago is included in each release. [http://www.GenealogyLibrary.com] -- a growing collection of close to 2,000 books is also available. Included are the indexes for US censuses from 1790-1880, actual census images fro the 1850 US census. Nine states are completed: Conn, IL, Ind, KY, Mass, NC, PA, RI & VA. The remaining states will be added over the coming year. They offer the use of Netscape & Microsoft Internet Explorer. Not a whole lot in the way of books, but they do make available inter library loans. They're even offering classes re Genealogy. The best of all--it's free of charge. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by. They'll be glad to show you what they have. Beverly Mack Zanon