Hi, Everyone, I got some wonderful news today! I don't know how many of you have ready "Views of Historic Naperville" by Genevieve Towsley (reprints of her articles in the Naperville Sun), but it is such a neat book, full of biographies, histories and diaries. Today I received consent from Sun Publications to republish portions of the book to the DuPage County ALHN site. Of course, I'm starting with my favorite, which is Hannah Ditzler Alspaugh's diary. It is such fascinating reading, I'm going to upload as I chip away at it, and not wait until I'm finished. She includes excerpts from her sister's letters from California (her sister married in 1854 and went to CA with her groom and his family)that are very enlightening. I've been trying to collect some old postcards of DuPage County, but they are like hen's teeth. I've added some of my vintage Chicago cards to the site in the meantime. Someone beat me out of a vintage Naperville card yesterday ($40!), and I e-mailed him and asked, since I'd thrown in the towel, if he would consider scanning the card and sending it to me for the site. He collects Naperville memorabilia and said he would scan some things. It was a great day! I'm still trying to get to those 1857 town histories, because they are so wonderfully detailed. I've done all the histories from 1874 and the early town officers, but the rest is sitting for now while I work on Hannah's diary. If anyone has any old letters, documents, diaries, bios, etc., that you'd like to contribute, please let me know! Pat Sabin DuPage County IL American Local History Network http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/