Clifford.... You need to send a note to the Society....telling them you want a copy. Their address is: Effingham County Genealogical and Historical Society PO Box 1166 Effingham, IL 62401-1166 Linda At 06:44 PM 2/6/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Linda >When the book become available I would like to purchase a copy. Do you want >a prepayment to secure a copy when available? Thank you for the information. >Clifford Cox > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Kralman-Lambert [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 6:01 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ILEFFING-L] Whew!!!! > >I just finished updating the Effingham County page, so go in and take a >peek. There are new surnames/researchers and new queries. > >Also, I got the following information from the last issue of the Newsletter >from the Effingham County Genealogical and Historical Society. If you are >interested, please let them know so they can have enough printed. > >"UPCOMING PUBLICATION: Reprint of "Effingham County Illinois - Past and >Present". This book was originally published around 1970. ECGHS has >received a number of requests for reprints of this book and plans to have >copies available by mid-February. The reprint will be perfect soft bound >and will include 418 pages of the original book with an additional 40 page >index added. This book is a "must have" for anyone interested in Effingham >County genealogy or history. This book was written for you. It is unique in >several ways. There are as many authors as there are chapters. Each author >was chosen because of their particular interst and knowledge of their >respective chapter. Thus each chapter is presented in its own unique style. > You will read of vanished towns, abandoned cemeteries, improvements in >transportation and agriculture, growth of industry, and most importantly, >the eductional and spiritual progress of the people. All this and more, >about Effingham County from its beginnings with early trails up to the >authors' "present time" of 1968. Perhaps some budding author after reading >this book will prepare a sequel taking this book to the 21st century. The >price of this book is undetermined at this time, but will be in the $30-$35 >range. Stay tuned for future updates on this project or check with us >around mid-February." > >If you have any questions, I'll try to get answers for you about this. >FYI, I was one of the people who was interested in a reprint...... > >Linda > > >