How far back does the Effingham Democrat go? Did it report the 'county' news? Has it all been microfilmed? My first thought is 'Wow, what a resource!' We go back 100 to 150 yrs, Wainscott-Hyde and Mowery-Rice and Rice-Hyde, in Edgewood and Effingham (Effingham Co), Kinmundy (Marion Co), and Paxton (Ford Co). Some people were snagged by the US Censuses, others come and go, either leaving a short trace or by being buried in Edgewood or Paxton. It's NEVER dull! -- SueMcC55@comcast.net

The earliest issue of the Effingham Democrat available on microfilm is 1861. Unfortunatly, it's an issue here or an issue there, not continuous. But there is a very long stretch from 1870 to 1900 in which many, many issues are available. An issue of the Central Illinois Register (pub. in Effingham) from 1865 is available on microfilm. There are two issues from the renamed Register from 1868. Microfilmed issues of the Effingham Republican begin in 1880, but availability of continuous issues is sporadic. Issues of the Effingham Volksblatt begin in the microfilm holdings in 1890. Again, there are big gaps and some periods of continuous issues. I love newspaper research, especially when it concerns German-American communities, so I am publishing a series of translations of Effingham Volksblatt issues from 1884-1886 to make early reporting more accessible to today's English-speaking descendants. These issues are completely continuous for a two-year period. They were bound together in a volume in the holdings of the Monastery Museum of Teutopolis. Several years ago, I photographed all the local content, including reports from Effingham, Montrose, Teutopolis, Sigel, Altamont, Edgewood, Bishop Creek, Shumway, Dieterich, and more. These translations -- side-by-side with the German originals -- are available in book form only (not on microfilm). Please see www.brumleve.org for surname lists. The books currently in print cover news from Effingham, Sigel, and Teutopolis from mid-June 1884 to mid-June 1886. I'm tackling Altamont next, and hope to publish that one by June 2005. I've also submitted a couple articles to the ECGHS quarterly for publication this year. These contain excerpts from the Volksblatt translation books. Dorothy Brumleve www.brumleve.org Susan McConnell wrote: > > How far back does the Effingham Democrat go? Did it report the > 'county' news? Has it all been microfilmed? > > My first thought is 'Wow, what a resource!' We go back 100 to 150 yrs, > Wainscott-Hyde and Mowery-Rice and Rice-Hyde, in Edgewood and Effingham > (Effingham Co), Kinmundy (Marion Co), and Paxton (Ford Co). > > Some people were snagged by the US Censuses, others come and go, either > leaving a short trace or by being buried in Edgewood or Paxton. It's > NEVER dull! > > -- SueMcC55@comcast.net > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body.