Dear Seekers: for those of you who may have had ancestors going "back & forth" between Hancock and Adams Counties, you might like check out this 10 days 'free site'. Good searching - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com DATABASES OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) ============================================================ QUINCY, ILLINOIS DIRECTORIES, 1887-90 Located in western Illinois a short distance from the Missouri border, the city of Quincy is the county seat of Adams County. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1887 and 1889. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. The database includes more than 32,100 names, mostly heads of household. Source Information: Ancestry.com, "Quincy, Illinois Directories, 1887-90." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: "Quincy, IL, 1887-88." Quincy, IL: H. N. Stone & Company, 1887. "Quincy, IL, 1889-90." Quincy, IL: H. N. Stone & Company, 1889. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5134.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm ____________________________________________________________________