Oops I should have kept reading before I answered. Well then it looks like you have covered all the bases. Mary Ann -----Original Message----- From: howard/laura [mailto:hfreeman@sktc.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:20 PM To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Obit archives Hi, I have copies of the obit for Peter from the Lux. Gazette also and know they are hard to read. Many thanks. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pirone, Mary Ann" <mapiro@aurora.lib.il.us> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: RE: [ILKANE] Obit archives > > PS I forgot to tell you that we just got microfilm copies of the Dubuque > Luxemburger Gazette > which covers August 4, 1871 through June 27, 1918. There is an index to > this: Luxembourgers in the New World by Nicholas Gonner, which we also have. > The only bad thing about this is that it is in German and is printed in that > old and hard to read German Black letter print. > Mary Ann > -----Original Message----- > From: howard/laura [mailto:hfreeman@sktc.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:04 AM > To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Obit archives > > > Hello Mary Ann, I was going back through messages and was just wondering if > you ever had the chance to look for the obit for Peter LInden, d. Nov. 22, > 1900? Thanks for you help. I have a small notice but it does not give any > survivors or info. Laura Linden Freeman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pirone, Mary Ann" <mapiro@aurora.lib.il.us> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 4:31 PM > Subject: RE: [ILKANE] Obit archives > > > > If by "archives" yuo mean a collection of old newspapers, the Aurora > Public > > Library has back issues of the Beacon and several other small Aurora > > newspapers on microfilm. Unfortunately we do not have any kind of index > for > > papers that early and the Illinois Death Index doesn't go back that far. > If > > you know the date of death I would look up the obituary for you. There > > would be a charge of $1.00 per obit plus postage. If you sent a standard > > size SASE I wouldn't have to charge for postage. I do these on my off desk > > time so sometimes it takes a while before I can get to them. Hope this is > > helpful. > > Mary Ann Pirone > > Aurora Public Library > > One East Benton > > Aurora, IL. 60505 > > 630-264-4100 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: howard/laura [mailto:hfreeman@sktc.net] > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:20 PM > > To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ILKANE] Obit archives > > > > > > Can anyone tell me if I could access archives of the news papers for > Batavia > > and Aurora? I am looking for an obit and would have to search the years > > from 1900 to 1908. Would the Aurora Beacon have had obits for Batavia? > Where > > in Batavia would someone have been buried besides West Batavia Cemetery? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Laura > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com