Grace, In my gg-grandfather's (David E. Hall of Hermon, IL) estate papers of 1863, there is a clipping from a newspaper called the Knoxville Republican, published in Knoxville, Knox Co., IL. Possibly this might be a place for you to check. Margaret. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] Old Newspapers > You might check to see if anything can be found in the Williamsfield Times. > > -----Original Message----- > From: GraceJackson@aol.com [mailto:GraceJackson@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:38 PM > To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Old Newspapers > > Does anyone have a list of Old Newspapers pre 1900 that are on interlibrary > loan? The Galesbury Public library sent requested obit along with a > Victoria Twp notice that in the Republican-Register " The old lady Smith > mother of Mrs. John Hefferman is very low at her dau, Mrs Sloan. Not much > hopes of her recovery, so Mrs. Hefferman informs us." The library didn't > note > the date of the paper, but said it was near her death date I had given them. > Mary Smith "old lady Smith" died either March 7, or 17 1892. She is buried > in > Etherly/Smith Cem. in Victoria. Does any know what towns the > Republican-Register served? Mary Smith lived in Victoria, but died at home > of dau in Williamsfield. I'm in hopes that there might be an obit noted in > news of either one of both of these towns......Thanks for any help or > suggestion.....Grace > >