To Jean in Victoria Canada, I've been following your query. If you know where the accident occurred and the newspaper it was printed in, it may be available from a local library. As an example I was looking for a relative who died in the 1940's. The Waukegan Public Library has a free service, and they will do obituary searches for you, as long as you have an approximate date of death. When they did a search for me, they found a news article about the death instead of an obituary. They sent me a copy of it. I have done a large portion of my queries via e-mail. There are a tremendous amount of resources available on the internet for Illinois. Mary >From: "C. Gaetz" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [[ILLAKE]: ] Re: [[ILLAKE]: ] Newspapers. >Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 14:38:26 -0500 > >Hi Jean, I don't know how many Brenda's there are on the list, but I'll >assume you mean me! >I'm not really familiar with all of the newspapers in Lake County, but >perhaps post to the list with all of the particulars...name, date, location >etc. and I'm sure someone in Lake County will be able to guide you better >than I. >As to the civil war databases, I can't really help you with that one, I >also >have a g.g.grandfather that (according to a Highland Park History) signed >for the Civil War but I've been unable to find proof of this. >This is a good list and very helpful, give them a shot. >-Brenda G. >[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jean Ann Palmer <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:54 PM >Subject: [[ILLAKE]: ] Newspapers. > > > > Brenda, > > It's me again with another of my eternal questions. Grin Do you know >where > > to access back copies of the newspapers please? I have found an >accidental > > death in our family I am sure there would have been a report in the > > newspaper as a steam boiler blew up. > > I am grateful for any help. > > Jean in Victoria BC Canada. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com