Regarding city directories and farm directories, the Pontiac Library had city directories back in the early to mid 1980s, and Newberry Library on West Walton St. in Chicago had several Livingston Co. histories as well as some kind of farm directory. I would suspect the Pontiac Library also has county histories. I do not know if either one does research by mail request. I think not for Newberry. Linda (Lightholder) Kmiecik Researching LIGHTHOLDER and BROWN (both Catholic Famine Immigrant families) and WALTON in Livingston Co.

Linda Thank you so much! I'm having a bear of a time tracing John Begley who died in Blackstone in 1890. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony & Linda Kmiecik <tonky@ctnet.net> To: <ILLIVING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:44 AM Subject: [ILLIVING] City and farm directories > Regarding city directories and farm directories, the Pontiac Library had city directories back in the early to mid 1980s, and Newberry Library on West Walton St. in Chicago had several Livingston Co. histories as well as some kind of farm directory. I would suspect the Pontiac Library also has county histories. I do not know if either one does research by mail request. I think not for Newberry. > > Linda (Lightholder) Kmiecik > Researching LIGHTHOLDER and BROWN (both Catholic Famine Immigrant families) and WALTON in Livingston Co. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hello,Are you researching the Brown families from Livingston Co.Ill,around 1855 ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony & Linda Kmiecik" <tonky@ctnet.net> To: <ILLIVING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:44 AM Subject: [ILLIVING] City and farm directories > Regarding city directories and farm directories, the Pontiac Library had city directories back in the early to mid 1980s, and Newberry Library on West Walton St. in Chicago had several Livingston Co. histories as well as some kind of farm directory. I would suspect the Pontiac Library also has county histories. I do not know if either one does research by mail request. I think not for Newberry. > > Linda (Lightholder) Kmiecik > Researching LIGHTHOLDER and BROWN (both Catholic Famine Immigrant families) and WALTON in Livingston Co. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >