The Tribune is a pain in the rear. They only keep those available a short period. I saw this on another list referencing a WGN story. It is unclear whether these are the documents or an abstract. The law remains 75 years on birth and 20 on death so one would assume they are abstracts but you just never know. As downstaters have always known, Cook County is a law until itself. <g> I will be discussing this with the Logan County Clerks today and tomorrow to see if they have any such plans. They have already microfilmed a lot of old files. On 9/10/07, cheryl kale <cheryl_kale2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > > Though this is not directly related to Logan, I know many of you have > ties to Cook County. I just wanted you to know that there was a press > release last Thursday; BMD will be placed online in January, if all goes as > planned! > > I knew a project was in the works, but I had no idea it was this > massive. The records have already been digitized, and are being loaded to > the server at the rate of ONE MILLION per week! Unreal! I sure hope it > doesn't crash. > > For more info here is the url: > www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-digitize_websep07,0,401232.story > > Please note the hyphen as well as the underscore; those are zeroes in > the above. > > I hope this helps some of you. > > Cheryl Kale > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car > Finder tool. > ________ > Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com > with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This story was sent to you by: Cheryl Kale Sorry, List! Apparently the URL got change because the Trib archived the article. Here it is. Cheryl -------------------- Old county records being put online -------------------- By Jason Meisner, Tribune staff reporter: Tribune staff reporter Mary Owen contributed to this report September 7 2007 Professional genealogists and people interested in researching their family tree will soon be able to access key records from home instead of ordering by mail or traipsing down to a musty office in the Loop, Cook County Clerk David Orr said Thursday. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-digital07sep07,0,1385623.story Visit chicagotribune.com at http://www.chicagotribune.com

Hi List, Though this is not directly related to Logan, I know many of you have ties to Cook County. I just wanted you to know that there was a press release last Thursday; BMD will be placed online in January, if all goes as planned! I knew a project was in the works, but I had no idea it was this massive. The records have already been digitized, and are being loaded to the server at the rate of ONE MILLION per week! Unreal! I sure hope it doesn't crash. For more info here is the url: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-digitize_websep07,0,401232.story Please note the hyphen as well as the underscore; those are zeroes in the above. I hope this helps some of you. Cheryl Kale --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: countycowgirl99 Surnames: Ryan, Fitzgerald, Galvin, Gallavan, Fitzsimmons. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.logan/1594/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my great great great grandmother Johanna Ryan Fitzgerald, she came to Elkhart from Ireland but Im not sure what year, she married a Daniel Galvin or Gallavan and she died in 1906. I am trying to figure out where her grave is, Im guessing its in Holy Cross Cemetery because she was catholic. Her daughter was Ellen Fitzsimmons of Lincoln. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The Sangamon County Genealogical Society will hold a Research Day on Saturday, September 8 from 9 am to 1 pm at the society's office, 2856 South 11th St., Springfield, Illinois. The office is located three blocks north of Stevenson Drive on the corner of 11th Street and Knox and three blocks south of Bunn Park on 11th Street. Members of the society's board and volunteers will be available to answer research questions throughout the day. Family history materials from the society's library are available for all to view including microfilmed copies of birth (1877-1916), marriage (1821-1925) and death certificates (1877-1940s) for Sangamon County. Surname and obituary files, Auburn Citizen (1874-1965) for which there is also an obituary index from 1874-1899, and other area newspaper microfilms which are available to view at the office. Discover the treasure trove of printed materials which the society has been collecting over many years. Our publications also will be available for sale Saturday. Come enjoy a day of networking and researching with other family historians from Sangamon County and various other parts of the state. Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Phone: 217-529-0542 Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Open Tuesday Nights 6:00 to 8:30 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

On the main page of the Logan County ILGenWeb is a link to: LOGAN COUNTY PRINTED RESOURCES - A Must for the Serious Researcher You really should check that out when looking for Logan County resources. The late Penny Husler put that together and those things don't change. She tells where each resource can be found.

For those of us who don't know, please explain Newberry. Where is it? Thanks, Carolyn

Hi All, Newberry is great, as Cheryl Rothwell said. However, their online catalogue does NOT contain very much for Logan County. Keep in mind that their online catalogue only contains about 20% of their holdings. So there is probably MUCH more there! It is HUGE! I would advise people to email the reference desk; ask what else they have that might help your individual situation. This staff will help in whatever way they can. I'm here if they can't help you. I'll be going there again in a week or two. This list has given me a lot of help, and I would like to give back. BUT, you can't find what isn't there, and I honestly don't want to go on a wild goose chase! It's an all day trip for me, and I have a lot I want to look at for my own lines. We all need to work together. Cheryl Kale --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.

Near North side of Chicago. www.newberry.org Bill & Carolyn <cbspan@ssi.net> wrote: For those of us who don't know, please explain Newberry. Where is it? Thanks, Carolyn ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

I've been to Newberry several times within the last few years. It is awesome; but the first time can be very intimidating! I'm local to it; if you want help email me a week before you go. I will meet up with you. Cheryl Kale Cheryl Rothwell <historysleuth@gmail.com> wrote: Plan ahead for your Newberry visit. I haven't been there in maybe 35 years and it was an awesome facility then. Of course, in those days it wasn't crawling with genealogists and the staff had time to provide individual service. Don't worry about Dick and I arguing. We can do it for hours, days, weeks. But I am not in Dick's class in terms of genealogy. In the first place he has a long head start on me. Cheryl ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.

Personally I think you should post your obits [or anything else] in several places. Web sites come and go. If you spread them around there is a greater chance at least one copy will survive. Bill Scroggin, who has done so many obits, has them on the message boards, mailing lists, archives, newspaper archives and, of course, the Logan County site. This is a good thing.

It's very odd Garland. I got that too but some people got right in. I'm not sure what the issue is. Cheryl On 8/31/07, gedgell@flash.net <gedgell@flash.net> wrote: > > Cheryl, > > Wasn't a free 10 day deal. They gave a choice of several membership > plans. > > Garland Edgell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> > To: "ILLOGAN" <illogan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:50 PM > Subject: [ILLOGAN] Free Newspaper Search > > > >From Genealogy Insider: > > Genealogy database site World Vital > Records<http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/>will provide "increased > access" to the collection of > NewspaperArchive.com <http://www.newspaperarchive.com/>, the largest > online > subscription newspaper database. > > By "increased access," World Vital Records webmasters mean they're > extracting vital information in newspapers dating from 1759 to 1923, > resulting in half a billion records, and making it searchable on the World > Vital Records site. > > The first release of the NewspaperArchive.com data—40 million records—went > up Aug. 27, and data for more titles were posted today. World Vital > Records > gives 10 days of free access for each site addition, so start searching. > ________ > Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com > with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ________ > Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com > with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Have posted some obits at www.newspaperabstracts.com Joan Bill Stephenson <woodart@srbfl.com> wrote: I have posted obits for Bock, Schilling, and Steffens on the UsGenWeb Illinois archives for Logan Co. They are freely available. Bill Stephenson ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Joan Black Lund jblgene@sbcglobal.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: queenrainell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.logan/1556.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Woody, This is my email: queenrainell@yahoo.com Stephanie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Cheryl, Wasn't a free 10 day deal. They gave a choice of several membership plans. Garland Edgell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> To: "ILLOGAN" <illogan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:50 PM Subject: [ILLOGAN] Free Newspaper Search >From Genealogy Insider: Genealogy database site World Vital Records<http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/>will provide "increased access" to the collection of NewspaperArchive.com <http://www.newspaperarchive.com/>, the largest online subscription newspaper database. By "increased access," World Vital Records webmasters mean they're extracting vital information in newspapers dating from 1759 to 1923, resulting in half a billion records, and making it searchable on the World Vital Records site. The first release of the NewspaperArchive.com data—40 million records—went up Aug. 27, and data for more titles were posted today. World Vital Records gives 10 days of free access for each site addition, so start searching. ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have not found much that I wanted in those papers. I find interesting Logan stuff [not necessarily individual to a family stuff] in another newspaper archive out of New York. In the old days they picked up all sorts of stuff and printed it in local papers. http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Here's an example: A Mr. Edmonds, of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, has invented a "horological candle," Is is rocked by means of weights and a pendulum, upon the principle of a clock. It will run twenty-four hours with one winding up. Utica, NY, Daily Gazette, late Feb 1852. I plan to pass that on to the Mt. Pulaski Historical Society and see if they know anything about it. Cheryl Rothwell

Plan ahead for your Newberry visit. I haven't been there in maybe 35 years and it was an awesome facility then. Of course, in those days it wasn't crawling with genealogists and the staff had time to provide individual service. Don't worry about Dick and I arguing. We can do it for hours, days, weeks. <g> But I am not in Dick's class in terms of genealogy. In the first place he has a long head start on me. <smirk> Cheryl

I have posted obits for Bock, Schilling, and Steffens on the UsGenWeb Illinois archives for Logan Co. They are freely available. Bill Stephenson

I tried using the newspaperarchive file - without much luck. Me thinks that I just do not know how to use this particular search engine. I seemed to have had better success with the advanced search features. Yet at that, I was not able to narrow the search to the newspapers in Logan County which leads me to thinking that they just are not on the site. Anyone had any success just searching in the Logan County newspapers? Bill Stephenson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> To: "ILLOGAN" <illogan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:50 PM Subject: [ILLOGAN] Free Newspaper Search >From Genealogy Insider: Genealogy database site World Vital Records<http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/>will provide "increased access" to the collection of NewspaperArchive.com <http://www.newspaperarchive.com/>, the largest online subscription newspaper database. By "increased access," World Vital Records webmasters mean they're extracting vital information in newspapers dating from 1759 to 1923, resulting in half a billion records, and making it searchable on the World Vital Records site. The first release of the NewspaperArchive.com data—40 million records—went up Aug. 27, and data for more titles were posted today. World Vital Records gives 10 days of free access for each site addition, so start searching. ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, it's time, trust me. I'll be honest, we call much of that 'antics with semantics', and no one wins. After 30 years of math teaching, with the turning-in of a late homework paper often escalating into a Supreme Court arguement . . . my eyes/ears say it's time. I'm in my 5th year with Ancestry, the subscription is my Christmas present from an understanding spouse. I use it by the hour, especially the Census records. I know a search-engine when I see it, and Ancestry's is good. Once you get the parameters & quirks sorted-out, it's very good. In my opinion the code-witing is brilliant, and in a non-Defense Dept venue, too. >From 1750 all the way up to 1930 with my direct German/Swiss 6-gens, meeting 6th Cousins online; and as an amusement sorting out a bunch of Soucie (speaking of being able to easily explore spelling variations - and horrible handwriting) shirttail relatives who came with Fr. Chinquey from Quebec to St. Anne's, Kankakee County & environs. And learned a lot of history I never knew, even growing-up only an hour north of there. I've made some miracle-saves, German and French (confirmed by different sources, of course), just because of the tenuous leads I can follow/exhaust. Because of some recent health problems . . . without it I would be nowhere. I still hope to visit the Newberry, only a hour METRA ride away, but not until I can do it in better shape. Ditto a visit to the Ft. Wayne library. And, a visit to Shenandoah County, VA. As you can tell, I'm dangling some very important juicy carrots under my own nose to speed my recovery. Keep up the Good Gen Work -- I really appreciate learning from experts, and I put both of you in that category. This is a GREAT LIST to subscribe to! Sue > > Now I know you can continue this conversation forever but I think we > > ought to wind it up before everyone's eyes glaze over. > Richard