Hi Don Is there earlier newspapers For this areas? I need from 1857 to 1861 that covers Mechaicsburg. And 1872 to 1884. What newspaper covers Wagonneer? Thanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:01 AM Subject: [ILLOGAN] Newspapers for Bond, Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Macon, and Sangamon Counties > Would anyone on this list know of anywhere in Macoupin that would have old > newspapers on micro film? I have had great luck in other counties finding > pertinent articles and obituaries for relatives and ancestors, so I am > hoping there is somewhere in this county. Thanks, Linda > > > Linda, > > The Sangamon County Genealogical Society has the following newspapers on > microfilm: Auburn Citizen 1874-1964, Virden Recorder 1914-1954, Menard County > Axis 1860s, Taylorville Breeze 1890s, Petersburg Observer 1890-1920s. These can > be viewed on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 9:00 at the society office or by > appointment on any other week night. The Springfield Public Library has an > obituary card index for the Illinois State Journal which is now the State > Journal-Register from the 1870s to the present. The new Abraham Lincoln > Presidential Library, which was formerly known as the Illinois State Historical > Library has thousands of titles for Illinois newspapers and they do have a web > site which you can access, unfortunately, I do not remember that web address at > this moment. The Illinois State Library has the Illinois State Journal to 2004 > and gets more each week. They also have the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago > Tribune, the New York Times, the St. Louis Post, Wall Street Journal and Los > Angeles Times on film. If I remember correctly, the Carlinville library has > some indexes of some Macoupin newspapers, I do not remember which newspapers > other than the Carlinville newspapers and Greenville public library has the > Greenville news papers. The Christian County Genealogical and Historical > Societies have Taylorville newspapers available for research at their library. I do > also think that the Logan County Genealogical and Historical has some > newspapers on microfilm but am not certain which papers they have at their office. > There are Macon County oriented newspapers available at the Decatur > Genealogical Society in Decatur. You might want to check out all of our society pages on > the net for more information. I hope this has answered your question. If any > of my fellow genealogical society presidents or librarians would like to add > to this list, please do so everyone will know who has what newspapers > available. Sincerely, Dan Dixon > > > Dan Dixon - President/Editor > PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) > Springfield, IL 62705-1829 > Email: [email protected] > 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: 217-529-0546 > Email: [email protected] > Open Wednesday nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment > Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm > > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected] > > >