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