> Message: 2> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:56:15 -0500> From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] Shaw/Shaul-Ashen> To: illogan@rootsweb.com> Message-ID:> <d3447b420708040956x41670a78w757521a786d1b4be@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > Bill - Who indexed that paper? Is that something the G&H has? Do you have> other papers indexed? Is the index available to view on site or for sale?> > Cheryl Rothwell Cheryl: I have been indexing the Lincoln Herald, Lincoln, Illinois. I am actually looking for information on one of my ancestral families, John Boy & Mary Vogel and their descendants, who lived in Postville/Lincoln, 1851-1954. While looking for that information, I am also indexing the paper to help other researchers more quickly find family related information. The index focuses on Logan County but others are probably slipping in as well. The index of the first roll of microfilm of the Herald, 1859-1867, is available through LCG&HS on CD, pdf format, for $20.00. 1859 begins in April - 1860, 1861, 1862 are pretty well complete - 1863 ends on May 31 - 1864 and 1865 are missing, a real bummer for CW and Postville/Lincoln history buffs, 1866 and 1867 are pretty well complete. I have begun the second roll but it starts with 1869, so 1868 is missing. I am more than half way through 1869. One spin off of this project has been a book I compiled of about 770 of the articles that depict life in Logan County during the early years of the Civil War. "Logan County, Illinois During the Civil War, The Early Years", is a 290 page, 8.5"X11", book that is fully indexed. The highlight for most people would be the approximately 80 letters written by soldiers to the Herald telling of their camp life, battles and points of view of the political situation in the country. The most prolific of these writers was Henry Sturges, the previous editor of the Herald. He wrote very well about the early battles of the war including: Ft. Henry. Ft. Donelson, Pittsburg Landing "Shilo" and the advance on Corinth. Many other contributors have surnames that are still familiar in Lincoln, Mt. Pualski, Atlanta, Elkhart, etc. The book is also available through LCG&HS for $25.00.Contact information for LCG&HS is: Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society 114 N. Chicago St., Lincoln, Illinois Phone: 217-732-3200 Web Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illcghs Email: lcghs1@msn.com _________________________________________________________________ Learn. Laugh. Share. Reallivemoms is right place! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

This is a massive work effort, and Mr. Donath should be congratulated for taking it on. I have not looked at the index, but I got and read the book of Civil War letters. It was very interesting, especially the views frequently expressed by soldiers and the Herald editors -- a major anti slavery position justifying the war, but we don't necessarily want freed slaves in our Illinois back yard! NIMBY even then! They were also pretty tough on people with opposing positions. I understand that the Herald was a strongly Republican paper. Are there microfilms of the period for Logan County newspapers taking a different political stance? Any plans to look at them?