Interesting. Thanks. If your clippings have a date we MIGHT be able to determine what paper they came from. They seem to have changed hands and names a lot. Perhaps you'd like to transcribe some of the clippings, particularly any with lots of names or those with general interest, for the Old News page? [Hint!] Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Coordinator, Logan County, ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Harding mailing list> HARDING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas