One of the newspapers is Decatur Hearald, I will look for the others for you, the library in Springfield has a lot of newspapers on micro-film. Mary Deana Carter-Smith <jaguarkat@cox.net> wrote: Could you please send me the address. I have several items I need to see newspapers for. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary & Ken Vanderheydt" To: Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Marriage License > > > > > > > > Hi Sue, > if you know the ate or close to it, you can order the micro-film for old newspapers from the Old State Capital Historical Library, in Springfield, Ill. There is no charge for ordering and reading the papers. You can read it on their machines, I found obits. for two ancestores I didn't have. If you are interested, and want the further information, I will be glad to send you their email address. > > Mary > > > > > Sue12632@aol.com wrote:I wrote to the Macon Co. Courthouse requesting a COPY of the "marriage > license" & "return of the marriage" for Homer F. GARDNER & Gertrude R. WHEELING > who applied for a Marriage License on 18 Oct. 1924 (as published in the "Decatur > Daily Review" on Tues., Oct. 21, 1924), license issued by County Clerk Harvey > Fay. > I was advised to send a money order for $11.00. I mailed the money order and > it was returned to me - NO RECORD FOUND. > THIS IS VERY CONFUSING AS ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL > NEWSPAPER. > Anyone on this list who lives near the courthouse who could go there & check > this out? I would be happy to reimburse for time spent & copies made. > Sue in NY > Sue12632@aol.com > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > > ______________________________ ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject.