Aloha Laura and All, IF possible for you or anyone, I would like a copy of my great-grandparents' marriage application/license or at least a newspaper announcement from Alton, Madison County, IL on November 18, 1868-- Frederick CORDUM and Elizabeth MILLER. Thanks for any and all help! Regards, Mary Ann Bolton Mililani, HI "Laura Wiegand" <lwiegand@spiff.net> Laura Wiegand wrote: > I know that some of the issues have been microfilmed. You might try and > contact the Madison County Genealogical Society. They are based in the > Edwardsville Library. The microfilm for the newspaper for that early an > issue would be in that collection. If not let me know and I may be over in > the general area in a week or two. I just can't committ at this point. > Another possibility is the Historical Library in Springfield, they have > copies of most of the papers in Illinois and will do lookups. Let me know > if I can help. > > Laura