I trust you are all aware of the Illinois Newspaper Project at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/webpages/main.htm The newspapers held by this project are available through interlibrary loan. You do not have to live in Illinois. Some small libraries do not participate in inter library loan but most libraries do. If you have the newspaper you can look up obits. The Illinois State Historical Library does some research, including obits, for a fee: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/ishlgen.htm IRAD has a large number of items from Marion County: MARION AGRICULTURAL STATISTIC SCHEDULES 1877 1878 SIU 6/0014/05 MARION ASSESSOR'S BOOKS 1849 1951 SIU 6/0014/01 MARION BAD CHECK CLAIMS 1874 1881 SIU 6/0018/11 MARION BLIND RELIEF APPLICATION RECORD 1916 1927 SIU 6/0018/05 MARION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' MINUTES 1843 1849 SIU 6/0018/18 MARION CENSUS RECORD 1865 1865 SIU 6/0014/06 MARION CHATTEL MORTGAGE ABSTRACTS 1945 1949 SIU 6/0200/03 MARION CHATTEL MORTGAGE DOCKETS 1924 1926 SIU 6/0200/04 MARION CHATTEL MORTGAGE INDEX 1885 1944 SIU 6/0200/01 MARION CHATTEL MORTGAGE RECORD 1866 1948 SIU 6/0200/02 MARION CIRCUIT COURT FEE BOOKS 1883 1893 SIU 6/0014/07 MARION COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNTS 1875 1938 SIU 6/0014/08 MARION COLLECTOR'S BOOKS 1853 1929 SIU 6/0014/02 MARION COLLECTOR'S CASH BOOKS 1911 1922 SIU 6/0014/04 MARION CORONER'S INQUEST RECORD 1870 1883 SIU 6/0018/10 MARION COUNTY ORDER RECORD 1870 1933 SIU 6/0018/01 MARION DOG LICENSE RECORD 1918 1920 SIU 6/0018/08 MARION JURY ORDER REGISTERS 1876 1926 SIU 6/0018/07 MARION JURY REGISTERS 1871 1878 SIU 6/0018/04 MARION JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DOCKETS 1897 1901 SIU 6/0018/09 MARION JUSTICE'S TRANSCRIPT RECORD 1881 1896 SIU 6/0018/12 MARION NATURALIZATION RECORD OF SOLDIERS AND MINORS, CIRCUIT COURT 1865 1900 SIU 6/0240/03 MARION NATURALIZATION RECORD OF SOLDIERS AND MINORS, COUNTY COURT 1866 1900 SIU 6/0240/02 MARION NATURALIZATION RECORD, CIRCUIT COURT 1865 1906 SIU 6/0240/04 MARION NATURALIZATION RECORD, COUNTY COURT 1866 1906 SIU 6/0240/05 MARION NATURALIZATION RECORD, FINAL, COUNTY COURT 1904 1906 SIU 6/0240/06 MARION PROBATE APPRAISEMENT RECORD 1888 1906 SIU 6/0250/09 MARION PROBATE EXECUTOR'S RECORD 1866 1890 SIU 6/0250/06 MARION PROBATE GUARDIAN'S DOCKETS 1868 1911 SIU 6/0250/04 MARION PROBATE GUARDIAN'S RECORD 1866 1909 SIU 6/0250/03 MARION PROBATE INVENTORY RECORD 1866 1898 SIU 6/0250/08 MARION PROBATE RECORD 1823 1909 SIU 6/0250/01 MARION PROBATE RECORD INDEX 1850 1973 SIU 6/0250/02 MARION PROBATE SALE RECORD, PERSONAL PROPERTY 1846 1860 SIU 6/0250/07 MARION PROBATE WIDOW'S RELINQUISHMENT AND SELECTION RECORD 1870 1886 SIU 6/0250/05 MARION PROBATE WILL RECORD 1854 1917 SIU 6/0240/01 MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS, HIGH SCHOOLS 1936 1936 SIU 6/0312/05 MARION SCHOOL ELECTION PAPERS 1952 1976 SIU 6/0196/01 MARION SCHOOL STUDENT PERMANENT RECORD 1936 1977 SIU 6/0334/01 MARION SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S ANNUAL REPORTS 1867 1955 SIU 6/0312/01 MARION SCHOOL TEACHERS' ANNUAL REPORTS 1944 1953 SIU 6/0312/04 MARION SCHOOL TRUSTEES' AND TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORTS 1957 1959 SIU 6/0312/03 MARION SCHOOL TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORTS 1923 1939 SIU 6/0312/02 MARION SHERIFF'S FEE BOOKS 1873 1888 SIU 6/0018/17 MARION TAX ABATEMENT RECORD, PERSONAL PROPERTY 1930 1943 SIU 6/0086/02 MARION TAX ASSESSMENT ABSTRACTS 1897 1913 SIU 6/0092/01 MARION TAX COLLECTION ABSTRACTS 1883 1902 SIU 6/0014/03 MARION TAX FORFEITURE RECORD 1879 1879 SIU 6/0018/03 MARION TAX JUDGMENT, SALE, REDEMPTION AND FORFEITURE RECORD 1881 1883 SIU 6/0018/15 MARION TAX LISTS, DELINQUENT 1876 1943 SIU 6/0088/01 MARION TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH TAX BOOKS 1901 1922 SIU 6/0018/13 MARION TREASURER'S LEDGERS 1930 1939 SIU 6/0018/16 MARION VILLAGE TRUSTEES' MINUTES (SANDOVAL) 1859 1983 SIU 6/0336/01 For information on obtaining IRAD records: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/iradholdings.html Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al