GLAD TO HELP--SO FAR MOST QUESTIONS AREN'T HARD TO ANSWER--I'VE BEEN LUCKY!!! THE MASSAC CO. HISTORICAL SOC. HERE HAS A FEW COPIES OF THEIR 1ST HISTORY BOOK FOR SALE. IT BRIEFLY TOUCHES THE SUBJECT OF INDIANS WHO LIVED HERE. GEORGE W. MAY HAS TWO BOOKS THAT ALSO TELL SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE LAND IN MASSAC CO. THE IL. SEC. OF STATE WILL MAIL YOU FREE THE "ORGIN AND EVOLUTION OF IL COUNTIES" AND "IL COUNTIES & INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES"--BOTH ARE VERY HANDY BOOKLETS FOR FINDING DATES OF COUNTY FORMATIONS. THE 1ST BOOKLET INCLUDES MAPS AS EACH COUNTY WAS FORMED. THEY WILL ALSO MAIL YOU FREE THE "ILLINOIS 2000 BLUEBOOK"--MOSTLY POLITICAL INFORMATION, BUT HAS A HISTORY SECTION. 592 PAGES, INDEXED AND HARDBOUND. YOU CAN ALSO READ IT ON THEIR WEBSITE. THE "HISTORY OF MASSAC CO. BY O.J. PAGE" IS SOLD OUT BY THE MCGS, BUT CAN BE PURCHASED BY HIGGERSON BOOKS (THEIR VERSION ISN'T INDEXED). THIS GIVES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FT. MASSAC AND MASSAC CO. WHEN THE COUNTY WAS FORMED. THE "HISTORY OF JOHNSON CO" BY MRS. P.T. CHAPMAN IS FOR SALE BY THE JCHGS; INDEX IS FOR SALE BY SANDS GENEALOGISTS. THIS MENTIONS A STORE AT FT. MASSAC AND GIVES SOME HISTORY FOR OTHER AREAS IN SO. ILLINOIS. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING CURRENTLY FOR SALE ON POPE CO. HISTORY. I'LL LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE AND SEE IF ANY OF IT IS STILL FOR SALE. I'LL MAIL YOU THE FLYERS/INFORMATION FOR THE OTHERS. I'LL CHECK TO SEE IF A SET OF THE "DRAPER COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS" FILM IS IN YOUR AREA. THIS WILL HAVE SOME VERY EARLY FT. MASSAC MATERIAL IN IT. LATER, ANN ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda MacReynolds <FlyLinda@webtv.net> To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [ILMASSAC] Fort Massack > Hi Ann > Enjoyed readingf what you wrote about Massac, Pope and Johnson Co. Are > there any books that can be purchased from Metropolis that tells the > history of the land in the 1800's and early 1900's. I would be > interested in purchasing such a book. > Thanks for all the hard work that you all do up there for all of us > searching for our ancestors. I have been very successful. > Linda in Orlando > >