Just talked with one of the volunteers (Bennie) and he said The Fort is still in Lexington, IL. Nothing from the genealogy was taken by the City of Lexington. The Fort was storing some documents pertaining to the city only. The documents were of council meetings, etc. They were actually in books and Bennie said that the material taken could be put in a large suitcase and both The Fort and the City had receipts saying what was held in storage and the material taken was checked off by each. The material was taken to the Community Center or City Hall (whatever it is called). The Fort is still going strong. Bennie said an article was in the Pantagraph a couple days ago. I have not read it yet, but whoever wants to read it can go into the pantagraph site. Lois Illinois
Thanks Lois. I feel somewhat better. I know Benny is there on Wednesdays so I think I had better go see him and do my part to keep the rest in tact. I thought probably some of the things stored in the vault were what was taken but it opened my eyes to what a great place it is and that we 'could' lose it. I don't want to see that happen. Peg J ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lmadams63@aol.com> To: <ILMCLEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [ILMCLEAN-L] The Fort > > Just talked with one of the volunteers (Bennie) and he said The Fort is still > in Lexington, IL. Nothing from the genealogy was taken by the City of > Lexington. The Fort was storing some documents pertaining to the city only. > The documents were of council meetings, etc. They were actually in books > and Bennie said that the material taken could be put in a large suitcase and > both The Fort and the City had receipts saying what was held in storage and > the material taken was checked off by each. The material was taken to the > Community Center or City Hall (whatever it is called). The Fort is still > going strong. Bennie said an article was in the Pantagraph a couple days > ago. I have not read it yet, but whoever wants to read it can go into the > pantagraph site. > > Lois > Illinois > > > > ==== ILMCLEAN Mailing List ==== > > McLean County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmclean/index.htm