Kathy, Thanks for the info and I will keep you posted and would like to meet too. Jeannie ---Doc and Kathy wrote: > > Hello Jeannie, > The Genealogy room in Ogle is located in the basement of the > Oregon Library. It is at: 300 Jefferson St., Oregon, Il. 61061 > 815 732-2724. Myself and a few others are usually there on Fridays > to assist and work on keeping the room up. > The Court house for Ogle is around the corner from the Library. > The size of Oregon is about 3,000 and a tourist town. > If you want to see a map of this area, go to my homepage and > click on "Communities of Northern Illinois". > Most other towns in Ogle have libraries. In my resourses section > at the web page you will find a listing of the libraries and what > most of them offer. The ones that say nothing, I just wasn't sure > about yet. > There is a motel along the river called the V.I.P. Motel, > There is a hotel across the highway from there called the > Paddle Wheel Inn, which is very nice. And there is a bed and > breakfast in town too. > As far as the airport distance. Do you mean Rockford or Chicago? > Chicago is about 90 miles east of here and Rockford is about 30 > miles north. > If you come, try to come on a Friday so we can meet. I appreciate > the lookup work you do for the site. > If you have any more questions, let me know. > Kathy > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle > > Jeannie Parkinson wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm Jeannie Parkinson, I live in Baltimore Maryland and am researching > > ancestors from Washington County, MD who moved to Ogle County, IL and > > then on the Nebraska. > > > > I am thinking (very tentatively at this point) about a possible trip > > to Ogle County in the summer. Without going to too much trouble can > > you tell me the basic layout of the place. How far from the airport > > to the library and place to stay that is very close. I'm mainly > > interested in the library but I'm sure I'd rent a car and try to find > > the places where my ancestors lived. > > > > Last year I went to Nebraska just on a quick day trip from Indep. MO > > while visiting my mom, and earlier this year I went to the old > > homestead in Washington County, saw the gravesite etc. > > > > It seems that there is so much information to be had in Ogle Co. and I > > really want to get my hands on it!! > > > > Any info is greatly appreciated, but please don't go to any trouble, > > just off the top of your head info. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Jeannie > > jparkinson@rocketmail.com > > POFFENBERGER, MALONE, AUSHERMAN, POWELL > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com