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