This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1245.61.1 Message Board Post: Newspapers are available on microfilm for Pike County as far back as 1843. You can request the microfilm thru inter-library loan from the Illinois State Historical Library. For more information see the Pike Co ILGenWeb site at: http://www.pikecoilgenweb.org/newspapers.html#microfilm As for a cemetery index, all of the surnames found in the cemetery books are also listed on the Pike Co ILGenWeb site at: http://www.pikecoilgenweb.org/cemeteries.html Good luck in your search! Barbara