Pretty good U of I search for old newspapers on microfilm which are available at the IL Historical Library or thru your local library loan wherever you are. For instance, I put in just Macoupin for county and chose Illinois as state and received the list of old newspapers available. I also tried Rock Island then tried Madison. Better bookmark it. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/database/search_form.asp Learn about the IL Historical Library, old newspapers there, and Interlibrary Loan on this site: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/default.htm Gloria Frazier