This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kristygravlin Surnames: --- Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12324.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The public library in Aurora has ALL of the Beacon News on microfilm. As the "big" paper in the area you may find things in there that refer to other "collar" counties to Kane also. I suspect that marriage news is similar to obituaries in this way: Today obituaries are on a certain page, and weddings are in a certain portion of the paper. The farther back you go the less likely this is to be true. For example a wedding announcement may be on any page...but would be headlined in some way to attract attention. The social standing of the couple will probably affect where in the paper the article would be placed. Someone really important might even be found on Page 1. But go back a little farther and you may find something that looks like this: "Buy your shoes at Hermanek's. Mrs. Jones went to Geneva last Sunday to have dinner with her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Sam Brown married Miss Mabel White on Saturday. The weather has been unusually warm this past week. The crops are hurting for rain." In other words, lots of one liners and your eyes will have to be sharp when you are watching for information about your Aunt Mabel. I think that this is probably a common sequence of how any kind of news might be found in papers...with less and less "organization" as the paper is farther back in time. If I were going to ask a volunteer for help "way back" I would give them as many likely family names as possible to help them recognize when they are seeing the -right- tidbit. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.