hmmm, well, the 3 links I posted for the search results I received for those 3 counties won't work so disregard.... you'll have to do it yourselves from the 1st link I sent you to at the IL State Historical Library... look for the mention of Newspapers and you'll work your way to the search engine at the "Newspaper Project"... Trev > Old Saline Newspapers..... > http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/mergeddatabase/results.asp > > Old Gallatin Newspapers (these go back to 1818..).... > http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/mergeddatabase/results.asp > > Old Hamilton Newspapers.... > http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/mergeddatabase/results.asp