I used to vote in Illinois....up until 3 months ago, now I will vote in Nevada, Will. I lived in Illinois all my short (43 years, give or take) life. You will remember that I was the one fighting with Carol Heggemeier...and I wrote all the letters, and it didn't make many waves...not enough, or the Archives would be there now.... Also, why pay for an ad....when we can get front page headlines that read......."Dead Ancestor Demands To Be Heard" ??? But really, anything is better than nothing! Marci The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wil Franklin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [ILWASHIN] Heads up!!!!! > Sorry Marci, There are those of us who do VOTE in Southern Illinois and > can do a little stirring up. I posted the address because regardless of who > and where you live You have a right for the preservation of legal documents. > There are ways and means to begin to stir the pot. Calling and writing is a > start. Ads. HEY? Political time of year beginning around Illinois. How much > does an ad cost in the local paper? Other area papers. Wake up the residents > of Illinois to what is happening. There are some I am sure who are avid > family historians that don't have a direct link to Washington county but to > Illinois they do. I donate my share towards ads. Need someone to be great > with words and innovative ideas to attract the readers of Southern Illinois > time to work at preserving history. Could we not contact all societies and > clubs in the state of Illinois requesting they all get actively involved > with legislature at the state level mandating the preservation of county > records better than those on the books? Throw the stones and watch the > circles grow. Wonder how many members in all of Illinois belonging to > Historical and Genealogical societies? In the St. Louis area a TV reporter > did research on his family back to the slaves in the south and just > published a book on how hard to find documents. Julius Hunter would be a > great contact in the TV media to possible do a interest story on Illinois > counties and the preserving of documents. > > Wil >