Does anyone know the status of the old records of Roanoke's various newspapers? Who now holds the old papers? I've emailed the Pantagraph (I believe they currently publish the paper) and not even gotten the courtesy any answer.... John E Fischer Cincinnati OH ILWOODFO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ILWOODFO-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 12 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [ILWOODFO-L] Correction [Steffen <dlsteffn@elpaso.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ILWOODFO-D, send a message to > > ILWOODFO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ILWOODFO-L] Correction > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 10:03:06 -0600 > From: Steffen <dlsteffn@elpaso.net> > To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > > In my reply to Nita, I said IRAD might have microfilmed the El Paso > newspapers. Actually, it is the Illinois State Historical Society. > Infomation on their holdings is at: > > http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/default.htm > > Click on the "Illinois Herald" banner about halfway down the page, then > click on the search link on the next page and enter city="El Paso", county= > "Woodford" and select "Illinois" to see a full list of their holdings. > There is also a link for genealogical search requests on the main page. It > wasn't working this morning, but I looked at it last night and the cost for > out-of-state residents seemed to be rather steep ($10, If I remember > correctly). It was much cheaper for Illinois residents. > > They do have the El Paso newspapers microfilmed--in fact, seem to have a > more extensive collection than the El Paso library. > > Dan Steffen