> I am way up here in Canada and no access to library paper reels in > Springfield. > The Springfield newspaper is on microfilm, and Amherst College library has copies of the film. If you are near a public library, you can order the film through Interlibrary Loan from Amherst. They will send the roll of film, just as though they would a book. Good luck, Joan Hunter Joan A. Hunter, MLS, Certified Genealogist MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGY, specializing in Franklin, Hampden & Hampshire Counties Member Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.apgen.org CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board http://www.bctgcertification.org