ILLINOIS STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY HAS A NEW WEB ADDRESS The Illinois State Genealogical Society has moved its Web site to http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/index.html Here you'll find all the same great stuff that was available at the old site, including information about the society, special projects, publications, guides to Illinois resources, and databases. Databases include: --- Marriages in IL to 1900 --- Cemeteries in Illinois by County: A Location Guide --- Latest List of Prairie Pioneers --- Surnames Found in Vol. 2 of "Family Bible Records" --- Quarterly Index --- 1880 U. S. Census: New York Juvenile Asylum, New York, NY --- 1880 U. S. Census: Juvenile Asylum, House of Reception, 61 W. 13th St., New York, NY ___________________________________________________________________ GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES CHANGES HOURS Beginning 1 January 2002, the State Archives of Georgia will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The State Archives will be closed to the public on Mondays. WHY IS THE STATE ARCHIVES CHANGING ITS HOURS? On 31 October, the State Archives broke ground for a new building just outside the campus of Clayton College and State University in Morrow. Construction is expected to take eighteen to twenty months. During that time, we must prepare the entire Archives collection for the move to Clayton County. Many records must be re-boxed, and shelves and boxes must be cleaned, inventory data of all the records must be entered and verified, and many details of the move must be planned and tested in pilot projects. The change in our hours will allow the staff to work as teams and concentrate more attention on these activities, particularly on Mondays. WILL THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGE IN HOURS? As soon as the hours go into effect the public will see several immediate benefits: longer Saturday hours, increased access to the original records, and standardized hours in the Main Research Room and the Original Documents Reading Area throughout the week. In addition, we will now pull original records on Saturdays, so patrons will no longer need to request these records the day before. Will the State Archives change its hours again when it moves to the new building? After the move, the State Archives intends to add evening hours to the times it is open to the public. We will continue to devote Mondays to team projects and staff training that will result in the best customer service possible. WHERE IS MORROW? Morrow is located 15 miles south of downtown Atlanta on Interstate 75 at Exit 233. For more information, please visit the official Web site of the city: http://www.cityofmorrow.com FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Pamela Coleman at 404-651-6474, at mailto:pcoleman@sos.state.ga.us, or visit our Web site at http://www.GeorgiaArchives.org -- Chrystie MYERS - Rootsweb List & Ancestry.com's Board Administrator MOYERS MYRES MAYERS MAJOR COWGER BROOKOVER KRABAL SWECKER MYERS HOMESTEAD - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/