This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GZB.2ACI/1008.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. I was aware of the paper at the Ohio Historical Society, but I have not had very good experience finding local news tidbits in papers that have either Democrat or Republican in their title. I was hoping that the current local paper The Madison Press would have old issues dating back to 1862 (since they list 1842 as their beginning date) either at their facility or at the local library. I called the paper and was informed that the library would be the source for old publications. I tried to look at the library web site to determine if indeed they had old publications, but I could not access that information without an Ohio library card. I then called the library, but no one answered the phone (yes, it was during the hours that it was supposed to be open). Posting to this board was my last ditch effort to avoid the library loan route which has also not been the most successful for me.