NEWSPAPER & OTHER ARTICLES
of Genealogical Interest
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GREENE COUNTY - MEXICAN WAR SURVIVRS
DROWNING OF ILINOISIANS IN PLATTE RIVER, June 28, 1862
WATKINS RESTAURANT, Petersburg, IL - before 1900
HALF TON OF CHILDREN ATTEND THEIR FATHER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY,
Articles from the Princeton Post, Mercer County, MO about Abe Trent, a Sangamon County IL native (pdf)
John J. Hardin
Jacob Strawn Article - 5 Dec 1850
Jacksonville Tornado - May 1859
A Chicken Story
Williamsville Church Article
Mollie Hill - 97th Birthday
Dr. Daniel B. Hill - Mayor of Springfield
Dr. Tolbert F. Hill, age 107, of Athens, IL
The Homicide at Jacksonville - James P. Cherry
The Fairanks
The Thompsons of Meredosia
David A. Smith
Dr. Ero Chandler
John Buckley
The Hockenhull Family
The Glovers
Michael Rapp
Dennis Rockwell
Clarke-Bushnell Letter, June 29, 1863
Mozart Club
Sacred Heart School - 1897
Curtis-Cooper Reunions
Robert Wallace 91st Birthday
Excerpts from the Carlinville Democrat, April 6, 1887
U.S. Gibbins - 90th Birthday
5th Sheppard Family Reunion (after 1932)
1930 Sheppard Family Reunion
John Williams 1908 Bio
Denton Civil War Letter
1852 Williams Letter
"The Hanging Tree"
James & Hannah Mary Self Story Family
Old Central Music Hall
Illinois National Bank Building
Illinois National Bank Corner - 1889
New Salem Mill & Lincoln's Dog
2nd Methodist (Kumler) Church
Mildred Park
Mueller Home
Mule-Drawn Street Cars
German Baptist Church - 1889
German Methodist Church
Globe Tavern
Logan Place
Martin V. Nevins - 50th Wedding Anniversary
Givens Letters (1843 - 1875)
Givens Letters (1882 - 1884)
Reisch Brewery - late 80's
Reservoir Fountain & Park
Revere House
Ridgely School - 1903
East Side Courthouse Square - 1850's
King's Daughters Home - 1902
Lindsay Memorial at Lake Springfield
Palace Livery Stables
Foster Livery & Undertaking
Interior - Majestic Theatre - 1907
Charles W. Matheny Residence
Governor Matteson Residence
S. H. Melvin Drug Store
Old Gehrmann Place
German-English School
Glenwood Park Pavilion
Governor's Mansion in 1858 & 1880's
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur O. Hale - 50th Anniversary
Ide Engine Works
International Shoe Company
Springfield Iron Company
Illinois State University - 1850
1904 World's Fair at St. Louis
East Side of Square - 1889
Northeast Corner of Square
Old Springfield High
Wood-Block Pavement - South Side Square, 1883
Square at Night - 1900s
St. Nicholas - 1890
Springfield Iron Works Switch Engine
West Side of Square - 1866
First Y.M.C.A. Building
State Fair - 1912
4th & Washington Streets - 1888
6th & Adams Streets - 1907
Circus - 1884
City Hall
Concordia College
Old Courthouse - 1899
Culver Construction Company
Dirksen & Sons' Store - 1880s
Old Dodds Corner
North Side of Courthouse Square - 1850s
East Side of Courthouse Square - 1850s
Dome Building - State Fair Grounds
Old Federal Building
Fowler Mansion
Franz Brothers' Packing House Chenery Residence - 1896
Churches
Hay Residence
Hay-Brown Residence
Herndon Residence
J.L. Hudson Residence
Turney English Residence
Old Isolation Hospital
American House
Old State Arsenal
Brinkerhoff Home
Jacob Bunn Residence
Camp Lincoln
Capitol Bldg. 1885 & 1937
Old Carpenter's Mill
Chenery House
1896 Business Houses
1st Christian Church - 1912
1st Sangamon County Land Office
5th & Adams - 1900
Alton R.R. Station - late 1890's
A. Booth & Son Wagon Factory - 1860's
Bradford Residence
Gas Buggy
Iles/Irwin/Souther Residence
Illinois Watch Factory
The New Leland Hotel - Thanksgiving feast- 1910
Ann Rutledge Article
Sinclair Residence - 1880's
Bettie Stuart Institute - 1890's
Frank W. Tracy Residence
Springfield Woolen Mills
DICKERMAN HOME
DILLER MANSION
KENNEDY BLACKSMITH SHOP
LILLIAN KEYES & HER BICYCLE
3 OF THE LONG NINE
J. TAYLOR SMITH PLACE
MAJESTIC THEATER - 1907
OLD HARTMANN RESIDENCE
FOGARTY GROCERY - 1890
PIONEER WOMEN OF SPRINGFIELD (Van Bergen, Enos & Iles)
CHENERY FAMILY - Lincoln's Last Host in Springfield
ATHENS MINE EXPLOSION - 1903
CAMPBELL LETTER - 31 Aug 1863
CAMPBELL TWINS
PIUS NEFF - GONE TO HIS REWARD
SHOOTING OF EDGAR YAGER - Oct. 1869
CALDWELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
DAVIS MURDER
COOPER MURDER
HENRY JACKSON IS NOW EIGHTY-EIGHT
HENRY JACKSON ANSWERS FINAL CALL
Coin Search Ends with Discovery of Early Settlers Graves(Macoupin County)
BAXTER BROTHERS
Biographical History of HENRY C. BEARD
TRAIN ACCIDENT IN BEARDSTOWN
LITERBERRY CYCLONE - 1883
SAMUEL F. CAMPBELL LEDGER
Biographical History of ELIZABETH ENGELBACH
HISTORY OF EDWARD L. HAGAR: LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
THE JACKSONVILLE SQUARE - 1857
MORGAN COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL ARTICLES - published in 1968
WILLIAM SAMUEL MCCRACKEN - Death Certificate
D. MCGINNIS KILLS SELF
MCMEANS TRAGEDY
ELIZABETH JANE (DENNIS) WHITLOCK WOOD MYERS - 91st Birthday
JONATHAN NEELY
PAUL TRAGEDY
JACOB AND URIAH RIMBEY
MR. & MRS. HILLARD SAMPLE
MR. & MRS. FRANK C. SHENKEL - Celebrate Golden Aniversary
FRANCIS CLAUDE SCHENKEL - Birth Certificate
SHERWOOD, JAMES M.
STEVENSON-BOSTON FAMILY REUNION - 1954
STEVENSON-BOSTON KIN GATHER AGAIN - 1955
Biographical History of VALENTINE WALTER
MR. & MRS. HENRY WHEELER - 60 YRS OF MARRIED LIFE
Biographical History of MRS. LURENA ANN WILLEY
WILLIAMS and KELLOGG
ADVENTURES OF A VETERAN - JOHN E. WRIGHT
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