This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local notes list names and events across Illinois communities
A dense June to July roster of residents and visitors from Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Thomson Polo Savanna Lanark Milledgeville and nearby towns. Reports include farm notes about oat varieties a forthcoming field day July 7 and a service member Harold Andersen stationed in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ann Lotz
Lanark
Gerry Foltz
Chadwick
Gretchen Fogel
Milledgeville
Edward Murphy
Freeport
Quentin Brown
Pearl City
Lula Force
Richard Kness
Thomson
Orville Sturtevant
Rock Island
Lucille Schreiner
Edwin Flickinger
Mt. Carroll
Paul K. Wilt
Kyle Rawlins
Polo
Alfred Dykstra
Thomason
Roger Lee Port
Kenneth Tripp
Howard Emnyre
Carroll
Reynold Bloyer Farm
Walter Scott
Extension Agronomist
Welch Farm
Lanark-Milledgeville
Germany
AHNTC
Harold A. Andersen
Marilyn
Fifteenth Ave
Fulton, Ill
3Rd Infantry Division
Pillsbury
Russia
U. S
USDA