Post by Connie on Sept 22, 2006 13:12:37 GMT -5
As for newspaper obituaries or articles, you can request such information through your local public library interlibrary loan network. Access to ANSWER, our online catalog, is available on the Internet at answercat.org. Additionally, you may find information about our collections and services at this site. Please note, many of our genealogical resources are part of the non-circulating collection and are only available for on site use at the Library. Additionally, your local library may be able to direct you to materials in their collection or to other libraries in your area that may be able to assist you.Naturalization records not found at the State Archives may be either still with the county courts or with the National Archives and Records Administration Great Lake Region located at 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629-5898. Additional information can be located on their web site at www.archives.gov/facilities/il/chicago/staff_contacts.html. Some passenger arrival records and immigration records can be found at the Library, as well as indexes for most of the major ports of entry into the United States. Our holdings are available through ANSWER. You can also search on the Internet for the American Family Immigration History Center's Ellis Island records at their Web address, www.ellisislandrecords.org or their Castle Garden Web site at castlegarden.org. Other records can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration. You can reach NARA at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Their telephone number is 1-866-272-6272 and their web site is www.archives.gov/global_pages/contact_us.html.