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Newspapers

Our card file indexes over 100,000 obituaries and other items.
Our card file indexes over 100,000 obituaries and other items.

The following newspapers are all on microfilm (Death information from all newspapers is indexed up to 1916):

Bureau Advocate: 1851
Bureau Co. Republican: 1867, 1877-1996 (marriages indexed 1858-1900)
Bureau Co. Tribune: 1872-1950*
Bureau Co. Record: 1902-1937 (1928 + 1929 do not exist)
Bureau Co. Democrat: 1859-1862
Bureau Co. Patriot: 1863-1870
Bureau Co. News: 1882-1887
Bureau Co. – Misc. Early Issues: 1848-1851, 1853-1856
Bradford [Stark Co.]: 1885-1925
Buda: 1887-1950
DePue: 1917-1945
Henry [Marshall Co.]: 1890-1910 and 1921-1926
Ladd: 1944-1948
LaMoille: 1889-1920
Neponset: 1899-1908, 1911-1919
Ohio: 1901-1952*
Princeton Post: 1853-1857*
Sheffield: 1889, 1908-1940*
Spring Valley: 1913-1975*
Tampico [Whiteside Co.]: 1886-1934*
Tiskilwa: 1887-1959* (Sep1906-Sep1921 missing)
Walnut: 1893-1953
Wyanet: 1889-1892, 1924-1950

*Some issues missing

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