Illinois Prairie District Public Library has free, online genealogy collections including:

Vital Records Newspaper Index – view the full text of local obituaries, birth, marriage, and anniversary announcements online from:

• The Woodford Sentinel — January 1887 to December 6, 1889
• The Metamora Herald — December 20, 1889, to July 7, 2011
• The Washburn Leader — December 11, 1902, to December 30, 1920

Metamora Herald Image Collection – contains images from The Metamora Herald newspaper (published from 1889 to 2011). The paper covered the Illinois towns of Benson, Cazenovia, Germantown Hills, Low Point, Roanoke, Spring Bay, and Washburn, as well as the Village of Metamora. (No library card required!)

Community History Archive search the full text of:

• Washburn Leader
  48,974 Pages
  1902-1993
• Herald
  45,630 Pages
  1970-2011
• Metamora Herald
  38,605 Pages
  1889-1996
• Roanoke Review
  11,957 Pages
  1991-2001
• Federal Census Bureau
  4,834 Pages
  1830-1920
• Woodford Sentinel
  752 Pages
  1862-1890
• Family History of Antoine Dubious and Descendants
  536 Pages
  1901-1901
• Varna Leader
  192 Pages
  1919-1919
• Massac Journal
  66 Pages
  1871-1890
• Marshall Messenger
  60 Pages
  1866-1887
• Illinois State Democrat 1849-1852