Lockport Area Genealogical & Historical Society
Newsletter Index
On this page is a periodical reference chart for past L.A.G.H.S. newsletters. Past newsletters are available for $2 each for members, $5 each for non-members. Please mail a check payable to L.A.G.H.S. along with the date of the newsletter, volume # and number of copies to: L.A.G.H.S., c/o Des Plaines Valley Public Library, 121 E. 8th Street, Lockport, IL 60441.
| DATE | VOL.NO. | SUBJECT | TITLE | Additional | names or other | topics |
| Sep-2001 | 1.02 | Publications | Cemeteries of Will Co | Crilly | ||
| Sep-2001 | 1.02 | Genealogy | Crilly Family History | Bruce | I&M Canal | Scotland |
| Sep-2001 | 1.02 | Historical Structures | Gooding Mansion | Hull | I&M Canal | Gooding |
| Sep-2001 | 1.02 | Share & Tell | Share & Tell | Bankroff | Richardson | Murray |
| Oct-2001 | 1.03 | Board news | First Installation Banquet | Caneva | ||
| Nov-2001 | 1.04 | Share & Tell | Pa & his Pepper | Hrpcha | Fracaro | Mitchell |
| Nov-2001 | 1.04 | Genealogy | Wiershem Family | Kelleher | Helbock | St. Joseph |
| Jan-2002 | 2.01 | Share & Tell | Treasures of Christmas Past | Caneva | Lukancic | |
| Feb-2002 | 2.02 | Genealogy | How to do a family tree | Crilly | ||
| Feb-2002 | 2.02 | History | Romeoville Settlers | Hrpcha | I&M Canal | Romeoville |
| Mar-2002 | 2.03 | Genealogy | Asiago-Italian Heritage | Bankroff | Rodeghiero | Rigoni |
| Apr-2002 | 2.04 | Genealogy | An Irish Tale | Munch | Lambert | Phelan |
| Apr-2002 | 2.04 | History | Haytown, Mystery | Bankroff | I&M Canal | St. Dennis |
| Jun-2002 | 3.02 | Photos | Dellwood Park |
1948 |
Cronholm | Kinsella |
| Jun-2002 | 3.02 | History | LTHS Band | Caneva |
1962 |
Photo |
| Jun-2002 | 3.02 | Genealogy | Tips and Tricks | Martin | ||
| Jul-2002 | 3.07 | History | Homer, Lockport Always Close | Lamb | Yankee | Townships |
| Aug-2002 | 3.08 | Share & Tell | Homer Township | Rowley | Haley | School |
| Aug-2002 | 3.08 | History | Old Canal Days, 2002 | LAGHS | Photo | |
| Aug-2002 | 3.08 | Photos | Who are they? | Gaines | Sloan | |
| Sep-2002 | 3.09 | Photos | Dellwood Park House | 2002 | ||
| Sep-2002 | 3.09 | History | History Highlights | Munch | Sears | Hawley |
| Oct-2002 | 3.10 | History | Dellwood Park | Klopfstein | ||
| Oct-2002 | 3.10 | Photos | Fred Grant | Packley | 1899 | |
| Oct-2002 | 3.10 | Photos | Grant Fairmont home | Packley | Nobes Ave | 1933 |
| Oct-2002 | 3.10 | Share & Tell | Remembering Fairmont | Packley | Grant | |
| Nov-2002 | 3.11 | Share & Tell | Big Red Star, Texaco | Packley | ||
| Nov-2002 | 3.11 | Genealogy | Walter, Ott Family History | Munch | Norton | German |
| Dec-2002 | 3.12 | Genealogy | Swedish Genealogy | Bankroff | Bjorkland | Lutheran |
| Jan-2003 | 18 | Genealogy | Hyland Family | Munch | Irish | |
| Jan-2003 | 18 | History | Lockport Womens Club |
1902 |
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| Jan-2003 | 18 | Scrapbooks | Louella Pesavento | WWII | ||
| Jan-2003 | 18 | Scrapbooks | Mary Fracaro Ambrosini | LTHS | St. Dennis | 1935 |
| Jan-2003 | 18 | History | Rev. Bengtson Book | Bankroff | WWII | |
| Mar-2003 | 20 | History | Irish Build the Canal | Lamb | I&M Canal | Irish |
| Apr-2003 | 21 | Board news | Bylaws of LAGHS | By Laws | ||
| Apr-2003 | 21 | Photos | Easter, 1918 | Stephenson | Gaines | Street scene |
| Apr-2003 | 21 | History | H. H. Carter | 1915 | ||
| Apr-2003 | 21 | Photos | H. H. Carter | Carter | 1915 | |
| Apr-2003 | 21 | History | Lockport government | Village | City | |
| Apr-2003 | 21 | Photos | LTHS | Neal | Rigoni | 1910 |
| Apr-2003 | 21 | Historical Structures | Old City Hall | McClusky | ||
| May-2003 | 22 | History | Des Plaines Valley | Bankroff | I&M Canal | |
| May-2003 | 22 | Photos | LTHS Cheerleaders | Fracaro | Startz | 1933 |
| May-2003 | 22 | Scrapbooks | PTA, Lockport Schools | Munch | Haack | |
| May-2003 | 22 | Share & Tell | Sports, Romeoville Aces | Hrpcha | 1933 | baseball |
| Jun-2003 | 23 | History | Chautauqua | Bankroff | Methodist | Dellwood |
| Jun-2003 | 23 | History | Romeoville | Hrpcha | ||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | Historical Structures | Baptist Church | Munch | ||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | History | Bengtson | Bankroff | ||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | Photos | Board member photo | Photo | ||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | Photos | Canal Day Parade 2003 | |||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | Board news | Installation of board | |||
| Jul-2003 | 24 | Genealogy | Scotland, Scottish | Crilly | Bruce | |
| Aug-2003 | 25 | History | Crest Hill | Juricic | ||
| Aug-2003 | 25 | Genealogy | Italian surnames, Asiago | Bankroff | Italy | |
| Aug-2003 | 25 | History | Lockport Fire, 1895 | Photo | ||
| Sep-2003 | 26 | Genealogy | Canadian genealogy | Munch | ||
| Sep-2003 | 26 | History | LTHS Class 53 reunion | Caneva | Photo | |
| Sep-2003 | 26 | Photos | LTHS Class 53 reunion | Photo | ||
| Sep-2003 | 26 | History | WWI Records | Bankroff | Rodeghiero | |
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Historical Structures | Bridges of Lockport | Bankroff | Photo | |
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Historical Structures | Central Square | McCasland | ||
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Historical Structures | Central Square | Lamb | ||
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Photos | Central Square | Giardina | Photo | |
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Photos | Civil War Days | Carlson | ||
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Historical Structures | Houses of Lockport | Hrpcha | Photo | Jindra |
| Oct-2003 | 27 | Genealogy | Passenger lists | Munch | ||
| Nov-2003 | 28 | Photos | Cemeteries of Will Co | Crilly | Norton | Flagg |
| Nov-2003 | 28 | Photos | Dellwood Park | Caneva | ||
| Jan-2004 | 29 | 1st person narrative | Chicago Sanitary/Ship Canal | Giardina | Photo | |
| Jan-2004 | 29 | Historical Structures | Chicago Sanitary/Ship Canal | Bankroff | I&M Canal | |
| Jan-2004 | 29 | History | Runyon Pioneer | Woodruff | Boyer | |
| Jan-2004 | 29 | History | Will County Organized | Map | ||
| Feb-2004 | 30 | Photos | Bill Molony, Railroad man | Photo | Railroad | |
| Feb-2004 | 30 | History | Down by the station | Malony | Railroad | |
| Feb-2004 | 30 | 1st person narrative | SantaFe Railroad | Bell | 1946 | |
| Mar-2004 | 31 | Genealogy | A Family Mystery | Hrpcha | Rigoni | |
| Mar-2004 | 31 | History | Romancing the Spoon | Ogorek | Silverware | |
| Mar-2004 | 31 | Genealogy | Write your Family Biography | Hrpcha | Rigoni | |
| Apr-2004 | 32 | 1st person narrative | Dead-man's cave | Curry | Dellwood | |
| Apr-2004 | 32 | Photos | Dellwood Park | Postcards | ||
| Apr-2004 | 32 | Geography | Des Plaines Valley | Ward | Gee | Dellwood |
| May-2004 | 33 | Historical Structures | House in the Park | Photo | Dellwood | |
| May-2004 | 33 | History | Lewis College | Schackmuth | Lewis Coll. | Fitzpatrick |
| Jun-2004 | 34 | History | Fairmont Community Center | Photo | ||
| Jun-2004 | 34 | 1st person narrative | Fairmont recollections | Travis | Giardina | Carlson |
| Jun-2004 | 34 | Photos | Swedish Genealogy | Seaborg | Swanson | Lindstrom |
| Jun-2004 | 34 | Photos | Taft School | 1908 | ||
| Jul-2004 | 35 | Photos | Canal Day Parade 2004 | Float | LAGHS | |
| Jul-2004 | 35 | 1st person narrative | Frank Mitchell, Mayor | Mitchell | ||
| Jul-2004 | 35 | History | Lockport 1912 Baseball | Harrington | ||
| Jul-2004 | 35 | Photos | Lockport 1912 Baseball | Barto | Stewart | |
| Jul-2004 | 35 | Photos | Ninth St and Garfield | Feed Store | Midwest | |
| Jul-2004 | 35 | Photos | State street Lockport 1954 | Richelieu | Postcard | |
| Aug-2004 | 36 | Genealogy | Bohemian in Lockport | Loose | Jindra | |
| Aug-2004 | 36 | 1st person narrative | Invoices from Nicholson | |||
| Aug-2004 | 36 | 1st person narrative | Lockport 1920 | Loose | Jindra | |
| Aug-2004 | 36 | Photos | Marriage Capouch & Jindra | Loose | ||
| Aug-2004 | 36 | History | Tornado strikes Lockport | Waldvogel | Library | |
| Aug-2004 | 36 | History | Tornado strikes Lockport | Caneva | State Street | |
| Sep-2004 | 37 | History | 1931 Play: Henry's Wedding | Business | Geneology | |
| Sep-2004 | 37 | History | Dellwood Park | Klopfstein | ||
| Sep-2004 | 37 | 1st person narrative | Dellwood Park, I remember | Hrpcha | ||
| Sep-2004 | 37 | 1st person narrative | Dellwood Park, They met at. | Bankroff | Rigoni | McCanna |
| Sep-2004 | 37 | 1st person narrative | Dellwood Park, We Remember | Loose | Kuehnle | |
| Sep-2004 | 37 | History | Lockport Township Government | Government | Laws | |
| Sep-2004 | 37 | Historical Structures | Rigoni Store | Bankroff | ||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | History | Canallers in the Corridor | I&M Canal | ||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | Photos | Charles Waterman Store photo | Baker | Railroad | Archives |
| Oct-2004 | 38 | Photos | Grain Elevator postcard | |||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | History | Lkpt High School 1888 | |||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | History | Lockport Census Information | Hrpcha | ||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | Historical Structures | Lockport Loop | Zalanka, J. | ||
| Oct-2004 | 38 | History | Waterman Collection | |||
| Nov-2004 | 39 | History | Examination of Title | 9th St LKPT | Waterman | Daly |
| Nov-2004 | 39 | History | Life of the Prairie Farmer | Midewin | ||
| Nov-2004 | 39 | Maps | Maps from title record | 9th St LKPT | ||
| Nov-2004 | 39 | History | Mt. Calvary Cemetery | Byzantine | Church | |
| Jan-2005 | 40 | History | Gooding, William | Gooding | ||
| Jan-2005 | 40 | Photos | Hitching Post | Wilda | Wiershem | |
| Jan-2005 | 40 | Photos | Parade 100th Anniversary | Adelmann | ||
| Jan-2005 | 40 | Photos | St. Dennis Italian Club | |||
| Jan-2005 | 40 | Photos | Unknown Lockport Residents | |||
| Feb-2005 | 41 | Photos | Central Grade School | |||
| Feb-2005 | 41 | History | One Room Schools | Reavis | ||
| Feb-2005 | 41 | History | State Finances 1840-1850 | I&M Canal | ||
| Mar-2005 | 42 | Maps | 1890's Surveyor Archer Avenue | |||
| Mar-2005 | 42 | History | H. H. Carter | |||
| Mar-2005 | 42 | History | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
| Mar-2005 | 42 | History | Lewis University Canal Archives | |||
| Mar-2005 | 42 | Historical Structures | Torn Down Houses of Lockport | Boyer | Congre. Ch. | Deeming |
| Apr-2005 | 43 | Photos | Gooding, Anna & Edward | |||
| Apr-2005 | 43 | History | Gooding, Edward | Civil War | ||
| Apr-2005 | 43 | History | John Wilkes Booth | Magosky | ||
| Apr-2005 | 43 | 1st person narrative | Letter from Camp Ford, Civil War | Burdick | Parker | Arnold |
| Apr-2005 | 43 | History | Lockport and Abe Lincoln | |||
| Apr-2005 | 43 | History | Patrick O'Marah | Civil War | ||
| May-2005 | 44 | Genealogy | Bankroff | Pinkofsy | ||
| May-2005 | 44 | History | Lockport Businesses 1872 | |||
| May-2005 | 44 | History | Norton & Company | |||
| May-2005 | 44 | History | Schrumpf Pool Hall | |||
| May-2005 | 44 | History | Songs of the Civil War | Sikorski | ||
| May-2005 | 44 | History | Stephen Foster | |||
| Jun-2005 | 45 | History | Fitzpatrick Family | Schackmuth | ||
| Jun-2005 | 45 | History | Lockport Immigrants 1850- 1880 | |||
| Jun-2005 | 45 | History | Stroll on Washington St. 1880 | |||
| Jun-2005 | 45 | Photos | Zion Evangelical Luth Ch 1950 | |||
| Jul-2005 | 46 | Genealogy | Brother Martin Lecture | |||
| Jul-2005 | 46 | Board News | Canal Days 2005 | Parade | Float | |
| Jul-2005 | 46 | Historical Structures | Central School c. 1860 | |||
| Jul-2005 | 46 | History | May Deeming | Cheadle | ||
| Aug-2005 | 47 | Photos | House of Ill Repute | Priestly | ||
| Aug-2005 | 47 | History | Lockport 1900-1910 | Saloons | ||
| Aug-2005 | 47 | Genealogy | Sisson Family | Cemetery | ||
| Sep-2005 | 48 | History | Dellwood Park | Johnson | ||
| Sep-2005 | 48 | Photos | Dellwood Park | |||
| Sep-2005 | 48 | Photos | LTHS interior photos 1910 | |||
| Sep-2005 | 48 | History | LTHS opens 1910 | |||
| Oct-2005 | 49 | History | Cornolos Grocery | |||
| Oct-2005 | 49 | Photos | Lockport 1920 - teachers | |||
| Oct-2005 | 49 | Photos | Mario's Barbershop | |||
| Oct-2005 | 49 | History | Pesavento Bros Grocery | |||
| Oct-2005 | 49 | Genealogy | Technology & the genealogist | Szucs | ||
| Nov-2005 | 50 | History | Henry LeCaron, British Spy | Clark | Irish | Coal Mines |
| Nov-2005 | 50 | 1st person narrative | Letter from Japan 1945 | Fracaro | ||
| Nov-2005 | 50 | History | Lockport Businesses 1930's | |||
| Nov-2005 | 50 | History | Lockport in the 1930's | Ogren Press | ||
| Nov-2005 | 50 | History | Payroll Robbery 1937 | |||
| Nov-2005 | 50 | Photos | Payroll Robbery 1937 | Wierschem | Texaco | |
| Nov-2005 | 50 | Photos | VFW Football Team 1946 | |||
| Jan-2006 | 51 | 1st person narrative | Charivari, Anyone? | Bankroff | Rodeghero | |
| Jan-2006 | 51 | 1st person narrative | Family Reunion | Varley | Kuehnle | |
| Jan-2006 | 51 | Photos | Herbert Gulden Mary Rodeghero | |||
| Jan-2006 | 51 | Photos | LAGHS Christmas 2005 | |||
| Jan-2006 | 51 | 1st person narrative | Remember my mother in law | Varley | Kuehnle | |
| Jan-2006 | 51 | 1st person narrative | Remembering 1940's Lockport | Caneva | ||
| Jan-2006 | 51 | Photos | State Street Parade c1941 | LTHS band | ||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | Photos | Caneva Shoe Store | |||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | Photos | Caneva's Accordion Band | LTHS stage | ||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | Photos | Gooding Mansion | |||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | Historical Structures | LTHS 1947 - 1953 | |||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | 1st person narrative | Share & Tell | |||
| Feb-2006 | 52 | Photos | Winter in Lockport | |||
| Mar-2006 | 53 | Photos | Early elected officials | O'Marah | Weeks | |
| Mar-2006 | 53 | Photos | Joliet Historical Museum | |||
| Mar-2006 | 53 | History | Lockport Politics 1853 | |||
| Mar-2006 | 53 | History | Lockport village organization | |||
| Mar-2006 | 53 | Photos | School days- 1930, 1939, 1927 | St.Joseph | SacredHeart | Central Sch. |
| Apr-2006 | 54 | History | Elmer Ott, Photographer | |||
| Apr-2006 | 54 | Photos | Elmer Ott, photographs | |||
| Apr-2006 | 54 | History | Village Treasurer's report 1862 | |||
| Apr-2006 | 54 | Historical Structures | Will Co. Landmarks in Lockport | Fitzpatrick | Gooding | 16thStBridge |
| Apr-2006 | 54 | Historical Structures | Will County Historic Landmarks | Ferry | ||
| May-2006 | 55 | Share & Tell | Members bring their treasures | |||
| May-2006 | 55 | History | One Room Schools | Taylor | Ward | Hopkins |
| May-2006 | 55 | Photos | One Room Schools | Taylor | Ward | Hopkins |
| May-2006 | 55 | 1st person narrative | Pfc Edward Rossetto - 1944 | |||
| Jun-2006 | 56 | History | Do you have the Time? | Clock | ||
| Jun-2006 | 56 | History | Politics, Lockport 1860 | Anderson | Dow | Douse |
| Jun-2006 | 56 | History | Quilts in the Underground RR | Sokolinski | ||
| Jul-2006 | 57 | Genealogy | Faces from the Past | Rice, Marge | ||
| Jul-2006 | 57 | History | Labor Unrest on Canal 1893 | |||
| Jul-2006 | 57 | History | Last Village President, 1st Mayor | Keough | Photo | |
| Jul-2006 | 57 | Board News | New Board Seated | Lif | ||
| Jul-2006 | 57 | Board News | Old Canal Days 2006 | Photo | ||
| Jul-2006 | 57 | Historical Structures | The Roxy and the Chatterbox | Crawshaw | ||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | Photos | Gustafson/Lindstrom home | |||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | History | Lockport Trains, Interurban Light | |||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | Photos | Lockport, Alton Station | |||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | Photos | Lockport, State St. w/street car | |||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | Genealogy | Pehrson-Johnson | Kuhlne, Alice | ||
| Aug-2006 | 58 | Genealogy | Scandinavian Heritage | Jeri Loose | ||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | 1st person narrative | Dellwood Park | Hirner | ||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | History | Dellwood Park | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Dellwood Park | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Dellwood Park water tower | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Dellwood Park,1927 class reunion | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Irene Lindstrom Young at Dellwood | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Joliet Lockport Road, cir 1908 | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | History | Joliet-Lockport Road | |||
| Sep-2006 | 59 | Photos | Road repair, "teaming" 1908 | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | Genealogy | Caneva & Asiago Italy | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | 1st person narrative | Fire Department, 1904 | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | Photos | Fire Department, 1904 | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | Photos | Fire Department, c 1940 | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | History | Fire Dept History | |||
| Oct-2006 | 60 | History | Lidice monument Crest Hill | Crest Hill | ||
| Nov-2006 | 61 | Photos | Cemeteries of Midewin | |||
| Nov-2006 | 61 | History | LTHS, The Times, 1937 | T. Bills | ||
| Nov-2006 | 61 | History | Midewin Cemetery Tour | |||
| Nov-2006 | 61 | Photos | Pearl Harbor Japanese Sub | G. Riley | ||
| Nov-2006 | 61 | 1st person narrative | WWII Pearl Harbor |