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In our tenth and final installment of our series on researching the history of...

Last week we saw that after the elder Judge Reardon passed away in 1941,...

As we continue with our series on the history of the house at 405...

This week we will begin to tell the story of the Reardon family, who...

As we saw last time, the Dietrich C. Smith family were the first to...

In this week’s continuation of the history of 405 Willow St., we will delve...

The Pekin Public Library’s program on Saturday, 11 March 2023, about tracing a house’s...

By Jared Olar Library assistant In June 2013, this column offered some guidance on...