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Don't you just hate seeing those tiny newspaper items on the family tree? I don't mean tiny as few words. I mean tiny as not cropped to fit the screen. I do not hate them because you cannot read them, because you can read them, if you click on them a couple of time, the... Continue Reading →
I posted the following on FaceBook: For my genealogy friends with relatives in the North East USA - 1842 newspaper has many deaths in various places in the newspaper not just in an Obit section: - look down the link and to the right for the death items: - Fatal Accident - James Ruddy -... Continue Reading →
Spartanburg, S. C. The Spartanburg Herald Spartanburg, S. C. Herald-Journal - Dec 16, 1928 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8jgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6880%2C4780217
Do not overlook small items in newspapers. They may be small but they can lead to a wealth of information. I was looking for an obituary in the 1949 "Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times" a Montana newspaper when this small item caught my eye. (See below for information on newspaper and link to item) I... Continue Reading →
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