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From: Mary Ellen Chambers <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] 19th Century Newspapers
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:54:52 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4300D6EA.9040102@concentric.net>


Lauren and Tom~
Thanks so much for your ideas. We plan to be in MD for research in mid September. Will try the Hagerstown Library. Is it the only one in the town or if others, how do I distinguish the correct one. I'm not on Ancestry .Com.
Lauren, how do I access the obit records you mentioned? I am not familiar with them.
We are looking for an obit or mention of death for John E. CHAMBERS of Clearspring. The date is 31 October 1871. He was a boatman on the C&O Canal. We realize that obits with the exception of the people of better means were rare in those days. "Word of Mouth" and the church pulpit were the usual way of passing the news around. Also, imagine literacy may have been an issue. His sons were illiterate until after the Civil War when they pursued their educations, one entering the Law and another a career US Navel Officer. Have hopes there might be a mention of him (the father) someplace.

Mary Ellen Chambers
Lakewood, OH

Lauren Brantner <> wrote:
You might ask if anyone on the list has Ridenour's Obit Locator for a
specific person you are looking for. They can then tell you when and
where an obit was published. I don't have it, or I'd do a lookup for you.

Lauren

Tom Ford wrote:

>Mary Ellen....First all the newspaper are in the Hagerstown Free Library. On
>the second floor are the cross reference files. Second the Ancestry.com
>sites list the Hagerstown papers. As I also live in Ohio, I use the site and
>travel to Hagerstown twice a year to use their files. tom
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Ellen Chambers [mailto:]
>Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:54 AM
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>Subject: [MDWASHIN] 19th Century Newspapers
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>Does anyone know of newspapers for the Washington County MD area in late
>1800s (i.e. 1850-1900)? Would they be on microfiche at FSU or?? Looking
>for an obit or newspaper item re: a death. Godfrey Library had nothing.
>
>Mary Ellen Chambers
>Lakewood, OH
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