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Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] 19th Century Newspapers
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:45:19 -0600
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I have the obit locator (one of my better investments!). If you give me the
names I will see if they are listed so that you can have a head start on
your research.

I also have the Hooper book"...drove mules...".

What I found was that there are some obits that are not listed in the obit
locator and the papers are not on film...even the librarian was not aware of
them. However, I found the obit I needed listed on the library web site and
after a week or so the paper was located...never give up!!

Terri


On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:05:55 -0600, Lauren Brantner wrote
> The obit locator is a published work - I would think it is in the
> Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown. It is an index of
> names with published obits. You can access information in the
> research room and then go down to the first floor and look up the
> papers via the microfilm reader/printers. I would also check the
> Washington County Historical Society Library in the Miller House in
> Hagerstown - you can look these places up on the web and see what
> they offer. Perhaps someone else on the list can tell you about a
> listserv for C & O Canal researchers - I believe there is one.
> Other researchers on that list may be helpful as you work on this
> research problem. Here's another source.
>
> > The Washington County Bicentennial book I Remember has a story about
> > George Hooper Wolfe. He wrote a book in 1969, I Drove Mules on the C
> > & O Canal. He also published a newspaper during the Civil War
> > Centennial entitled The Centennial Observer and C and O Chronicle.
> > During the Bicentennial era he was doing slide shows on the C & O.
> > His father-in-law was Cletus Zimmerman of Big Pool, a canal boat
> > captain. Incidentally - Hooper was a 3rd or 4th grade drop out.
>
> If you can accept jpeg files, I can send you an 1892 article about
> the C & O Canal. Also the S. Roger Keller's work Crossroads of War
> [Washington County MD in the Civil War] has some Civil War era
> letters written by Edwin Rice, in a Massachusetts unit whose duty it
> was to guard the C & O Canal at Williamsport. There are also some
> references in Too Afraid To Cry - Maryland Civilians in the Civil
> War. That's a quick look at what I know - I haven't researched C & O
> Canal - just find it interesting.
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
> Also
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
> Mary Ellen Chambers wrote:
>
> >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
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Mary Ellen Chambers [mailto:]
> >>Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:54 AM
> >>To:
> >>Subject: [MDWASHIN] 19th Century Newspapers
> >>
> >>
> >>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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