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From: "Bill or Elayne" <>
Subject: [PALANCAS-L] Religious Telescope Index
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:21:51 -0500


I am really excited about a project I am working on for genealogy research
and just have to share it with someone. Hopefully this will be of interest
to you.

The Religious Telescope was a newspaper published in Circleville, Pickaway
county, Ohio. There are a lot of articles about religion, but hidden
amongst them are obits, murders, church conferences, names of itinerant
ministers, tornado damage, etc with tons of names from not only Ohio but
also PA, Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, and other states.

I am in the process of indexing the names which appear in the newspaper for
the years 1835-1841. As you know, this is a time period in which it is very
hard to find information. So far I have completed 1835 and 1836 and have
nearly 1000 names. Hopefully the index will be online soon for searching
and if additional information is available, I will be providing that by
email for now.

For anyone who can't wait, feel free to email me directly (not to the
mailing list). I may not be able to reply till after Christmas, so please
be patient.

I am really hoping this will help break through a few of those brick walls
for some of you.

Elayne

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