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Subject: Letters to Genealogical Newspaper Columns
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:57:10 EDT

Dear WRG:

I just picked up on something that Larry V. Stephens (whom some of you will
remember from Maiser days) sent to subscribers to his various lists. In it
was a fairly long, and somewhat complex letter from a person with the Mobile
(AL) Genealogical Society, noting that there are often materials that are not
availble through electronic research, AND that there are lots of people out
there with good answers that don't use computers. Thus, it is sometimes very
beneficial to follow some older, yet still effective, methods.

To this end, the Mobile Genealogical Society is sponsoring on their web site a
page that provides names, addresses, newspaper coverage areas, etc. for the
dozens and dozens of Genealogical columns that appear with regularity in this
country and abroad. It also includes some "rules" for submitting queries to
these sources, and a request to provide them with the names and locations of
additional columns in Newspapers that are not currently covered in their list.
This latter, too, has certain guidelines to be followed in submitting material
to add to their page.

If anyone is interested in seeing what is available, you can find the site at
the following URL:

http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs

and when you get to their Cyber Lobby, scroll down to The News Stand and click
on the link. I checked the site out, and it works. There are a couple for
Maine, but none for MA. I hope this tip and the site it mentions results in
helping a Whitney researcher.

Again, congratulations to Robert Ward for winning an award with his Whitney
web site.

Happy Hunting:

Allan

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