Newspapers for Genealogists: Finding the Details of your Ancestor’s Lives
Thomas Jay Kemp NEFHC Franklin, Massachusetts 23 March 2012
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Boston News-Letter. July 24�July 31, 1704. page 4
James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
Hudson River Chronicle (Sing Sing, NY) 12 December 1848 Obituary notice for Lovina Ayres born 7 August 1846 died 28November 1848
Births
Aberdeen (SD) Daily Herald. 10 December 1999, page 18.
• Aberdeen (SD) Daily Herald. 10 December 1999, page 18.
• Child’s name, date and place of birth • Mother’s maiden name • Names of both sets of grandparents • Names of the great grandparents
Fort Wayne Sentinel. 13 April 1917. page 18
Fort Wayne Sentinel. 13 April 1917. page 18
• “This is their third daughter” • “Mr. Monroe left about three weeks ago for a southern camp (Army), where he was called in the draft.” • Mrs. Monroe – formerly Miss Rhea Holtzberg – a teacher in the Butler City schools
Trenton Evening Times. 4 October 1964. Page 49.
Dallas Morning News November 19, 1978
Dallas Morning News November 19, 1978
Marriage announcements
Engagements
Clues • Names of the bride and groom • Name and location of the church • Date of the wedding • Where the couple will live
• Names of the parents of the bride • Biographical information • Members of the wedding party • Pictures
Independent Inquirer (Brattleboro, Vermont) 28 June 1834, page 3
Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages • Residence
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages • Residence • Where married
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • • • •
Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • • • •
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • Only death in family • • • •
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • Only death in family • # of children, grandchildren etc. • • • •
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895
1880 Census Garrett County, MD
Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895
1880 Census Garrett County, MD
Dallas Morning News (Texas) 19 January 1948, Section 2, page 13
Boston Post Boy (Massachusetts) 22 July 1751, page 2
Commercial Daily Register (Sandusky, Ohio) 25 January 1862, page 1
Family Reunions
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Held at Oakland Park, Decatur, Illinois Descendents of Jacob Garver of Switzerland The American line of this family descends from Christian Garver, Jacob’s son, who immigrated to America in 1790 Christian Garver settled in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania David Garver came to Decatur, Illinois, in 1840 Other family members
Family Reunions
Friend. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 28 February 1878. page 13
Family Reunions - He was from Hampton, NH - Left home abt. 25 years ago (around 1853) - Now abt. 50-60 yrs. old - He sailed on the ships Montezuma, William Thompson and Roman - He had sailed out of New Bedford, MA - He once sailed under a Master Allen - Others named: Rev. Mr. Butler of New Bedford, MA Mrs. J. C. Hardy of Haverhill, MA
Family Reunions
Friend. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 1 April 1879
Family Reunions - Sailor looking for his family: Peter Gennett - His birthplace: Albany, New York - Lost contact with his family 30 yrs ago (around 1841) - Father: John W. Gennett; kept a grocery story in Albany, naturalized Frenchman - long-time sexton of the only Chatholic Church in Albany - Mother: Johanna Henny (or Hennie); Scotch by birth, she was a native of Nova Scotia - Family: eight children - Cornelia, William, Peter, John, Edward, Frances, Charles and Henry - William: a cabinet maker; was deaf and dumb - Frances: was at the New York Deaf & Dumb Asylum
The Irish World (New York, New York) 3 December 1904, page 8
Family Reunions Reilly (Leitrim—New York) - Patrick Reilly left Carrickallen, Ireland, 13 years ago (about 1891) - He was last heard from 5 years ago (about 1899) - He was a motorman on a street car in NYC - Mother’s maiden name: Hagan - Sisters: Bridget and Mary - Brother: Edward, Butte, Montana (he placed the ad)
Family Reunions O’Mealy (United States) - John O’Mealy left New York in May 1873 and has not been seen or heard from since - He was supposed to have gone to Texas - He was five feet nine inches tall, with medium complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes - Sister: Maggie, now Mrs. M. Coonan - Sister’s address: 624 Greenwich Street, NYC
Family Reunions Murphy (Canada—United States) - Sarah Ann Murphy left Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, in 1872 or 1873 - She would now (1904) be about 46 years old - She has dark hair and eyes, and is heavy-set - She might be in Almonte, Ontario - Sought by: W. E. McGwigan of 305 High Street, Salem, Oregon
Advertisements
Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 22 June 1842, page 3
Advertisements
Military Records
Names and rank Name of the camp Ages Information about other family members serving in the military • Illness • Names and localities of next of kin • Name of the funeral home • • • •
Military Records
Last Revolutionary War Pension granted in 1887 NH Sentinel 10 Aug 1887
Facts
Mrs. Mary Casey
of Washington, Fayette County, Ohio
Husband: John Casey
Served Rev War: Virginia Line Died 1845 – age 75 (Born abt. 1770)
“A few years prior..” he married Mary Cox, then a girl of 16
Last Revolutionary War Pension granted in 1887
NH Sentinel 10 Aug 1887
Military Records
Perry Republican (Perry, Oklahoma) 26 July 1917, page 1
Military Records
Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, New Jersey) 25 May 1921, page 1
Military Records
Military Records
Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts) 31 July 1840, page 2:
Passenger Lists
Passenger Lists
Passenger Lists
The Shamrock – 17 August 1816
Biography & Photo/Image
Biography & Photo/Image • Born April 26, 1826, in Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Phebe (Willis) Freeman •Moved from Ohio to Illinois - nine years old •Homestead Act May 20, 1862, to take effect on January 1, 1863 •“Company H of the Seventeenth Illinois Volunteers” stationed in Nebraska during the Civil War • “ordered to return to St. Louis” not in town when the land record office opened on January 2, 1863—but the Recorder of Deeds, James Bedford, agreed to accommodate Freeman’s situation and made an exception: he administered the oath to Freeman at midnight the morning of January 1st so that Freeman could leave to report to St. Louis as ordered •Married the “girl next door”—Agnes Suiter (1843-1931)—and they built their lives together there in Brownsville, Nebraska
Biography & Photo/Image
Biography & Photo/Image
Probate & Legal Notices
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Where: Cheshire County, NH – Probate Court Administrator of case: Warren H. Jennison, of Walpole, Cheshire County, NH Deceased: John Jennison, Jr., died in Walpole Estate: of John Jennison, Jr., “is not sufficient to pay the demands due from his Estate” Mentions “widow”
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Property boundaries: gives boundaries in all four directions Property size: 100 acres Action: Warren H. Jennison, administrator of the estate of John Jennison, Jr., on February 17, 1876, asks permission to sell John’s entire real estate holding to settle his affairs
Probate & Legal Notices • The heirs-at-law of the before-named John Jennison, Jr. • Must appear at the probate court in Keene “on the third Friday of March next • 17 March 1876
Probate & Legal Notices
Commercial Advertiser 23 September 1828.
Probate & Legal Notices
Idaho Statesman 15 July 1915
Social Notes
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