Judy: The Manitoba archives will do look ups for a fee. If you check the website Norman listed below there is an e-mail address that you can request the cost etc. The Portage paper is archived there. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Fraser" <normanfraser@rogers.com> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Portage la Prairie newspaper. > Hello Judy, the local newspaper for Portage La Prairie in the early 1900s > was The Daily Graphic. I know they were publishing in 1917, but I'm not too > sure about 1903. > > You can contact either the Manitoba Archives at > http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ or the National Archives of Canada in > Ottawa at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html to see if they lend > out the microfilms. > > Good luck > > Norm Fraser > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "elista" <elista@telusplanet.net> > To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:34 AM > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Portage la Prairie newspaper. > > > > Hi List, > > > > I sent this to the MB central list but did not receive any replies, so > > maybe someone on this list will know. > > > > I have my g. g. grandfather's ( Valentine Straube ) death date as June 3, > > 1903, at Portage la Prairie, age 77 yrs. He is buried at Hillside cemetery > > in section 1RC. Can anyone tell me if there was a newspaper there at that > > time and if there would likely be an obituary for him? He was a business > > man in the town for quite a few years. Also, would there be any access via > > the internet, or an address I could write, as I live in rural Alberta. The > > Portage la Prairie library told me the city has no archives. > > > > Any help or suggestions is gratefully appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Sincerely, Judy > > elista@telusplanet.net > > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > > For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-MANITOBA.html > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-MANITOBA.html > > ============================== > Search our Immigration Records and view names from multiple ports > ranging from 1500s - 1900s. Over 23 million records to view. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13967/rd.ashx >