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

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 > >