I have a newsclipping I found in my parents archives. It is announcing their Marriage. I only have the last name of the newspaper. It was probably printed in the Sierra City area. It was printed in 1941. The last word of the title is MESSENGER. Is this newspaper around. and I was wondering if their is some way to find these old newspapers. I believe small town newspapers have a wealth of information to families who our searching their ancestors. Possibly obituaries and births marriages and etc. If anyone knows how to get ahold of these newspapers I would appreciate it. Even if I have to make a trip over the hill to read them, or if someone has some in their attic and don't know what to do with then. I would take the information that would pertain to local history and posting it on this site. I would appreciate any information. Thanks Descendant of John W. and Ellen Thomas Larinda
Lirinda I think this is the paper that you are looking for: The mountain messenger.<1855> Alternate Title: Mountain messenger and the independent messenger Place/Publisher: La Porte, Sierra County, Calif. : W.F. Myers, Description: v. Frequency: Weekly Numbering: Began in 1855. Notes: Published at Gibsonville, Calif., Sept. 1855; at La Porte, Calif., Sept. 1855-Jan. 1964. Publication moved to Downieville, Calif., 1864.<BR>Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 31 (Dec. 12, 1857).<BR>Issues for May 23, 1979-Aug. 13, 1980 called: Sierra County ed.<BR>Temporarily joined with: Nevada County independent messenger, to form: Mountain messenger and the independent messenger, Apr. 9-<June 4>, 1987.<BR>Editor: J.A. Vaughn, 1876.<BR>Publishers: A.T. Dewey, 1855; Dewey & Byrne, 1859; A.T. Dewey, 1862; Dewey & Vaughn, 1863-1866; Downer, Whitney & Vaughn, 1868; J.A. Vaughn & Co., 1870; Vaughn & Downer, 1876.<BR>Vol. 55, no. 30-39 repeated in vol. numbering.<BR> Uniform Title: Mountain messenger (Gibsonville, Calif.) Continues: Gibsonville trumpet Geographical Access: United States - California - Sierra - Downieville - United States - California - Plumas - La Porte - United States - California - Nevada - United States - California - Yuba. Location(s): Bancroft NEWSPRINT-1 George Larinda A <[email protected]> wrote: I have a newsclipping I found in my parents archives. It is announcing their Marriage. I only have the last name of the newspaper. It was probably printed in the Sierra City area. It was printed in 1941. The last word of the title is MESSENGER. Is this newspaper around. and I was wondering if their is some way to find these old newspapers. I believe small town newspapers have a wealth of information to families who our searching their ancestors. Possibly obituaries and births marriages and etc. If anyone knows how to get ahold of these newspapers I would appreciate it. Even if I have to make a trip over the hill to read them, or if someone has some in their attic and don't know what to do with then. I would take the information that would pertain to local history and posting it on this site. I would appreciate any information. Thanks Descendant of John W. and Ellen Thomas Larinda ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.