On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, George Curry <N8tux@wideopenwest.com> wrote: > In reading your email re: homicide information; > > I had a cousin killed, get this, on December 6, 1941 during a > filling station robbery in Gastonia, NC. > > A query to the local news paper resulted in silence. Personally, in my experience, writing to the local newspaper is a waste of time. They aren't in the archives business, they are in the business of getting today's paper out. Contact the local library or historical society instead. -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots@bfn.org Roots: The Buffalo NY Genealogy Forum -- http://www.bfn.org/~roots With obits, vital records, city directories & hundreds of local links

"Roots Webmaster" <roots@bfn.org> suggested: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, George Curry <N8tux@wideopenwest.com> wrote: > > > In reading your email re: homicide information; > > > > I had a cousin killed, get this, on December 6, 1941 during a > > filling station robbery in Gastonia, NC. > > > > A query to the local news paper resulted in silence. > > Personally, in my experience, writing to the local newspaper is a > waste of time. They aren't in the archives business, they are in > the business of getting today's paper out. Contact the local > library or historical society instead. And if that doesn't work, may I suggest checking with your local public library for 1) a book entitled "Union List of American Newspapers" or something similar, to see if the newspaper of your interest is available on microfilm 2) to see if they have the Interlibrary Loan service, so you can obtain the microfilm and if you desire a photocopy 3) find out if your local library has a microfilm printer/reader. A. John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. John Ruskin