In a message dated 2/26/01 1:15:31 PM Mountain Standard Time, JudyAAA@webtv.net writes: > Hi again! > > You can go through the list of reels and ask for that year to be sent to > your library so you can view it yourself. > > I have a web so I just go into search and type in the name of the state > and add archives. Or, Type in State name and Historical Newspapers. > Then go through the list of different newspapers published during the > year you are looking for and ask for your library to be sent the reel(s) > with the date you believe this occured. > > It would seem that the Fire Department would have some knowledge of > this. Maybe, even before the PD. I do not know if the coroner would > have records for that year released or not. Most times the barber in > the town was the surgeon because he was trainned in cutting hair. > > Unless the jail burning was because of a war effort I do not know if > there would be a write up. I read there were Democratic and Repblican > Newspapers pretty much as today actually. Therefore, they printed only > thier immediate interests of the community, etc. and was limited on > Birth, Deaths and Marriages reporting. Whichonly the Minister would > have kept those records as I read also they were the only ones in some > areas that could read. They wrote names by sound so it was reported > those were created by the perso writing down the names. > > What is the information you have? name of person,( jail City, County) > and year. I might try finding something for you. NO PROMISE(S). > > Like I said I have a web not a computor but I have no problems unless > the web has some problem. > > Otherwise, Good Luck on your search. > > You could also place an article in the paper. You may have old timers > remembering this as a child or by family telling them. Also where is > this person buried? > > Judy in > Quincy > > > Hi Judy. Sound like I have contacted you before. If I have, I'm sorry. > My head is spinning these days with surnames and contacts. Probably not a > good excuse, but its the truth. Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds like I > just need to go straight to the County Records Office, probably give them a > call and run your suggestions through them also. > > Thanks Judy. > >