Hi Terry, My preference is for 1880. I would also like to contribute to the cost of copying. Enjoy the columns very much. Thanks to you and Antoinette. Louise Church luise2@juno.com On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:22:09 -0500 Terry <tengel@sourceharvest.com> writes: > Hi everyone, > > As most of you know, Antoinette and I have been working on a 120 > years > ago newspaper column. I have been going to the library and getting > copies of a month's worth of newspapers for 1880 and sending them to > Antoinette. She's been typing them up and emailing me. I have been > distributing it to the list and then posting it at: > > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/IN/Jennings.html > > The current Jennings county newspaper (North Vernon Plain Dealer and > Sun) runs a column on Tuesdays (the paper runs twice a week) called > 100 > years ago today. They print newspaper abstracts from the paper > published > in 1900. I asked for permission to post this, but it was denied. > However, for those interested in subscribing, the cost for a year's > subscription to the paper ranges from $26.00 to $35.00 depending on > where you live. If you had ancestors here in 1900 you might consider > subscribing to the newspaper. > > Antoinette and I were considering changing our column from 1880 to > 1890 > (110 years ago today). What we were thinking is that many people > lose > track of their ancestors between 1880 and 1900 (both census years). > We > thought if we did a 1890 column maybe that will help some people > fill in > the gaps. > > So, what I want to know from you guys if whether you would prefer us > to > contine the 1880 or change to 1890. I would like to do both and will > if > I can, but I the cost might be too much for my budget to handle. I > have > to pay for the copies of the paper and the postage to send it to > Antoinette so she can type it up for us. She then emails me the > typed > version and I distribute it to the lists and the web page. > > Let me know which you would prefer (1880 or 1890) and I'll > concentrate > on that year and add the other year in as I have the money to do. > > Terry > Jennings County INGenWeb Coordinator > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.