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    1. Re: Jennings county newspapers
    2. Barbara L Richardson
    3. Terry, I would like to see the 1890 articles. Thank you for doing this for all of us. Barbara L Richardson Terry wrote: > > 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

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