Thank you Ray! Have to smile seeing you 'grumpy'! Lol!! I live in Northern Ireland but was born in South Africa where I lived all my life until 5 years ago. I have traced my ancestors who arrived in South Africa - but cant trace them leaving Ireland or England. I dont have a subscription to any paid genealogical site as I dont have the confidence that I will find what I am looking for.. So my stonewall is still standing firm like most of the old ruins over here..! I will however be willing to assist where I can if anyone should want me to contact any place over here..? Regards, Maureen O'Connell On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, <irl-kerry-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Been kinda quiet, folks. Check out GenealogyBank.com > (Ray Marshall) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:50:11 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Ray Marshall" <ray.marshall@gmail.com> > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Been kinda quiet, folks. Check out > GenealogyBank.com > To: <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <CF465D1765D14312BE241D110725515E@lydiad4cd4461f> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > So I thought I would share with you a tip that I came across recently. > www.GenealogyBank.com Genealogy Bank somehow has digitized thousands of > newspapers, obituaries, birth records, marriage and engagement records and > passenger lists. > > I've been particuarly involved in going through the Duluth (Minnesota) News > Tribune where I was born and where my Irish and Polish ancestors came in > the > 19th century. > > Not all newspapers are complete. [The Duluth News Tribune seems to be just > between 1880-1925 or so but those are great years for me when my ggf's > brother owned a saloon]. > > But what is great about Genealogy Bank is that you can do a lot of trial > searches and you can see partial information on the results. So you can > get > an idea of the possibility of you finding valuable genealogical or > historical information. Then you can sign up for $20 per month (or $50 per > year) and then go to it. You can copy to your printer, or make pdf files. > I did the later because I found hundreds of items, most of them very small > tidbits. > > Like today, most of us don't get our names in the newspaper very often. > I've found that there are several ways that would indicate a likelihood > that > you will find interesting/valuable information. > > 1. If your relative was a prominent public official. > 2. If he owned a business and sued or got sued a lot. Newspapers always > have court reporters. > 3. If he drank a lot and ended up in court regularly for fighting. > 4. If he was a petty criminal. > 5. If he got murdered. > > Those aren't hypothetical instances, folks. They come from my Polish > family. Can't find much on my Irish side other than a lot of visits in the > "personals" section of the paper. Unfortunately, GenealogyBank hasn't > digitized any newspapers from the Negaunee/Marquette region of the Upper > Peninsula of Michigan. > > You do have a problem though if your relatives were named John Smith or > > And, of course, like with much of genealogy research, you often come across > items that maybe don't relate to your family, but they are really > delightful > tidbits, such as this advertisement that was attached to an article on one > of my relatives. > > ========================================= > > Locate the Joints [1895 newspaper advertisement] > > > > The main purpose in carving fowl and raiding opium joints is the same, > first > locate the joints. The chief purpose in having your eyes properly fitted > with glasses is to find the right place to have it done. > > > > Our ambition to find a faultless eye glass guard has been realized and is > appreciated. With this guard you have no more trouble with your eye > glasses > falling off in your soup, etc. We also have a modern and perfect fitting > spec frame, which when fitted with lenses properly fitted by F.D. Day & > Cos. > competent optician, 315 West Superior Street, will give proper > satisfaction. > > =============================================== > > Now get to work people! We need more action on the Kerry List. > > > Ray Marshall > Grumpy List Administrator > Minneapolis, where we're having a very nice summer. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-KERRY list administrator, send an email to > IRL-KERRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-KERRY mailing list, send an email to > IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-KERRY Digest, Vol 8, Issue 111 > ***************************************** >