My thanks go out to Jim Laird for transcribing so many articles from "The Liberal Lyre" for us. Many members of my ancestral family have already been mentioned - grandfather Will F. LAIRD; great-grandmother E.F. BROWN; great-aunt Minnie BROWN TINSLEY; and distant cousins Loles BRACKETT and Jennie VANNESS. I am curious to know if there was an obituary published in the newspaper for Will LAIRD's father - Thomas G. LAIRD. He died on February 21, 1893 in Arkalon and was buried in Liberal. Also, perhaps there was mention of the marriage of my great-aunt Edith Pearl BROWN to William Henry FEATHER on July 2, 1893 in Liberal. Other family names of interest in Seward County are WILLIAMS, SPENCER and HOLLINGSWORTH. Jim, your recent posting of the article "Girls and The Newspapers" was very entertaining. I look forward to reading your future postings. LKNW ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

First off LKNW, you are welcome. You really should thank Maggie Stewart, as it was she who asked me to look at some microfilmed newspapers for Seward County. Maggie does a lot of good work. Second, have added those surnames you've mentioned to this list I carry around for Seward county. Third, the newspaper, The Liberal Leader, I am posting from only goes to January 7, 1890. In looking at newspapers on microfilm by the Kansas State Historical Society, as you probably already know, Arkalon did have a newsapaper, apparently from April 1888 to December 1892. KSHS holds two rolls of film for this one. This means your obituary for Mr. T. G. Laird will appear in another newspaper. It also means though, that there could be a lot of Laird material in those Arkalon newspapers. Lastly, I am wondering about your Laird's and where they came from and who they are in relation to my Lairds. I thought at first, and it still may be the case, that they are some of those Laird's from Tabor, Ia., who ended up in Edwards County, Kansas, speaking here of Henry Laird who has the local library in Belpre named after him just off Laird street. Some of those Lairds also ended up in Nebraska. We could be distant cousins. Most of my Lairds came from Erie, Pa., to Ill., to Ia., to Mo., to Ks.(Jefferson County for one). Curious to be sure about the connection. Hope any and all of the material helps. Have a good one!! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <lknw@aol.com> To: <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:24 AM Subject: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > My thanks go out to Jim Laird for transcribing so many articles from > "The Liberal Lyre" for us. Many members of my ancestral family have > already been mentioned - grandfather Will F. LAIRD; great-grandmother > E.F. BROWN; great-aunt Minnie BROWN TINSLEY; and distant cousins Loles > BRACKETT and Jennie VANNESS. > > I am curious to know if there was an obituary published in the > newspaper for Will LAIRD's father - Thomas G. LAIRD. He died on > February 21, 1893 in Arkalon and was buried in Liberal. Also, perhaps > there was mention of the marriage of my great-aunt Edith Pearl BROWN to > William Henry FEATHER on July 2, 1893 in Liberal. Other family names of > interest in Seward County are WILLIAMS, SPENCER and HOLLINGSWORTH. > > Jim, your recent posting of the article "Girls and The Newspapers" was > very entertaining. I look forward to reading your future postings. LKNW > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >