On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:31:46 -0700 "Jim Bullock" <[email protected]> writes: > I don't think a New Bedford paper > would be as much help as papers from the western part of the county > would be--especially Rehoboth, Swansea, or Attleboro or possibly Taunton. Jim - Unfortunately the only Bristol Co. newspapers published up to 1820 were the ones in the southern part of the county. Three other titles were published in New Bedford between 1800 and 1820, and one of those removed to Fairhaven in 1812. Dale H. Cook USGenWeb Plymouth County MA Towns http://www.rootsweb.com/~macbrock/sites.html