Oops! I found another folder and it contains the remainder of the 1917 papers - so I will be transcribing those as soon as I can. There are about 70 more pages of the Cassville Democrat left to do - 1917. Sorry ... More later! Donna --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Good Morning: The 1917 Barry County newspaper > transcription project is > finished. In the last few papers that I typed there > are some nice obits and > also there are biographies of the grand jury > members. This jury panel was > called to serve in November of that year. > > Not everyone is ever afforded the privilege of > getting to be a member of a > grand jury. About 30 years or so ago I was given > that opportunity. I was the > clerk and it was a murder trial. When a panel is > called they also examine > the county departments as well as hear evidence. I > didn't find a 1917 paper > that stated their findings, but part of November and > all of December of > that year wasn't on the roll that I transcribed and > so it could have been > published in one of those papers. > > The years of 1918 -1921 are left to type. Four > years doesn't seem like a > lot considering I have already typed 27 years. > > The 1918 papers that I have on hands are for the > Cassville Republican. And - > it looks like they are not going to be any easier to > read that the 1917 ones > were. I will begin on those in a few days and work > on them in between other > projects until they are finished. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/news/7/index-7.htm > > Later today or sometime tomorrow, I will begin > working on Old Carney > Cemetery and also posting some family photos as well > as taking care of some > other details that need my attention. > > Work on the obit section continues. > > Donna Cooper > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - > (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz