Ella, what a great idea! Thank you for passing this along.. Will do. Judy Searching SHELBYs in Wilkinson Co, pre 1850 At 10:09 AM 6/24/2006, you wrote: >I have subscribed to the Republican for many years, as did my parents >before me, for we had ancestors and relatives living there. > >For a lot of years there was a weekly column in the Woodville Republican >called From the Files of the Republican. It had news in 25 year >increments covering the past 175 years, but when Mr. John Lewis health >failed, and he later died, the column stopped. > >Now his son Andy is the editor. Recently I wrote him, asking him to >reinstate the column telling him it is interesting to many people and a >big aid to genealogist. > >For those of you doing research in Wilkinson County I would like to >suggest you write Mr. Andy Lewis, P. O. Box 696, Woodville MS 39669 and >ask him to reinstate this column. > >Maybe if enough people show an interest in bringing the column back he >will reinstate it. > >Ella McCaleb Young