Dear Listers: May I hear from anyone who can explain how to access newspaper archives for any vital statistics or news articles about the following families:: A. JOSEPH SPARKS, (NELLIE, MARY JANE and SHERMAN SPARKS) B. HENRY BROWN, MARY ANN BROWN _______________________________________________________________________ A new subscriber, my assumption is that an ancestor query will find a responder only if she/he knows something about, or is researching the same Family name? I would appreciate hearing from anyone that can tell me how to research the old newspapers for any statistic that would help locate my ancestors who went to NV between the 1870 and 1880 censuses where they were counted in 1880, one family each in Storey County and Elko County. As follows: ________________________________________________________________________ 1880 Census of Virginia City, Storey Co, NV Ref; FHL Film 1254759 National Archives Film T9-0759, page 196c JOSEPH BROWN and NELLIE, w/ 2 children, M)SHERMAN,8 and F)MARY JANE,4. They kept boarders, or housed employees; by name they were LEWIS CUTTER, THOMAS GAREY, JOSEPH McNAB, JAMES GRIFFIN, DAVID EMMONS. JOSEPH SPARKS was a blacksmith; his father b)KY, mother b)VA Joseph Sparks sister MARY ANN SPARKS married HENRY BROWN; they were found: 1880 census Tuscarora, Elko CO, NV Ref: FHL Film 1254758; National Archives Film T9-0758 Pg 46A Henry Brown was a retail Grocer, 42yrs from NY; Fath NY, Moth PA Mary Ann (Sparks) Brown was b)IL; fath b)KY moth b)VA Researching further information/statistics to trace these families, I will appreciate any advise or references or 'look-ups' available. Shirley