Kathy- since I am doing this project on Alexander to use in school curriculum , I would love to share a bit of your grandmothers' scrapbook with the students and build a lesson around it, if you would be willing to let me do so- is there any way you could xerox a couple pages, or is it too delicate to do that? I'm working on using materials around 1875, but anything before/after that can be useful, too. Since she would have been a young girl around the turn of the century, I'd love to hear what things she found of interest to write about in Alexander! If you would be willing to share a couple pages, and it is possible to xerox, I'd be very appreciative, it would really be a bonus in my course-work to have such a great local primary source! If not, I can understand that, too. Thanks for sharing it with the old news group--I'm sure they are all anxious to hear what else grama wrote about : )Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kathle7297@aol.com> To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: [NY-Old-News] Scrapbook entries > My grandmother, Sarah Caroline HAWKINS born July, 30 1889 in Alexander, > Genesee Co., NY m. Arthur Peter HAHN April 25, 1917, in Alexander, Genesee > Co., died December 7, 1969 in Batavia Hospital, a resident of Stafford, > Genesee Co. NY, buried in Stafford Cemetery. > > Since she wrote these as a young girl in Alexander, I suspect that these are > local acquaitances of hers. Here are some handwritten notes in her scrapbook: > > Jared Lea Moore UPHILL was married August 24, 1910. > Pearle GEAR and Walter Perry WHITE were married September 18, 1910. > Florence Ethel STROH and Marcus Philip LEFFLER were married Wednesday, > September 21, 1910. > Rose TIMM was married to Henry SIMONDS March 1913. > Ida BOWEN and Fred BENNETT married January 1914 (boy born Nov. 3, 1914) > Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Earl SPRAGUE Oct. 1914 (Dorothy May) > > Following the handwritten entries are several loose obituaries, some pinned > in with a straight pin. Then there are several pages of newspaper articles > glued in such as "The Past Year's Events on Record arranged in chronological > order for ready reference. Summary of the Miscellaneous affairs, accidents > and incidents, births, deaths, marriages and Items of Interest for the Year > 1907." I don't know the name or location of the paper, but suspect that it > would be a paper local to Alexander (Genesee Co.) or Attica (Wyoming Co.) If > there is interest I will transcribe this and other articles of interest from > her scrapbook which is yellowed and crumbly with age, a treasure for me! > > Kathy in Arkansas