Does anyone know if births were announced in newspapers as far back as 1831? My ggrandfather, William Woodward, was born in Watertown and I have been informed that there are no official birth records before 1880. Just got to wondering about the newspaper. I'm trying to find out who his parents were and where they were from. Thanks, Hazel > The Watertown Daily Times is Jefferson County's only daily newspaper. > Microfilm copies are stored in Flower Memorial Library, across the street > from the offices. The WDT maintains a library, with some lookup ability. > You might write the Times (see address from Addresses, Site Index) > attention WDT Library. >