Hi Claudia, I do read all the news about Huron County I can. Did East Townsend or Townsend have their own paper in 1840's or so? Or what paper would they use? I ordered from inter library loan a newspaper from Norwalk which I thought might help me. Does that sound right to you? Thanks in advance. Ann Clarke annieb437@yahoo.com Corvallis, OR --- cgarner47 <cgarner47@email.msn.com> wrote: > Hi, all, > > The Wakeman Library has just completed two new > additions to their online > library, and the beginnings of our next project. We > have just added a book > called "Birmingham of Yesteryear", and a newspaper > called the "Birmingham > Clarion". > > We also have the first 10 pages of "The History of > Clarksfield" by Weeks > online and searchable. Our transcriber, Lowell > Dunlap, is hard at work and > has 50 pages typed. The first 10 have been > proofread, and the next 40 will > be online as soon as the proofreading is completed. > > Birmingham of Yesteryear is a book full of old > pictures of Birmingham with > it's history. The Clarion is a newspaper that was > printed somewhere near > 1980. However, it is a special issue full of > historic information. > > All the information online is searchable now, with > the exception of the > newspaper "Vermilion Valley News". This is > photocopies of the pages of the > newspaper. > > All of the information can be reached from the > Wakeman Home page: > > http://www.wakeman-ohio.com > > as well as from the Genealogy Resources page of the > Wakeman Community > Library: > > http://www.wakemanlibrary.com > > Good luck, and remember to try several different > spelling of the names. > > Claudia Garner > Webmaster, Wakeman and Wakeman Library Sites > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to stop by the Huron County, Ohio > Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/