Jim, The first newspaper published in Kittanning was the "Western Eagle" from 1810-1814. The next paper was the "Columbian and Farmers Mechanics Advertiser" from 1819-1831. The Public Library has a few pages of 1819 & 20 of this paper. The public library has some early papers bound beginning in 1825, our Lankerd-Thomas Lib. at Historical Soc. also has these. The deaths and marriages have been abstracted from 1825 through 1844 (with some years missing). The public Library and Hist. Soc. have the earliest newspaper collections in the county. Prior to 1800, Westmoreland Co. has some newspaper records held at their Historical Soc. and Public Library on micro-film. Connie M.