The Bradford Reporter newpaper articles pulbished at Towanda on the various townships in the 1880's are a valuable resource for those with Bradford County ancestry. Reporters went to the various townships and interviewed residents in the 1880's and those articles appeared as a weekly column. I have found information in these columns that I have found no where else in my research. There is an indexed book which is a collection of these articles at the Bradford County Historical Society. The book contains photocopies of clippings from a scrapbook collection. This collection is not complete and I have found a few more articles on microfilm that are not in the collection when I was researching Wells Township and South Creek Township for completeness. The book of clippings is very useful even though it is not complete since some of the original newspapers have not survived to be microfilmed and thus the articles only appear in this collection. Both this book in the library room a! t the historical society and the newspaper on microfilm at the historical society should be consulted if you are doing research into the Bradford Reporter newspaper articles. Don't overlook this valuable resource. Below are the townships and the issue in which the column/article appeared that I am aware of. These are up on Joyce's website unless otherwise noted. Canton Township: Nov 8, 1883 (first issue) Nov 15, 1883 Nov 22, 1883 Not sure if complete Troy Township: Dec 13, 1883 (first issue) Dec 20, 1883 Dec 27, 1883 (typo - noted as Dec 17 on website) Jan 3, 1884 Jan 10, 1884 Gap in the book collection and I have not checked the microfilm collection to see if Jan 17 and Jan 24 exist. Some of the 1884 issues are missing from the microfilm collection. Jan 31, 1884 Feb 7, 1884 (last issue) Columbia Township: Feb 14, 1884 (first issue) Feb 21, 1884 Feb 28, 1884 Mar 6, 1884 Mar 13, 1884 Mar 20, 1884 (last issue) Complete Springfield Township: Apr 3, 1884 (first issue) Apr 10, 1884 Apr 17, 1884 Apr 24, 1884 May 1, 1884 May 8, 1884 May 15, 1884 (last issue) Complete Smithfield Township: May 22, 1884 (first issue) May 29, 1884 June 5, 1884 June 12, 1884 June 19, 1884 June 26, 1884 July 3, 1884 July 10, 1884 July 17, 1884 July 24, 1884 July 31, 1884 Aug 7, 1884 Aug 14, 1884 Aug 21, 1884 Aug 28, 1884 Sept 4, 1884 Sept 11, 1884 Sept 18, 1884 Sept 25, 1884 (last issue) Complete Burlington Township: July 10, 1884 July 17, 1884 July 31, 1884 Aug 7, 1884 Aug 14, 1884 Aug 21, 1884 Aug 28, 1884 Not sure if complete and if the dates are correct this column ran at the same time that the Smithfield articles ran. These are the dates posted on the website and I have not checked this against the book or microfilm. Ulster Township: Oct 18, 1883 (1st issue) skips to Oct 9, 1884 (2nd issue) Oct 16, 1884 Oct 23, 1884 Oct 30, 1884 Nov 6, 1884 Nov 13, 1884 Nov 20, 1884 Nov 27, 1884 (not sure if this is the last issue) West Burlington Township: Dec 11, 1884 Dec 18, 1884 Jan 19, 1885 Feb 19, 1885 Mar 5, 1885 Mar 12, 1885 Mar 19, 1885 There are gaps and these are from the book collection and I have not checked the microfilm to verify completeness Wells Township: Dec 18, 1884 (first issue) skips to May 14, 1885 (2nd issue and not yet up on Joyce's site yet) May 21, 1885 May 28, 1885 June 4, 1885 June 11, 1885 June 18, 1885 (not up on Joyce's site yet) June 25, 1885 July 2, 1885 July 9, 1885 July 16, 1885 July 23, 1885 Complete South Creek Township: Dec 18, 1884 (first issue) skips to Oct 29, 1885 (not up on Joyce's site yet) Nov 5, 1885 (typo - this is labeled as Oct 29, 1885 on Joyce's site) Nov 13, 1885 Nov 19, 1885 Not sure if complete yet Perhaps these were the only townships that columns appeared as the series seems to have started in the southwest corner of Bradford County with Canton Township and covered the western portion of the county. I have wondered if this was perhaps a marketing tool to gain readership of this Towanda published newspaper since many in western Bradford read the Canton, Troy, Mansfield, Millerton, and Elmira newspapers depending on where in the county they resided. J. Kelsey Jones