Hi Michael, I know there was an old paper in Palmerton up through the 1960's called the Palmerton Post. I don't know if there's old papers or micro films available. I'd like to find them too. I hear there's an old article on my grandfather before he died. My mother remembers this paper. There's also the Slatington News which is available at the Slatington Library. They're available on CD at the library from 1860's to the 1960's. There's not a lot of the Lower Towamensing area mentioned but every once in a while you'll find something -- especially after 1900, or if, forgive me, something especially gruesome happened. Michelle On 10/20/06 1:50 PM, "mmessinger@macalester.edu" <mmessinger@macalester.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I was wondering if anyone was familiar with newspapers that would have > obituaries, etc. for people that lived in Lower Towamensing and Palmerton, as > well as the dates when the paper was being published. I am interested in > Lower Towamensing from the beginning of the 19th Century to the present and in > Palmerton specifically from about 1918 to the present. Thanks! > > ~Michael Messinger~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACARBON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I would appreciate it if anyone could include ANY early newspapers with the earlier dates. I think there must have been early German newspapers. I['m talking about early 1800 and before. I know Benjamin Franklin had his but there must have been others for the German speaking folks. For instance, if someone died in 1824 in Lehigh, Carbon, Northampton or any other of the surrounding counties, where would his obit be? If he was fairly prominent, you'd think there would be some way of spreading the word of his death. How would you find out such things? Nancy J. (Smith) Hendricks in Vero Beach, Florida