I have found the best value on Ancestry. com was to be able to read the old newspapers from Indiana Co. I think you can just join this part for a reasonable amount of money. I have just spent a year pulling up over 1000 pages with just my surname. When I first joined there were only 8 hits and could not believe my luck when the Indiana County papers were added. They have even updated into the 60's and 70s now though some years are not up. Saw my wedding photo again from way back when. The best thing I found out was info that was never told to my generation. Granddad put in jail for selling moonshine back about 1924. Then a week later they caught the brains behind the operation and Grandma was put away for having a still and 6 barrels. That explained so much why they lost the farm. The deed was in the paper to pay fines and court costs. There it was, the owner of the land was grandma. Saw the deed of transfer a few years earlier to her from my grandfathers uncle. She always said it was her farm and I never believed her. It was part of the original land in Cherry Tree area. The pieces of other stories fell in place. ! Then there are the 100s of obits and weddings and reunions. Even the murder of a wealthy Great Aunt that happened in 1929. If you are from a family that lived there for generations and have a not a too common name, it is a great tool for researching for more than just dates of births and deaths. Elaine

Elaine - How far back to the newspapers go? thank you daisy ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Schenk" <schenk.bartlebaugh@wanadoo.nl> To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:36 AM Subject: [INDIANA] old newspaper for Indiana Co. > I have found the best value on Ancestry. com was to be able to read the old newspapers from Indiana Co. I think you can just join this part for a reasonable amount of money. > I have just spent a year pulling up over 1000 pages with just my surname. When I first joined there were only 8 hits and could not believe my luck when the Indiana County papers were added. They have even updated into the 60's and 70s now though some years are not up. Saw my wedding photo again from way back when. The best thing I found out was info that was never told to my generation. Granddad put in jail for selling moonshine back about 1924. Then a week later they caught the brains behind the operation and Grandma was put away for having a still and 6 barrels. That explained so much why they lost the farm. The deed was in the paper to pay fines and court costs. There it was, the owner of the land was grandma. Saw the deed of transfer a few years earlier to her from my grandfathers uncle. She always said it was her farm and I never believed her. It was part of the original land in Cherry Tree area. The pieces of other stories fell in place. ! > Then there are the 100s of obits and weddings and reunions. Even the murder of a wealthy Great Aunt that happened in 1929. If you are from a family that lived there for generations and have a not a too common name, it is a great tool for researching for more than just dates of births and deaths. > > Elaine > > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > Search the INDIANA CO mailing list ARCHIVES > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter: PAINDIAN > >

A few back to 1860s but more up around 1880s. There were 7 different newspapers This is my Bartlebaugh hits and even more when I put in Bartle and they often did Bartle- and baugh on the next line. Now a lot was just the name in a jury pool or in a list of names who gave 50 cents or more to United Way but I saw a photo of my granddads cousin in the high school class of 1921. Just saw all the Indiana County graduation classs for each high school for 1950. Indiana County Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 21 Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 20 Indiana Evening Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 762 Indiana Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 5 Indiana Messenger (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 112 Indiana Progress (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 43 Indiana Weekly Messenger (Indiana, Pennsylvania) ----- Original Message ----- From: "DCJJ" <daisy@cybrtown.com> To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] old newspaper for Indiana Co. > Elaine - How far back to the newspapers go? > thank you > daisy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E Schenk" <schenk.bartlebaugh@wanadoo.nl> > To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:36 AM > Subject: [INDIANA] old newspaper for Indiana Co. > > > > I have found the best value on Ancestry. com was to be able to read the > old newspapers from Indiana Co. I think you can just join this part for a > reasonable amount of money. > > I have just spent a year pulling up over 1000 pages with just my surname. > When I first joined there were only 8 hits and could not believe my luck > when the Indiana County papers were added. They have even updated into the > 60's and 70s now though some years are not up. Saw my wedding photo again > from way back when. The best thing I found out was info that was never > told to my generation. Granddad put in jail for selling moonshine back > about 1924. Then a week later they caught the brains behind the operation > and Grandma was put away for having a still and 6 barrels. That explained > so much why they lost the farm. The deed was in the paper to pay fines and > court costs. There it was, the owner of the land was grandma. Saw the > deed of transfer a few years earlier to her from my grandfathers uncle. > She always said it was her farm and I never believed her. It was part of > the original land in Cherry Tree area. The pieces of other stories fell in > place. ! > > Then there are the 100s of obits and weddings and reunions. Even the > murder of a wealthy Great Aunt that happened in 1929. If you are from a > family that lived there for generations and have a not a too common name, > it is a great tool for researching for more than just dates of births and > deaths. > > > > Elaine > > > > > > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > > Search the INDIANA CO mailing list ARCHIVES > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Enter: PAINDIAN > > > > > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > Search the INDIANA CO mailing list ARCHIVES > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter: PAINDIAN > >