Hello Everyone, Did anyone purchase Sharon Norton/s book of Granby area newspaper entries? Newspapers really go far in helping us put "meat on the bones" of our ancestors. And for the Eastern Twps- we have a good variety of available resources. Matt Ardon sent in the vital stats from the Sherbrooke Gazette a year or more ago - which must still be available on the ETANGLO website. - Marlene Simmons published a book (available for sale at QFHS) from the Richford Vt Gazette 1880-1957 (Sutton Qc.Twp area) . Elane Wilson has published all the vital stats from the Stanstead Journal (available from the Stanstead Historical Soc) in several different books (though some of the early editions were done by someone else) . Elane has also published the Sherbrooke Record vital stats from 1897 to about 1906 (2 books) & that newspaper covers most of the Eastern Twps. Phyllis E Skeats compiled & edited a book about the village of Hatley from notes from the Stanstead Journal by Elane Wilson. The "listers" who subscribed to "Across The Border" will recall Diana Hibbert Bailey's now out of print book of newspaper extracts from St Albans Vt 1826-1831 (lots of data about early people from Dunham- St Armand & areas) as well as her book of newspaper extracts from Frelighsburg & Shefford areas. I cannot find my copy quickly-- but though it is out of print, all members of QFHs can borrow it from the QFHs library. Diana also published a book of vital stats from the Waterloo Advertiser 1862-72. There may well be other books I don't know about. Each person has a different style -- but all of them are indexed, making it easy to locate specific names These books all contain a wealth of data about life in the past & for many, there's mention of your own ancestors/relatives. I would urge everyone to please not overlook these books- that cover the area you are researching. Sharon Norton/s's book is well done - & though I personally do not like oversized books-- had I known in advance it was this "tall" - I would have still bought it-- for the info it contains. Sharon urged the readers to look through the actual newspapers & no one who does, will regret it. Newspapers are full of unexpected tidbits... that likely won't surface in books of vital stats - but are nonetheless fascinating reading. I recall finding an entry once (it is likely somewhere in the "ETANGLO list" archives) about a woman in Brome County who shot & killed a huge bird, & in that case we learned how large the bird was - & also the lady's name who did such fine shooting... (who was of course someone's ancestress). We wouldn't really expect this type of "news" to be included in vital stats books... yet is very interesting. Bye now Pennie

Greetings All, I didn't buy Sharon's book but did get a complimentary copy as I had given her some help along the way. Yes the book is a tall one, done like mine in a 8.5"x14 coil bound book. By doing it in a landscape fashion you can literally pack the excel tables full of information. Not only does she look at B,M,D, but event place, age at the time of event, parents, spouses, date of issue and any additional tidbits of information that you can list in a excel cell. That's alot of information! But what I found most important is the Issue Date, this will tell you were to find the information to get a printed copy for yourself. Genealogy isn't about transcribed tables but finding the tools to aid in obtaining that newspaper article, obituary, thank you notice, or legal notice in the back of the newspaper. This is what puts "meat" on the bones of those ancestors we are researching. This listed index incompasses the first 47 pages of the book. The second part of the book is 90 pages long and includes full articles and biographies of people as they had originally appeared in the newspapers of the day. Sharon, I was blown away when I saw this. You never -----Original Message----- From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of P. Redmile Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:05 PM To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] newspapers Hello Everyone, Did anyone purchase Sharon Norton/s book of Granby area newspaper entries? Newspapers really go far in helping us put "meat on the bones" of our ancestors. And for the Eastern Twps- we have a good variety of available resources. Matt Ardon sent in the vital stats from the Sherbrooke Gazette a year or more ago - which must still be available on the ETANGLO website. - Marlene Simmons published a book (available for sale at QFHS) from the Richford Vt Gazette 1880-1957 (Sutton Qc.Twp area) . Elane Wilson has published all the vital stats from the Stanstead Journal (available from the Stanstead Historical Soc) in several different books (though some of the early editions were done by someone else) . Elane has also published the Sherbrooke Record vital stats from 1897 to about 1906 (2 books) & that newspaper covers most of the Eastern Twps. Phyllis E Skeats compiled & edited a book about the village of Hatley from notes from the Stanstead Journal by Elane Wilson. The "listers" who subscribed to "Across The Border" will recall Diana Hibbert Bailey's now out of print book of newspaper extracts from St Albans Vt 1826-1831 (lots of data about early people from Dunham- St Armand & areas) as well as her book of newspaper extracts from Frelighsburg & Shefford areas. I cannot find my copy quickly-- but though it is out of print, all members of QFHs can borrow it from the QFHs library. Diana also published a book of vital stats from the Waterloo Advertiser 1862-72. There may well be other books I don't know about. Each person has a different style -- but all of them are indexed, making it easy to locate specific names These books all contain a wealth of data about life in the past & for many, there's mention of your own ancestors/relatives. I would urge everyone to please not overlook these books- that cover the area you are researching. Sharon Norton/s's book is well done - & though I personally do not like oversized books-- had I known in advance it was this "tall" - I would have still bought it-- for the info it contains. Sharon urged the readers to look through the actual newspapers & no one who does, will regret it. Newspapers are full of unexpected tidbits... that likely won't surface in books of vital stats - but are nonetheless fascinating reading. I recall finding an entry once (it is likely somewhere in the "ETANGLO list" archives) about a woman in Brome County who shot & killed a huge bird, & in that case we learned how large the bird was - & also the lady's name who did such fine shooting... (who was of course someone's ancestress). We wouldn't really expect this type of "news" to be included in vital stats books... yet is very interesting. Bye now Pennie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

were there any newspapers that covered the Inverness area in the period 1830-1880? -----Original Message----- From: predmile@total.net To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 5 May 2007 1:05 AM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] newspapers Hello Everyone, Did anyone purchase Sharon Norton/s book of Granby area newspaper entries? Newspapers really go far in helping us put "meat on the bones" of our ancestors. And for the Eastern Twps- we have a good variety of available resources. Matt Ardon sent in the vital stats from the Sherbrooke Gazette a year or more ago - which must still be available on the ETANGLO website. - Marlene Simmons published a book (available for sale at QFHS) from the Richford Vt Gazette 1880-1957 (Sutton Qc.Twp area) . Elane Wilson has published all the vital stats from the Stanstead Journal (available from the Stanstead Historical Soc) in several different books (though some of the early editions were done by someone else) . Elane has also published the Sherbrooke Record vital stats from 1897 to about 1906 (2 books) & that newspaper covers most of the Eastern Twps. Phyllis E Skeats compiled & edited a book about the village of Hatley from notes from the Stanstead Journal by Elane Wilson. The "listers" who subscribed to "Across The Border" will recall Diana Hibbert Bailey's now out of print book of newspaper extracts from St Albans Vt 1826-1831 (lots of data about early people from Dunham- St Armand & areas) as well as her book of newspaper extracts from Frelighsburg & Shefford areas. I cannot find my copy quickly-- but though it is out of print, all members of QFHs can borrow it from the QFHs library. Diana also published a book of vital stats from the Waterloo Advertiser 1862-72. There may well be other books I don't know about. Each person has a different style -- but all of them are indexed, making it easy to locate specific names These books all contain a wealth of data about life in the past & for many, there's mention of your own ancestors/relatives. I would urge everyone to please not overlook these books- that cover the area you are researching. Sharon Norton/s's book is well done - & though I personally do not like oversized books-- had I known in advance it was this "tall" - I would have still bought it-- for the info it contains. Sharon urged the readers to look through the actual newspapers & no one who does, will regret it. Newspapers are full of unexpected tidbits... that likely won't surface in books of vital stats - but are nonetheless fascinating reading. I recall finding an entry once (it is likely somewhere in the "ETANGLO list" archives) about a woman in Brome County who shot & killed a huge bird, & in that case we learned how large the bird was - & also the lady's name who did such fine shooting... (who was of course someone's ancestress). We wouldn't really expect this type of "news" to be included in vital stats books... yet is very interesting. Bye now Pennie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.