Annals Of Megantic, by Dugald McKillop is the classic for Inverness. First printed in 1902, and since reprinted, is a series of anecdotes, written I believe in the late 1890's, and covering the first settlers in the region. It starts with the arrival of the first groups from Scotland in 1829. Essential for anyone following the lives of these first immigants. Copies available. Jim Kinnear ----- Original Message ----- From: <jcduf@aol.com> To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] newspapers | 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. | | ------------------------------- | 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 |