Sara great site - thank you for sharing. I'm finding surnames of a number of people I'm researching. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:24:41 -0700 > Subject: [S-I] Chronicling America > > The Library of Congress has placed many newspapers online under the > heading Chronocling America. The URL is: > > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ > > now, for Linda: I've been reading the Crittenden Press from Marion, > Kentucky since this was where a goodly number of my Scotch Irish (and > other) ancestors settled. Yesterday I ran across one of the names > you've mentioned recently : McAmis. Apparently a gentleman with this > surname was the postmaster in Tolu, Kentucky in 1897. This newspaper > has been extremely interesting and informative for me. I had never > known that my grandfather attempted to elope with another woman a few > years before he married my grandmother. The wannabe bride's father > caught them and brought them home following which she unsuccessfully > tried to commit suicide. Turns out they both married other people a > few months apart in 1895. > > Sara > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. Apparently this site covers only a few states? Or am I missing something? There seems to be nothing for New England states there. Thanks, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "SUSAN BR" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] Chronicling America > > Sara great site - thank you for sharing. I'm finding surnames of a number > of people I'm researching. > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:24:41 -0700 >> Subject: [S-I] Chronicling America >> >> The Library of Congress has placed many newspapers online under the >> heading Chronocling America. The URL is: >> >> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ >> >> now, for Linda: I've been reading the Crittenden Press from Marion, >> Kentucky since this was where a goodly number of my Scotch Irish (and >> other) ancestors settled. Yesterday I ran across one of the names >> you've mentioned recently : McAmis. Apparently a gentleman with this >> surname was the postmaster in Tolu, Kentucky in 1897. This newspaper >> has been extremely interesting and informative for me. I had never >> known that my grandfather attempted to elope with another woman a few >> years before he married my grandmother. The wannabe bride's father >> caught them and brought them home following which she unsuccessfully >> tried to commit suicide. Turns out they both married other people a >> few months apart in 1895. >> >> Sara >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >