To Andy Doss, Would there be baptism records for this church or any other Brethren churches specifically 'Dunkard' with records going back to mid 1860's? What is your Doss line? Email soon. It's always nice to find a new Doss. Carl in OKC ---- "Doss wrote: > In the 1840's, there was a Brethren (Church of the Brethren is the modern Dunkard church) preacher named John Bowman who served many different churches. You have to keep in mind preachers weren't usually stationed at one church in those days. This John served some at what is now called the Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren (close to Bonbrook). It is probably a misstep to say he served in the Bonbrook area - he in fact served all over the place in Southern Franklin County. > > Other facts - he could speak both German and English fluently. > > Source: The Brethren in Virginia, Roger E. Sappington 1973 > > Andy Doss > (Former member of the Church of the Brethren, for 32 years) > > ________________________________ > > From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of S Rigney > Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 11:00 PM > To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman > > > > Hi Everyone, > I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. > Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. > Sheila Rigney Harris > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vafloyd/obit_index.html Robert has provided these Resolutions or Obits of some of the Elders from the Association minutes. We are greatful for these additions. I'm sure some of you will find relatives in these and they are interesting reading.

John Bowman. My daughter-in-law is related to many of the Bowmans of Franklin County. You can check out the ones I have recorded at my data on Rootsweb if interested. I am happy to share anything I have recorded and would also be happy to find out more. :) Donna Schwieder See: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=southron&id=I15823 ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Rigney" <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> To: <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:00 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman > Hi Everyone, > I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard > Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin > County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. > Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. > Sheila Rigney Harris > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In the 1840's, there was a Brethren (Church of the Brethren is the modern Dunkard church) preacher named John Bowman who served many different churches. You have to keep in mind preachers weren't usually stationed at one church in those days. This John served some at what is now called the Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren (close to Bonbrook). It is probably a misstep to say he served in the Bonbrook area - he in fact served all over the place in Southern Franklin County. Other facts - he could speak both German and English fluently. Source: The Brethren in Virginia, Roger E. Sappington 1973 Andy Doss (Former member of the Church of the Brethren, for 32 years) ________________________________ From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of S Rigney Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 11:00 PM To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. Sheila Rigney Harris --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sheila, You might want to subscribe to the Brethren list (see below) and ask that question. You will probably get an answer there, as this is the list for Dunkard, Dunker, Tunker, Brethren, OGBB, etc. Eric To subscribe to the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message S Rigney <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. Sheila Rigney Harris --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. Sheila Rigney Harris --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Have you though of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot? I just looked at their web site and they go back to 1865. Although I now live in Northern California I grew up in Norfolk and never thought of Franklin as being that far away. Give it a try. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <vafrankl-request@rootsweb.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:02 AM Subject: VAFRANKL Digest, Vol 3, Issue 31 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 19th century newspaper (S Rigney) > 2. Re: 19th century newspaper (BSYBUCKS@aol.com) > 3. Re: 19th century newspaper (Jen) > 4. Re: 19th century newspaper (bigwave916@aol.com) > 5. Re: 19th century newspaper (BSYBUCKS@aol.com) > 6. Re: 19th century newspaper (Beverly Merritt) > 7. Re: 19th century newspaper (LJ Sheahan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:52:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: S Rigney <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> > Subject: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <334945.10044.qm@web56214.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, particularly > Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of 1840-1900. I have > heard that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I think) but > apparently it is so rare, that people only speak of it and no one knows > where to find even one copy. > > I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if > they are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any > experience with this or could guide me a little. > > Thanks so much for your help, > Sheila Rigney Harris > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:46:11 EDT > From: BSYBUCKS@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d16.26cd5295.3531fb03@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The on-line "newspaper" database does not anything, even close, to > Franklin > Co., VA. at least they didn't as of last year. I would think the Rocky > Mount Library would know if any copies exist of their 19th century paper. > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:30:17 -0400 > From: Jen <scarlete@scarlete.com> > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4800AB59.8070303@scarlete.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > If you're talking about "newsbank" I haven't seen anything like that. I > have access to it, but only because I have a library card. > > Google has a feature that will allow you to search old archived stuff,. > http://news.google.com/archivesearch. I searched the years you were > talking about, and so far have only found articles done mostly by the > New York Times. > > However, it's still a neat source. (: > > Jen > > > > S Rigney wrote: >> Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, >> particularly Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of >> 1840-1900. I have heard that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I >> think) but apparently it is so rare, that people only speak of it and no >> one knows where to find even one copy. >> >> I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if >> they are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any >> experience with this or could guide me a little. >> >> Thanks so much for your help, >> Sheila Rigney Harris >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:59:07 -0400 > From: bigwave916@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CA6AB420218977-DAC-3071@webmail-stg-d03.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Sheila, > > I've had some luck with http://www.newspaperarchive.com > > For Virginia, it has only Richmond, Danville, and Petersburg newspapers > from the 1800s and not every year published. They keep adding but I'm > often frustrated that they have no papers from some of the towns and > cities I'm researching.? I haven't researched any of my Virginia lines > there.? Good luck. > > David Lee Jones > > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Rigney <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> > To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 4:52 am > Subject: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > > > > Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, particularly > Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of 1840-1900. I have > heard > that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I think) but apparently it > is so > rare, that people only speak of it and no one knows where to find even one > copy. > > > I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if > they > are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any experience > with this > or could guide me a little. > > Thanks so much for your help, > Sheila Rigney Harris > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something > about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:49:12 EDT > From: BSYBUCKS@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c41.316fb70f.353233f8@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > bigwave916@aol.com writes: > > _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) > > > > Sheila > > I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ > (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) > specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck > there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in these > counties > ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - > Cooper/Young > Clans. > > John > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:37:40 -0400 > From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001001c89cbb$87218f00$7b492542@PC349024792218> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Dear Friends: > There are no copies of newspapers in existence for Franklin County, > unless > you luck up on a stray page or paper somewhere. The newspaper office > burned > I believe in the 1940's and there are no papers or microfilm prior to that > time. Even in the early copies that are available, the obits. are not > what > you see today. They were just little notices somewhere in the paper, > giving not much more than the name of the deceased. > > This may be a problem in other areas as well, newspapers weren't what they > are today and more than likely no one saw the value of keeping them. You > might luck up on some from big towns or cities where a paper was owned by > the same company or family and they kept back copies but that is fairly > rare. For news you might have to go to the nearest large town and that > most > likely will not include news of the outlying small towns. Beverly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BSYBUCKS@aol.com> > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > > >> >> In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> bigwave916@aol.com writes: >> >> _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >> >> >> >> Sheila >> >> I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ >> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >> specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck >> there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in these >> counties >> ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - >> Cooper/Young >> Clans. >> >> John >> >> >> >> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & >> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:44:07 -0400 > From: "LJ Sheahan" <ljsheahan@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002001c89ce6$563eda70$6601a8c0@JOETHENINJA> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have read one copy of the Rocky Mount newspaper from the late 1800's. > It > was a sole issue at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. > There was not much "news, " but it did have a lot of advertisements and > poems. > > LJS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > > >> Dear Friends: >> There are no copies of newspapers in existence for Franklin County, >> unless >> you luck up on a stray page or paper somewhere. The newspaper office >> burned >> I believe in the 1940's and there are no papers or microfilm prior to >> that >> time. Even in the early copies that are available, the obits. are not >> what >> you see today. They were just little notices somewhere in the paper, >> giving not much more than the name of the deceased. >> >> This may be a problem in other areas as well, newspapers weren't what >> they >> are today and more than likely no one saw the value of keeping them. You >> might luck up on some from big towns or cities where a paper was owned by >> the same company or family and they kept back copies but that is fairly >> rare. For news you might have to go to the nearest large town and that >> most >> likely will not include news of the outlying small towns. Beverly >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <BSYBUCKS@aol.com> >> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:49 AM >> Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper >> >> >>> >>> In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> bigwave916@aol.com writes: >>> >>> _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >>> >>> >>> >>> Sheila >>> >>> I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ >>> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >>> specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck >>> there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in >>> these >>> counties >>> ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - >>> Cooper/Young >>> Clans. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & >>> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >>> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >>> something about your Brick Wall person. >>> To contact Listowner: >>> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Search this list's archived messages! >>> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. 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I have read one copy of the Rocky Mount newspaper from the late 1800's. It was a sole issue at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. There was not much "news, " but it did have a lot of advertisements and poems. LJS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > Dear Friends: > There are no copies of newspapers in existence for Franklin County, > unless > you luck up on a stray page or paper somewhere. The newspaper office > burned > I believe in the 1940's and there are no papers or microfilm prior to that > time. Even in the early copies that are available, the obits. are not > what > you see today. They were just little notices somewhere in the paper, > giving not much more than the name of the deceased. > > This may be a problem in other areas as well, newspapers weren't what they > are today and more than likely no one saw the value of keeping them. You > might luck up on some from big towns or cities where a paper was owned by > the same company or family and they kept back copies but that is fairly > rare. For news you might have to go to the nearest large town and that > most > likely will not include news of the outlying small towns. Beverly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BSYBUCKS@aol.com> > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > > >> >> In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> bigwave916@aol.com writes: >> >> _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >> >> >> >> Sheila >> >> I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ >> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) >> specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck >> there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in these >> counties >> ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - >> Cooper/Young >> Clans. >> >> John >> >> >> >> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & >> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Friends: There are no copies of newspapers in existence for Franklin County, unless you luck up on a stray page or paper somewhere. The newspaper office burned I believe in the 1940's and there are no papers or microfilm prior to that time. Even in the early copies that are available, the obits. are not what you see today. They were just little notices somewhere in the paper, giving not much more than the name of the deceased. This may be a problem in other areas as well, newspapers weren't what they are today and more than likely no one saw the value of keeping them. You might luck up on some from big towns or cities where a paper was owned by the same company or family and they kept back copies but that is fairly rare. For news you might have to go to the nearest large town and that most likely will not include news of the outlying small towns. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: <BSYBUCKS@aol.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper > > In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > bigwave916@aol.com writes: > > _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) > > > > Sheila > > I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ > (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) > specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck > there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in these > counties > ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - > Cooper/Young > Clans. > > John > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bigwave916@aol.com writes: _http://www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) Sheila I subscribed to _www.newspaperarchive.com_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com) specifically to get data on Franklin Co./Patrick/Henry... no such luck there; that was last year. Has anyone check with the Libraries in these counties ? I need news of the day from around 1899-1905 specifically - Cooper/Young Clans. John **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)

Sheila, I've had some luck with http://www.newspaperarchive.com For Virginia, it has only Richmond, Danville, and Petersburg newspapers from the 1800s and not every year published. They keep adding but I'm often frustrated that they have no papers from some of the towns and cities I'm researching.? I haven't researched any of my Virginia lines there.? Good luck. David Lee Jones -----Original Message----- From: S Rigney <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 4:52 am Subject: [VAFRANKL] 19th century newspaper Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, particularly Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of 1840-1900. I have heard that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I think) but apparently it is so rare, that people only speak of it and no one knows where to find even one copy. I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if they are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any experience with this or could guide me a little. Thanks so much for your help, Sheila Rigney Harris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you're talking about "newsbank" I haven't seen anything like that. I have access to it, but only because I have a library card. Google has a feature that will allow you to search old archived stuff,. http://news.google.com/archivesearch. I searched the years you were talking about, and so far have only found articles done mostly by the New York Times. However, it's still a neat source. (: Jen S Rigney wrote: > Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, particularly Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of 1840-1900. I have heard that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I think) but apparently it is so rare, that people only speak of it and no one knows where to find even one copy. > > I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if they are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any experience with this or could guide me a little. > > Thanks so much for your help, > Sheila Rigney Harris > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

The on-line "newspaper" database does not anything, even close, to Franklin Co., VA. at least they didn't as of last year. I would think the Rocky Mount Library would know if any copies exist of their 19th century paper. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)

Does anyone know of a source for news articles from Virginia, particularly Franklin and surrounding counties around the time of 1840-1900. I have heard that Franklin County had a newspaper (Tribune, I think) but apparently it is so rare, that people only speak of it and no one knows where to find even one copy. I've seen some websites that you have to pay to access, which is fine if they are good quality, but I wondered if anyone else had had any experience with this or could guide me a little. Thanks so much for your help, Sheila Rigney Harris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The Bedford Genealogical Society will hold its Genealogy and History Fair Saturday September 13, 9am to 3pm. The location is the Bedford Campus CVCC. More information is available at the web site: www.bgsociety.org Doug Cooper- Manager Bedford Museum 201 E. Main St. Bedford, VA 24523 540 586 4520 bccmdirector@verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Roads Lead Through Botetourt The second Botetourt Genealogy Fair will be held on October 11, 2008; 9-3 ; at the Family Life Building (same place as last year) More details to come. Read about last years fair at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html Rena Worthen, Chair. Botetourt Genealogy Club P O B 1148 Buchanan, Va. 24066 540-473-8339

The Bedford Genealogical Society will hold its Genealogy and History Fair Saturday September 13, 9am to 3pm. The location is the Bedford Campus CVCC. More information is available at the web site: www.bgsociety.org Doug Cooper- Manager Bedford Museum 201 E. Main St. Bedford, VA 24523 540 586 4520 bccmdirector@verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Roads Lead Through Botetourt The second Botetourt Genealogy Fair will be held on October 11, 2008; 9-3 ; at the Family Life Building (same place as last year) More details to come. Read about last years fair at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html Rena Worthen, Chair. Botetourt Genealogy Club P O B 1148 Buchanan, Va. 24066 540-473-8339

Hey Carolyn, I can't help you with this research. However, I am hoping that you can help me with my Thomas research. Did your Thomas line come out of Amelia County, VA and move into Southern Bedford County, VA or Franklin County, VA? Thanks, Robert Thomas, Wake Forest, NC -----Original Message----- >From: Carolyn Bruce <cdhbruce@cox.net> >Sent: Apr 4, 2008 8:27 PM >To: VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com, VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAFRANKL] Simpson RICHARDS, b. abt 1804, Floyd or Franklin > >Simpson RICHARDS was my 2great-grandfather, though he was undoubtedly beamed down from a UFO. Born about 1804, probably in Franklin CoVA, he married there on 01 Nov 1832, Nancy VEST, dau of Littleberry and his first wife, "Polly" (Mary?) MOORE. Any information or a suggested search direction on him would be much appreciated. > >Simpson and Nancy had children: Sarah "Sallie", (abt. 1833); Mary Jane (abt. 1834); Rachel Anglin (my great-grandmother, born 09 Oct 1836); Anderson "Buck" (abt. 1838); Samuel R. (05 Mar 1840); Alice Ann "Ailey" (27 Oct 1843); Martha (abt 1844); Catherine (abt. 1846); William J. (abt. 1846); Fleming (abt. 1852). > >Carolyn HALE BRUCE, >DAR, IBSSG, VBGS > >Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots >Rebel King, The Har'ships and >Rebel King, Bannok Burn > >See all the books we publish at: >www.bruceandbruceinc.com >(Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. >To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Simpson RICHARDS was my 2great-grandfather, though he was undoubtedly beamed down from a UFO. Born about 1804, probably in Franklin CoVA, he married there on 01 Nov 1832, Nancy VEST, dau of Littleberry and his first wife, "Polly" (Mary?) MOORE. Any information or a suggested search direction on him would be much appreciated. Simpson and Nancy had children: Sarah "Sallie", (abt. 1833); Mary Jane (abt. 1834); Rachel Anglin (my great-grandmother, born 09 Oct 1836); Anderson "Buck" (abt. 1838); Samuel R. (05 Mar 1840); Alice Ann "Ailey" (27 Oct 1843); Martha (abt 1844); Catherine (abt. 1846); William J. (abt. 1846); Fleming (abt. 1852). Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)

Rena, I'm glad to see you getting some of the public credit you deserve... all your listers already know you're terrific! Attagirl! Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)