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. 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VAFRANKL list administrator, send an email to > VAFRANKL-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VAFRANKL mailing list, send an email to > VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of VAFRANKL Digest, Vol 3, Issue 31 > *************************************** >