Back to Robins original question about her uncle being murdered, I would think the Bristol Herald Courier would have that archived. My best guess would be try the Bristol Herald and see what they can come up with, if not then try the Russell County courthouse because they would have a copy of the trail proceeding in the courts permanent records. John Parrott > From: "tomr" <tomr@infostations.com> > Date: 2005/06/14 Tue PM 05:56:17 EDT > To: VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Old Virginia Newspapers > > A few years ago I contacted the Lebanon > Newspaper to check on an article they > published ca 1915-20 and was told that > their records were destroyed by fire in > the early 1940's as I recall. Good luck. > Tom----- Original Message ----- > From: <danaddison@aol.com> > To: <VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Old Virginia Newspapers > > > > Some of the older Lebanon News are on microfilm at the Virginia Tech > > library in Christiansburg, VA. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JaniceB <janice_b@verizon.net> > > To: VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:23:41 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Old Virginia Newspapers > > > > > > Robin, > > Russell County Public Library does not have a newspaper archive. The > > local, > > weekly newspaper - The Lebanon News - has been in business since 1880. > > They do > > have a collection of old newspapers but I don't know how many years they > > have. I > > have been told they allow visitors to come in one day a week to look at > > them. > > Since I cannot post a link I'll tell you how to find their website. It is > > thelebanonnews.com, with a www. in front. Their contact information is > > there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Roliver414@aol.com > > To: VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 9:25 PM > > Subject: [VARUSSEL] Old Virginia Newspapers > > > > > > Does anyone know how I can find a list of the newspapers that were active > > in > > the Russell County or Southwest Virginia area in the early 1900's. My > > great-grandfather, Frank Harvey (possible Austin) was murdered on Copper > > Ridge > > in > > late 1906 or 1907. I can't seem to find anything regarding this Murder. > > I > > have > > been told the man who killed him was Clarence Cooper and he fled the > > area. > > Wouldn't there be a court record or something? Frank Harvey was married > > to > > Mary > > Jane Hicks August 21, 1899. He is listed as Frank Austin on the marriage > > license which was the surname of his step-father. I would appreciate any > > help. > > Thanks, Robin > > > > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to the list send an email from the email address you wish > > to have subscribed to: VARUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the > > word "subscribe" (without quotes) in the body of the message and nothing > > else. To subscribe in the digest mode rather then the list mode send > > this message to VARUSSEL-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > > Remember when you post or reply to a message to change the subject > > heading to match the content of your message. Your subject heading acts > > like a newspaper headline & tells people what your message is about. > > > > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > > Remember when you post or reply to a message to change the subject > > heading to match the content of your message. Your subject heading acts > > like a newspaper headline & tells people what your message is about. > > > > > > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to the list send an email from the email address you wish > to have subscribed to: VARUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the > word "subscribe" (without quotes) in the body of the message and nothing > else. To subscribe in the digest mode rather then the list mode send > this message to VARUSSEL-D-request@rootsweb.com > >