Go to _http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/#Virginia_ (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/#Virginia) and check it out. I found _Shenandoah herald. (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974_ (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85026941/) Google newspapers. There is someone in the NorthWest - Oregon with newspapers Googledocs.com NY Times and a few others Remember much was copied by newspapers; so stretch the geography when searching newspapers. $$ www.genealogybank.com/ Where I recently found documentation in a Philadelphia paper of a Shenandoah County family cousin's obit and Civil War service that we had not found in Official records! Large Libraries subscribe to $$ newspaper databases Enjoy! Phyllis Vannoy Spiker