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Find those genealogical clues in the news! The old newspaper stories appear in the order that they're added, with the newest items at the top of the list. If you're looking for news from or about a particular state, see the links below.
Each was scanned from an original issue of a historic newspaper from my own collection.NOTE: Only a FEW of the news stories make it to this page, as a representative sampling, or when I remember to post them here. For a much more complete listing, please see the geographical index pages above.
The best place to find any individual is to check the Index of Names!
News from Storm Lake, Iowa, 1874
LEMON, SAMPSONDisaster on the Ohio& Mississippi Rivers: Steamboats Glencoe & Redstone Explode, Killing Many Passengers & Crew, 1852 BERRY, DAVID, DURBIN, SMITH, SCOTT, PATE, LANGLEY, JACKSON, FRITZ, BRECK, BOZEI, COLLARD, WILSON, STIRGEL, BATES, SOPER, CABLE, CHRISMAN, LANGHENY
Affray on the Magenta, 1868 REILLY, KELLY
Georgetown Commencement, students from several states, 1847 Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: FULMER, LONGSTRETH, RILEY, GIBSON, ALLEMONG, DONEGAN, ANDREWS, OLIVEIRA, SMITH, MILLER, DE BLANC, EDELEN, DUFRESNE, CAULFIELD, MACKENZIE, SEMMES, MAY, JOHNSON, FOUREY, PORTER, GILLIS, CRAWFORD
3 Arrested for Bold Robbery and Assault of Negro, Memphis, 1868 ACKERMAN, SANDERS, CALLAHAN, CONNELL
Army News: Appointments, Resignations, Special Order, 1836 SPENCER, HUNT, BOYCE, WARD, SMITH, BARRY
Murder in Marshall, 1881 PHILIPS, McNEALEY
GROVE Discovers JONES was Embezzler; LONGNECKER Cleared, PA, 1888
Martin DURAND Hung for Murder, AZ, 1888
Mrs. LEGG Latest Victim of Tornado, IL, 1888
Colonel G. V. HENRY Lectures at Plattsmouth, 1889
B. T. CULLEN Prepares New Play in Omaha, 1880
Incident from the Anti-Rent Movement: Mrs. HUNTING's Courage, New York, 1845 STEELE, PARKER
John McCANN Crushed to Death by Train, Wyoming, 1888
B. BARSTOW Sells Merino Ram for $1000, Medfield, MA, 1810
Jacob BROOM Death at Philadelphia; Delaware Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1810
Maggie FITZGIBBON of Edinburgh a Candidate for State Librarian, Indiana, 1874
Miss WILLARD Honored by Misses NEILSON and BELL, 1896
Society News from Clifton, Texas, Bosque County, 1914 Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: BROOKS, BETTIS, SUMMERS, SWENSON, BRONSTAD, HILL, PARKS, BASS, BRYANT, BRASWELL, MAJORS, COOPER, CAMPBELL, BUTLER, REED, KUGLE
Officer KINSLER Arrests MOSKWA for Larceny, 1909 JACMIERSKI
John MEYER Arrested for Illegal Distilling, Chicago, 1877
Hebrew Free Loan Association Celebrates Anniversary, 1909 FRIEDBERG, MURPHY, FRANKLIN, GINSBERG
Fatal Shooting at Mountain Home, 1881 PICKENS, LETSON, DAVIDSON
Fire at Syracuse, 1888 JACOS, PROCTOR, MYERS, KLINE, MEADE
Charles FLORRA Arrested at Edith TERRY's Bawdy House, 1889
Laramie Residents Visit Denver, 1897 BROWN, FISHBACK, DOWNEY, LAMB
Spectators Praise Bicycle Road Race, 1897 DEKAY, HARRIS, POPE, GILLETTE
Undeliverable Letters in the Laramie, Wyoming Post Office, 1897
DAYTON, BENHAM, BROCKLESBY, HOVIC, MELROSE, MCGINNISNews from Gansevoort, NY, 1881
STEENBURGH, GRANGER, GARFIELD, WICKS, RICE, CLUETT, GRISMER, COCHRANOfficer FENNELL Arrests VALENCHIA for Cutting SANCHEZ, San Francisco, 1870
HARRIS Leases Bottling Rights to HABENICHT, SC, 1893
Fire Destroys Property in Latham, IL, 1880 SENNETT, RUE, HUSTON
Foul Play Suspected in DUCKER Disappearance, OR, 1870
Passengers: San Diego and Way-Port per the Moses Taylor. San Francisco, 1870. Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: SLOAN, LANE, PALMER, JACOBS, PAULY, LAWRENCE, VINCENT, GOLLER, AIKEN, MILLER, HORN, MORRIS, McGRATH, SHEPPARD, CASEY, CHAMBERS, BANA, GARFIAS, CARVERWELL, WOOD, EAMES, STILL, RICHARDS, BRIGHAM, COFFIN, COCHRANE, FISH, ROSENTHAL, CORCORAN, GOLDWATER, HOWARD, FLIPPEN, RICHARDSON, MORRISON, ILER, LAPUNT, MURPHY, GOODRICH, ROGERS, HAMPHILL, MOROUSE, JARVIS, JONES, PETIT, TAYLOR, FORNEY, BARDEN, GARDNER,
Memphis Police Court News, 1855 BLACK, FRANK
John McELTHONE Finds Giant Bones, Ulster County, NY, 1858
COOPER Ambushes, Murders LITTLEPAGE, Washington County, Texas, 1858
Criminal Court News, San Antonio, 1881 WILSON, MILES, IRVIN, SMITH, HUMPHREYS, AINSWORTH, WEYMOUTH, ROBERTS, REED, BROWN, SULLIVAN, ELWOOD, INGLE, STUDER
Illnesses and Accidents Keep Santa Barbara's Hospital Busy, 1908 STEVENS, BAKEWELL, STAMBACH, MOODY, HOEL, VRODIE, SHEPARD, WESTON
News from the Recorder's Court, Lots of drunk & disorderly charges! San Antonio, 1881 Names not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: ALMENDAREZ, CASTRO, MURRAY, FRENCH, McGLAEN, SCHRAM, ELLIOTT, ECKFORD, MACKENZIE
Lancaster County Society News, PA, 1898 MILLER, SHAUB, SMELTZ, MENTZER, VAN OESKO, DIETRICH, RANDOLPH, GRUBE
Battle with Apaches at Las Animas Canyon, 1879 HATCH, DAY, DAWSON, WRIGHT, BEYER, MORROW, BLACKSON, GATEWOOD, EMMETT, Victorio
COX Replaces HOOPER in the Farmville Post Office, VA, 1875
COOK Divorce, San Antonio, 1881 NEWTON, MINTER
M. W. WALLACE Appointed Postmaster at Yancey's Mills, 1875
Bleeding Kansas: More Trouble in Gray County, 1880 BROOKS, MYERS
Murder Among the Louisiana Troops in Mexico, 1846 OVERTON, KING, McINTOSH
Miners Succumb to "Black Damp," Pottsville, PA, 1880 WASLEY, WILLIAMS, REESE
Judge DULING Sends Tramp Charles WILCHER to Workhouse, 1879
Convicted Marshall County Horse Thieves' Cases Heard in Supreme Court, TN, 1879 PORTER, McCOOL, McMILLIN
DAVIS Suicide at Jasper, Tennessee, 1891
Two Members of KYLE Family Die in Fire, Missouri, 1845
Coleman MAY Arrested for Murder of W. H. McDEARMON, JUREY in Penitentiary for Forgery, Virginia, 1845
Buster JONES Acquitted of Esteban CERVANTE Murder, 1910 HOPKINS
Got a "Lead Foot?" Blame it on Your Ancestors! What the heck! New Orleans Citizens Receive Speeding Tickets, 1913
HUNTER, GOLDSTEIN, WEXLER, MILNER, TESTARD, WILLIAMSPassengers Arriving from Nicaragua via the Marietta di Giorgio, 1912 BAKKIE, WESTERFIELD, WOOD, LEE, LOE, BRIGHTMAN, HARRELL
Alleged Voter Fraud in Fayette County, TN, 1884 WATSON, DUNN, BAKER, BATE
Arrest of Negro Burglars, Providence, 1872 JOHNSON, THOMAS, ANGELL
C. W. PETERSON Visits Santa Barbara for Fiesta, 1908
Thaddeus OSGOOD Thanks Boston Donors, 1812
Judges Chosen for Fox River Valley Fair, 1905 Names now indexed! Surnames include the following: JOHNS, GREENWALD, BOTTENSEK, DEY, SWEETSER, AMES, WITTLIN, CULBERTSON, DAVIS, ZUEHLKE
Thomas TREAT Declares his Candidacy, IL, 1878
Mayor WILLIAMSON's Wife Murdered, Hattiesburg, 1891
Larkin NIX Lynched, Mitchell County, 1891
Prisoner LABONNE Assaults Captain HOLLAND, Montreal, Canada, 1833
Visitors at the Richmond Tobacco Exchange, 1875 Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: JOHNSON, STAPLES, PAYNE, JENKINS, NORZLEY, SKIPWITH, VENABLE, SMITH, EPPS, BOOKER
Before Alderman TITTERMARY: Philadelphia Crimes, 1866 MORGAN, SHEPPARD, ROBERTSON, HARMER
THIBAULT Hung for Murder of HILL, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1881
Musician Edmund DEDE Survives Shipwreck of Steamer Marseilles, 1893
ANDREWS Family Celebrates Wedding, Mourns Deaths, TX, KY, 1851
War of Words Draws No Blood, Charleston, SC, 1870 WOOLF, DeLARGE
Judge WILSON Sentences Richard WILSON, the "Latchkey Man," 1893
A. E. PRATT Delayed in Pratt, Kansas Train Wreck, 1905
Local News from Tucumcari, 1905 SHINN, HODGES, HENDREN, CLARK, BUSH, CARTER, DAIN, KRUEGER, GOLDENBERG
Unclaimed Letters at the Bloomington, Illinois Post Office, 1888 Lots of names, not yet indexed! Surnames include the following:
ABBOTT, BREACH, BURKE, CARR, DANOW, FERGUSON, MURPHY, McGIBENY, MILLER, SMITH, THOMPSON, SCHELTER, GOODWIN, HASTY, JONES, KRAUSEY, LUSTRY, AUSTEN, BROWER, BENGSTON, CROOKER, DICKERSON, DAVIS, DOW, DONNING, DIXON, JOHNSON, MURPHY, McCREEY, MICKEL, MARSHALL, MAMMIN, MARTIN, MORBE, FRACE, GABE, GRIGS, GETZENDAMER, HALL, HOLZ, HAINES, HANSER, HEADLY, JENKINS, NIESEN, PHILLIPS, PROCTOR, ROSS, STOVER, SEVERSMITH, YEATCH, BUNN, FUFERCHAMPeter GAFFNEY Killed by Natives in the Solomon Islands, 1880
Passengers Arriving Aboard THE Changsha, 1903 Names not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: WARREN, EDMISTON, SMITH, MAKEHAM, BELL, DAVIS, SWANSON, EVANS, MULCAHY, HARRISON, JOHNSTON, DOWNES, COLLINS McEDWARDS, BRADY
Tinner S. ANDERSON Provides Ornament for Baptist Church, Tucumcari, 1905
Wounded Severely in Action, 1918 Not yet completely indexed, but surnames include the following: PADDOCK, MCCLURE, MCGUINESS, SHAMBURGER, GREEN, HENDERSON, CANDLER, STILES, COLLINS, EDMONDSON, KAILLES, KALEC, McPADDEN, WALKER
Swiss Immigrant Tobias OSCHNER Suspected in Fire that Killed Wife & Children, 1881
U. S. Ships Vincennes and Union Arrive in New York and Norfolk; A List of Their Officers; Four New Ships Authorized by Congress; Members of the Board for Their Design, 1847
Now indexed! Surnames include the following: PAULDING, SWARTWOUT, McINTOSH, ARMSTRONG, WILLIAMSON, BOWIE, WALL, MASON, AINCRON, RUDD, GREEN, SHIELDS, BLEEKER, VAN ZANT, OTIS, RAGGART, MORRIS, WARRINGTON, SMITH, HASWELL, GRICE, HARTT, LENTHAL, COPELAND, REID, NOLANDCrow Indians Attacks Travelers at South Pass, 1859 STEPHENSON, HALL, MOORE, FLORENCE
Planter Reginald GLANVILLE Murdered in Ceylon, 1903
5-Year-Old James TEELING Saves Baby Brothers' Lives, Given Gold Medal by A. BURTON & Citizens of Whitewright, Dallas, TX, 1914
More From the All-Too-Familiar Jihad Department: Texan Executed by Turks (Different country, same region.) GEORGE, THROCKMORTON