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Genealogy & History "Clues from the News!"Updates Newsletter
April 27, 2002
Hi Ya'll!
I'll keep it short & sweet tonight, as family duties are calling. I'd wanted to add quite a bit more - both "new" old stories and a tale or two to this newsletter, but if I wait until I have it "just right," I'll never get this sent.
If you're a new subscriber, many of the old issues of the Newsletter can be found here, on the Updates page. Also, if this is the first newsletter you've received in a long time, it may not be just a case of me being slow to get them out! I have learned that my email server has not been sending all of the newsletters properly. You can confirm whether or not you've received all of the newsletters by comparing what you got with the Updates page. I apologize for the errors, but I'm trying to learn as I go along!
I do want to make a quick comment about return visits. Whether you're browsing the Bookstore or reading any of the old news, you might want to click your browser's "refresh" or "reload" button once in a while. You may not be looking at the most recently updated version of the page! I tend to do a lot of updates in any given area at once, as that's the most time-efficient way of working on this (for me), so if you're not sure, try "refresh" or "reload" to see if you've got the most recent version of the page.
By the way - I have discovered two great resources for out-of-print, rare, and otherwise difficult-to-find books: Alibris
and Abebooks.com
. Alibris says they've got books you never thought you'd find, and trust me - they do! And as Abebooks, says, they're where over 30 million used, rare, out-of-print books are just a click away, online @ abebooks.com
They aren't kidding, either! You'll see the links around TheOldenTimes.com, and especially in the Bookstore, where you'll find links to specific titles that you won't find on Amazon.com. I've purchased books from each of these merchants and I haven't had any trouble with either one. I've found some very unusual items, too, such as a Funeral Memorial book, among other things. Try searching the Ephemera category at Abebooks for an interesting array of unique items.
For those of you who are new subscribers, this portion of The Olden Times Updates Newsletter is not indexed by the FreeFind search engine's spider (as is the rest of the website), so you have the advantage of the updates and the bimonthly index of locations only if you're a subscriber.
For whatever that's worth. Hey - at least it's free!
Folks are making connections!
I can't tell you how thrilled I am when someone finds a familiar name here on The Olden Times! I've begun adding a few of the interesting emails that I receive about this site and the old stories.
There isn't a link yet from the main part of the site, but you can see the beginning of this new section on the Connections pages.
I have so many more Connections stories to add, and I wish I could get caught up, but...
I'm still behind, as always, in getting everything online, but I'll keep working at it, so if you don't see something that you've sent to me, please be patient with me and keep watching...
Thank you so much to all of you who have supported this website, whether you have purchased a genealogy CD from Genealogy.com,
printer ink from All-Ink.com,
gifts from Amazon.com, or simply sent me a supportive email. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
To those of you who've let me know about bad links or errors, I am very grateful! I hardly have time to work on the site, much less surf it.
I have the nicest visitors in the world! Thank you for making this hobby of mine such a delightful endeavor!
Please stay safe, and remember those glorious words, e pluribus unum.
Out of many, one.
As always, thanks for your patience, and thanks for visiting.
Barbara
Names Added Since the Last Update
Locations Mentioned Since the Last Update
Notable
Mrs. MASON has Electrifying Experience, 1916
Louis SMITH is a lucky dog! IL, 1916
McCARTHY & GALT Brawl Near Newport, IN, 1867 Well! I hope that settled it!
Suspected Runaway Slave Henry DRURY Held in Norfolk Jail, 1826 BARNARD
Congress Water & Pure Liquors... Strictly Medicinal! VT, 1845
Check out the fabulous prizes awarded in the Brenham Corn Show, hosted by the Dixie Saloon! One wonders... TX, 1910
Benjamin OLDS Advertises Temperance Text, Newark, 1837 (At least I think it would have been a "temperance" text... versus a how-to manual).
Michael DURKIN Undergoes 20th Surgery, Pittsfield, 1912 YEOW!!
Crimes & Politics (Am I being redundant?)
The BROWN Murder Case, Dallas, TX, 1913
Louisville Police Court News, KY, 1861
Adelaide Constable Stabbed, Australia, 1909 DERMODY, ZOEST
HALL Fined for Sly Grog-Selling, Sydney, Australia, 1909 Sly Grog-Selling?!
Cemeteries
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Omaha, NE
O'REILLY Family Burial Ground, Inniskeen, Ireland
Wilder Cemetery, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Churches
St. Aidan's, Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland
St. John's Church, Clontarf, Ireland
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Dundalk, Ireland
Methodist Church, Emory, Texas
Catholic Church, New Iberia, Louisiana
Mission Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe
Fraternal
Elks' Ball, , 2 Childress, Texas
Lansing DAR News, 1905
Daughters of the Confederacy, 1910
Immigration/Migration
FAUCETT from Oklahoma to Tennessee, around 1910
Carrie Bell McKNIGHT - from Ohio to California, before 1880
Ships
Military Mention
Death of Dr. A. E. WALL, 16th Mississippi Infantry Veteran, 1912
List of Confederate Dead, 1869 29th VA, 30th VA, 24th GA, 6th SC, COBB's Legion
Kentucky Military Preparing, 1861 BUCKNER, JOHNSTON, HUNT
Veterans Attend Old Soldiers' Reunion at Greenville, 1913 CAIN, KINSER, ANDERSON
Accidents & Disasters
Tragic HALES Death at Ballyhooly, Ireland, 1917
MERRIMAN Seriously Injured at Tredgar Mill, 1869
Cass County Fire Claims Two, 1913 WALLS
Diseases & Epidemics
Scarlet Fever, 2, 1837, New Jersey
Consumption (Tuberculosis), 1889, Nebraska
Recipes
Mutton Casserole, 1915
Geneva Pudding, 1913
The Victorian Scrapbook
Beautiful photo of Mildred and Mary WEBB, date and place unknown.
The Family Album
New Entry in the Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection: A notice for an assignee's sale of the property of Conrad STUTZ, Adams Co., PA. This is fascinating as it gives a detailed inventory of STUTZ's 1888 farm.
Postcards
Mission Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe at Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, in linen.
Lead & Zinc Mines in NE Oklahoma
High School at Commerce, Texas
Free Graphics
A Fashionable Lady of 1912 New Orleans