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Updates: May 18, 2001
Hello, ya'll!
Has two weeks already flown by?
Is it me, or has time been moving faster lately?
This portion of The Olden Times is not indexed by the FreeFind search engine's spider, 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!
This week's newsletter includes names added in the past two weeks AND locations, too, along with a few notable headlines.
A Site map!
I have finally added a Site Map to The Olden Times, and although it's still a work in progress, it might help make more sense out of my sprawling website for you. Of course, now that I'm moving another GeoCities site over to The Olden Times domain, I need to re-vamp the site map, but it's a good start.
I have a special request for any readers who live in the Memphis, Tennessee area...
One of our readers is seeking an obituary which can be obtained at the Memphis Public Library. Alas, their fees are a little on the high end. If you are able to print a copy of this obituary from the library's microfilm for Sheila Jarrett, please contact her at sjarrett_81@yahoo.com. I know she'll really appreciate your help!
Military History News
Jack Novicki brings us more wonderful information! See this page for information on where you can donate historical military items. Thank you again, Jack!
Texas Researchers Note:
I have added a link to another website with old newspaper goodies from Texas! Early Texas Newspaper Extracts features 1890's Texas newspapers with genealogy data such as death notices, marriages, obituaries and much more.
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 page.
Thanks again to those of you who have been using the Recommend-it button to pass the word about this site to friends. I sure can't afford to advertise, so your word-of-mouth has been so helpful!
If you belong to a mailing list whose members might be interested in a particular story, or in the website, please let folks know. I appreciate your help.
I wanted to get some more of your wonderful contributions online before I mailed this newsletter out, but I've run out of time. Something about home-schooling these kids of mine seems to just whisk the time away before I know it. However, this weekend looks like it's going to shape up nicely and I should have a little time to add some more to The Family Album.
Well, I'll get busy and start adding and indexing pages now, as soon as I break up that squabble going on out in the front yard in the wading pool....
Thanks again for visiting The Olden Times!
African Americans, Freedmen or Slaves in the News:
Runaway Slave "Lewis" Jailed in Albemarle County, VA, 1823
Notable:
White Man Lynched for Insulting Woman, 1920
"Anti-Administration" Candidacy? Does that mean he might not know what he's "for," but that he sure knows what he's "against?"
"The Family Circus," a Fashionable Drawing-Room Song...a new addition to Cartoons & Humor. Cute!
South Carolinian Dies of Cholera While Serving in the Russian Army, 1855
Too Sensible for That! FARNSWORTH, 1841
Arkansas Editors Fight it Out at Little Rock, 1887
A Shotgun Wedding and a Short-Lived Honeymoon, Mississippi, 1887 TAYLOR, MOORE
"Pogue Chitto" Plantation for Sale, Mississippi, 1855
American College Boys Shine at Races in Norway, 1920 SHOLZ, RAY
Accidents:
Five Drown at Traverse Bay, MI, 1887 Sudden Storm
Fatal Fire at West Shreveport, Louisiana, 1914
Crimes:
15 Men Hung for Piracy at Kingston, Jamaica
SHELTON Shot in the Back, 1912
Murder-Suicide, Missouri, 1891
Disasters:
Fire at Lonoke, Arkansas, 1887
Military & Vets:
James J. COSGROVE Obituary: Confederate Veteran
Ships:
Fraternal:
Migrations:
TUCKER from Illinois to Louisiana
BURNS from Dallas to Tyler, Texas
SHOEMAKE from Alabama to Mississippi
Cemeteries
Tomb of the Army of Tennessee, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
Liberty Graveyard, Covington County, Mississippi
Several New Genealogy & History Links
Recipes:
Tomato Preserves, 1855
Vintage Postcards:
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