[Genealib] Newspaper Abstracts

[raleighadams at hotmail.com]

Gone West Publications is pleased to announce the release of two more volumes of genealogical abstracts from Missouri newspapers.  Genealogical Abstracts from Boone County, MO Newspapers, Volumes 1 and 2 are now finished and available for purchase!

Abstracted by myself, Sherry Raleigh-Adams, volume 1 of this series includes abstracts of items of genealogical merit found in Rocheport newspapers from May 13, 1887 through December 23, 1910.  It includes not only obituaries, marriage and birth notices, but also church histories, a list of surviving veterans of the Mexican War as of 1902, and a list of the members of the Bethlehem Baptist church.  Fully indexed. 205 Pages. $18.  

Volume 2 is a compilation of abstracts of items of genealogical merit found in the Sturgeon Leader from August 2, 1901 through December 21, 1905.  Besides obituaries, marriage and birth notices, it also includes the editor's first-person account of the St. Louis World's Fair, a complete religious census of Sturgeon as of 1902, and a list of the Old Settlers of Sturgeon, complete with their ages and places of birth.  Lots of personal photo's were published in this paper and your ancestor may be among them.  This newspaper depended heavily on correspondents and gained lots of support from them.  As a result, many of the rural areas throughout Boone, Howard and Audrain counties are well represented.  Fully indexed. 228 Pages. $18.00 

All my books are stapled and soft-bound with archival tape.  You will find a PDF image of the indices for all my books at www.gonewestpublications.com.  Please take advantage of this free tool to see if anyone of interest to you may be included in these books. 

As you may have noted, these volumes are more than just a powerful genealogical tool. They also offer the reader a peak into the social values and cultural aspects relevant to their ancestors' time period. The historical significance of the articles found in these newspapers are a great learning tool for the armchair sociologist and the genealogist who has hit a brick wall. I hope that you and your patrons will find them useful.

Kind Regards,

Sherry Raleigh-Adams
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