[Genealib] finding people in the future & trends in publishingpersonal information

[Cheryl Smith]

It could also be because it cost money to put your marriage or birth
announcement in the paper and the price is going up.  I know the Dallas
Morning News charged $200 for a death notice five years ago.  I can only
imagine what a marriage announcement would cost for the Dallas Morning
News.

Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Genealogy, Local History, Texana and Archives
Plano, TX
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Subject: [Genealib] finding people in the future & trends in
publishingpersonal information

I have noticed in the last 6 months - year,that the number of marriages
recorded in our local paper has declined.  

Does this reflect that more people are living together than marrying?
Or could it be a disinterest in reporting it? 

The same thing is true with the births, in fact, they have not been
reported in our paper for 3 months.  This could be because of a
reorganization, but I am not sure.  The births have - for the last
several years - shown up in the Sunday paper.  

I am wondering if this could be because of privacy issues?  could it be
lack of interest? time? or not enough interest for the paper to place
them there.

I have emailed the local paper about the births, but have yet to receive
a reply from them.

And how will this affect future generations of people searching for
their relatives?  Does it seem that there is less free information out
there?  

Any thoughts?

Leslie Couture
Denton Public Library
Genealogy/Special Collections



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