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Old News, Genealogy
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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!
1927 Photo: Miss Nadien STEWART of Exeter, member of the Royal Court, Fresno Raisin Festival
1927 Photo: Miss Ruth E. IRWIN of Lindsay, Maid of Honor, Fresno Raisin Festival
Three Indictments for WILLIAMS, Atlanta, 1898
Deadly SUTTON - TAYLOR Feud imported from Alabama, DeWitt & Neighboring Counties, Texas, 1874
Illinois Accuses Reconstruction-Era Tennessee of "Kidnapping" Accused Murderer, Army of the Tennessee Reunion Planned, 1874 CUSTER, BEVERIDGE, BROWN, SMITH, WARD, WILLIAMS, BELKNAP, LINCOLN
David OWENS, Colored, Convicted of Theft, 1866
Fight in Philly: Lager Beer Deliveryman vs. Milkman, 1866 RISING, BARKER
Assault with Intent to Kill, Memphis, 1860 SAULS, POSTALL, METSALL
Shipwreck of the Tamarac, 1837 KANE, HEWSON, SIMMS, SHARPLES, ANSLOW
Boy Detective Arrested, Cincinnati, 1885 HART, CISILIO
Rebel REIL Trial News, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1885
FORD Sentenced for Rape, Robbery of BARTLETT, NY, 1885
Harmon COX Honored, Fair DODD Elected, Georgia, 1898
Home of Col. FINNIE Burglarized, Tennessee, 1860
CALLAHAN & MILLER Arrested... Again, Tennessee, 1860
MATHEWS Home Burns, New Jersey, 1837
News from the Criminal Court, St. Louis. 1874 Now indexed! Surnames include the following: MOORE, HULSE, WILLIAMS, FREESE, ROBINSON, SMITH, ANDRES, COLLINS, DUFFY, SHERMAN, O'CONNELL, GROGMAN, BOHN, CAMPBELL, BURNS, McGEE, PRICE, FLYNN, COLVIN, FIFE, CROVER, COLVIN, GRENNER, LEWIS, DEAN, BEDFORD, RYDER, MILLER, SIEBERT, CONNERS
Thieves! Blacklegs! Ruffians! Gamblers! Arrests made in New Orleans, 1837 RYNDS, CLARKSON, GLENN, alias "Boston Bill"
David WHITE Death at Cape Palmas, West Africa, 1837
Pistols & Bowie Knives: Deadly Words in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1837 LELAND, MABRY
New York Merchant James GAZE Wins Louisiana Footrace, $500, 1837
Subscription Agents for the Christian Register, Several states included, 1832 Now indexed! Surnames include the following: REED, METCALF, HALL, INGERSOLL, CROCKER, SHATTUCK, RICE, KILBY, ANDREWS, PRENTISS, OSBORN, HOWE, FRANCIS, BROWN, FOSTER, COLMAN
Police Court News, including commentary about the presence of "Hibernian (Irish) names among those arrested for being drunk & disorderly, Tennessee, 1855 MORRIS, QUINLAN, HILL, KENNEDY
Personal News, Tennessee, Mississippi, Washington, 1879 ALLEN, WHITE, ETHERIDGE
Registered Voters of the Sutro Precinct, Lyon County, 1874 Now indexed! Surnames include the following: ALERTON, BARTELLE, BASTIAN, BEAGLEHOLE, BISHOP, BLUITT, BLACKNELL, BREEN, BROWN, BARKELOW, LUCHA, MAURICE, MIDGLEY, MURPHY, McNAB, O'DONOHUE, McPHERSON, PEARCE, PINNEY, PRAHL, BOYD, BOURNES, BURKETT, CONLON, CARR, COLLINS, COONEY, COMBELICK, DALTON, DONELLY, FORD, HYDER, KELLEY, JOHNSON, LAMB, LEONARD, LOVERING, LOFTUS, LOTHROP, ROBERTS, RAMPKAMP, ROWLAND, STEPHENS, SULLIVAN, SILVERTHORN, SCHROEDER, SUTRO, SORENSEN, TIDDY, THOMPSON, WALSH, WEBSTER, WALKER, WORSTELL, WILSON, WILCOXEN
Accidental Shooting Claims One ERCHENBACK Child, Wounds Another, TX, 1912
WILDER, DEMAS Case Postponed, Pistols & Bananas, 1898
Escapee Andrew ABNER, Alias Matt IRWIN, Arrested in St. Louis, 1874 CRANE, HERCULES
Mary BROWN Escapes Orphanage, Memphis, 1879
10-Year-Old Killer Claims Self-Defense, Atlanta, 1910 GLAZE, GRANT
GLOVER Lynched for Murder of TERRY, Alabama, 1910 CRAWFORD, McCLENDON
CRUMLEY Death at Macon, Bitten by Rabid Dog, 1910 STAHLE, DECKER, BURDEN
MATSUMOTO Death, Knoxville, 1886 "Thought to be the first Japanese in East Tennessee."
Liverpool Passengers Arrive in New York, 1850 MOORE, NANNAU
BLAIR - GRANGER Annulment Granted on Grounds of Bigamy, 1879
Deadly Indian Raid, Idaho, 1879 DAWSON, JOHNSON
Willis HENRY, Colored, Drowns in Mississippi River, Memphis, 1879
Drunks & Wife-Beaters in Police Court, Memphis, 1855 DONAHOE, FITZGERALD, KENNEDY, HILL
LEWIS Charged with WILSON Murder, Montgomery, 1898 JACKSON, WALLER
BREETZ & GOELTEL Arrested, Florida, 1898
HEIMACK Arrested in Grave Robbery Case, Bodies of CORBETT & BENNETT Recovered, 1898
Farmersville Society News, 1914 Now indexed! Surnames include the following: GIST, BENNETT, ALLEN, HUDDLESTON, MURCHISON, BECKLEY, WILMETH, TAYLOR, BATTLE, HOCKER, ARCHER, BURT, NEATHERY, CARVER, WORDEN, PURVIN, LEWIS, DOGGETT, MCBRIDE, BALO, CHASE, HONAKER, PHILLIPS, RUSSELL, MILLER and DUNN
Wash HARVEY Murdered, 1914 BROWN, HARRISON
Music Teacher Takes a Fall, Omaha, 1889 CRAP, BARR, KENNARD, RISZON
BURDEN Convicted of Burglary, Atlanta, 1898 SWEVOLEVITZ
Visitors to the State Museum, from everywhere! 1912 Now indexe!, Surnames include the following: FERGUSON, ANDERSON, NIELSON, STAEWART, STONELL, BALDWIN, ARNOLD, VIVIAN, WATKINS, LANDEER, WODRELL, HARMION, KRABILL, PEDORSEN, McCOY, LeROY, PHILIPS, CHENDWORTH, HADEN, LIMBECK, MARRAIN, NEWHALL, LYDEARD, YOUNG, HART, SEVENDON
Instructors at the Idaho Industrial Institute, Weiser, 1901 BROCKMAN, CANDEE, CLARK, DOOLITTLE, HENION, KEYES, MARYATT, PADDOCK, SLOCUM
Accident on the Katy Railroad: Engineer EVANS Leaps to his Death, 1920
Arsonist Makes Good Hand at Convict Farm, Georgia, 1898 TRAYLOR, MADDOX
Saloon Keeper Kills Man Who refused to Pay, Cincinnati, 1898 DONNELLY, GREEN
TUFLY & SCHOOLING Face Off in Election, Nevada, 1874
PICKETT Cotton Burned by Horsemen in Disguise, Alabama, 1868 MOORE
Major WILSON Returns, 1909
Iowa Woman Wins Louisiana Lottery, 1880 WHITTLESEY, HENDRICKS
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 Now indexed! 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
Incident from the Anti-Rent Movement: Mrs. HUNTING's Courage, New York, 1845 STEELE, PARKER
John McCANN Crushed to Death by Train, Wyoming, 1888
Jacob BROOM Death at Philadelphia; Delaware Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1810
Maggie FITZGIBBON of Edinburgh a Candidate for State Librarian, Indiana, 1874
Society News from Clifton, Texas, Bosque County, 1914 Now indexed! 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
Hebrew Free Loan Association Celebrates Anniversary, 1909 FRIEDBERG, MURPHY, FRANKLIN, GINSBERG
Fatal Shooting at Mountain Home, 1881 PICKENS, LETSON, DAVIDSON
Charles FLORRA Arrested at Edith TERRY's Bawdy House, 1889
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, COCHRANFoul Play Suspected in DUCKER Disappearance, OR, 1870
Passengers: San Diego and Way-Port per the Moses Taylor. San Francisco, 1870. Now indexed! 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, OILER, 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
Illnesses and Accidents Keep Santa Barbara's Hospital Busy, 1908 STEVENS, BAKEWELL, STAMBACH, MOODY, HOEL, VRODIE, SHEPARD, WESTON
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
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
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
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
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