Friday, March 6, 2009

Genealogy is more fun when you are finding stuff!!!

I have been having too much fun with research to take time to blog. I have recently taken a membership to an online newspaper archive and I have found quite a few articles about one of my ancestors. There are also many interesting articles from many newspapers. You can print the actual image or you can copy and paste as I have done here. Memberships are available to individuals or institutions. Check your local library.


Steubenville Daily Herald Steubenville, Ohio

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1874.

Timothy Sharrock, the oldest man in
Guernsey County, died on Friday, the
17th inat. His age was one hundred
years three months and seven days.

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Brownsville Daily Herald Brownsville, Texas Friday, March 20, 1903


The passing of Judge Roy
Bean
, who was commonly called
"Law West of the Pecos," Texas
loses one of its most unique and
picturesque characters. It was Roy
Bean that was said to have hold an
inquest on the body of an unknown
man found in his precinct, and,
finding on the corpse a pistol and
$40 in cash, found the dead man
guilty of carr-ying a concealed
Weapon and fined him $40, which
was forthwith collected from the
pocket of the offender. Throughout
his career, Judge Bean was noted
for his rare interpretations and applications
of the law, but it is not
related that he was ever unjust or
over severe to any living delinquent.