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MILLEDGEVILLE
General
Abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper by
Fred R. and Emilie K. Hurst. 5 vols/over 1200 pp in each vol Vol 1 1809-1818
Vol 2 1819-23 Vol 3 1824-1828 Vol 4 1829-35 Vol 5 1836-40
"Milledgeville,GA Newspaper Clippings" (Southern Recorder) by Tad Evans vol.1 1820-1827 vol 2 1828-1832 vol 3 1833-1835 vol 4 1836-1838 vol 5 1839-1841 vol 6 1842-1844 vol 7 1845-1848 vol 8 1849-1852 vol 9 1853-1856 vol 10 1857-1861 vol 11 1862-1866 vol 12 1867-1872
Many of the above newspaper abstracts have been sent through the GEORGIA-L mailing list. To search for a name, http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl. Type in GEORGIA. Next page type in the surname or county name you are searching for. If you want to see ALL of them type in "Ga Journal" or "Journal".
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The
Macon
Telegraph
is now online and free for searching. 1826 - 1909, not all
years are available.
The Macon TELEGRAPH was founded in December, 1826. A small daily was also published from 1831 -1833 (1st in Macon). In 1844, a weekly paper, the REPUBLIC, was begun and continued until 1845 when it merged with the TELEGRAPH. After several more ownership changes, and merges with other papers, including the GEORGIA CITIZEN and the CONFEDERATE, interest in the MESSENGER was purchased, and merged also with the TELEGRAPH and was titled the TELEGRAPH and MESSENGER.
The MESSENGER title is no longer used, but the MACON TELEGRAPH continues today even after more ownership changes... (these notes were taken from Butler, John Campbell. HISTORICAL RECORD of MACON AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, c1879, J.W. Burke CO, Macon, GA. {2nd copyright 1958 by the MACON TOWN COMMITTEE of the NATIONAL SOCIETY of the COLONIAL DAMES of AMERICA in the state of GEORGIA}, PP. 329-333.
Willard Rocker's "Marriages and Obituaries
From The Macon Messenger 1818-1865" is available at Washington Memorial
Library, Macon
Look-up: Galen
Chambers
Macon,GA (Bibb County) Newspaper Clippings (Messenger) Tad Evans Vol. 1 1823-1830 Vol. 2 1831-1837 Vol. 3 1838-1842 Vol. 4 1843-1847 Vol. 5 1848-1851 Vol. 6 1852-1854 Vol. 7 1855-1858 Vol. 8 1859-1865 Vol. 9 1866-1869
Macon ,GA Telegraph 1826/1832 - Mary
Warren
"The Macon [GA] Telegraph 1826-1832" Vol.
I, #1-Vol. VII, #13, Nov.1, 1826-Dec. 26, 1832 Abstracts of Marriage, Divorce,
Death, and Legal Notices, compiled by Michal Martin Farmer, Mary Bondurant
Warren, Nicole Moran O'Kelley and William Brett Hill. On the inside of
this book a notation reads: 'The Macon Telegraph founded Nov. 1, 1826 and
edited by Myron Bartlett, at Macon, Bibb Co., GA. Transcribed from microfilm
of newspapers from Washington Mem. Library, Macon, GA." Look-ups: Donna
Hall dfshine@worldnet.att.net
Macon ,GA Telegraph 1833/1839 - Mary Warren
"The Macon Telegraph, for a time called the Georgia Telegraph, began weekly publication on Nov. 1, 1826 in Macon, Bibb Co, GA. Subscription price for the Macon Telegraph was $3 per annum if paid in advance, or $4 at the end of the year, and its publisher was Myron Bartlett. The newspaper office was on Cherry St., near the public square in Macon, GA. Between Oct. 17, 1831 and Dec. 21, 1832, Bartlett also published the Daily Macon Telegraph.Abstracts on-lineMr. Bartlett reported in the Oct. 22, 1831 issue that there were twenty newspapers published in Georgia. One in Athens, three in Augusta, one in Bainbridge, two in Columbus, four in Macon, one in MacDonough, three in Milledgeville, one in Mount Zion (Hancock Co.), two in Savannah, one in Warrenton, and one in Washington. Published in Macon in late 1831 were: The Macon Telegraph (weekly, and Daily), the Georgia Messenger, the Macon Advertiser & Agricultural and Mercantile Intelligencer, and the Georgia Christian Repertory (a Methodist paper)."
Tips on Using Newspapers in Your Research
Newspaper-Macon Telegraph indexed on computer from 1899 in Washington Memorial Libary - Macon. The newspaper is also indexed in the genealogy room in books for dates prior to that.
Around 75 years ago, Georgia passed a law that courthouses should keep copies of their county newspapers. Many courthouses, libraries, and special collections have preserved this material.
In the early 1950's the University of Georgia Libraries began a special project to convert Georgia newspapers to microfilm. From 1987 through 1991 the National Endowment for the Humanities funded a large portion of retrospective microfilming, as well as cataloging all Georgia newspaper holdings in the OCLC union catalog.
The Macon Telegraph is now online and free for searching. 1826 - 1909, not all years are available.
These microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project can be available through interlibrary loan. Contact your local public library or the University of Georgia for details.
Researching at U of GAFrom: "Carole Johnson" fojo@mindspring.comKeep in mind that the Journalism School was
only able to microfilm what was was found; some papers apparently were
not archived and/or others just didn't survive.
There is a parking deck on Jackson street
(the street past the Arches if you are heading east). When you come out
of the parking deck, walk across Jackson onto campus (there will be steps).
After you reach the top of the steps, turn left and continue down the sidewalk
to the Main Library. After entering the Library walk toward the back of
the building to the stairs. Go down to the next floor, turn left and immediately
turn left again. You won't be able to miss the many file cabinets. Everything
is self-serve. Don't expect much help.
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"Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia
Newspapers" by Huxford -covers late 1700's to late 1800's.
Galen Chambers
WASHINGTON - June 11, 2001 - More than 20,000 community newspapers, some long out of print, have recorded American life since the 17th century and two unique organizations have set the common goal of providing Internet access to this documentation of American heritage. The National Newspaper Association (NNA) and Cold North Wind Corporation signed a letter of intent today to create America's Chronicles SM, an online search engine that accesses the digital archives of America's community newspapers, beginning with the archives of the 3600 NNA member newspapers. The project could eventually result in 500,000,000 pages of original, historical content dating back to the 1600s and will be available online at http://www.americaschronicles.com . The site will be launched at the NNA's 116th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Milwaukee, September 12-15, with access to the first of many digital archives
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Crilley 2000
Eileen
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