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Genealogist Obituaries – genealogists in 11 states pass away

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Genealogists in 11 states pass away.
CT, MA, MI, MN, NH, OK, PA, TN, UT, WA, WV

Bell, Frederick R. (1945-2009)
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) – May 6, 2009

Brown, Robert Arthur. (1927-2009)
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN) – May 6, 2009

Carrington, Hiram D., Jr. (1930-2009)
Republican-American (Waterbury, CT) – May 5, 2009

Church, James. (1925-2009)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) – May 5, 2009

Moher, Mariette I. (Corriveau). (1921-2009)
Telegraph, The (Nashua, NH) – May 5, 2009

Payne, Marlene Alcorn. (1935-2009)
Spectrum, The (St. George, UT) – May 5, 2009

Quesenberry, Bobby J., Jr. (1959-2009)
Charleston Gazette (WV) – May 5, 2009

Shoemaker, Clyde P. (1927-2009)
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) – May 6, 2009

Stevens, Grace Louise. (1932-2009)
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI) – May 5, 2009

Ward, Dana Shaw. (1915-2009)
Plymouth Bulletin (MA) – May 5, 2009

Wilson, Joyce Fern. (1940-2009)
Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat (OK) – May 5, 2009

GenealogyBank with over 130 million obituaries is the largest source of obituaries and death records online.

Search Old Charleston, SC Newspapers 1723-1975

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GenealogyBank has set up a handy site for searching Charleston, South Carolina’s historical newspaper archive: 1723-1975.

Click Here to Search all of the newspapers here

Or click on the individual titles below to search a specific newspaper
Carolina Gazette 1723-1828
Charleston Courier 1803-1822
Charleston Evening Gazette 1785-1786
Charleston Mercury 1854-1859
Charleston Morning Post 1786-1787
Chronicle of Liberty 1783
City Gazette 1787-1842
Columbian Herald 1784 – 1796
Daily Evening Gazette 1795 – 1795
Echo du Sud 1801
Evening Courier 1798
Investigator 1812-1814
Oracle 1784 – 1824
South Carolina State Gazette 1794 – 1828
South-Carolina Weekly Advertiser 1783
South-Carolina Weekly Gazette 1783 – 1786
Southern Evangelical Intelligencer 1819 – 1820
Southern Patriot 1831 – 1848
Strength of the People 1809 – 1810
Telegraph 1795 – 1922
Times 1790 – 1820

Remembering Carole Callard …

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I paused this week to remember Carole Callard – she was a terrific genealogist, teacher, librarian and friend.

Carole passed away 3 years ago this week. Her obituary appeared in several newspapers including the Lansing State Journal (MI) – December 12, 2005

Carole Crawford Callard
Lansing, MI
Age 64, died December 10, 2005; born August 8, 1941 in Charleston, WV. Carole was a well-known and respected Librarian and Genealogist for many years, before retiring in June from the Library of Michigan. She is survived by her daughters, Susan (Martin) Philp of Tecumseh and Anne Cottongim of Northville and sister, Rosemary (William) Marquart of Hilton Head, SC. Memorial services will be celebrated Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 219 Seymour, Lansing, with the Rev. George C. Michalek officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church, as well as on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, 900 E. Michigan Ave, Lansing. Scripture Services will be held Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Those desiring may make contributions to the Carole Callard Endowment Fund, c/o Library of Michigan Foundation, 717 W. Allegan St., P.O. Box 30159, Lansing, MI 48909, in memory of Carole. Copyright (c) Lansing State Journal. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc., GenealogyBank.com

What the obituary doesn’t say is that Carole was a tireless worker – she lectured all over the country – instantly drawing in her audience, encouraging them and teaching them how to climb their family tree. She wore many hats in her career – she was one of the national GPO Documents Collection Inspectors, worked in Ethiopia to improve library services; Ann Arbor Public Library; University of Michigan Library; Allen County (IN) Library and the Library of Michigan.

There is an old phrase – “to waste and wear out your life” in a good cause. Carole did just that. For years she poured herself into indexing the 1870 census of Michigan – no doubt this contributed to her deteriorating eyesight. Carole didn’t let her limited vision slow her down – she was daily at her post assisting genealogists, attending every conference, giving every lecture – right up to the end.

Carole was honored in 1997 as the first recipient of the Abrams Chair of Genealogy at the Library of Michigan – one of the few endowed positions in librarianship and the only endowed chair in genealogy. She received the Filby Award (2003) and the Distinguished Service Award from the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State University in June 2005.

GenealogyBank adds newspapers from 4 States

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GenealogyBank adds newspapers from 4 States – Arkansas, California, Connecticut and Iowa.

There are well over 3,500 newspapers on GenealogyBank — it has never been easier to find obituaries and the details about the lives of more than 1 billion of our ancestors and cousins.

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These titles are live on GenealogyBank right now.
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Arkansas
Alma Journal (Alma, AR). 06/25/2008 – Current
Charleston Express (Charleston, AR). 06/03/2008 – Current
Greenwood Democrat (Greenwood, AR). 06/03/2008 – Current
Paris Express (Paris, AR). 06/03/2008 – Current
Sherwood Voice (Sherwood, AR). 06/20/2008 – Current

California
OC Post-Irvine World News: Orange County Register weekly (Irvine, CA). 02/19/2008 – Current

Connecticut
Oxford Gazette (Oxford, CT). 03/06/2008 – Current

Iowa
Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA). 01/01/2003 – Current
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What newspapers are you adding for NC & SC?

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One of our members asked today what North Carolina and South Caronlina historical newspapers will we be adding to GenealogyBank.com in the coming months.

She wrote:
I fully intend to renew my subscription to your service… I also want to let you know that it would greatly help your service if you could expand what you have from … North Carolina and ….. South Carolina Newspapers…. I truly love your service so far and it has been a great help in my genealogical research.

Since many of our members are researching in those States – I thought I’d share the list of North and South Carolina titles that we will be adding in the months ahead. We are constantly updating the list of titles to be added so – even more titles could be on the way – but these are the titles that are on the list right now. I don’t have an exact date when these new titles will be fully loaded on GenealogyBank.

There are already over 90 NC & SC newspapers in GenealogyBank.com

List of NC & SC Newspapers GenealogyBank will be adding in the months ahead.
Carolina Observer. Fayetteville, NC 1825 to 1863
Hillsborough Recorder. Hillsborough, NC 1824 to 1865
Carolina Centinel. New Bern, NC 1821 to 1837
Carolina Sentinel. Newbern, NC 1821 to 1827
Semi-Weekly Standard. Raleigh, NC 1861 to 1863

Camden Journal. Camden, SC 1840 to 1842
Charleston Courier. Charleston, SC 1822 to 1872
Charleston Mercury. Charleston, SC 1860 to 1868
Charleston Tri-Weekly Courier. Charleston, SC 1822 to 1867
City Gazette and Daily Advertiser Courier. Charleston, SC 1832 to 1834
Investigator. Charleston, SC 1812 to 1814
Southern Evangelical Intelligencer. Charleston, SC 1821-1821
States Rights & Free Trade Evening Post. Charleston, SC 1831 to 1832
Telescope. Columbia, SC 1815 to 1817
Georgetown Gazette. Georgetown, SC 1817 to 1824
Winyaw Intelligencer. Georgetown, SC 1825 to 1833

As you can see, it is a lot of newspapers.
For a complete list of North Carolina and South Carolina newspapers in GenealogyBank click on North Carolina or South Carolina.

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