Just wanted to take a minute to share something I received in my email today . . . it talks about today's final issue of a small town newspaper [i.e., the Journal Tribune] . . . and is from a library in Biddeford, Maine . . . where I have spent many pleasurable hours looking for tidbits about the lives of Mom's New England kith 'n kin while digging thru their newspaper archives . . . both onsite and online . . .
Which prompted me to write a little about how much I enjoy and appreciate both the current Rockdale Reporter as well as the archives of . . .
For more than a century, the Reporter family has memorialized countless tidbits about our kith 'n kin, e.g., there was . . .
- The Rockdale Messenger [est. 1873]
- The Rockdale Reporter [est. 1893]
- The Rockdale Reporter & Messenger
For more than a century, the Reporter family has memorialized countless tidbits about our kith 'n kin, e.g., there was . . .
- the tragic death of Mom's paternal great-grandma in 1899
- the surprise birthday party for Dad's maternal grandma in 1936
- the write-up about the marriage of our Mom and Dad in 1950
And the numerous reports thru the years from the little communities of Bethlehem and Cole Springs and Tanglewood give us a delightful snapshot of their day-to-day lives . . . which we would not have if not for the Reporter, so . . .
To all of the Reporter family . . . both past and present . . . I will quote from the McArthur Library blogpost . . .
"Thank you for being a part of my story."
P.S. . . . and just as an additional FYI . . . some of the HERNDON ancestors
of the COOKE family were / are near neighbors [both in life and in
death] of some of Dad's kith 'n kin who came to Texas from Alabama and
Mississippi . . . to wind up living and dying, and resting for eternity,
in a little country cemetery in Tanglewood . . .
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Last year High Country News had a series of articles about home town and local newspapers and what the effect of losing those newspapers had upon the towns and regions. Made me want to re-subscribe to our local newspapers. Then I remembered the cost versa the pitiful content, even of local news -- and I didn't. However, there were some bright spots in some local newspapers that we have to be attunded to, as well as some very good online news that are spearheaded by real journalist who are at loose ends after the downsizing. Good news and bad news. But need to be on the look out for the jewels from those top notch journalists.
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