Norman Lathrop Enterprises  
nleindex.com | Norman Lathrop Enterprises
Index To How To Do It Information
Lathrop Report On Newspaper Indexes
A profile of Norman Lathrop Enterprises
 
NLEIndex.com
Last Updated
03/31/2019
 
Sitemap
 
 Introduction  ·   Alphabetic Index  ·   Chronological Index  ·   Geographic Index  ·   Search  
 

This report is extracted from the 1000 Section (Confirmed Newspaper Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.   Either a compiler, publisher or repository had confirmed the existance of this index and supplied information for the report. See the INTRODUCTION for the methodology used in compiling the LATHROP REPORT.
REPORT NO:  1095H Previous Report (1095G)  |  Next Report (1095I)
INDEX NAME:  Index for the Fredricksburg Ledger
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • FREDRICKSBURG LEDGER Fredricksburg VA 1865-1874
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: ROBERT A. HODGE
417 Pelham St
Fredricksburg VA 22401
AVAILABILITY:  A copy of this 174 page book-form index is available for $10 per copy. A copy of the index and the corresponding newspapers are available for public use in the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (Caroline & Lewis St; Fredricksburg VA 22401).
SCOPE OF INDEX:  The Fredricksburg Ledger newspaper began publication in 1865. The four-page paper was issued two times a week. Pages 1,2 and 4 were chiefly items of national nature or advertisements. On page 3 was a column titled "City and Vicinity." This index, for the most part, was compiled from that column, and is largely an alphabetical record of all the names and events of Fredricksburg VA for the ten years following the Civil War.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index typewritten on 8½x11 inch pages. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order by personal name (last name first) or subject, followed by a brief annotation. Preceding each entry is a number which refers to the issue number of the paper. A list of issues and corresponding dates is shown at the front of the index.
SIZE OF INDEX:  8,500 entries in one 174 page index.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 1977.
SAMPLE ILLUSTRATION:  
    (Click this link to view the original report, including any accompanying illustration)

LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES. 1979-1980 Edition. Copyright © 1979 by Norman Lathrop Enterprises. ISBN 0-910868-10-7. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior expressed permission of Norman Lathrop Enterprises, except as permitted by law.   Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the report at the time of publication.   However, it is imperative that the user contact the organization cited in a report for the current status of the index, especially if planning to visit the institution and do research using the index.