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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1096A Previous Report (1095K)  |  Next Report (1097A)
INDEX NAME:  An index to the Long Islander, 1839-1864, Marriages and Deaths.
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • LONG ISLANDER Huntington NY 1839-1864
COMPILER:  Marian F. Stevens
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: HUNTINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO Box 506
Huntington NY 11743
Telephone: (516) 427-7045
AVAILABILITY:  A published index. Write for availability and price.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  This index of marriages and deaths is intended as part of a larger partially completed index which will embrace in detail information on island leaders, business, social and cultural life, transportation changes, population shifts and other events which shaped Long Island. This part of the index covers only marriages and deaths as reported in the Long Islander newspaper. NOTE: A second index of marriages and deaths for the years 1865-1880, compiled by Robert L. Simpson (town historian of Huntington) is mentioned in the introduction.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index of some 173 pages. Page size is 6x8½ inches and is spiral-bound. The index is divided into two sections. Marriages (104 pages) and deaths (69 pages). Each section is arranged in alphabetical order by name (last name first). Marriage entries include where the person was from, whom they married and where the marriage took place. Death entries include age, next of kin, hometown, place of death and place of burial. The citation indicates the date (day-month-year) of the newspaper plus the page and column where the article appeared.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Marian Stevens. "The Long Islander Index", Huntington Historical Society Quarterly, v 9, #3, Mar 1970, p 21-22.
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