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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1181A Previous Report (1180A)  |  Next Report (1182A)
INDEX NAME:  Name Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • CHARLOTTETOWN EXAMINER ? PEI 1913-1914
  • CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN ? PEI 1919
  • COLONIAL HERALD ? PEI 1837-1844
  • CONSTITUTIONALIST ? PEI 1846
  • DAILY EXAMINER ? PEI 1877-1878;1885;1890;1895-1896
  • DAILY PATRIOT ? PEI 1903-1904
  • EXAMINER ? PEI 1860;1862-1866;1868;1875-1876;1880;1902
  • HERALD ? PEI 1904-1905
  • ISLAND ARGUS ? PEI 1874-1875
  • ISLANDER ? PEI 1847;1853-1858;1861;1867;1869-1871
  • MORNING GUARDIAN ? PEI 1900-1902
  • MORNING NEWS & SEMI-WEEKLY ADVERTISER ? PEI 1845
  • PATRIOT ? PEI 1872;1901;1906
  • PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND GAZETTE ? PEI 1814-1822
  • PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND REGISTER ? PEI 1823-1830
  • ROYAL AMERICAN GAZETTE & INTELLIGENCER OF THE ISLAND OF ST.JOHN ? PEI 1787
  • ROYAL GAZETTE ? PEI 1830-1836;1839-1840;1843-1845;1850-1852
  • ROYAL GAZETTE & MISCELLANY ? PEI 1791-1792
  • ROYAL HERALD ? PEI 1805-1806
  • SIDE JOURNAL ? PEI 1865;1869-1870
  • WATCHMAN ? PEI 1902
  • WEEKLY RECORDER ? PEI 1810-1813
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HERITAGE FOUNDATION
2 Kent St
PO 922
Charlottetown PEI C1A 7L9
Canada
Telephone: (902) 892-0789
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the PEI Heritage Foundation. Photocopies of selected cards will be made at prevailing rates.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Extensive name indexing of early PEI newspapers. The scope or extent of coverage varies somewhat depending on the year of the newspaper, as follows:1787-1849: Complete name index for PEI, That is, all names of persona connected with any island-based event were indexed. Names of P.E. Islanders abroad were also indexed.1850-1919: A vital statistics index, only. That is, only births, deaths, and marriages were indexed.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index in alphabetical order by personal name. Cards for people with the same name are arranged in chronological order. There is only one entry per card. The card begins with the name, followed by the citation, and then a descriptive word or phrase about the person (optional). The citation consists of an abbreviation for the newspaper, the day, month, and year. Occasionally, the page number is noted.
SIZE OF INDEX:  About 100,000 entries in the current index.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Archival Association of Atlantic Canada Newsletter, v.5 #1, May 1977.
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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.