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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Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.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:  1236A Previous Report (1235A)  |  Next Report (1237A)
INDEX NAME:  Excerpts from Shelbyville IN Newspapers 1853-1859
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • NATIONAL VOLUNTEER Shelbyville IN 1853-1856
  • REPUBLICAN BANNER Shelbyville IN 1856-1858
  • SHELBY VOLUNTEER Shelbyville IN 1858-1859
COMPILER:  Maurice Holmes and Robert T. Gordon
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: MAURICE HOLMES
RR 8, Box 135
Shelbyville IN 46176
Telephone: (317) 835-7329
AVAILABILITY:  A photocopy of this book form index is available from the publisher for $2.50 each. Copies of the index are available for public use at the Indiana State LIbrary (Archives Department).
SCOPE OF INDEX:  Only articles of genealogical value are excerpted for this index.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book form index typewritten on 8½x11 inch pages. The index is divided into two sections: EXCERPTS and INDEX. The EXCERPTS section is a chronological arrangement consisting of brief descriptions of the articles selected for their genealogical value. These articles are those with heavy emphasis on personal names. Some of the excerpts are quite lengthy. The INDEX section is an alphabetical listing of surnames, followed by the page number(s) within the EXCERPT section where that last name appeared. NOTE: Maurice Holmes is currently working on a second volume covering the period 1866-1870(?). It will be the same style of index and will be made available as a hard bound book at a cost of about $18. Write for availability.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 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.