tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post2946590536460764410..comments2024-01-26T01:43:08.150-07:00Comments on Ancestral Breezes: Did You Hit the Ad's? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088409491178996382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-81232868531642332462012-11-23T05:27:20.342-07:002012-11-23T05:27:20.342-07:00In addition to advertisements, I'm a big fan o...In addition to advertisements, I'm a big fan of the legal notices sections. Dissolution of Partnerships can be great genealogical leads. Estate sales and notices are here as well. The classifieds section is also a great source of leads on land and company sales, farms for rent and the like. These things help provide context in addition to factoids for our search.<br /><br />OCR has helped but it is not foolproof by a long stretch. In some instances you may need to fully read the paper yourself rather than rely sole on OCR.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541316737018192375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-28129305572315436142012-11-19T14:53:59.791-07:002012-11-19T14:53:59.791-07:00Thanks for catching my comment on the oysters... I...Thanks for catching my comment on the oysters... I think you might be the only one who did! :-) I have been fascinated with Mr. Lott since I first found his headstone three years ago, it's really an amazing tribute to him. Am hoping, someday, to put together his complete story. I just recently found out that the local historical archives has a photo of him, too, so I'm hoping to get to that as soon as I can after the holiday. As always, thanks for reading Mariann! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088409491178996382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-45279902862763052052012-11-19T14:24:26.005-07:002012-11-19T14:24:26.005-07:00I love Bob Lott's advertisement for his Owl Re... I love Bob Lott's advertisement for his Owl Restaurant: Open all day and till 12 o'clock at night. (Yes, maybe both kinds of oysters.) His headstone is spectacular, too. I'm looking forward to newspaper research -- have not yet done a lot. Your blog is an inspiration!Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-8216738022505881442012-11-19T08:04:00.304-07:002012-11-19T08:04:00.304-07:00Wow, Jacqi, that's really neat! What an awesom...Wow, Jacqi, that's really neat! What an awesome part of your history! I can see how "Flowers" would be tough, and I guess I'm lucky in that some of my research (not related to me) is from a town that was incredibly small for a long time, and had some key players for most of the duration. So, the names are familiar to me, just from reviewing the 1.5 pages of 1870 census for the location. (Yep, that's it. 1.5 pages) Anyway... thanks for reading, and thanks for commenting! ~JenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088409491178996382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-30981615285602683702012-11-17T18:02:51.781-07:002012-11-17T18:02:51.781-07:00Jen, good points! I love searching through histori...Jen, good points! I love searching through historic newspapers, but generally skip the ads. It gets particularly annoying when researching a surname like FLOWERS, for instance, when all the search results turn up florist shop ads--and nothing of use on my family!<br /><br />On the other hand, I was delighted to find several ads with my father's name from the time in his younger years when he was a band leader during the big band era in NYC. I'd love to make a poster-sized copy of some of those ads and frame one. Nothing like seeing your surname in lights!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.com