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Genealogy RecordsWills, Newspaper Archives, Historical Society
Publications and Resources
Newspaper Sources
• Hometown newspapers
• Regional/local digitized newspaper –• Several universities have digitized their state’s newspapers
(example: U Illinois)
• Newspapers.com (subscription) – Ancestry link
• Elephind.com
• Library of Congress -https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/the-5-best-free-sites-for-online-newspaper-research-for-genealogy#.Wni82ainGUk
Newspaper Archives
• First project: searching for “missing” brother of my maternal grandmother
• He died of a “young age”, but the family simply wouldn’t discuss the circumstances
• What I found after searching the UI newspaper archived in the Quad Cities (Moline, Davenport, Rock Island, IL)
1904: 19 yrs1909-1913: 24-28 yrs
April 19, 2011
From the Sun Journal, 21 August 1931
"Funeral Today For Mrs. Dunn, Drowning Victim"
The dead body of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, wife of Leonard Dunn, of Bridgeton, was found in the Neuse
river yesterday morning by John Hansen, who saw from the shore that a body was floating on the Bridgeton
side of the river about a hundred yards below the bridge.
Coroner J. R. Latham, M.D. decided that an inquest was not necessary, as the death was due either to
deliberate or accidental drowning. The funeral will be held this afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. R. M. Price
fromthe home at Bridgeton, followed by interment in the Grantsboro cemetery.
A sufferer from pellegra for many years, Mrs. Dunn is thought perhaps to have drowned herself intentionally
or to have become exhausted and drowned accidentally when she went wading. She was found with all her
clothes on except her shoes and hose.
Mrs. Dunn started from her home about 10 o'clock and evasively answered questions as to where she was
going. It was unusual for her to go out, as during the last year she had spent much time in bed. However, it
was thought that she was going to visit another neighbor.
No further thought was given her absence until Mr. Hansen reported finding the body and rowing out for it. It
was then recalled that Mrs. Dunn had recently expressed a desire on several occasions to go wading or
bathing.
Forty-five years of age, she survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Edgar Thompson, of Tarboro, and
three sons: Clifford Dunn of the coast guard cutter Pamlico, Hildred Dunn, of Vanceboro, and Julius Dunn,
of Bridgeton.
Francis Delamar Mallison
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FDM Deed to Grandchildren - 1882
We the commissioners appointed
to divide and allot to the heirs at
law of a certain piece of land in
Grantsboro in Deed from F.D.
Mallison to his grandchildren have
herby divided and allotted Said
land as follows…
Benjamin B. Mallison
Charlotte Mallison
George K. Mallison
Matilda J. Mallison
Noah G. Mallison
Henry Mallison
Francis Mallison to William
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William Mallison Will - 1810
Lastly I Nominate Constitute and appoint my
well beloved wife Sarah Mallison and my two
sons Christopher Mallison and Francis Mallison
Executrix and Executors to this my Last Will
and testament Revoking all other will or wills
heretofore by me made allowing this only to be
my Last in testimony hereof I have put my
hand and fist my Seal this 30th day of August
1810.
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William Mallison to John
“I leave to my son William Mallison
one Shilling Starling”
Wife (executrix): Eloner De La Mar
Daughter: Mary Eagleton
John Mallison Will
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Dameron Pugh Will – 24 Sep 1837
Historical Society Publications
• High Tides (Hyde County) – lists of wills and land transactions, family histories, bible records
• Cemetery locations
• Obituaries
Historical Society Publications
Cemeteries
Benjamin and Sally