Perth newspaper index cards

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:12 pm

Just received notice from Ancestry that the Perth Newspaper Index cards are now on line. 1809-1990 with a gap from 1890-1920. Many of these are modern, but I did find an 1869 obit for a Longmore which I need to check.

This may come up twice. When I tried to post it the first time, it vanished into thin air.

Carol

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:23 pm

Hi Carol,
I was just about to post this also

For example, I just randomly looked up Robertson and found Dr Robertson being robbed in 1822

Here is more info on the database:

Perth, Scotland Newspaper Index Cards, 1809-1990

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Perth, Scotland Newspaper Index Cards, 1809-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Manpower Services Commission and AK Bell Library staff, comp. Newspaper Index. Perth, Scotland: AK Bell Library, Local Studies Department.

Description:
This database contains a collection of index cards referencing articles and announcements found in several Perth area newspapers from 1809-1990 (with a gap in coverage from 1890-1920). The collection is from the AK Bell Local Studies Department. Most of the cards reference births, deaths, retrials, golden and diamond wedding anniversaries, personal achievements, or personal tragedies.

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:34 pm

Great minds think alike!

What I find interesting is that if you were looking for an obit. for the years after the last census available-1901- and the death was after 1920, you can get it from these cards even if it happened in the 40's, 50's etc. The same for births, marriages, etc. Not that everyone is going to show up, but still...

Wish I had relatives from Perth!

Carol

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:41 pm

speleobat2 wrote: Wish I had relatives from Perth!

So do I

WHY weren't they in Perth where they would be easier to find

Ah well, back to the drawing board...

Sarah

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:55 pm

Hi all
I note that the index cards for newspapers held by Cupar Library (Fife) are also now on Ancestry.

The Fifeshire collection, indexed by the Cupar Library in Fife, consists of more than 200,000 records taken from newspapers including the Dundee Courier and the Fife Herald News, dating from 1833 to 1987.

I saw the blurb on Ancestry yesterday, but blowed if I can find it today...

Best wishes
Lesley

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:46 pm

Lesley,

I didn't get a notice about Fife-Cupar but I saw them when I tried to go back to the Perth cards straight from Ancestry instead of from my email link. I'm not sure that the main website has caught up with the new announcements because when I went to the historical newspapers database earlier, Perth wasn't there! Wasn't sure when the Fife Cupar cards came on, thought maybe I was just a slow coach on that one so I didn't say anything about them!

Not the first time I've been lost in there!

Carol