{"id":88,"date":"2012-05-20T02:31:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=88"},"modified":"2012-05-20T02:31:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T07:31:32","slug":"book-shelby-county-newspaper-abstracts-through-1859","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/book-shelby-county-newspaper-abstracts-through-1859\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: Shelby County Newspaper Abstracts through 1859"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90 alignleft\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"cover\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover1-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 85vw, 105px\" \/>In 2002, Helen Rowland published a book, Shelby County, Tennessee Newspaper Abstracts through 1859. \u00a0The book, close to 400 pages long, is available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphislibrary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Public Library<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/51213512\" target=\"_blank\"> approximately 40 other libraries<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The clippings included in the book come from 40+ newspapers and cover not only Shelby County, but nearby parts of Mississippi and Arkansas. \u00a0In addition to Memphis papers, Ms. Rowland has abstracted:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Somerville Reporter of Somerville (Fayette County, TN)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pioneer &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0(Jackson, Madison County, TN)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jackson Gazette &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0(Jackson, Madison County, TN)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Southern Statesman &#8211; (Jackson, Madison County, TN)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some of the abstracts have been shared online by Ms. Rowland<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~tnnews\/shelby.htm\" target=\"_blank\">obits\/death notices from 1836-1846<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~tnnews\/shelby2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">marriages &amp; misc. clippings, 1836-1846<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainpress.com\/books\/tn\/details\/tn-1250w.html\" target=\"_blank\">view a surname index online<\/a> at the publisher&#8217;s website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2002, Helen Rowland published a book, Shelby County, Tennessee Newspaper Abstracts through 1859. \u00a0The book, close to 400 pages long, is available at the Memphis Public Library\u00a0and approximately 40 other libraries.\u00a0 The clippings included in the book come from 40+ newspapers and cover not only Shelby County, but nearby parts of Mississippi and Arkansas. &hellip; 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