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Indexed Decatur Newspapers
Indexed are all local names and stories of interest in the older papers, but only the local births, weddings, deaths, pictures, and stories in the newer papers. |
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Newspaper |
Abbreviation |
Years Available |
Transcribed |
Indexed |
Wise County Messenger |
WCM |
1880-Present |
1880-1910 |
1880-85+1895-99+1900-39 |
Decatur News |
DN |
1893-1934 |
1893-1910 |
1895-1934 |
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merged indexes for the 1800s
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A-D
E-J K-M
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merged indexes 1900-1939
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A-B
C-D E-G
H-J K-L
M-N O-R
S-T U-Z
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Wise County Messenger
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Table of Papers That Are Included in Indexes of Names
Year | Paper | Pages | Condition | Description | Indexed by |
1880 | PM | 150 | Good | Paradise Messenger-Some torn, some light | Edna Wood |
1881 | PM | 208 | Good | Paradise Messenger-Some light | Edna Wood |
1883 | AM | 210 | Good | WCM-Aug starts Alvord Messenger-Some torn, some light | Edna Wood |
1884 | AM | 233 | Good | Alvord Messenger-Some torn, some light | Edna Wood |
1885 | WCM | 396 | Good | Few torn | Edna Wood |
1886 | WCM | 397 | Good | Some torn, few light | Not Indexed |
1887 | WCM | 247 | Good | Few torn, few light, few dark corners | Not Indexed |
1888 | WCM | 332 | Good | Few torn, few dark corners | Not Indexed |
1889 | WCM | 401 | Good | Few torn, few dark edges | Not Indexed |
1890 | WCM | 380 | Good | Some torn, some dark background | Not Indexed |
1891 | WCM | 380 | Fair | Some torn, few light, some dark background | Not Indexed |
1892 | WCM | 384 | Fair | Many torn, some dark background | Not Indexed |
1893 | DN | 388 | Poor | Many torn and unmatching half pages, some dark background | Not Indexed |
WCM | 400 | Fair | Few torn, some dark background, some page parts blurry | Not Indexed | |
1894 | DN | 418 | Poor | Few torn, many dark page parts | Not Indexed |
WCM | 426 | Poor | Many with dark background, some out of focus | Not Indexed | |
1895 | DN | 413 | Poor | Dark backgrounds, dark parts of pages | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 404 | Poor | Many torn with bad edges, some out of focus | Dr. David Pitts | |
1896 | DN | 385 | Fair | Many with dark places in pages, some too light | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 423 | Fair | Dark backgrounds | Dr. David Pitts | |
1897 | DN | 388 | Very Poor | Nearly all are half pages, with many halves that don't match | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 289 | Fair | Ends in Aug with the Daily Messenger, some torn | Dr. David Pitts | |
1898 | DN | 422 | Fair | Some dark backgrounds, a few too light | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 417 | Fair | Some torn, some dark backgrounds | Dr. David Pitts | |
1899 | DN | 420 | Fair | Some too light, a few dark corners | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 419 | Fair | Many torn | Dr. David Pitt |
1900 |
DN | 412 | Poor | Many dark corners and fold through center | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 430 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | Dr. David Pitts | |
1901 | DN | 426 | Fair | Many split at center fold, some with dark backgrounds | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM |
404 | Good | A few torn, a few too light | Dr. David Pitts | |
1902 | DN | 414 | Poor | Some faded-out unreadable pages, many dark corners | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 388 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | Dr. David Pitts | |
1903 | WCM | 383 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | Dr. David Pitts |
1904 | DN | 478 | Poor | Many torn at center fold, few halves don't match, dark corners | Sally Stokes |
WCM | 410 | Good | A few too light | Dr. David Pitts | |
1905 | DN | 400 | Poor | Torn at center fold, several dark corners | Sally Stokes |
WCM | 419 | Good | A few torn | Dr. David Pitts | |
1906 | DN | 442 | Poor | Some torn in center, some dark corners | Sally Stokes |
WCM | 427 | Good | A few torn | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1907 | WCM | 405 | Fair | Some torn | Dr. David E. Pitts |
1908 | DN | 438 | Fair | 1 paper from 1907, few torn, some dark corners | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 408 | Poor | Some torn, some too dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1909 | DN | 422 | Poor | Many torn in center, some halves don't match, some too dark | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 414 | Fair | A few torn, some backgrounds are dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1910 | WCM | 412 | Fair | Backgrounds are a little dark, a few pages too light | Dr. David E. Pitts |
1911 | DN | 388 | Poor | Some half pages, few too light, some with dark backgrounds | Dr. David E. Pitts |
WCM | 411 | Good | No microfilm at museum, a few torn, a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1912 | WCM | 423 | Fair | Some torn, backgrounds are a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts |
1913 | WCM | 368 | Fair | Many torn edges, backgrounds are a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts |
1914 | WCM | 362 | Fair | Some torn, backgrounds are a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts |
1915 | DN | 530 | Fair | Many dark corners | Sue Tackel |
WCM | 390 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1916 | DN | 440 | Fair | A few torn, some dark corners, a few faded | Sue Tackel |
WCM | 378 | Fair | Many torn edges | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1917 | DN | 354 | Poor | Many torn and half pages | Dr. David E. Pitts |
WCM | 386 | Fair | Some backgrounds are too dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1918 | DN | 488 | Fair | A few torn, some dark corners, some backgrounds are too dark | Dr. David E. Pitts |
WCM | 380 | Fair | Several torn edges, backgrounds are a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1919 | DN | 570 | Fair | A few torn, a few dark corners | Dr. David E. Pitts |
WCM | 434 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are a little dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | |
1920 | WCM | 373 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are a little dark | Sue Tackel & |
David Pitts | |||||
1921 | DN | 422 | Fair | Some dark corners and fold in center | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 412 | Fair | Some torn | Dr. David Pitts | |
1922 | WCM | 375 | Fair | Some torn | Dr. David Pitts |
1923 | DN | 418 | Fair | Some dark corners, background is a little grainy | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 420 | Good | A few torn, a few a little too light, arsenic in well in Paradise | Donna Weeden | |
1924 | WCM | 381 | Good | A few torn, a few a little too light | Donna Weeden |
1925 | DN | 437 | Good | Some dark corners | Donna Weeden |
WCM | 404 | Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm | Donna Weeden | |
1926 | DN | 416 | Good | Some dark corners | Donna Weeden |
WCM | 431 | Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm | Donna Weeden | |
1927 | DN | 419 | Good | Some dark corners | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 436 | Very Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm, some too dark or out of focus | Donna Weeden | |
1928 | DN | 416 | Fair | Some corners too dark | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 403 | Very Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm, some out of focus | Dr. David Pitts | |
1929 | DN | 404 | Good | Some corners a little dark | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 412 | Good | Pictures are dark | Dr. David Pitts | |
1930 | DN | 410 | Fair | Some too light, background is grainy | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 408 | Good | A few torn, some a little light | Dr. David Pitts | |
1931 | DN | 406 | Good | Print is a little grainy | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 334 | Good | Ends in Sept. Dec was on the Decatur News microfilm | Dr. David Pitts | |
1932 | DN | 369 | Fair | Corners a little dark, some torn | Sally Stokes |
WCM | 151 | Fair | No microfilm at museum. Only on newspaperARCHIVES.com | Dr. David Pitts | |
1933 | DN | 384 | Good | Some corners a little dark, a few pages printed off paper | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 400 | Good | A few torn corners, some X's written over ads | Dr. David Pitts | |
1934 | DN | 380 | Poor | Many dark corners, some print is off the edge of the pages | Dr. David Pitts |
WCM | 410 | Fair | Many torn corners, some X's written over items | Dr. David Pitts | |
1935 | WCM | 407 | Good | A few torn, many X's written over ads | Dr. David Pitts |
1936 | WCM | 411 | Good | Many X's written over ads | Dr. David Pitts |
1937 | WCM | 400 | Good | Many X's written over ads | Dr. David Pitts |
1938 | WCM | 404 | Good | A few torn, some X's written over ads | Dr. David Pitts |
1939 | WCM | 404 | Good | A few torn edges | Dr. David Pitts |