Occasional major stories or special packages may be online from as early as the site's launch in the spring of 1996.
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The full text of local news stories didn't start appearing regularly until around 1999. We post limited quantities of local news and sports. Where can I find a certain local news story on your Web site? back to TOP Expect to pay a modest fee to cover their trouble.Ĭontact them at or through through Shenango Valley Community Library, where they meet and house some of their records. The genealogy society is by far your best bet if you need a past obituary or any family-heritage research info. Of obituaries from past decades and comprehensive tombstone listings for Mercer The Mercer County Genealogy Society's work includes alphabetized scrapbooks Is there a local genealogical society? back to TOP Most of it is online, linked from our obituaries page. We have complete monthly death records back to October 1995. Go to today's or any recent day's page for links to past day's death records The death record, a front-page list of the latest deaths, has been posted daily along with local news since Aug. How about at least a list of local deaths? back to TOP Recent obituaries are available to subscribers of our print edition and Digital Edition.Ī surprising number of researchers have the unrealistic expectation that we should have obituaries and the entire contents of the paper in electronic form, online, and searchable back though the 19th century, when it was produced under gaslight. Links to what we do have online are on our obituaries page. Some full obituaries are online from May 2000 through March 2003. No ETA on when, if ever, you'll see them online.
Those that were rescued are in a variety of bizarre computer formats that, well, aren't pretty when it comes to reformating them as html. Some of these files went to the grave with our ancient computer system. We have spotty electronic obit archives no older than 1996, and only a few of those older files are online. What obituaries do you have online? back to TOP It's generally Mercer County and 10 or 15 miles beyond its borders. Here's a map of where Sharon is and a list of the towns we cover. We are a day's drive west of Philadelphia and New York City and a long day's drive southeast of Chicago. We are about 75 miles each south of Erie, Pa., north of Pittsburgh, Pa., and southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. The county includes the crossroads of Interstates 80 and 79. We are in Mercer County, Pa., on the Ohio border. Where is Sharon, Pa., and what area does The Herald cover? back to TOP Here is what we are and are not able to do: If someone didn't have a connection to our area, it's unlikely we would have published their obituary.īut we do want to help readers and visitors with their research needs in any way we reasonably can. We may have high ambitions, but we're just a modest little daily newspaper in western Pennsylvania. Apparently some page that points to The Herald's Web site implies we are the worldwide repository of all obituaries near and far. We receive many e-mail requests for obituary or other news information that we simply don't have or never had. » How can I contact The Herald with other questions? » What other sources can help my research? » What government sources might help me in genealogy research? » Gee, I wish I could get a copy of an old page or a photograph to frame » May I use The Herald's microfilm and clipping files? » How can I get a back (print) issue of The Herald? » May I e-mail you a press release or photo? » How can I search your site? / What is NOT posted?
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