Lively and replete with names, this book is a must for everyone,
not only those with German-speaking ancestors. Founded in 1827 in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to support missionaries in the Indian
Territory, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, "The Weekly Messenger of the
German Reformed Church" soon became a huge success. Pastors began
sending in, together with their subscription money, notices of
deaths and marriages and other interesting bits of information, not
only about members of their church but about anybody they knew. The
newspaper gave fascinating details on marriages, deaths, parsons
taking up new posts, appointments complete with lists of
references, reports of accidents, murders ("the fiendish influence
of Intemperance"), arrests, convictions, hangings, and even good
news, of the founding of scholarships and acts of human kindness
($30,000 returned by honest hack driver). As far as locale is
concerned, entries are not limited to happenings in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, but stretch as far as
Florida, Missouri, Michigan (more than twenty-two states in all)
and even Europe and Asia. However, the true value of the newspaper
lies not in its scope but in the detailed information given in its
columns. Death notices, for instance, give not only full names but
often also the precise cause of death (sometimes quite
graphically), occupation and the names of survivors, attending
physicians and other regular visitors. Rosters of people who gave
to collections and who paid their subscriptions, lists of those who
attended schools or were elected to sit on boards, and a full-name
index add to the value of this work.
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