[or-roots] Ancestry.com immigration and newspaper

[Steve & Ronda Howard]

Hi Carla,
I have had the same results and frustration.  If the two names happen to be anywhere on that page it shows up as a positive match (very annoying).  Hope springs eternal and I keep looking, so far with out results.
Ronda
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CKlooster at aol.com 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Ancestry.com immigration and newspaper


  In a message dated 12/13/04 7:03:44 AM Alaskan Standard Time, whizinc at comcast.net writes:
    I have Ancestry's immigration and newspaper portion.  I'd be happy to do look ups.  Please email me off list. 
    Ronda
  Have you ever found a NAME in the Ancestry newspaper search?  I was very excited when upgraded my subscription to add the Newspaper and Periodical search and my  first search result showed two entries for my 4th-great grandfather, Emmor Jefferson Stephens.  When I viewed the actual image however, I found that "Emmor" was actually "Summer", and "Jefferson" was in an article about our founding father,  while "Stephens" appeared in an article about a "lady of the evening"!  I stopped using this particular function of the Ancestry search because it seems to be an exercise in futility.  I'd be interested to know if anyone else is using this with success...

  Carla


  STEPHENS, WHEALDON, HAWLEY, SHIELDS in Oregon and Washington
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