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The Thornapple Kellogg High School & Middleville Public Library has in their
possession some fantastic genealogy information. Part of that collection includes several
years of the Middleville Sun newspaper. The years available are 1890 to 1914,
approximately 22 years.
This newspaper was very inclusive and covered a very large area; Middleville, Caledonia,
Wayland, Hastings, Irving, Rutland, Leighton, Thornapple, etc. as well as some national
news. They are full of interesting advertising for local businesses. For those
researching genealogy, they are full of goings on, listing family names and activities.
What a neat way to put fun and facts into research instead of just names and dates.
The pages are very brittle and cannot be handled for research purposes. Therefore, I have
taken on the project of microfilming and preserving these very fragile documents and
making the electronic version available to the public. An independent firm, Northern
Micrographics, will be scanning them and converting them to searchable text on CD. You
will be able to enter a name and it will be located within the document. It is much
easier than searching through microfilm. I hope to make the information available on
Rootsweb.
The cost to process one year of the newspaper is approximately $1500. This includes
preserving the papers for storage once they are scanned. Two years, 1896 & 1897 have
already been forwarded to Northern Micrographics. They are awaiting direction to proceed.
Therefore, I am soliciting donations from people like you or organizations like yours that
would appreciate access to this information.
If you are interested in supporting this project, please mail your donation
to:
Thornapple Kellogg Administration Building
Middleville Sun Archive Project
10051 Green Lake Road
Middleville, MI 49333
Checks can be made out to the Thornapple Kellogg Schools, please reference the project on
your check.
You can contact me if you have any questions. Please pass this information on to anyone
you know who may be interested.
Lori Buchanan
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