Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 3 November 1, 2012 November meeting • Thursday, Nov 1st • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Early Newspapers • National Archives in Seattle • Digital photography • Letter from the editor Using early newspapers in your research Last month I talked about using lists during early newspaper research. My first list consisted of names and my example list had Ben L. Curtis, W.A. Curtis, and John Curtis and I was able to add two names to that list. #3 was events, specific the Curtis Post Office opening. So just how did I get the names Duncan and Carr to add to my names list? I knew that sometime in 1901 the Curtis Post Office opened. Here are the articles that gave me the start of an information gold mine. The first mention of the Curtis P.O. was 8/30/1901 in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget. My grandfather, Ben Curtis, and his brother, W.A. Curtis, built the Curtis store and applied for a postal contract. Ben was running the store and filled out the application. The postal inspector recommended it be named Curtis after the store, with Ben as the postmaster. The second article dated 11/22/1901, states the post office had been open for a week. We also learn that Ben is going back east and that Mr. Carr will be running the operation during that time. The article leads one to believe that Ben Curtis would return. (He did, in 1910, on his honeymoon.) In the article dated 12/27/1901, it appears that Ben has sold his interest in the store to his brother, W. A. and headed east. W.A. has sold his Dryad store to T.J. Duncan and will focus on running his two stores, one in Adna and the other at Curtis. This is how I got Duncan and Carr for my name’s list. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 3 November 1, 2012 November meeting • Thursday, Nov 1st • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Early Newspapers • National Archives in Seattle • Digital photography • Letter from the editor Using early newspapers in your research Last month I talked about using lists during early newspaper research. My first list consisted of names and my example list had Ben L. Curtis, W.A. Curtis, and John Curtis and I was able to add two names to that list. #3 was events, specific the Curtis Post Office opening. So just how did I get the names Duncan and Carr to add to my names list? I knew that sometime in 1901 the Curtis Post Office opened. Here are the articles that gave me the start of an information gold mine. The first mention of the Curtis P.O. was 8/30/1901 in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget. My grandfather, Ben Curtis, and his brother, W.A. Curtis, built the Curtis store and applied for a postal contract. Ben was running the store and filled out the application. The postal inspector recommended it be named Curtis after the store, with Ben as the postmaster. The second article dated 11/22/1901, states the post office had been open for a week. We also learn that Ben is going back east and that Mr. Carr will be running the operation during that time. The article leads one to believe that Ben Curtis would return. (He did, in 1910, on his honeymoon.) In the article dated 12/27/1901, it appears that Ben has sold his interest in the store to his brother, W. A. and headed east. W.A. has sold his Dryad store to T.J. Duncan and will focus on running his two stores, one in Adna and the other at Curtis. This is how I got Duncan and Carr for my name’s list. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2012,V10 I3 MCGS Nov 2012 newsletter.pdf,V10 I3 MCGS Nov 2012 newsletter.pdf Page 1, V10 I3 MCGS Nov 2012 newsletter.pdf Page 1