Decatur Newspaper Indexing Project
The Wise County Heritage Museum http://www.wisehistory.com/
now has the early years of the Wise County Messenger and the Decatur
News digitized from microfilm into JPG picture form. It would be so helpful
to have an index of the local births, weddings, obituaries, pictures, and other
events of interest to genealogists.
Go to page http://www.tx-genealogy.info/museum/newspapers.htm
for finished indexes.
Each year of the
newspaper images has been burned onto a separate DVD. See picture below:
We would like to do a simple index of these newspapers in an Excel spreadsheet. There would be 4 columns:
Last Name, First Name | Type of Article | Notes (Optional) | Image (Page) |
This Excel table can be made small so it will float over the image of the newspaper page as you type in the name and everything. The Excel template and instructions are contained on every disc, or they can be downloaded by clicking HERE (Click the 'tabs' at the bottom of the sheets to see the template, instructions, and a sample).
If you could help with this volunteer project for the Wise County Museum please email me at Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info Discs can be picked up at the museum in Decatur or mailed to you.
Below is a Table of the Newspapers
PM=Paradise Messenger,
AM=Alvord Messenger, WCM=Wise County Messenger, DN=Decatur News
The WCM 1880-1910 and the DN 1893-1900 are transcribed in
books at the museum. The papers with an 'N' are online at newspapers.com and the
papers with an 'NA' are online at newspaperArchive.com
Color Code |
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Not Adopted |
Claimed- Adopted |
Finished Index |
Year | Paper | Pages | Condition | Description | Transcribed at Museum | Newspapers .com | newspaper Archive.com |
Indexed by | |
1880 | PM | 150 | Good | Paradise Messenger-Some torn, some light | T | N | Edna Wood | ednawood1@hotmail.com | |
1881 | PM | 208 | Good | Paradise Messenger-Some light | T | N | Edna Wood | ednawood1@hotmail.com | |
1883 | AM | 210 | Good | WCM-Aug starts Alvord Messenger-Some torn, some light | T | N | Edna Wood | ednawood1@hotmail.com | |
1884 | AM | 233 | Good | Alvord Messenger-Some torn, some light | T | N | Edna Wood | ednawood1@hotmail.com | |
1885 | WCM | 396 | Good | Few torn | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1886 | WCM | 397 | Good | Some torn, few light | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1887 | WCM | 247 | Good | Few torn, few light, few dark corners | T | NA | Not Indexed | ||
1888 | WCM | 332 | Good | Few torn, few dark corners | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1889 | WCM | 401 | Good | Few torn, few dark edges | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1890 | WCM | 380 | Good | Some torn, some dark background | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1891 | WCM | 380 | Fair | Some torn, few light, some dark background | T | N | NA | Not Indexed | |
1892 | WCM | 384 | Fair | Many torn, some dark background | T | NA | Not Indexed | ||
1893 | DN | 388 | Poor | Many torn and unmatching half pages, some dark background | T | Not Indexed | |||
WCM | 400 | Fair | Few torn, some dark background, some page parts blurry | T | NA | Not Indexed | |||
1894 | DN | 418 | Poor | Few torn, many dark page parts | T | Not Indexed | |||
WCM | 426 | Poor | Many with dark background, some out of focus | T | NA | Not Indexed | |||
1895 | DN | 413 | Poor | Dark backgrounds, dark parts of pages | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 404 | Poor | Many torn with bad edges, some out of focus | T | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1896 | DN | 385 | Fair | Many with dark places in pages, some too light | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 423 | Fair | Dark backgrounds | T | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1897 | DN | 388 | Very Poor | Nearly all are half pages, with many halves that don't match | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 289 | Fair | Ends in Aug with the Daily Messenger, some torn | T | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1898 | DN | 422 | Fair | Some dark backgrounds, a few too light | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 417 | Fair | Some torn, some dark backgrounds | T | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1899 | DN | 420 | Fair | Some too light, a few dark corners | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 419 | Fair | Many torn | T | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1900 | DN | 412 | Poor | Many dark corners and fold through center | T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 430 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1901 | DN | 426 | Fair | Many split at center fold, some with dark backgrounds | Not T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 404 | Good | A few torn, a few too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1902 | DN | 414 | Poor | Some faded-out unreadable pages, many dark corners | Not T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 388 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1903 | WCM | 383 | Fair | Some torn, a few too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net |
1904 | DN | 478 | Poor | Many torn at center fold, few halves don't match, dark corners | Not T | Sally Stokes | sstokes1972@hotmail.com | ||
WCM | 410 | Good | A few too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1905 | DN | 400 | Poor | Torn at center fold, several dark corners | Not T | Sally Stokes | sstokes1972@hotmail.com | ||
WCM | 419 | Good | A few torn | T | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1906 | DN | 442 | Poor | Some torn in center, some dark corners | Not T | Sally Stokes | sstokes1972@hotmail.com | ||
WCM | 427 | Good | A few torn | T | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1907 | WCM | 405 | Fair | Some torn | T | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net |
1908 | DN | 438 | Fair | 1 paper from 1907, few torn, some dark corners | Not T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 408 | Poor | Some torn, some too dark | T | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1909 | DN | 422 | Poor | Many torn in center, some halves don't match, some too dark | Not T | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
WCM | 414 | Fair | A few torn, some backgrounds are dark | T | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1910 | WCM | 412 | Fair | Backgrounds are a little dark, a few pages too light | T | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net |
1911 | DN | 388 | Poor | Some half pages, few too light, some with dark backgrounds | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 411 | Good | No microfilm at museum, a few torn, a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1912 | WCM | 423 | Fair | Some torn, backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1913 | WCM | 368 | Fair | Many torn edges, backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1914 | WCM | 362 | Fair | Some torn, backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1915 | DN | 530 | Fair | Many dark corners | Sue Tackel | Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info | |||
WCM | 390 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1916 | DN | 440 | Fair | A few torn, some dark corners, a few faded | Sue Tackel | Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info | |||
WCM | 378 | Fair | Many torn edges | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1917 | DN | 354 | Poor | Many torn and half pages | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 386 | Fair | Some backgrounds are too dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1918 | DN | 488 | Fair | A few torn, some dark corners, some backgrounds are too dark | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 380 | Fair | Several torn edges, backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1919 | DN | 570 | Fair | A few torn, a few dark corners | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 434 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Dr. David E. Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1920 | WCM | 373 | Fair | Some torn, some backgrounds are a little dark | N | NA | Sue
Tackel & David Pitts |
Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info paw281@sbcglobal.net |
|
1921 | DN | 422 | Fair | Some dark corners and fold in center | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 412 | Fair | Some torn | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1922 | WCM | 375 | Fair | Some torn | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1923 | DN | 418 | Fair | Some dark corners, background is a little grainy | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 420 | Good | A few torn, a few a little too light, arsenic in well in Paradise | N | NA | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | ||
1924 | WCM | 381 | Good | A few torn, a few a little too light | N | NA | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |
1925 | DN | 437 | Good | Some dark corners | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |||
WCM | 404 | Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm | NA | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |||
1926 | DN | 416 | Good | Some dark corners | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |||
WCM | 431 | Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm | NA | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |||
1927 | DN | 419 | Good | Some dark corners | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 436 | Very Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm, some too dark or out of focus | NA | Donna Weeden | dgweeden@yahoo.com | |||
1928 | DN | 416 | Fair | Some corners too dark | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 403 | Very Poor | Too much contrast in microfilm, some out of focus | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
1929 | DN | 404 | Good | Some corners a little dark | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 412 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1930 | DN | 410 | Fair | Some too light, background is grainy | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 408 | Good | A few torn, some a little light | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1931 | DN | 406 | Good | Print is a little grainy | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 334 | Good | Ends in Sept. Dec was on the Decatur News microfilm | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1932 | DN | 369 | Fair | Corners a little dark, some torn | Sally Stokes | sstokes1972@hotmail.com | |||
WCM | 151 | Fair | No microfilm at museum. Only on newspaperARCHIVES.com | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
1933 | DN | 384 | Good | Some corners a little dark, a few pages printed off paper | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 400 | Good | A few torn corners, some X's written over ads | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1934 | DN | 380 | Poor | Many dark corners, some print is off the edge of the pages | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |||
WCM | 410 | Fair | Many torn corners, some X's written over items | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | ||
1935 | WCM | 407 | Good | A few torn, many X's written over ads | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1936 | WCM | 411 | Good | Many X's written over ads | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1937 | WCM | 400 | Good | Many X's written over ads | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1938 | WCM | 404 | Good | A few torn, some X's written over ads | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1939 | WCM | 404 | Good | A few torn edges | N | NA | Dr. David Pitts | paw281@sbcglobal.net | |
1940 | WCM | 440 | Good | 36 page 60th anniversary issue | N | NA | |||
1941 | WCM | 398 | Good | Some a little light | N | NA | |||
1942 | WCM | 358 | Good | Some torn | N | NA | |||
1943 | WCM | 231 | Good | Some torn, many papers only have 4 pages | N | NA | |||
1944 | WCM | 365 | Good | Some torn edges | N | NA | |||
1945 | WCM | 419 | Good | A few torn pages | N | NA | |||
1946 | WCM | 438 | Good | Some page numbering is off, some a little light | N | NA | |||
1947 | WCM | 478 | Good | Some a little light, several magazine sections | N | NA | |||
1948 | WCM | 488 | Good | Several magazine sections | N | NA | |||
1949 | WCM | 540 | Good | Several magazine sections | N | NA | |||
1950 | WCM | 491 | Good | A little light | N | NA | |||
1951 | WCM | 458 | Good | A few torn, some a little light | N | NA | |||
1952 | WCM | 473 | Fair | A little dark, pictures are dark and a little pixilated | N | NA | |||
1953 | WCM | 476 | Fair | A little dark, pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1954 | WCM | 502 | Fair | A little dark, pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1955 | WCM | 612 | Fair | A little dark, pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1956 | WCM | 620 | Good | 58 page County Centennial Issue | N | NA | |||
1957 | WCM | 630 | Good | Good | N | NA | |||
1958 | WCM | 617 | Good | Some a little light | N | NA | |||
1959 | WCM | 588 | Good | Some a little light | N | NA | |||
1960 | WCM | 412 | Good | Jan and some other papers missing, a little light and faded | N | NA | |||
1961 | WCM | 402 | Good | A little light and faded, some pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1962 | WCM | 402 | Good | A few pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1963 | WCM | 436 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1964 | WCM | 424 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1965 | WCM | 420 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1966 | WCM | 428 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1967 | WCM | 430 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1968 | WCM | 451 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | |||
1969 | WCM | 468 | Good | Pictures are dark | N | NA | Sue Tackel | Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info | |
122 Years |
50116 Pages |
Go to page http://www.tx-genealogy.info/museum/newspapers.htm for finished indexes. -