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Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths Found in the Columbia Democrat, Columbian, and Columbia County Republican

Several years ago members of the Central Susquehanna Genealogical Society compiled a card index of marriages and deaths recorded in three nineteenth century newspapers, Columbia Democrat, Columbian, and Columbia County Republican, published in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.  Since the microfilm copies of these three newspapers are part of the Bloomsburg University Andruss Library collection, this genealogy resource index file was kept there.  Many, many thanks to Steve Wiist, a member of the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society, for all of his work, countless number of hours, of entering the information from the cards into this database, amounting to 12,626 name entries.  The information in the database includes the individual’s name, the newspaper name along with date, page, and column where name appeared, and whether or it was a marriage or a death notice.

The following list only identifies the various time periods in which marriage and death notices were recorded on the index cards from these three newspapers. This database is not a definitive enumeration of all the notices of marriages and deaths that appeared in the time period that the newspapers were published.

COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT
1830: March & June
1831: March & September
1837: April – December
1838: January – December
1839: January – April & June- December
1840: January – December
1841: January – April
1842: April – December
1843: January – April & August
1844: May – June & December
1845: January – December
1846: January – December
1847: January – March
1848: July & October
1849: January – December
1857: March – December
1858: January – March
1859: October
1860: March – December
1861: January – December
1862: January – December
1863: January – December
1864: January – May & September
1865: February
COLUMBIAN
1866: September – December
1867: February – June & August – December
1868: January – December
1869: January – December
1870: January – December
1871: January – December
1872: January – December
1873: June
1875: January – December
1876: January – December
1877: January – December
1878: January – December
1879: January – December
1880: January – December
1881: January – December
1882: January – December
1883: January – December
1884: January – December
1885: January – December
1886: January – July & September – December
1887: January & March – December
1888: January – April, June – August & October – December
1889: January – February, May, & July - August
1890: January – December
1891: January – December
1892: April
1893: January – December
1894: January – December
1895: January – December
1896: January – February & July
1898: January
COLUMBIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN
1877: January & August – December
1878: January – December
1879: January – May & October – December
1880: January – February & November

REQUESTS FOR OBITUARIES AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, COLUMBIAN, AND THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL NEWSPAPERS

Remember, to view this data on microfilm visit the Andruss Library on the campus of Bloomsburg University.  Can't visit?  Click on our "Research Request" tab on the left.  

There is a search fee to find an obituary or marriage notice for a specific person. In order to reduce the amount of time needed to search for each name, please list the dates of the searches in chronological order according to the newspaper. Please see the example listed below. Your cooperation will be very helpful and appreciated. Every effort will be made to send the paper copies of the searches you requested within two to three weeks. All search requests should be sent to the Columbia County Historical & Genealogy Society, 225 Market Street, P.O. Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360.

Example:

Newspaper Name

Name of Person

Death or Marriage Date

Newspaper Date

Page / Column 

Columbia Democrat Wilson, John 1837-July-8 1837 - July - 12 3-2
Columbia Democrat Lemon, James 1842-Dec - 31 1843 - Jan -4  5-1
Columbia Democrat Dildine, Harriet 1860 – March - 17 1860 - March -19 2-3
Columbia Democrat Anderson, Robert 1863 – April – 11 1863 - April - 13 2-4
Columbian Sharpless, Edwin Grant 1870 - April - 22 1870 - April - 25 3-1
Columbian Reimensnyder, Annie 1893 – October – 6 1893 - October - 8 4-2
The Democratic Sentinel   Kocher, James 1895 – Jan. – 4 1895 - Jan - 5 6-2
The Democratic Sentinel    Brobst, John 1901 – Feb. – 2 1901 - Feb - 4 3-2
The Democratic Sentinel   Albertson, David   1911 – July – 4 1911 - July 7 3-2
 

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