Celebrating Southold's Rich History: Library Preserves Traveler Watchman Newpaper for Future Generations
The iconic newspaper, which chronicled more than 100 years of Southold's history, is now available digitally and on microfilm.
Lisa Finn, Patch Staff
Posted Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 2:47 pm ET
NORTH FORK, NY - The rich pages of Southold's history once chronicled in the Traveler Watchman newspapr have now been preserved for posterity.
The Traveler Watchman evolved into numerous incarnations since it was created in 1850 until it was sold to the Independent in East Hampton in 2005. Over the years, the paper was known as the The Long Island Traveler, The Watchman, The Watchman of the Sunrise Trail, The Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman, and the Long Island Traveler Watchman.
Within its pages, the history of Southold unfolded and a dedicated group of volunteers have worked tirelessly at the Southold Free Library to preserve those memories forever.
To that end, the project kicked off in 2010, with an eye toward putting all the content of the bound volumes onto microfilm. The entire project was just recently completed.
More, including how to access what is digital online:
https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/celebrating-southolds-rich-history-library-preserves-traveler-watchman-newpaper-future-generations
Since most of the paper's content is on microfiche you may have to visit the location and hunt for it yourself, though they might have a service available to pay for finding it.
As for your original question, I didn't find the newspapers that would have carried my family's info on newspaper.com. They were just not part of the site's digital collection.