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Home > Records & Indexes > The Monthly 1978-2020 Surname Index

The Monthly 1978-2020 Surname Index

Cover of June 2012 Monthly Newsletter

Since the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society was founded in 1978, the Society has published a newsletter every month—simply titled The Monthly.  The Monthly contains society news & events, historical articles, family histories, newspaper transcriptions, photos, obits, queries, etc.

In general, The Monthly page numbering does not start over at “1” with each month or even year. Page numbers continue from month to month and year to year. For example, if the last page in the January issue was 1000, the first page in the February’s issue would be 1001.  However, there are exceptions to this rule, especially in the early years before this numbering scheme was adopted or due to unintentional errors.  Numbering was occasionally started over at page 1.

An annual index for the previous year is published in each January's issue. Obvious variations of names were combined to preserve space (Ex. Abbey/Aby, Abbot/Abbott, etc.)  These annual indexes were digitized and combined to create this index.

Anytime such a large amount of data is scanned there is a possibility of unintentional errors.   Let us know if you find any error and we will correct this index  As always, we recommend searching for all possible spelling variations of your surnames.

This index documents every mention of a surname in The Monthly 1978-2010 issues.  Starting with the 2011 issue, every full name is indexed. The index will be expanded in the future to include additional years.

The index consists of four columns: Surname, 1978-2000 Issues, 2001-2010 Issues, and 2011-2020 issues.

Surname

This column contains every surname that has ever been mentioned in an issue of The Monthly newsletter.  Starting in 2011, the full name was indexed.

As you enter text into the search field (at top right), the table will automatically change to show only rows containing your criteria anywhere in the Surname.  For instance, if you would search for "Dick", besides getting the row for surname Dick, you will also get rows for Burdick, Dickens, Dickenson, Dickson, Edick, etc.

1978 - 2000 Issues

The entries for these years contain the publication year listed in parentheses followed by the page number.  For example, an entry of 83(96) means the surname in that row was mentioned on page 96 of the 1983 Monthly issues.

Special Note:  During 1978 & 1979, each issue of The Monthly started over at page 1.  Therefore, for these years, the index entries contain the publication year in parentheses followed by the month & page number.  For example, an index entry of (79)July 2 indicates the reference is on page 2 of the July 1979 issue.

2001 - 2010 Issues

The index entries for these years generally only include page numbers.

Special Note:  Some page numbers for the January & December 2001 issues were duplicated in error.  Therefore, the entries for those months include the month.  Starting in 2002 (2002+), the issue year can be determined directly from the page number:

Issue Year

Pages

2001

218-223 (Jan)
1-222 (Feb-Dec)

2002

1-226

2003

236-444

2004

445-692

2005

693-950

2006

951-1236

2007

1237-1522

2008

1523-1822

2009

1823-2126

2010

2127-2428

2011 - 2020 Issues

The index entries for these years only include page numbers.

Issue Year

Pages

2011

1-302

2012

303-602

2013

603-900

2014

901-1202

2015

1203-1502

2016

1503-1808

2017

1809-2104

2018

2105-2376

2019

2377-2676

2020

2677-2970

Of course, we cannot guarantee a surname referenced in The Monthly is the person you’re looking for.

Back issues of The Monthly are available for purchase.  Or, we have a copy service if you only want a few pages.

Unfortunately we do not have the staff or time to do free look ups of all referenced pages for a surname.  However, we can do it based on an hourly rate of $10 - contact us with your specific needs for a price quote.  Please see our other research services if you need further research done.  You are welcome to access the back issues at our library for no charge.

The Monthly 1978-2020
Surname Index

wdt_ID Surname 1978 - 2000 Issues 2001 - 2010 Issues 2011 - 2020 Issues
1 _____, Ive (Joe) 457
2 _____, Peter 185
3 _____eafer 457
4 _____son (83)96 230
5 ___merson (92)96
6 __donberry (2002+) 2002
7 __iderwood (2002+) 901
8 A__ipe (2002+) 441
9 A_kren (2002+) 2123
10 A’hern (2002+) 186
11 Aardt, Edward 2531
12 Aaron (2002+) 251, 379, 925
13 Aarons (87)54 2765
14 Aaronson (80)23
15 Abbey, Charles 2445
16 Abbey, Ed 2886
17 Abbey/Aby (94)24 (98)89 (2002+) 420, 610, 2427
18 Abbot/Abbott (85)19 (82)5 (84)84, 85 (85)4 (87)25 (88)83 (94)4, 6 (99)3, 74, 228 (2000)50, 83, 127 (2001) 137 (2002+) 190, 225 419, 570, 576, 704, 781, 864, 1101, 1143, 1174, 1229, 1269, 1283, 1320, 1328, 1414, 1608, 1662, 1793, 2040, 2099, 2139, 2372
19 Abbott 1902
20 Abbott, Almira 587
21 Abbott, Anson D. 2228
22 Abbott, C. J. 1389, 1444, 1657 2165, 2392
23 Abbott, Charles 354
24 Abbott, Clara 2392
25 Abbott, Ernest A. 246

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