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) |
|
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 |
