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Hoboken or Hackensack NJ MURDER from 1925-1937

Hoboken or Hackensack NJ MURDER from 1925-1937

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 2:44AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Dec 2014 11:13AM GMT
Hi there. I am trying to locate the name of the local newspapers in the Bergen County, NJ area for the time frame of the 1920s-1940s basically.

I am trying to track down an article related to my Great-Grandfather. Rumor has it he killed a guy in a bar fight and that's what led to his divorce and placing my grandmother in an orphanage when he went to prison. I Haven't found any prison records, having trouble with the newspapers.

Was hoping maybe a local NJ reader may be familiar and could help out.

His name was Vincenzo Siragusa but he went by James Siracusa (the name got changed when he came from Italy). It could also be spelled Saragusa, Saracusa.

If this happened, he was old as hell, he was born in 1859 and died in 1937. I believe the incident may have happened between 1930 and 1933.

I'll take any ideas or direction! Thanks!

Billi-Jo

Re: Hoboken or Hackensack NJ MURDER from 1925-1937

Posted: 8 Sep 2014 3:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Dec 2014 11:13AM GMT
Do you know about USGenWeb.org?
New Jersey, Bergen County website listing newspapers
https://sites.google.com/site/bergencogenweb/home/newspape

Re: Hoboken or Hackensack NJ MURDER from 1925-1937

Posted: 9 Sep 2014 7:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Dec 2014 11:14AM GMT
Thanks for the link!

I've used that before in the past without any luck...Thanks for the link though. I'll check again. I'm actually heading to the archives soon to pull prisoner records...that should finalize the evidence necessary to say he did or didn't.

THanks!

Billi

Re: Hoboken or Hackensack NJ MURDER from 1925-1937

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 11:03PM GMT
Classification: Lookup
I will search some newspaper sites but here are some links to show many historical newspapers.

http://web.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/visua... (this is a map)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/oltitles.html
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/
http://www.Elephind.com
http://newspapermap.com/ (map based) I think only current papers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspa...


Also http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/home and look for New Jersey - may have newspapers;

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