The Franklin County Publication Archive Index

If you're interested in Franklin County, Massachusetts, or if you just want to see how a massive amount of archival information can be indexed, check out http://www.PublicationArchive.com , which is an index of over 8000 articles from 1870 to 1873.

Click on the Archives tab on the front page to be taken to the search interface. From the archives tab you can search by keyword, subject heading (from accident victims to work) or both.

A search for blacksmith found over two dozen results (results do not include counts, unfortunately.) Results include the publication, the date, the subjects, and who it was posted by. Below that is the text of the article. Some of the articles are only a couple of lines long, while others are more extensive. Click on the lower right of each result to view the article by itself.

In addition to the index of articles, there's also a brief link list of items related to Franklin County. Interesting.

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