I uploaded another web page that has marriages and death from 1835 in Rochester newspapers. This web page has the records from July to December. There were two daily newspaper, three weekly newspapers and a semi-weekly newspaper in Rochester but only one daily and the semi-weekly still exist.

I included the ad on the right on right for a circus-style horse show that came to Rochester the first week of July. Also, I included one marriage record that is out of the are but I thought it very funny. Look for the marriage of Thomas Mayuhood to Mrs. Smith.

All the Rochester newspapers marriages and deaths from 1818 – 1835 on the Vital Records page.

Why does it seem as very few of the records are included in these early newspapers? It appears that only a few ministers regularly sent in marriages. A person could also send in their marriage record but the person would not have thought to do so unless they had a subscription to the newspaper. Same for the death notices. The deaths are probably even less represented by actual numbers than marriages.

There are some strange abbreviations used in the newspapers of that era. Here are some to help make sense of the records:

• inst. = instant, an old word meaning this month.
• ult. = ultimo, an old word meaning last month.
• U. C. = Upper Canada, old name for the current Provence of Ontario.
• L. C. = Lower Canada, old name for the current Provence of Quebec.
• M. T. – Michigan Territory (it became a state in 1837).