News Links

  • West Virginia Daily Newspapers
  • Virginia Gazette

    ""...There is a deed at Yorktown dated August 19, 1749, which shows that Parks had as partner in the printing establishment and store-house in Williamsburg, Mrs. Sarah Packe, widow of Capt. Graves Packe; tht when the small-pox occurred in Williamsburg, Parks had established a store-house at Hanover Courthouse; and the object of the deed was to provide for a settlement of accounts between him and Mrs. Packe."

    "While not the first printer in Maryland (as Isiah Thomas calls him in the History of Printing in America), William Parks did start the first newspaper in two different colonies, Maryland and Virginia. Parks printed and bound books in Annapolis from 1726 until 1737. Shortly after arriving in Annapolis, Parks set up an office in Williamsburg and maintained offices in two provinces for nearly a decade. It is through his Virginia office, which has been restored by Historic Williamsburg, that he is best known today."

    "During the colonial period, Williamsburg was home to at least twelve master printers. Best known was William Parks, an energetic businessman, who came to Williamsburg about 1730 and eventually opened a shop on Duke of Gloucester Street. He was the public printer of Virginia, charged with the job of reproducing the acts of the General Assembly. He also did a lot of work for businesses. In 1736, Parks founded the Virginia Gazette, the first newspaper in the colony, and promised to deliver the “freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick.”

    Sarah Packe allegedly was my 7x great-grandmother.

  • Washington Post

    Everything that you expect in a print newspaper, and more, and online.

  • The New York Times on the Web

    Another excellent online newspaper.

  • The Fifth Estate

    The web site of Canada's premiere investigative journalism broadcast.

  • Jewish Family Life

    A Jewish online magazine for families.

    Send an e-mail Send Jeremy or Rexanna an e-mail!

    Optimized for Netscape 2.0 or better. Last Updated February 18, 2007.

    Graphics provided by Animation Factory.

    Copyright Rexanna M. Keats 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. All Rights Reserved.

    Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

    1