The Lightfoot Family Association published a series of newsletters from 1978 to about 1985 when the group ultimately fell apart. The quarterly issues were not always on time and several issues were combined into one large mailing. All were typewritten and then mimeographed or photocopied for distribution. Errors not caught during the typing process were fixed by merely writing over the typed copy or entering notes in the margins. This was all done before the widespread use of computers or e-mail.
Researchers should be aware that these papers are about 40 years old and therefore may contain facts which have since been revised or disproven. In addition, each issue has numerous typing and spelling errors most of which were corrected in subsequent issues.
Because the mimeographed paper was somewhat thin and the ink process was quite heavy, there is a noticeable bleed-through when viewing each side of one page. The copies that I have are not perfectly clear but are still very legible in spite of some confusing syntax and notations made on the original copies.
There is a rudimentary index of "queries" on several of the later issues but it is difficult to use.
In the first issues, they were issued quarterly but as the work load increased for the volunteer editors, the later years were either missing a quarterly issue or all four quarters were combined into one large issue.
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