Watch Tower History

A Separate Identity       ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AMONG READERS OF ZION ’S WATCH TOWER 1870-1887       Volume One ...

Lytel is the old English spelling of Little and is so pronounced. Joseph L. Russell connects to the Little/Lytel family of N. Ireland.

We need a volunteer to transcribe the entire article entitled Redemption appearing in the November 1878 Herald of the Morning. Anyone?

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As of this morning we have had 73,808 visitors to this blog. That’s not a huge number considering that accounts for repeat visits and is t...

Any and all material related to Russell's newspaper sermons and their syndication. Biographical material concerning M. F. Russell, eve...

Mr. Schulz tasked me with writing an afterward for volume one. Here's what I have in very rough draft. Comments welcome. What to E...

I've written and rewritten my introduction. I threw everything out and wrote this instead. Rough Draft follows: My Turn: Rachael’s C...

            Writing solid, well-researched history is a challenge. Success depends on persistence and serendipity. A narrow view of events...

Mr. Schulz asked me to post an update. Except for the last chapter, the ebook version is formatted. We printed it out. We’ll make some cha...

We need a clear, readable scan of pages 46-47 of the October 1881 Herald of the Morning. We needed it yesterday .... In May 1881 Barbour i...

by “Jerome” Obituaries are a good source of information, although when it comes to accuracy they can leave a lot to be desired. The ev...

Any material you have relevant to the era from Grew to July 1879 that you wish to share should be sent now. Attach it to an email and send i...

This one was a poke in Barbour's eye and explains some things Barbour wrote in this period:   This one is S. O. Blunden's dea...

There will be roughly 350-370 pages in volume one. It will contain about 100 photos, either of individuals or of original documents. Whi...

  We need a volunteer who can merge the several chapters into one document. We need the formatting of each chapter, including the footno...

by "Jerome" Blogs are funny things, and there is no accounting for what appeals to readers out there. I am very pleased to...

This notice appeared in the June 1879 Herald of the Morning:   Can we document this meeting from newspaper reports?