NEWSPAPERS and FAMILY HISTORY

I so enjoy finding newspaper articles that include my ancestors! It makes their lives come to life in a way that no other item does. You never know what you might find but it all tells a story. Sometimes they are simply visiting family or attending a party, other times they may be going to prison. Another time it may be an obituary or a death notice that finally connects you to those missing links. You just never know! Newspaper articles always seem miraculous to find and are very exciting to read.
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Newspapers and Family History PowerPoint

Newspapers and Family History Handout


Remember to include the name of the newspaper, date, place, and repository in the title or metadata of the file you have downloaded. If the file is a PDF and doesn't allow metadata information you can change it to an image file for free at smallpdf.com. If the quality of the download is poor but the image on your screen is good then use a clipping tool and save it as an image file.

AMAZING:
Stanford Data Visualization Project-Journalism's Voyage West: http://web.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/visualizations/us_newspapers

"I'm Feeling Lucky" Databases:

Library of Congress Chronicling America: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Ancestry Newspapers: https://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=149

My Heritage Newspapers: https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-8000/newspapers?s=244575221

Elephind: https://elephind.com/

Old Fulton Postcards: http://www.fultonhistory.com/
Video about Old Fulton Postcards

Newspaper Archive: https://newspaperarchive.com/ (Free searches and free at designated FamilySearch Centers and Libraries)

Finding Aids:

Library of Congress Chronicling America:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/

FamilySearch Research Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page

United States Online Historical Newspapers:
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa

The Ancestor Hunt: http://www.theancestorhunt.com/

Cyndi's List: https://www.cyndislist.com/

Find My Past Newspapers: https://search.findmypast.com/search/us-and-world-newspapers

Google.com: https://www.google.com/

Utah Digital Newspapers: https://digitalnewspapers.org/

Subscriptions Sites:

Genealogy Bank: https://www.genealogybank.com/

Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/

Newspaper Archive: https://newspaperarchive.com/ (Free searches and free at designated FamilySearch Centers and Libraries)

Now go find your own trove of family newspaper articles today!