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Prompted by an article posted in the July 28, 2011 edition of kval.com, I am posting links to 30 digitized historic Oregon newspaper titles, as well as links to other Oregon Newspaper resources. The University of Oregon has posted 180,000 Continue reading Oregon Historic Newspapers
The following article was written by my good friend, Tom Kemp: Searching Newspaper ‘Local Briefs’ – Family History Gems that make Local Briefs Essential to your Family History Research. Experienced genealogists rely on historical newspapers, tracking down obituaries, birth announcements Continue reading Searching Newspaper ‘Local Briefs’
My Deseret News had an AP item on page two this morning that caught my eye. The headline was “Paper Corrects 112-Year-Old Obit.” Sure enough, when Daniel Schwank wrote the paper pointing out that the 112-year-old obit for his great-uncle Continue reading New York Times Obituary Corrected 112 Years Later
The following article is by my friend, Tom Kemp. “Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all who love obits stand up and holler!” That is probably not the way you heard that cheer in school, but genealogists sure Continue reading Newspapers: Obituaries and Death Records Provide a Wealth of Family History
While searching for Meitzler information at the WorldVitalRecords website today, I ran across a newspaper item about a bank cashier by the name of George W. Meitzler who went home and shot himself while the bank examiner was auditing accounts Continue reading George W. Meitzler Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself
The following article was written, by my friend, Tom Kemp: Genealogists are hungry for details about the lives of our ancestors, information that can only be found in newspapers. To get to know our ancestors better—the lives they lived, their Continue reading Newspapers: The Key to Documenting Your Family History
I see that more digital newspapers will be coming online at the “Chronicling America” site soon. Now it’s New Mexico papers. Cool… Following is an excerpt from an article in the August 16, 2010 edition of the Daily Lobo. UNM Continue reading New Mexico Newspapers to be Digitized & Available Free Online
According to an AP article currently circulating, the University of Tennessee will manage a project wherein about 2500 rolls of Tennessee newspapers on microfilm will be digitized and posted as part of the “Chronicling America” project. The project concentrates on Continue reading Early Tennessee Newspapers to Go OnLine at “Chronicling America” in About Two Years
I spotted an article in the paper today about my friend, Luana Darby, and her success using newspapers. The article has numerous online newspaper-related links. Following is a teaser. PROVO, Utah — Professional genealogist Luana Darby was researching Madison Cheadle Continue reading Newspapers Are Key
In two years, students, historians, and anyone else curious about nearly a century of history should have 100,000 pages of Tennessee newspapers at their fingertips. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has received a grant from the National Endowment for Continue reading Tennessee Newspapers 1836 -1922 to be Digitized and Free Online
A snippet from another good article in the May 31, 2010 Deseret News: It’s hard to say where the first obituary came from. The word comes from the Medieval Latin “obitus,” which means a going down, a fall, a ruin, Continue reading Obituaries Can Tell Us a Lot… And Then Some…
The following excerpt is from the May 5, 2010 edition of the Cherokeean Herald. After four months of waiting, Mrs. Gonzalez and Singletary Memorial Library head librarian Amy Derrington received the news they had been waiting for: the library received Continue reading The East Texas Cherokeean Herald Newspaper to be Digitized
The following newspaper titles were recently added to the family history archives found in GenealogyBank.com and ObitsArchive.com. They recently added more than 104 newspapers from 35 states – over 130 million new articles. ObitsArchive.com NEW CONTENT: (1977 to present day) Continue reading New at GenealogyBank.com
I’m privileged to be speaking at the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society annual seminar this year. The program is on March 20, 2010, just 13 days from now. My lecture topics will be: Organizing, Preserving, Accessing & Sharing Your Genealogy Using Continue reading Come On Out to the Virginia Beach Annual Seminar March 20, 2010
I got a note from my friend, Tom Kemp, this morning, apprising me of the fact that GenealogyBank.com is now up to over 280 African-American newspapers in their online offerings. The following is from the website: This fully searchable and Continue reading African American Newspapers 1827-1999 Added at GenealogyBank.com