READ ALL ABOUT IT! NEWSPAPERS IN FAMILY HISTORY

 

http://uvpafug.org/classes/dons/dons-newspapers-handout.html

This information was taken from the website: Utah Valley PAF Users Group Course entitled “ Read All About It! Newspapers In Family History“ at http://uvpafug.org/classes/dons/dons-newspapers-handout.html

  READ ALL ABOUT IT! NEWSPAPERS IN FAMILY HISTORY

WHY NEWSPAPERS ARE IMPORTANT IN FAMILY HISTORY [More details in the online notes]

• What life was like
• Family history data
• Leads to other types of records
• Types of newspaper entries - birth, marriage, death notices and obituaries; news articles; society info; legal and public notices and ads; school news; military info

EXAMPLES

• Death notices and obituaries and where they can lead
• Birth announcements
• Marriage announcements
• Society columns
• Local news
• Legal notices
• Public announcements and advertisements
• School news and activities
• Military news

WHERE TO FIND NEWSPAPERS [Many more URL's and details in the full notes]

• Articles about finding and using newspapers - see full notes
• Linkpendium (free) -- http://www.linkpendium.com
• GENUKI (free) -- http://www.genuki.org.uk/
• Library of Congress Digital Collections (free) -- http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
• GenealogyBank (commercial, but can search and see snipets free) -- http://www.genealogybank.com
• Godrey Memorial Library (free at FHCs) - http://www.godfrey.org
• Ancestry (commercial, but free at Regional FHCs) -- http://www.ancestry.com
• Footnote (commercial, but free at FHCs) -- http://www.footnote.com
• Google News Archive (free)-- http://www.google.com/archivesearch
• Utah Digital Newspapers (free)-- http://digitalnewspapers.org/
• FamilySearch Wiki (free) -- https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page -- do a search for something like "newspapers idaho" (without the quotes)

CAPTURING NEWSPAPER INFORMATION

• Put the data into your PAF (or other genealogy program) to keep track of your sources
• Copy and paste text
• Use screen capture program -- FastStoneCapture 5.3 is free and very helpful -- http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/mmedia/FastStoneCapture.html