NEWSPAPERS
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
- Instructor is Donald R. Snow ( snowd@math.byu.edu
) of Provo and St. George, Utah.
- These notes include information and websites
in addition to the newspaper class notes on
this webpage http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html
.
KINDS OF INFORMATION IN NEWSPAPERS AND WHAT
TO DO WITH IT
- Newspapers started in the U.S.
in 1690 (see Library of Congress
website) and are a rich source of
genealogy data
- Types of information
- Vital records, birth, marriage and
divorce, death and obituaries -- some
newspapers published lists of vital records
at the end of the year
- News articles and photos -- school,
military, current events, both local and
worldwide
- Social and society columns
- Legal notices and public
announcements
- Historical information in newspapers like
The New York Times and The London
Times
- Classified ads -- e.g. "Search for
Missing Friends" Irish ads in The Boston
Pilot -- http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=263
- Stories about people
- Example -- Warren Ladd read his own obituary
in the morning newspaper -- The Lowell Sun 30
Dec 1893 -- http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11220376/
- Save the reference and page in
a program like EVERNOTE (free)
from http://www.evernote.com
- Link the website to your genealogy database
management program and to FamilySearch
FamilyTree
- Do screenshots to save a copy of the page --
FastStone Capture 5.3 (last freeware version)
available from http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/mmedia/FastStoneCapture.html
-- is a good and free screen capture program
-- save as a pdf or jpg, for example -- can
even save the entire scrolling screen as a
file
- My system for naming screenshots, document
scans, and files so they sort into a timeline
for the person's life
- Name of file -- "SurnameGivenNames(Married
name)(birth year-death year)-(Event date
YYYY-MM-DD)-Event-Description--DateScannedOrScreenshot.ext"
- Example --
ManwaringDiane(Snow)(1934-2012)-2012-10-10-Obituary-SaltLakeDeseretNews-2012-10-13-Ancestry-com--2014-04-10.pdf
- Including birth and death years shows time
period and distinguishes people with same
name, so no need for Jr., Sr, etc.
- Maiden name of women is at start so
everything for her sorts together -- married
name in parentheses helps in identification
- For events I use one or more keywords like
Birth, Marriage, Death, News, LDS, History,
Doc, School, Education, Census, Letter,
Medical, Military, Genealogy, Talk, Audio,
etc. -- this allows showing only certain
types of events, if you want
- Event dates are in International Date
Format YYYY-MM-DD after name so the files
sort chronologically for each person --
putting date anywhere else or in another
format makes titles not alphabetize
chronologically to form a timeline
- Freeware program EVERYTHING
from http://voidtools.com/
finds and lists all
files for the person
chronologically
wherever they are on your computer and by
using event types you can show only certain
types of events
- See more details in my Screen Captures
notes on http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE - FREE
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch Wiki --more than 9,000
articles with "newspapers" in the title;
good article on finding and using U.S.
Newspapers -- https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Newspapers
- FamilySearch Catalog -- https://familysearch.org/
-- do keyword search for things like
"newspapers utah" (without the quotes)
- New FamilySearch pilot program called
"Zoning" to specify the parts of pages of
newspapers that have genealogy data and
should be indexed
- Linkpendium -- http://www.linkpendium.com
-- major listing of US newspapers in each
state, county, and town
- Elephind -- https://www.elephind.com/
-- searches and links to world-wide newspapers
- BYU Library Newspaper Links -- http://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/
> http://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/periodicals/
- BYU-I Library Newspaper Links -- http://libguides.byui.edu/content.php?pid=9726&sid=80620
- Utah newspapers
- Utah Digital Newspapers -- http://digitalnewspapers.org/ --
Unversity of Utah received grant from
Library of Congress to digitize all Utah
newspapers; see timeline pdf of newspapers
they have digitized so far -- http://digitalnewspapers.org/public/pdf/timeline.pdf
- Pioneer Library website -- http://pioneer.utah.gov/news/index.html
- Pioneer Library Research Guides -- http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/guides/genealogy.html
- Deseret News Archives - 1850-1987 -- http://www.deseretnews.com/archives
-- To search Deseret News Archives you
can also go to their current website --
http://www.deseretnews.com/utah
-- enter search terms (upper right
corner), click on pick arrow and select
Archives 1850-1987, then click on the
Search button (magnifying glass) -- not
all back issues of the Deseret News are
posted there yet-- my LDS
and Utah Records notes have
more information
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
-- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/
, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
, and http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
.
- National Digital Newspaper Program
(NDNP) -- http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/
- Wikipedia list of newspapers and links
--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
- NewspaperCat --
http://www.theancestorhunt.com/1/post/2013/09/newspaper-cat-the-easy-way-to-find-where-the-online-newspapers-are.html
and additional information and links
at -- http://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspapers.html
- Online Historical Newspapers Website
-- https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/
- GENUKI -- http://www.genuki.org.uk/
-- UK and Ireland
- RootsWeb -- http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/news/
-- Search all or by newspaper
- US GenWeb -- http://www.usgenweb.org/ --
Go to state > county > city
- Cyndislist -- http://www.cyndislist.com >
Newspapers
- US Newspaper List -- http://www.usnpl.com/
- Internet Public Library -- http://www.ipl.org/
- Old New York newspapers -- http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
-- can search many old New York
newspapers, including the New York
Times; read the FAQ before using
it
- Small Town Papers -- http://www.smalltownpapers.com/
-- list of several hundred current
small town newspapers with archives
- The Olden Times Historic Newspapers
Online -- http://theoldentimes.com/index.html
- Google Newspapers -- http://news.google.com/newspapers
-- and Google News Archive -- http://www.google.com/archivesearch
(Wait for the search box to open.) --
also see more info about Google
Archives Search at https://support.google.com/news/answer/1638638?hl=en
and Google Newspapers at http://www.davescomputertips.com/huge-archive-of-digitalized-newspapers/
- Michigan State U Guide to
Historical Newspaper Databases -- http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/newspaperguide
- Illinois Newpaper Project (INP) --
http://www.library.illinois.edu/inp/database.php--
has more than just Illinois
newspapers
- California Digital Newspaper
Collection -- http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc
- Quincy (Illinois) Public
Library website -- http://www.quincylibrary.org
> Reference and Research tab
- Historical Newspaper Archive
-- many articles about the
Mormons in Nauvoo
- US National Newspaper websites
-- links to many current
national newspapers
- Obituary searches -- http://www.legacy.com/ns/termsofuse.aspx
- New York Times photos -- http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE - COMMERCIAL
(Some Are Free for LDS and at
FHC's)
- Genealogy Bank ($) -- http://www.genealogybank.com/
-- large collection of historic
newspapers; can search and see
snippets for free; claims that 95%
of its newspapers are only on this
website and not elsewhere
- Godfrey Memorial Library ($) -- http://www.godfrey.org/ --
free at FHC's -- includes the
following:
- Newspaper Archive ($) -- http://newspaperarchive.com/Default.aspx
-- claims to be the largest
online newspaper archive,
includes several New York City
newspapers and New York Times
archive through 1857-1909
- London (Digital) Times ($) --
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
-- also on Fold3
- World Vital Records ($) -- http://worldvitalrecords.com/
-- also on MyHeritage now
- Newspaper Archive and World
Vital Records are also available
in FHC's through the FHC Portal
-- see the KnowledgeBase
document ID 106761 -- https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/699/106761_f.SAL_Public.html
- Gale Digital Collections ($) -- http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/
-- search "Products by Name" to see
newspapers
- Newspapers.com ($) -- http://www.newspapers.com
-- owned by Ancestry
- Ancestry's Newspaper Collection
($) -- http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=38
-- or go to Ancestry's Home page
> Search > Stories &
Publications > Newspapers &
Periodicals -- free to LDS and at
FHC's
- The British Newspaper Archive ($)
-- http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
-- commercial, but you get a few
pages free
- Last Chance To Read ($) -- http://www.lastchancetoread.com
-- 18th and 19th Century British
newspapers
- Fold3 ($) -- http://www.fold3.com/
-- owned by Ancestry; mostly
military records, but includes some
newspapers -- free at FHC's
- World Vital Records ($) -- http://worldvitalrecords.com/
-- click on Card Catalog (right-hand
side) > Newspaper Archive
Collection -- free to LDS and at
FHC's
- Personalized Newspaper Gifts ($)
-- http://www.simplypersonalized.com/newspaper-gifts/
-- sells newspapers of various
dates, etc.
CURRENT NEWSPAPER WEBSITES
- Newspaper websites with archives
worldwide -- http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
- New York Times -- http://www.nytimes.com/ --
free registration, but they charge
for some articles; starts with first
NY Times in 1851 -- knowing the date
and title you may be able to find
the same article for free on other
websites
- Chicago Tribune 1852 - Present --
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/advancedsearch.html
- Toronto Star -- http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/about.html --
free archives only goes back to 1985
- Los Angeles Times -- http://www.latimes.com/
-- free registration
- Salt Lake Deseret News -- http://www.deseretnews.com/utah
-- To search Deseret News Archives
enter search terms (upper right
corner). click on pick arrow and
select Archives 1850-1987, then
click on the Search button (the
magnifying glass) -- note that this
file is incomplete and lacks many
issues of the Deseret News
- Salt Lake Tribune -- http://www.sltrib.com/
-- Salt Lake Tribune Archives back
to 1991 -- http://archive.sltrib.com/index.php?searchtab=archive
-- charge for each article, but may
be able to get it free elsewhere
- St. George Spectrum -- http://www.thespectrum.com/
- You may be able to find ethnic and
trade-type newspapers, e.g. Polish
language in Chicago and Carpenters
Union newspapers in various places
- For links to early vital records
in Utah newspapers see Don's class
notes on LDS & Utah Records
at http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classess.html
ARTICLES ABOUT NEWSPAPERS IN
FAMILY HISTORY
- Many newspapers are not online,
only in paper, microfilm, microfiche
format, etc. -- search http://www.worldcat.org/
to see where located
- FamilySearch Wiki (see above) -- https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page
-- do a search for something like
"newspapers idaho" (without the
quotes)
- Articles by Kimberly Powell and
from About.com
- "7 Tips for Searching
Digitized Newspapers" -- http://genealogy.about.com/od/newspapers/tp/news_search_tips.htm?nl=1
- "Family History in the News"
-- http://genealogy.about.com/cs/newspapers/a/news_research_2.htm?nl=1
- http://genealogy.about.com/od/newspapers/Newspapers.htm
- http://genealogy.about.com/od/historic_online/Historic_Newspapers_Online.htm
- US Newspaper Program --http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html
- Readex Newspaper Archive -- http://www.newsbank.com/readex/index.cfm?content=343
-- Click on Digital Collections
(upper left side) for Archive of
Americana
- Dick Eastman on digitizing
small town newspapers -- http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/11/savingourscom-dedicated-to-digitizing-small-town-newspapers.html
- British Newspapers 1800-1900
- British newspapers
1800-1900 --http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/
- Dick Eastman -- http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/05/british-newspapers-18001900-online.html
CONCLUSIONS
- Newspapers written
at the time are a good
source of information, stories,
and data about our ancestors.
- More and more newspapers are
being digitized and posted online,
so check back often.
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