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What we might look for
in an old newspaper &Where we might find
the old newspaper.
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Much of theresearch done for
this book was Newspaper
Research.
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Many researchers are turning naturally tonewspapers for information about their ancestorsand the ancestor's family. They may have
exhausted other resources. Surety of information may be less in newspapers. There is a lot of information to be drawn from
obituaries, death notices, and funeral notices.
Aside from death, burial, birth, and maritalinformation, you might learn about children,siblings, parents and others.
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Before moving on remember that our own public
library provides, America's Obituaries &Death Notices as a free database. You do need
a library card.
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Search nationally, regional, state-wide or bynewspaper. (Example Maine)
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Search by name, date, or someone else in the obit. Pay attention to the time when obits became
available for this database. The earliest are in thelate 1980s.
When you find an obit you can save it, print it, or if your genealogy software is running on your computer select, copy, and paste it into your
program. Be sure to include the source info at the bottom. What you have is text not an image from the
newspaper with America's Obituaries . . . .
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America's Obituaries . . . is not the old news- papers, these are current day newspapers.
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Newspapers are places to look for marriages andengagements, and after WWII births.
News ¨worthy¨ events can include−
unusual deaths (accidents, murders or suicides)− Victim details− Police reports− Arrests
Local newspapers used to have social or humaninterest sections (gossip)− Who are the visiting out-of-towners− Who is out-of-town
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¨Lists¨− Graduations− Sports− Unclaimed property
Political and Religion sections of newspapers can be revealing.
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Where are these old newspapers?− Online images.− Microfilms copies in libraries and archives.− Newspaper records room «generally off-limits»
We should know that the Dade City Banner thatcovered the whole of Pasco County is onmicrofiche in the Hugh Embry Library.
The old Zephyrhills News is on microfilm in the
Zephyrhills Library. The old Plant City Courier is being digitizedthrough the Quintilla Burton Geer Archive.
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In Tampa− The John F. Germany Library has microfim copies of
The Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times plussome predecessor newspapers.
− The USF Library has newspaper collections onmicrofilm.
In Florida, the University of Florida Library inGainesville is designated the reposition for copies
of old Florida newspapers. Other States have repositories too.
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Newspaper Research Online access at Home
− Use the ¨Save¨ or ¨Print¨ options
− Be sure it is in a knownformat.
− Select-Copy-Paste textinto your WordProcessor.
− ¨Print Screen¨ and saveimages with MS-Paint
or other graphics program.
− Collect your sourceevidence.
Online access in aLibrary− Use USB memory
sticks.− Use ¨Print¨ option.
− Select-Copy-Paste textinto MS-WordPad &save to Memory stick.
− ¨Print Screen¨ and saveimages with MS-Paint.
− Collect your sourceevidence.
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Online Old Newspapers in Hillsborough CountyLibraries using there computers and/or WiFi.− The Atlanta Constitution− The Chicago Tribune
− The New York Times− Historical newspapers on America's Genealogy Bank
You don't need to go downtown. Try either of these two closer libraries with lots of free parking:−
Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City− New Tampa Regional Library on Cross Creek Road in
New Tampa.
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Historical Newspapers – Title List− Period of coverage shown.
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Don't Forget the Family History Center Service Portal« Only available on the FHC computers »
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The Portal has links to:− FamilyHistoryLink − Footnote.com− Genline.com− Godfrey Memorial Library
− Heritage Quest Online− World Vital Records− Alexander Street Press – The American Civil War
You can logon as a FHC Patrons.
Godfrey Memorial Library and World VitalRecords have collections of old historicalnewspapers.
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Ancestry.com also has a collection of historicalnewspapers.
Newspapers from other countries are included. Much of the collection relatively recent.
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Issues− Indexing
Humans vs. Optical Character Reader Just Names vs. Names and/or events
− Problems Gaps in the collections Newsprint bleed through Light & dark inking Mixed fonts & sizes
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p p Are there old newspaper archives for Rochester, NY? Find “Smith”; before “1940”; in a newspaper with
“Rochester” in its title.
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Almost 400 hits, but they are mostly only available onAncestry.com
There are other Rochesters
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Similar results for Brownsville, Charleston, Dearborn,Detroit, El Paso, Modesto, Portsmouth, Syracuse,Titusville and Traverse (city), but not Seattle.
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If you were looking for say, William Rogers in Seattle,
then you would try this:
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Yea, there he is and he got engaged.
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This is what youget
You can print the page or create alink:
news.google.com/newspapers?id=3GIMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_WQDAAAAIBAJ&dq=william%20rogers&pg=3584%2C1514393
Remember to cite
your findings.
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If you know the name of the newspaper, use it.− The Redbook may help.
Use the search options to limit the search. Some newspapers' name evolved, so morning or
evening in the title may work against you. Sometimes you know it should be in the paper ona certain day, but the search doesn't find it.− Search that day, the archive is for a certain date.− Set the time to cover one or two days, search for smith,
jones, brown, or white to get into a day's worth of oldnews and read that old issue.