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Q: How do you go about researching newspapers?
A: I hate to say but it depends. If I cannot find vital
records for a person I then look in newspapers. If I have a pretty complete picture
of a person and I know where and when they lived then I check the newspapers
for additional information. This week I am trying to find information about a
Japanese family that immigrated to Ogden, Utah. I can find obituary and wedding
information for them but the husband spent time in a Japanese internment camp
in Montana during World War II. Some of the Camps had newspapers. I have been
trying to find some information about the camps that may help to add to his
story.
Q: Do you have a subscription?
A: Yes but you don’t always need one. I have a subscription
to newspapers.com. The biggest reason is because my hometown newspaper, The
Ogden Standard-Examiner, is digitized and indexed there. There are thousands of
free online newspapers. I mentioned the Ancestor Hunt during my presentation. https://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspaper-research-links.html
I use this to narrow down my search. The FamilySearch Wiki can also help you locate
newspapers for the area you are researching. I did a week long trial
subscription to genealogybank but the newspapers there did not seem to provide
results I was interested in so I did not continue the subscription.
Q: What Website do you recommend?
A: I assume you mean for newspapers, the two I mentioned
above are my go to websites. I believe that Ancestor Hunt breaks down he
different collections to location. But you can search free collections of
newspapers at
- Library
of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/newspapers/
- 7642 Newspapers
- Chronicling
America: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/
- 3127 Newspapers
- Elephind.com:
https://elephind.com/ - 4209
newspapers
- Google
Newspapers: https://news.google.com/newspapers
- A lot of newspapers
- Utah
digital newspapers: https://digitalnewspapers.org/
- 200 newspapers
Q: Do you search by location of just a general google
search?
A: Yes, I do both. It depends on what I am searching. I
think you should have a research question in mind before you start searching.
Sometimes a new collection will come online and I will just search in it for my
family names but generally I have a specific reason for searching.
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