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''[[Austria]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Newspapers'' <br> | ''[[Austria]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Newspapers'' <br> | ||
Early Austrian newspapers used Old Gothic Type (Fraktur). There are resources to assist you in reading this text: | |||
*[[Germany Handwriting]] | |||
*[http://script.byu.edu/german/en/welcome.aspx BYU German Course] | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/c/ca/German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf German Gothic Handwriting Guide] PDF (268 Kb) | |||
== The Austrian National Library == | == The Austrian National Library == | ||
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Some newspapers in this collection have been prepared for full text search which is in Beta version. Nearly 200,000 newspaper issues with nearly 2 million pages of searchable full text are online from 1704 to 1872. This is more than 97 percent of the newspapers located on ANNO up to 1872. | Some newspapers in this collection have been prepared for full text search which is in Beta version. Nearly 200,000 newspaper issues with nearly 2 million pages of searchable full text are online from 1704 to 1872. This is more than 97 percent of the newspapers located on ANNO up to 1872. | ||
The full text is based on an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) data read, an automated process. As a result in a the quality of text recognition varies. Success in locating a name or place might be increased with the use of wildcards. | The full text is based on an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) data read, an automated process; early issues are printed in the Old Gothic font (Fraktur). As a result in a the quality of text recognition varies. Success in locating a name or place might be increased with the use of wildcards. | ||
*[http://anno.onb.ac.at/anno-suche/ ANNO search] | *[http://anno.onb.ac.at/anno-suche/ ANNO search] | ||