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[[Image:New York Times.jpg|border|left| | [[Image:New York Times.jpg|border|left|185px|New York Times.jpg]]Newspapers, especially obituaries, are a favorite tool of genealogists. Newspapers are typically filled with family information, sometimes tell is about a person's education and career, tell us what church the person attended and where they are buried. <br><br> | ||
But sometimes finding the newspaper you need can be difficult. There are some on-line resources: Proquest for large cities (New York, Chicago) and NewspaperArchive for many smaller cities. But these only scratch the surface; for the vast majority of cities and towns in the U.S. we must depend on microfilm. <br> | But sometimes finding the newspaper you need can be difficult. There are some on-line resources: Proquest for large cities (New York, Chicago) and NewspaperArchive for many smaller cities. But these only scratch the surface; for the vast majority of cities and towns in the U.S. we must depend on microfilm. <br> | ||