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=== Online Resources === | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/ Indexed Images of the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780] | *[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/ Indexed Images of the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780] | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/va Virginia Online Historical Newspapers] | *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/va Virginia Online Historical Newspapers] | ||
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Virginiaðnicity=&language= Chronicling America Virginia Digitized Newspapers] | *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Virginiaðnicity=&language= Chronicling America Virginia Digitized Newspapers] | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=49&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Virginia Newspapers] ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=49&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Virginia Newspapers] ($) | ||
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/ NewspaperArchive] ($) | *[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/ NewspaperArchive] ($) | ||
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3u3nxgfnd-AC ''Virginia Gazette'' for the years 1774-1775, 1791-1803, 1807-1809 Google News] | *[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3u3nxgfnd-AC ''Virginia Gazette'' for the years 1774-1775, 1791-1803, 1807-1809 Google News] | ||
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=9tJtKg94vZsC ''Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser'' for the years 1803-1805 Google News] | *[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=9tJtKg94vZsC ''Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser'' for the years 1803-1805 Google News] | ||
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lVu93_cgYy4C ''Virginia Herald'' for the years 1792-1795, 1807-1809 ''Virginia Herald'' for the years 1792-1795, 1807-1809Google News] | *[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lVu93_cgYy4C ''Virginia Herald'' for the years 1792-1795, 1807-1809 ''Virginia Herald'' for the years 1792-1795, 1807-1809Google News] | ||
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dL6bBWYs_hoC ''Virginia Argus'' for the years 1799-1802, 1804-1805, 1810-1811, 1816Google News] | *[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dL6bBWYs_hoC ''Virginia Argus'' for the years 1799-1802, 1804-1805, 1810-1811, 1816Google News] | ||
*[http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/usvirgin.htm OnlineNewspapers.com] | *[http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/usvirgin.htm OnlineNewspapers.com] | ||
*[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/virginia/?kbid=10435&m=13 Virginia Newspaper Archives (1736 - 1986)] GenealogyBank ($) | *[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/virginia/?kbid=10435&m=13 Virginia Newspaper Archives (1736 - 1986)] GenealogyBank ($) | ||
== History | ==History== | ||
Virginia's earliest newspaper, the ''Virginia Gazette,'' was first published in Williamsburg in 1736. Other towns began publishing local newspapers in the 1780s and 1790s.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):235.</ref> | Virginia's earliest newspaper, the ''Virginia Gazette,'' was first published in Williamsburg in 1736. Other towns began publishing local newspapers in the 1780s and 1790s.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):235.</ref> | ||
== Resources for Virginia Newspapers | ==Resources for Virginia Newspapers== | ||
=== Libraries and Archives | ===Published Transcriptions and Abstracts=== | ||
* Crouse, Randy F. McNew. "'''''the freshest Advices, Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogical Records from Newspapers, 1736-1850'''," 2019.'' '''ISBN: 978-1-7343481-0-1''', Available at: '''Lulu ($):''' [https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rfloydc "''the freshest Advices"''] Randy F. McNew Crouse has transcribed newspaper articles relating to '''Buckingham County''' and central '''Virginia''' including '''Richmond''', '''Charlottesville''', '''Farmville''', '''Lynchburg''', '''Appomattox''' and vicinity. A '''''chronicle''''' of the history and life of '''Buckingham''' county and environs up through 1850. The 800 page volume, transcribed from some 140 news periodicals' more than 75,000 issues, contains, in its 2,037 '''''fully''''' transcribed articles, images of a great many of the actual articles and a 56 page, 3-column index with nearly 17,000 references. There are photographs, illustrations and numerous footnotes, a bibliography, statistics and a source guide. The index is extremely thorough and includes nearly every noun, including watercourses, counties, cities, towns, over 10,000 personal names, (among which are a few thousand named women and children and 522 named slaves,) occupations, taverns, pastimes, entertainment, plantations, geographical features, natural resources, social and political events, agricultural crops, technology, medicine, crime, punishment, weather and more. There are slave sale ads, land sale ads, ads for lost horses and runaway slaves, marriage and death notices, obituaries, chancery cases (some naming entire and extended families over multiple generations,) committee appointments, removal notices and more. This compilation, that bridges the records gap for this burned county until the 1850 census, is an important addition to '''Buckingham's''' all too few available historical and genealogical sources. The reader will find a discriminating selection of the “freshest Advices” of the sort that slaked the thirst for intelligence and for the amusement of yeomen, tavern patrons, gentry and wealthy planters all. Arguably, the most thorough and complete work of its kind yet produced for a single Virginia county. This valuable resource will be especially appreciated by genealogists, antiquarians, historians, demographers, journalists and sociologists as it offers a glimpse into the life and mores of early America. | |||
* Headley, Robert K. "'''''Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers'''."'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. {{FHL|601028|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 D2hr}}. | |||
*Hiatt, Marty. "'''Marriage and Death Notices from the Genius of Liberty, 1817–1843'''." Northern Virginia Genealogy, 2005. Published in 2005 as a special issue of Northern Virginia Genealogy. | |||
*Henley, Bernard J., Virginia Genealogical Society, '''Marriages and Deaths from Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1780-1820''', Southern Historical Press, 1983. 285 pages. “Since Richmond was the state capital and a center of commerce for a wide area, the marriage and death notices abstracted here frequently refer to persons in other states, and other areas of Virginia. Some of the notices included were news items rather than obituaries or social notes. Many were obviously copied from out-of-town papers of unknown dates and a number of these were apparently included for their humor content or strangeness.” | |||
*Henley, Bernard J., Virginia Genealogical Society, '''Marriage Notices from Richmond, Virginia, Newspapers, 1821-1840'''. Virginia Genealogical Society, 1997. 238 pages. | |||
*Henley, Bernard J., Virginia Genealogical Society, '''Marriage Notices from Richmond, Virginia, Newspapers, 1841-1853'''. Virginia Genealogical Society, 1997. 238 pages. | |||
A more extensive list of published newspaper transcriptions may be found in the bibliography of Crouse's book "'''''the freshest Advices, Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogical Records from Newspapers, 1736-1850'''," 2019.'' '''ISBN: 978-1-7343481-0-1''', Available at: '''Lulu ($):''' [https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rfloydc "''the freshest Advices"''] | |||
===Libraries and Archives=== | |||
The [[Library of Virginia]], [[Virginia Historical Society]], and University of Virginia have large collections of newspapers for the state. | The [[Library of Virginia]], [[Virginia Historical Society]], and University of Virginia have large collections of newspapers for the state. | ||
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[http://www.jmlibrary.org/newspapers-2/ Newspaper Collection] | [http://www.jmlibrary.org/newspapers-2/ Newspaper Collection] | ||
==== Newspaper Directory | ====Newspaper Directory==== | ||
The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections. | The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections. | ||
=== Digital Issues Online | ===Digital Issues Online=== | ||
{{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | {{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | ||
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[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=100 NewspaperArchive] ($) has a collection of digitized Virginia newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=100 NewspaperArchive] ($) has a collection of digitized Virginia newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | ||
Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette'' ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. | Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette''] (1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg] website. | ||
Issues of the ''Virginia Gazette'' for the years 1774-1775, 1791-1803, 1807-1809 are available online at [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3u3nxgfnd-AC Google News] - free. | Issues of the ''Virginia Gazette'' for the years 1774-1775, 1791-1803, 1807-1809 are available online at [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3u3nxgfnd-AC Google News] - free. | ||
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[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Virginia online. | [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Virginia online. | ||
=== Indexes | ===Indexes=== | ||
{{VAnewspapers}} | {{VAnewspapers}} | ||
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Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia. | Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia. | ||
=== The Family History Library | ===The Family History Library=== | ||
The Family History Library has acquired very few copies of newspapers from Virginia. A bibliography of [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] newspapers is: | The Family History Library has acquired very few copies of newspapers from Virginia. A bibliography of [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] newspapers is: | ||
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:*'''1731-1868''' - Dobson, David. ''American Vital Records From the Gentleman's Magazine''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. {{FHL|529535|item|disp=FHL Book 973 V22d}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49029 Ancestry] ($). | :*'''1731-1868''' - Dobson, David. ''American Vital Records From the Gentleman's Magazine''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. {{FHL|529535|item|disp=FHL Book 973 V22d}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49029 Ancestry] ($). | ||
== Websites | ==Websites== | ||
== References | ==References== | ||
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{{Virginia|Virginia}} {{U.S. Newspapers}} | {{Virginia|Virginia}} {{U.S. Newspapers}} | ||
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