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Some digitized newspapers are full-text searchable, but many still have to be searched page by page. Since few indexes are available, you must know the approximate date of the newspaper to search. Newspapers became more common in Germany after 1855, when a tax on paper was lifted. | Some digitized newspapers are full-text searchable, but many still have to be searched page by page. Since few indexes are available, you must know the approximate date of the newspaper to search. Newspapers became more common in Germany after 1855, when a tax on paper was lifted. | ||
==German terms for newspapers== | ====German terms for newspapers==== | ||
The standard term for a newspaper is “Zeitung”, but other terms are often used in the name that may allude to the publication’s primary purpose, frequency, or intended audience. | The standard term for a newspaper is “Zeitung”, but other terms are often used in the name that may allude to the publication’s primary purpose, frequency, or intended audience. | ||
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Recently published guides include: | Recently published guides include: | ||
* Beidler, James M., ''The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide- How to Find your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers.'' Cincinnati, Ohio: Family Tree Books, 2018. | *Beidler, James M., ''The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide- How to Find your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers.'' Cincinnati, Ohio: Family Tree Books, 2018. | ||
* Thode, Ernest, ''Historic German Newspapers Online,'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014. This book includes links to approximately 2,000 German-language newspapers available online. | *Thode, Ernest, ''Historic German Newspapers Online,'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014. This book includes links to approximately 2,000 German-language newspapers available online. | ||
For a bibliography of about 5,000 historical German-interest newspapers and the repositories, see the following source: | For a bibliography of about 5,000 historical German-interest newspapers and the repositories, see the following source: | ||