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== | ==Why use newspapers?== | ||
*Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries), and local news. | |||
*Newspapers usually began before government birth, marriage, and death records, often published soon after the initial settlement of a locality. | |||
*Newspapers may serve as a substitute for civil records that were destroyed. | |||
*Unlike most government records, newspaper articles are not limited to a form. Thus, newspapers may contain details not found in more structured records. | |||
*Newspapers can report marriages, deaths or accomplishments of people who no longer live in the area but who still have friends or family there. | |||
*Newspapers may report events in the life of local inhabitants even when these events occurred elsewhere. | |||
{{Tip|Check newspapers from a week or two before or after a wedding, funeral, or wedding anniversary to find mention of out-of-town visitors and relatives.}} | |||
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==What can you find in newspapers?== | ==What can you find in newspapers?== | ||
==How do you find newspapers?== | ==How do you find newspapers?== | ||