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 Guide to locating newspapers for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
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+===Online Resources===
-==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. They often began publishing soon a town was first settled.
-*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?==
-*'''Birth announcements '''may contain the infant's name, birth date, and parents' names, as well as the religion of the family.
-*'''Wedding announcements '''may contain the wedding date and place;&nbsp;the&nbsp;names of the bride, groom, bride's parents, and groom's parents; and the religion of the family.
-*'''Death notices and obituaries '''may contain the name and place of residence of&nbsp;close family and friends of the decedent, as well as the decedent's death date and place, birth date and place, and biographical information, such as occupation, military service, religion, schools attended, parents' names, places of residence over time, and place of origin.
-*'''News stories, legal notices, local personal columns and advertisements '''may contain nearly any information imaginable, including political or criminal activity, legal and domestic disputes, real estate transactions, business information, social contacts, military service, missing persons (including runaway slaves), or information about local disasters, epidemics, or other community milestones which affected the local population. Early local columns are more like local gossip but contain rich family information.
-==How do you find newspapers?==
-===Online Newspaper Collections===
-($) indicates sites that require paid subscriptions
 *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/np_newspapers/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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 *[https://www.delpher.nl/ Delpher » Kranten, Boeken & Tijdschriften] / Newspapers, Books & Magazines
 *[http://aalst.courant.nu/ Digitale Krantenarchief - D.A.D.D. vzw / Stadsarchief Aalst] Belgian Newspapers 1836-1992
-*[http://www.elephind.com/ Elephind.com]
 *[http://www.xooxleanswers.com/free-newspaper-archives/newspaper-archives-europe/ European Newspaper Archives, by country]
 *[https://www.europeana.eu/en/collections/topic/18-newspapers Europeana] - various European countries including Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Serbia, and Poland
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 *[https://digitalnewspapers.org Utah Digital Newspapers] (Utah, USA)
 *[[wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives]]
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-===Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles===
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-|style="border:solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
-<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to newspapers in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.'''</span><center>
-[[File:Newspaper sidebar.png|900px]]
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-===Online Genealogical Records Pages===
-On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of '''online record collections.'''
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+==What Newspapers Are==
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+*Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries and notices), and local news.
-|style="border:solid black 2px; vertical-align:top; padding:10px"|
+*Newspapers usually began before government birth, marriage, and death records. They often began publishing soon a town was first settled.
-<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Look for the blue button on each state and country '''<br>'''main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.'''</span><center>
+*Newspapers may serve as a substitute for civil records that were destroyed.
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+*Unlike most government records, newspaper articles are not limited to a form. Thus, newspapers may contain details not found in more structured records.
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+*Newspapers can report marriages, deaths or accomplishments of people who no longer live in the area but who still have friends or family there.
-|style="border:solid black 2px; vertical-align:top; padding:10px"|
+*Newspapers may report events in the life of local inhabitants even when these events occurred elsewhere.
-<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''A typical Online Genealogy Records page. '''
+*Cultural newspapers may exist reporting on different happenings for people of specific languages, countries, or religions.
-[[File:Newspapers sidebar.png|700px]]
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+==Information in Newspapers==
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+*'''Birth announcements '''may contain the infant's name, birth date, and parents' names, as well as the religion of the family.
+*'''Wedding announcements '''may contain the wedding date and place; the names of the bride, groom, bride's parents, and groom's parents; and the religion of the family.
+*'''Death notices and obituaries '''may contain the name and place of residence of close family and friends of the decedent, as well as the decedent's death date and place, birth date and place, and biographical information, such as occupation, military service, religion, schools attended, parents' names, places of residence over time, and place of origin.
+*'''News stories, legal notices, local personal columns and advertisements '''may contain nearly any information imaginable, including political or criminal activity, legal and domestic disputes, real estate transactions, business information, social contacts, military service, missing persons (including runaway slaves), or information about local disasters, epidemics, or other community milestones which affected the local population. Early local columns are more like local gossip but contain rich family information.
+==Newspapers by Location==
+Search by country:
+*[[:Category:Newspapers]]
+==Research Strategies==
+*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.
-*'''Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at''' [[Online Genealogy Records by Location|'''Online Genealogy Records by Location.''']]
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-===FamilySearch Catalog===
-*Newspapers collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch catalog'''.] Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select the Newspapers topic that helps.
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