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The best collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in the "[[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section of this outline. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. | The best collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in the "[[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section of this outline. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. | ||
Guides to help you locate newspapers are: | Guides to help you locate newspapers are: | ||
Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. (FHL book 976.4 H2smm.) | Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. (FHL book 976.4 H2smm.) | ||
''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (FHL book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on film 1036813 item 4.) | ''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (FHL book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on film 1036813 item 4.) | ||
Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published. An example is | Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published. An example is | ||
Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes. in 1 (Typescripts at the Clayton Library in Houston; FHL book 976.4 V4t; film 845442; a revised version with the dates 1832-1885 is on film 1398600 items 6-7). | Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes. in 1 (Typescripts at the Clayton Library in Houston; FHL book 976.4 V4t; film 845442; a revised version with the dates 1832-1885 is on film 1398600 items 6-7). | ||
Use this listing to find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared: Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation (Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin) [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php] | |||
=== Web Sites === | |||
http:// | http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm | ||
[[Category:Texas]] | http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/<br> | ||
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