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== Resources for New York Newspapers == | == Resources for New York Newspapers == | ||
=== Digital Newspaper Issues Online === | === Digital Newspaper Issues Online === | ||
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:*[http://news.nnyln.net/ Northern New York Historical Newspapers] - free, consists of more than 2,279,000 pages from fifty-one newspapers from [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego]], [[Jefferson County, New York|Jefferson]], [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis]], [[St. Lawrence County, New York|St. Lawrence], [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin]], [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], and [[Essex County, New York|Essex]] Counties. | :*[http://news.nnyln.net/ Northern New York Historical Newspapers] - free, consists of more than 2,279,000 pages from fifty-one newspapers from [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego]], [[Jefferson County, New York|Jefferson]], [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis]], [[St. Lawrence County, New York|St. Lawrence], [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin]], [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], and [[Essex County, New York|Essex]] Counties. | ||
=== Indexes === | === Newspaper Indexes === | ||
''Newspaper Indexes Online'' | ==== ''Newspaper Indexes Online'' ==== | ||
In addition to newspapers that are imaged online, there are also newspaper indexes and abstracts. [http://usgenweb.org/ USGENWEB] for New York has many links to newspaper indexes on the individual county pages. <br> | |||
They are sometimes found under the category “Vital Records” instead of “Newspapers” or “Obituaries.” These indexes usually indicate at least the event (death, marriage, or genealogically significant mention), the date of the event, and the date of the newspaper. Since they are indexes, they do not link to images.<br> | They are sometimes found under the category “Vital Records” instead of “Newspapers” or “Obituaries.” These indexes usually indicate at least the event (death, marriage, or genealogically significant mention), the date of the event, and the date of the newspaper. Since they are indexes, they do not link to images.<br> | ||
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Originally a W.P.A. Project, the index is to personal names and covers more than births, deaths, and marriages. The website has a form that can be sent to order copies of the original articles in which the name was mentioned.<br> | Originally a W.P.A. Project, the index is to personal names and covers more than births, deaths, and marriages. The website has a form that can be sent to order copies of the original articles in which the name was mentioned.<br> | ||
''Newspaper Indexes in Book Form'' | ==== '''''Newspaper Indexes in Book Form''''' ==== | ||
*B-Ann Moorhouse, "Notices of Irish-Born Persons in New York City Newspapers," ''The Irish Ancestor.'' V, no.1. (1973): 24-27. {{FHL|1015701|item|disp=FHL book 941.5 B2i vol. 5}} - article covers death, original Parish and County where deceased person was born in Ireland, relationships, and place of burial. Years covered 1819-1891. <br> | *B-Ann Moorhouse, "Notices of Irish-Born Persons in New York City Newspapers," ''The Irish Ancestor.'' V, no.1. (1973): 24-27. {{FHL|1015701|item|disp=FHL book 941.5 B2i vol. 5}} - article covers death, original Parish and County where deceased person was born in Ireland, relationships, and place of burial. Years covered 1819-1891. <br> | ||
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*Kenneth Scott, ''Genealogical Data From Colonial New York Newspapers: A Consolidation From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977). {{FHL|86458|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 D28s}} - indexes newspapers from 1726–1783. <br> | *Kenneth Scott, ''Genealogical Data From Colonial New York Newspapers: A Consolidation From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977). {{FHL|86458|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 D28s}} - indexes newspapers from 1726–1783. <br> | ||
*Kenneth Scott, ''Genealogical Data from the New York Post-Boy 1743–1773'' (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980). {{FHL|785147|item|disp=FHL book974.71 B38s}}<br> | *Kenneth Scott, ''Genealogical Data from the New York Post-Boy 1743–1773'' (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980). {{FHL|785147|item|disp=FHL book974.71 B38s}}<br> | ||
'''''New York Times'' book indexes:''' | |||
''New York Times'' book indexes: | |||
*Byron A. Falk, Jr., and Valerie R. Falk, ''Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index, 1851–1979"'' (Succasunna, New Jersey: Roxbury Data Interface, 1976 and 1975–1989 1993) {{FHL|243381|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 B3f}} - indexes ''The New York Times Index'' <br> | *Byron A. Falk, Jr., and Valerie R. Falk, ''Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index, 1851–1979"'' (Succasunna, New Jersey: Roxbury Data Interface, 1976 and 1975–1989 1993) {{FHL|243381|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 B3f}} - indexes ''The New York Times Index'' <br> | ||
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