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== History == | == History == | ||
== Resources for Texas Newspapers == | == Resources for Texas Newspapers == | ||
=== Libraries and Archives === | === Libraries and Archives === | ||
Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in [[Texas Archives and Libraries]]. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. | Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in [[Texas Archives and Libraries]]. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. | ||
=== Locating Texas Newspapers === | === Locating Texas Newspapers === | ||
The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections. | The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections. | ||
To find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared see [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation] (Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin). | To find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared see [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation] (Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin). | ||
Guide to help you locate newspapers: | Guide to help you locate newspapers: | ||
*Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. {{FHL|204680|item}} 976.4 H2smm ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9084079 Worldcat]) | *Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. {{FHL|204680|item}} 976.4 H2smm ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9084079 Worldcat]) | ||
*''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (Family History Library book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on {{FHL|189076|item}} 1036813 item 4 | *''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (Family History Library book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on {{FHL|189076|item}} 1036813 item 4 | ||
=== Digital Issues Online === | === Digital Issues Online === | ||
{{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | {{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | ||
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection {{nowrap|(over 9 million pages)}} of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=94 Texas newspapers] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection {{nowrap|(over 9 million pages)}} of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=94 Texas newspapers] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | ||
[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Texas online. | [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Texas online. | ||
=== Indexes === | === Indexes === | ||
Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published in: | Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published in: | ||
:*Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes in 1 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. {{FHL|189968|item}} 976.4 V4t; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: {{FHL|239929|item}} 1398600 items 6-7 | :*Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes in 1 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. {{FHL|189968|item}} 976.4 V4t; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: {{FHL|239929|item}} 1398600 items 6-7 | ||
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*[http://theoldentimes.com/hotel_guest_lists.html The Olden Times website] partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.<br> | *[http://theoldentimes.com/hotel_guest_lists.html The Olden Times website] partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.<br> | ||
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