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== | == Resources for Texas Newspapers == | ||
The best 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. | |||
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|204680|item}} 976.4 H2smm | |||
*''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 | |||
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 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 | |||
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] | |||
=== Digital Issues Online === | |||
{{wikipedia|List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} | |||
=== Indexes === | |||
== | == Web Sites == | ||
*http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm | |||
*http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/ | |||
*[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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Revision as of 19:25, 26 July 2011
Resources for Texas Newspapers[edit | edit source]
The best 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.
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 Collection 976.4 H2smm
- 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 Collection 1036813 item 4
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 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. FHL Collection 976.4 V4t; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: FHL Collection 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
Digital Issues Online[edit | edit source]
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm
- http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/
- The Olden Times website partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.