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Guide to locating newspapers for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
 
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==Why use newspapers?==
*Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries and notices), 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.
*Cultural newspapers may exist reporting on different happenings for people of specific languages, countries, or religions.
{{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; 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.
 
==How do you find newspapers?==
===Online Newspaper Collections===
($) indicates sites that require paid subscriptions
 
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/np_newspapers/ Ancestry.com] ($)
*[http://anno.onb.ac.at/ Austrian Newspapers Online]
*[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk British Newspaper Archive] ($)
*[https://www.canadiana.ca/collection-serials Canadiana: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers]
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress]
*[https://directory.advantage-preservation.com/SiteDirectory Community History Archive Directory (Advantage Preservation)]
*[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.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
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search/british-newspapers Findmypast] ($)
*[https://www.fold3.com/ Fold3.com] ($)
*[http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ Genealogy Bank] ($)
*[http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2014/07/online-digital-newspaper-collections-by.html Genealogy's Star Online Digital Newspaper Collections by State]
*[https://books.google.com/books/newspapers Google Books]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive]
*[https://archive.org/details/newspapers Internet Archive]
*[http://www.legacy.com/ns/about/newspapers/ Legacy.com]
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-8000/newspapers?s=762783751 MyHeritage.com] ($)
*[http://www.neh.gov/projects/ndnp.html The National Digital Newspaper Program]
*[https://www.newsbank.com/ Newsbank.com] (available in some libraries)
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?pages=30 NewspaperArchive.com] ($)
*[https://www.newspapers.com Newspapers.com] ($)
*[https://www.obitsarchive.com/ ObitsArchive] ($)
*[http://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home Online Historical Newspapers Website]
*[http://www.xooxleanswers.com/free-newspaper-archives/other-international-newspaper-archives/ Other International Newspaper Archives] (Canada, Australia, Asia, Carribean and others)
*[http://www.paperofrecord.com Paper of Record] ($)
*[https://www.readex.com/ Readex] (available in some libraries)
*[https://www.refdesk.com/paper.html RefDesk]
*[https://www.smalltownpapers.com/index.php Small Town Newspapers]
*[https://tidningar.kb.se/ Svenska dagstidningar] / Swedish Newspapers
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Trove Digitized Newspapers] Australia
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/newspapers-obituaries/ US Historical Newspapers and Obituaries at Latter-day Saint Compiled Genealogies]
*[https://www.neh.gov/us-newspaper-program U.S. Newspaper Program]
*[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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===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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*'''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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Latest revision as of 19:50, 17 May 2024

Guide to locating newspapers for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.

Why use newspapers?

  • Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries and notices), 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.
  • Cultural newspapers may exist reporting on different happenings for people of specific languages, countries, or religions.
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.

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; 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.

How do you find newspapers?

Online Newspaper Collections

($) indicates sites that require paid subscriptions




Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles

See the links to newspapers in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.

Newspaper sidebar.png





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.

Look for the blue button on each state and country
main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.

OGS.png

A typical Online Genealogy Records page.

Newspapers sidebar.png





FamilySearch Catalog

  • Newspapers collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the 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.

Catalog newspapers.png

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