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== Using Newspapers for Family History == | == Using Newspapers for Family History == | ||
Newspapers in rural areas of Utah can contain information not found in other records. They specialize in items of local interests, balanced with regional, state, and national news. Unique information may include: | Newspapers in rural areas of Utah can contain information not found in other records. They specialize in items of local interests, balanced with regional, state, and national news. Unique information may include: | ||
*Legal notices from nearby towns and neighboring counties. | *Legal notices from nearby towns and neighboring counties. | ||
*Social colums from the town and surrounding areas | |||
*Advertising of the time that are insightful, and may include a business your relatives owned. | *Advertising of the time that are insightful, and may include a business your relatives owned. | ||
*In "slow news" days, a newspaper may include "filler," such as stories, jokes, or, on occasion, names of hotel guests or people arriving on the stage coach. | *In "slow news" days, a newspaper may include "filler," such as stories, jokes, or, on occasion, names of hotel guests or people arriving on the stage coach. | ||
See [[United States Newspapers#Coverage_and_content_of_U.S._newspapers|Coverage and content of U.S. newspapers]] for an overview of what you may learn in newspapers. | See [[United States Newspapers#Coverage_and_content_of_U.S._newspapers|Coverage and content of U.S. newspapers]] for an overview of what you may learn in newspapers. | ||
== The History of Newspapers in Utah == | == The History of Newspapers in Utah == | ||