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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Newspapers|U.S. Newspapers]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama|Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama_Newspapers|Newspapers]]'' | |||
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Newspapers can provide useful information. They publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals. Notices include names of the persons involved, the date of the event, and may contain maiden names, names of parents, and names of other living relatives. | Newspapers can provide useful information. They publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals. Notices include names of the persons involved, the date of the event, and may contain maiden names, names of parents, and names of other living relatives. | ||
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Newspapers are an important source of family history information for Alabama. Look for marriage and death notices, news of visiting relatives, local events, stories about the elderly , and histories (continuing in several issues). The Tombigbee-Mobile area had the earliest newspapers, including the Mobile Sentinel, Fort Stoddert, 1811; Mobile Gazette, Mobile, 1812; Halcyon, St. Stephens, 1815; and Blackall Sun and Alabama Advertiser, Blackall, 1819. The probate judge of the county was required to maintain copies of all newspapers carrying legal notices. The judges did not always comply. | Newspapers are an important source of family history information for Alabama. Look for marriage and death notices, news of visiting relatives, local events, stories about the elderly , and histories (continuing in several issues). The Tombigbee-Mobile area had the earliest newspapers, including the Mobile Sentinel, Fort Stoddert, 1811; Mobile Gazette, Mobile, 1812; Halcyon, St. Stephens, 1815; and Blackall Sun and Alabama Advertiser, Blackall, 1819. The probate judge of the county was required to maintain copies of all newspapers carrying legal notices. The judges did not always comply. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
== Resources for Alabama Newspapers == | == Resources for Alabama Newspapers == | ||
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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. | ||
Ancestorhunt.com provides a list of [http://www.ancestorhunt.com/alabama-newspapers.htm Alabama Newspapers] currently being published in the state of Alabama. | Ancestorhunt.com provides a list of [http://www.ancestorhunt.com/alabama-newspapers.htm Alabama Newspapers] currently being published in the state of Alabama. | ||
=== Digital Issues Online === | === Digital Issues Online === | ||
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'''Newspaper Clippings''' | '''Newspaper Clippings''' | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Alabama_newspaper_clippings_taken_from_G.html?id=ep6eSAAACAAJ Alabama newspaper clippings : taken from Georgia newspapers, 1814-1907 ]- full-text freely available via Brigham Young University Digital Collections | *[http://books.google.com/books/about/Alabama_newspaper_clippings_taken_from_G.html?id=ep6eSAAACAAJ Alabama newspaper clippings : taken from Georgia newspapers, 1814-1907 ]- full-text freely available via Brigham Young University Digital Collections | ||
Newspapers are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Newspapers are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
ALABAMA- NEWSPAPERS ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- NEWSPAPERS ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- VITAL RECORDS ALABAMA, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- NEWSPAPERS | ALABAMA- NEWSPAPERS ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- NEWSPAPERS ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- VITAL RECORDS ALABAMA, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- NEWSPAPERS | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
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[[Category:Alabama|Newspapers]] | [[Category:Alabama|Newspapers]] | ||