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==Why use newspapers?== | ==Why use newspapers?== | ||
*Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries), and local news. | *Newspapers report family information within notices of births, marriages, and deaths (obituaries), and local news. | ||
*Newspapers usually began before government birth, marriage, and death records | *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. | *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. | *Unlike most government records, newspaper articles are not limited to a form. Thus, newspapers may contain details not found in more structured records. | ||