Friday Finds in Newspapers: 27 March 2015

Recently, I found the following article regarding historic newspapers:

• Troy (New York) Irish Genealogy Society Adds Marriage Notices Appearing in Lansingburgh Newspapers 1787 – 1895 by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 10 of its titles with more content from Idaho, North Dakota, and South Carolina.
• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 25 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria.
• The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has added one title to its collection, Spilyay Tymoo, the current newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 20 March 2015 (A Day Late)

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Extra, Extra, Read All About It --- The Detroit News SUBJECT Index Cards are Now Online at SeekingMichigan.org by LE at MCGG and Let's Talk...Genealogy
• New additions to BAnQ’s online newspapers collection by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte
• The focus for The Genealogy Guys Podcast #285 was Newspaper Research. This podcast is hosted by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith. Go here for more information on how to listen to a podcast.
• Now Online: Death Notices Appearing in Lansingburgh, New York, Newspapers 1787 – 1895 by Dick Eastman of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Ancestry.com Launches Genealogy Website for Searching Irish Newspapers by Tyler at GenealogyInsider
• But WE know… by Judy G. Russell at The Legal Genealogist
• In search of the Eatonville Dispatch by Shawn Schollmeyer at Between the Lines (Washington State Library Blog)
• Milford (Michigan) Times Obituary Index 1929-1949 is now Online by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 17 of its titles with more content from Mississippi.
• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 35 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria.
• GenealogyBank added 31 new titles and updated 11 titles with more content. These include newspapers from Alabama, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington
• March 16 was the 188th anniversary of the founding of the first black newspaper in the United States, Freedom's Journal, which was published in New York City.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 13 March 2015

Recently, I found the following article regarding historic newspapers:

• Women's History Month 2015: Newspapers by Gena Philibert-Ortega at Gena's Genealogy - Gena points out that while it may be difficult to research our female ancestors, historical newspapers make it easier.

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated two of its titles with more content from Ohio.
• The National Library of Australia's Trove has update  eight of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 6 March 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Checking Out Chicago’s Old German Newspapers by Julie Cahill Tarr at Julie's Genealogy & History Hub - Got Germans? Got Germans in German newspapers with German script? Check this out!
• How to Search for Old Newspaper Articles in the Google News Archive by Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers - a handy video tutorial
• North Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive by Donnie Summerlin at the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia - "The North Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to six newspaper titles published in three north Georgia cities (Dalton, Gainesville, and Rome) from 1850 to 1922." Click on the link to read more.
• Bill Silver Digital Newspaper Archive by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte - for those of us with British Columbia, Canada ancestors and relatives
• Four early newspapers added to historic collection by Sam Thompson at From Our Corner (the Washington Office of the Secretary of State’s blog) - titles from Anacortes, Oroville, Shelton, and Yakima

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 34 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington.
• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 36 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria.