US, Australia, and Canada Updates

Florida - four new titles for Lauderdale County from Google News Archive

Idaho - one new title from the Library of Congress

Illinois - one new and one updated title from the Library of Congress

Iowa - four new titles for Wayne County from Advantage-Preservation; 25 new titles for Appanoose County from Advantage-Preservation

Louisiana - three new titles from the Library of Congress

Minnesota - 26 new titles from the Library of Congress

Mississippi - 22 new titles from the Library of Congress

Nebraska - three new titles from North Bend Public Library

New Jersey - corrected two links to New Brunswick Free Public Library; added two new links from Rockaway Township Public Library

New York - corrected 84 links to New York State Historic Newspapers from old Northern New York Historical Newspapers and Rochester Regional Library Council site

Oregon - eight new and four updated titles from the Library of Congress; 20 new and eight updated titles from Historic Oregon Newspapers

Virginia - one new title from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Washington - removed link to Seattle Post-Intelligencer, pending updated info from webmaster

Wisconsin - three new titles for Milwaukee from Google News Archive

Tasmania - corrected the spelling of Launceston; also updated range of dates for Examiner

Ontario - one new title from Google News Archive

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 10 April 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• State Not Archiving Newspapers by Lauren Mills at IowaWatch
• Troy (New York) Irish Genealogy Society Adds Marriage Notices Appearing in Lansingburgh Newspapers 1787 – 1895 by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Please Copy by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 32 of its titles with more content from Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and West Virginia.
• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 70 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, 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.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 12 December 2014

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• The British Newspaper Archive celebrates its 3rd birthday by Thomas MacEntee at GeneaPress
• Online Historic Digitized Canadian Newspapers by Leland Meitzler at GenealogyBlog
• Vienna Progress Added to the South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive and Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive by Donnie Summerlin at the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia
• The British Newspaper Archive starts digitising eight new titles by Thomas MacEntee at GeneaPress
• Early 19th-century Kingston newspapers available online by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte
• British Newspaper Archive: Looking good at 40-plus by Claire Santry at Irish Genealogy News
• Readex Enlarges Early American Newspapers with Series 11, 1803-1899: Fresh insights into American history, culture and daily life at the Readex News Releases
• Partnership with Hood River County Library District Provides New Content for Historic Oregon Newspapers Online! at the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program blog

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 19 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina. 

Alabama, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and North Carolina New Pages and Updates

Here are new pages and updates from mid-November 2011 to the present:

New Pages

British Columbia, Canada - with 26 titles from the University of British Columbia (free)

New Jersey - with six titles from the Millburn Free Public Library (free) and 41 titles from GenealogyBank ($)


Updates

Alabama - two new titles from Jacksonville State University (free) 

California - expanded dates for Evening Tribune (San Diego) from 1898-1933 to 1895-1933; title found at GenealogyBank ($)

Connecticut - one new title from Genealogy Bank ($)

Florida - expanded dates for Tampa Tribune from 1926-1933 to 1895-1933; title found at GenealogyBank ($)

Georgia - expanded dates for Augusta Chronicle from 1881 - 1917 to 1792-2003 and Marietta Journal from 1985 - 1988 to 1868 - 1998; both titles found at GenealogyBank ($)

Illinois - added Broad Axe for Chicago from GenealogyBank ($)


North Carolina - 17 new titles from the DigitalNC Collection (free); 14 new titles from GenealogyBank ($)

Canada - now with four out of 13 provinces and territories linked

United States - now with 47 out of 51 states and the District of Columbia linked. Only Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, and West Virginia remain. Yes, they have newspapers; I just haven't gotten to them yet!

Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Wyoming Updates

Here are updates from late August to the present:

United States - two new states added (South Dakota and Wisconsin), bringing the total to 45 out of 50 states

Alabama - four new titles from Birmingham Public Library; 19 new titles from GenealogyBank

California - three new titles from the Torrence Public Library; one expanded and five new titles from GenealogyBank

Colorado - two new titles from GenealogyBank


Connecticut - one new title from GenealogyBank

Florida - one new title from GenealogyBank

Georgia - one new title from GenealogyBank

Idaho - one new title from GenealogyBank

Illinois - three new titles from GenealogyBank

Indiana - six new titles from Switzerland County High School

Missouri - four new titles from the Southeast Missourian

North Carolina - one new title from the DigitalNC Collection

Wyoming - four new titles from GenealogyBank

Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington New Pages and Updates

I have been adding quite a bit of links to the website the past four months, but have not taken the time to list the new pages and updates. It really is amazing how many digitized newspapers are out there, and how quickly various institutions, organizations, and businesses are adding more and more to the Internet each week!

New Pages

Idaho - with three titles from Google News Archive

Indiana - with two titles from Google News Archive

Iowa - with six titles from Google News Archive

Rhode Island - with one new title from Google News Archive


Updates

Alabama - one new title from Google News Archive

Arizona - updated three titles from the Library of Congress with more years of coverage; added two new titles from the Library of Congress, and one new title from Google News Archive

Florida - one new title from the University of Florida and three new titles from Google News Archive

Georgia - one new title from Google News Archive

Illinois -  one new title from Google News Archive

Kansas - 13 new titles from the Library of Congress and 39 new titles from GenealogyBank

Louisiana - five new titles from Google News Archive

Maryland - six new titles from Google News Archive

Michigan -28 new titles: one from the Commerical Record, seven from Google News Archive, 13 from GenealogyBank, two from Footnote, one from the Salem-South Lyon Digital Archives, two from the Rawson Memorial Library, one from the Making of Modern Michigan, and one from the Ann Arbor District Library

Montana -  two new titles from Google News Archive

North Carolina - three new titles from Google News Archive

Ohio - one new title from Google News Archive

Oklahoma - three new titles from Google News Archive

Pennsylvania - three new titles from Google News Archive

Texas - one new title from Google News Archive

Washington - one new title from Google News Archive

Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New York, and Washington New Pages and Updates

I have been adding new information to the website, but have neglected to send out updates. Here's what's new:

New Pages

Alabama - with one title from Google News Archive

Connecticut - with five titles from Google News Archive

Delaware - with one title from Google News Archive

Montana - with one title from the Montana Memory Project

Louisiana - with six titles from the Library of Congress


Updates

United States - now with the District of Columbia and 31 out of 50 states linked

California - one new title from Google News Archive; new county added: Butte

Florida - three new titles from Google News Archive

Illinois - 49 new titles: one from the Quincy Public Library, 37 from GenealogyBank, seven from Footnote, one from the Chicago Public Library, two from the UIUC Historical Newspapers Online, and one from the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection. New counties include Clinton, Douglas, Fayette, Gallatin, Hancock, Logan, Madison, Marion, Menard, Moultrie, Piatt, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, and Winnebago.

Michigan - one new title from Google News Archive; new county added: Shiawassee

New York - six new titles: two from Old Fulton on New York Postcards and four from the Rochester Regional Library Council

Washington - ten new titles: two from Google News Archive, one from the Washington Secretary of State, and seven from the Library of Congress. New counties include Benton and Kittitas.