Friday Finds in Newspapers: 11 December 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Tip: Don't Just Rely on the Search Function When Using Newspaper Databases by Christine Manczuk at Ancestry Island
• The British Newspaper Archive celebrates its 4th birthday by Holly at FindMyPast Blog - make sure to watch the video!
• Digital Newspapers Provide Genealogy Surprises by Lee Drew at FamHist
• Have You Looked in All Newspapers? by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day
• Troy Irish Genealogy Website adds Death Notices Appearing in Troy, NY Newspapers 1797 – 1860 by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• More than 200,000 WWI-period Saskatchewan newspaper pages digitized by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte
• National Digital Newspaper Program by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• The Europeana Newspapers Project Now Has 20+ Million Newspaper Pages Available Online by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 363 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 40 of its titles with more content from Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), South Carolina, Tennessee. Vermont, and Virginia
• In October and November, GenealogyBank added 18 new titles and updated 27 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. Read details here and here.
• The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has added eight titles to its collection from the cities of Athena and Corvallis.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 25 September 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Brazilian Newspaper Diario de Pernambuc – November 1825 - September 1924 – Now Digitized by Leland Meitzler at GenealogyBlog
• Updated: Richard Heaton’s Index to Digitalised British and Irish Newspapers Online by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Poughkeepsie Journal Newspapers are now Online by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Lamar University Newspapers 1933-2015 Posted Online by Leland Meitzler at GenealogyBlog

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 121 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.
• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 29 of its titles with more content from the District of Columbia, Indiana, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Maryland, Nevada, South Carolina, and South Dakota.
• In August, GenealogyBank added 10 new titles and updated 30 of its titles with more content. Read details here.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 17 July 2015

Recently, I found the following articles and items regarding historic newspapers:

• How To Save Articles, And Things From Google News Archive, a handy video at YouTube - I get emails all the time asking how to do this!
• Preserving and Digitizing Newspapers by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Savannah Historic Newspapers Expansion by Donnie Summerlin at The DLG (Digital Library of Georgia) Blog
• Battle Creek Enquirer Digitized Images Strikes Again! by Brenda Leyndyke at Journey to the Past
• List of links to online BC and New Brunswick newspapers updated by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte
• Historic Oregon Newspapers Online: Available and Forthcoming Titles at the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program blog

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated several hundred of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from all six states, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory.
• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 56 of its titles with more content from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
• The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has added 11 titles to its collection from the cities of Albany, Astoria, Heppner, Hood River, Monmouth, Pendleton, Salem, and Spray.
• Since March, GenealogyBank has added 444 new historical digitized titles and updated 46 historical digital titles with more content. They have also added transcribed obituaries from 78 new non-digitized, current newspapers. These include newspapers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
• In February, the Fulton (New York) Postcard Old Newspaper site updated its digitized collection with 105 titles. These include 62 titles from New York, as well as titles from Arkansas, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and the country of Sierra Leone.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 17 April 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Hidden Gems in Newspapers - I Hit the Jackpot on This Website by Diane Gould Hall at Michigan Family Trails
• Who Do You Think You Are? Recap with America Ferrera: Good News About Newspapers by Jessica Murray at the Ancestry.com blog
• Great Read: "How Fast It Grew": Old Photos of Valley's Birth and Boom by Hailey Branson-Potts at the Los Angeles Times - an online photo collection from the now-defunct (Los Angeles) Valley Times
• International Newspaper Links by Angela McGhie at Adventures in Genealogy Education

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 34 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.

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: 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.

Additions, Updates, and Corrections of U.S. Newspaper Pages

Over the past 10 months, I have slowly made many updates, corrections, and additions to the pages of the Online Historical Newspaper site, specifically the U.S. pages. For some time, I was unable to do any work on the site, as I had shoulder surgery shortly before Christmas 2013, and was in physical therapy until the spring.

This summer, I made the most changes on the site, but realized I have never posted an update. So here goes! You'll see many new and updated titles from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America site. I have everything updated for the states Alabama through Michigan from the Library of Congress, as of today.

Additions, Updates, and Corrections

Alabama - one new title from Library of Congress, and one from Google News Archive; corrected one link from Jackson State University

Arizona - 34 new and nine updated titles from Library of Congress

California - three new and four updated titles from Library of Congress

Colorado - corrected two titles from GenealogyBank; two new and seven updated titles to Library of Congress

District of Columbia - updated title from Georgia State University Library; two new and seven updated titles from Library of Congress

Georgia - one new title from Library of Congress

Hawai'i - one updated title from Library of Congress

Illinois - two new and seven updated titles from Library of Congress; one updated title and two corrected links to UIUC

Indiana - 21 new and four updated titles from Library of Congress

Iowa - 13 new titles from Library of Congress and one new title from GenealogyBank

Kansas - 25 new and two updated titles from Library of Congress

Kentucky - 30 new and 16 updated titles from Library of Congress

Louisiana - 73 new and one updated titles from Library of Congress

Maryland - two new titles from Library of Congress, one corrected link to Georgia State University Library

Michigan - 10 new and one updated titles from Library of Congress; corrected one link to Making of Modern Michigan and two links to Orion Township Public Library

New Jersey - 10 new titles from Atlantic County Library System

New York - corrected link to Rockland County Messenger; updated dates on Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Ohio - four new titles from Minster Historical Society & Museum

Tennessee - two new and one updated titles from Library of Congress

Utah - one new title from Library of Congress

Vermont - one new title from Library of Congress

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Quebec and West Virginia New Pages and Updates

It's hard to believe it's been over six months since I have posted the new pages and updates! I have added a lot of new links and updates over the past two months. There are now pages for all 50 states of the Union, plus Washington, D.C.! Here's the latest:

New Pages

Massachusetts - with one title each from the Sturgis Library and the Barnstable Patriot, three titles from the University of Massachusetts at Boston via NewspaperARCHIVES, and four titles from the Provincetown Public Library

Mississippi - with 17 titles from GenealogyBank

Nevada - with one title from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, two titles from the Henderson District Public Libraries, seven titles from GenealogyBank, and 10 titles from the Cooperative Libraries Automated Network

West Virginia - with four titles from GenealogyBank



Updates

Alabama - one new title from GenealogyBank

Arizona - seven new titles from GenealogyBank and one from ProQuest

Arkansas - one new title from GenealogyBank

Georgia - two new titles from ProQuest

Maryland - two new titles from Google News Archive

Michigan - two new titles from the Kalamazoo Public Library

New York - changed three Erie County links from the Western New York Legacy site to the New York Heritage Digital Collection. Links to more titles at this new site will be added soon to this page.

Québec - 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.

Recent Updates and New Pages for Titles Digitized by the LOC

I recently checked the Library of Congress' (LOC) Chronicling America website and found there were numerous titles I needed to update (the availability of years for a particular title) or add to my website. Corrections are where I've found errors in my original listings and made the necessary changes

New Pages:

Kansas - with five titles from LOC

Oklahoma - with one title from LOC

Oregon - with one title from LOC


Updates:

United States - now with 24 out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia linked

Arizona - 10 new and four expanded titles from LOC

California - one new, two expanded, and one corrected title from LOC

District of Columbia - three new, six expanded and one corrected title from LOC

Hawai`i - eight new titles from LOC

Illinois - one title from LOC - this is a new state for Chronicling America titles!

Kentucky - four new, 10 expanded, and four corrected titles from LOC; also two new and three corrected titles from Kentuckiana Digital Library

Missouri - three new titles from LOC

New York - one new and one expanded title from LOC

Ohio - nine new and one corrected title from LOC

Pennsylvania - two new and one expanded title from LOC

Texas - one expanded title from LOC

Utah - four new, two expanded, and one corrected title from LOC

Virginia - seven new and one expanded title from LOC

Washington - seven new and one expanded title from LOC

95 New York Titles Linked!

Thanks to Thomas MacEntee, there are now 95 more free New York newspaper titles linked on our New York page. They are all from the Old Fulton New York Postcard site, which obviously has more than Fulton postcards listed! It's a great site to browse if you have upstate New York ancestors.

Arizona, District of Columbia, and New York Updates

The Library of Congress has continued to add many titles to its free Chronicling America website. I've linked 9 more titles on my Arizona page and 12 more on my District of Columbia page.  Also on those pages, you'll see I've linked 14 titles (Arizona) and 37 titles (DC) from Genealogy Bank, a subscription site.

And I just added 80 titles to the New York page from the free Northern New York Historical Newspapers site (all they currently have listed!). I also added another title from the Hudson River Valley Heritage site. Thomas MacEntee has graciously agreed to collaborate with me, so you may see more New York titles on this page, soon!

Michigan New Page and New York Updates

I've added a new page for the state of Michigan. I've also added quite a few New York links for the following counties: Deleware, Erie, Suffolk, and Ulster. I'll be adding even more soon!

Ohio and New York New Pages Added

There's not much there...yet...but new pages for the states of Ohio and New York have been added to the site. New York has many more awesome online historical papers, so be watching for updates in the future!