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: 16 October 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• University of Manitoba’s digital archives contain newspapers, military, and prairie history by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte
• Chronicling America @ 10 Million Pages! at the Chronicling America Blog
• Did Your Great-Great Grandparents Date Through the Newspaper by the Ancestry Team at the Ancestry Blog
• You Can't Close Newspapers by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 125 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 12 of its titles with more content from the District of Columbia, Montana, and Tennessee.
• In September, GenealogyBank added 11 new titles and updated 11 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Read details here.
• The Digital Library of Georgia has created a new resource, the West Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive, with six newspaper titles published in five west Georgia cities (Butler, Carrollton, Dallas, Douglasville, LaGrange) from 1843 to 1942. Read details here.
• The Digital Library of Georgia has also re-released its South Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive so that it is compatible with all browsers. Details here.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 21 August 2015

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

• Tuesday's Tip: Use AmericanAncestors.org to Access Two Early Newspaper Collections by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings - this is an older, but helpful, article that I meant to include in Friday Finds a while ago
• Great news for Washington Digital Newspapers! by Nono Burling at the Washington State Library blog - "The Washington State Library has been awarded a Veridian Newspaper Conversion Grant to process and present up to 10,000 newspaper images from our Historic Newspapers Collection."
• Kalkaska County (Michigan) Library’s Digital Newspaper Archive by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - featuring issues of The Leader and Kalkaskian and predecessor newspapers, from 1879 to 2012
• 90 years of McGill student newspapers being uploaded to Internet Archive by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte - student newspapers of McGill University in Montreal from 1911 to 2011
• Free Online Search: Digitized Welsh Newspapers by Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider - "The National Library of Wales has updated its free Welsh Newspapers Online website with a new look and 400,000 pages from newspapers published between 1804 and 1919."
• The very best newspaper website for my genealogy is... by Paula Stuart-Warren at Genealogy by Paula - excellent advice, the same which I tell my students in my class, Finding Your Ancestors in Historical Newspapers
• Newspaper Searches Days Before the Death by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day - great tip, and I highly recommend subscribing to this free blog!

Also:

• The National Library of Australia's Trove has updated 227 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and West Australia.
• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 45 of its titles with more content from Idaho, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
• The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has added 24 titles to its collection from the following cities: Albany, Astoria, Corvallis, Heppner, Hood River, Monmouth, Pendleton, Prineville, Roseburg, Salem, and St. Helens.
• Findmypast has added two new titles to and updated several others from its historic Irish Newspapers collection. These include the Missionary Herald of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Tyrone Constitution, and the Dublin Evening Mail. They have also added 11 new titles to their British Newspapers collection, including the Glasgow Sentinel, Lincolnshire Advertiser, Kentish Advertiser, Sheffield Iris, and the Yorkshire Early Bird. In addition, they have updated the Newcastle Journal and the Birmingham Daily Gazette.
• The Digital Library of Georgia has added the Southern Voice, the newspaper of Kennesaw State University, to its collections. The issues range from 1988 to 2010,
• The Chicago Tribune is providing a text-searchable archive of past issues from 1849 through 1991. These may eventually go being a subscription wall, so search them now!

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.

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: 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: 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: 20 February 2015

The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated seven of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Connecticut, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, and West Virginia.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 6 February 2015

The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 29 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oregon.

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 16 January 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Findmypast releases...new additions to their collection of British Newspapers: press release at GeneaPress
• Digital Newspapers May Index Unindexed Court Records by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day
• Newspaper Research: The Importance of Being Thorough by Debbie Mieszala at The Advancing Genealogist
• Perkins County, Nebraska, Newspaper Digitization Project is being Expanded by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Google Brings Back The Google News Archives by Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable
• Newspaper Research Strategies Boot Camp – Saturday, 31 January 2015 by Thomas MacEntee at Hack Genealogy - Do you live in Australia and New Zealand and want to attend a really good webinar on newspaper research with awesome presenters? It's a great price, too! Don't know what a webinar is or how to attend one? Read my tutorial here.

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 22 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, and South Carolina. 
• The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has updated one of its titles with more content.

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. 

Friday Finds in Newspapers: 14 November 2014

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historic newspapers:

• Quick tip - List of Newspaper Archives by Yvette Hoitink at Dutch Genealogy - Got Dutch ancestors? You'll want to check out these links to Dutch newspapers online!
• Beaverton Papers Coverage is Up! at the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program blog - there are two new online historical newspapers for Beaverton, Oregon
• Historic issues of Seattle P-I now available on Chronicling America by Brian Zylstra at From Our Corner (the Washington Secretary of State blog)
• Search Historical Newspaper Archives with Elephind.com by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - I've posted about Elephind before, but if it's new to you, you'll want to read this article!
• New Publication - Index to Vital Data in Local Newspapers of Sonoma County, California, Volume 12: 1919-1921 by Thomas MacEntee at GeneaPress

Also:

• The Library of Congress' Chronicling America has updated 28 of its titles with more content. These include newspapers from North Dakota, Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho, Oregon, Montana.
• Have you checked out the nupepa blog? It highlights historic Hawaiian language newspapers!

Finally, many thanks to all of you who have sent me emails recently recording new or updated online collections. I will get those links on the Online Historical Newspapers site soon!

Alberta, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia New Pages and Updates

While I have not posted updates to this blog since April, it does NOT mean I have not updated the site. On the contrary, I was very busy this summer posting new titles to the site. However, this fall, I started to have some familiar shoulder pain, and sure enough, I became a candidate once again, for rotator cuff surgery, this time on my right shoulder. I had the surgery on December 19th, and am still very much in the early stages of recovery. However, I can type one-handed, slowly, and so I decided that now was as good a time as any to inform you of the new titles and updates that were posted this past year.


New Pages

Alberta - with one title from NewspaperArchive


Updates

California - one new title from NewspaperArchive, and two from Google News Archive; corrected info on one title from Google News Archive

Hawaii - nine new titles from Library of Congress; expanded dates on three titles from Library of Congress

Iowa - two new titles from Library of Congress

Illinois - one new title from Library of Congress

Michigan - seven new titles from Library of Congress

Minnesota - two new titles from City of Brainerd

Montana - three new titles from GenealogyBank, 17 from Google News Archives, 21 from Library of Congress, 13 from Montana Memory Project, and 24 from NewspaperArchive

New Jersey - three from Cranford Public Library, two from Joint Digital Archives of Fanwood and Scotch Plains, two from New Brunswick Public Libray, ten from Rahway Public Library, two from Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library, three from South Plainfield Public Library, and nine from Woodbridge Public Library

Oregon - four new titles from Ancestry, one from the City of Rainier, six from Gale's 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Collection, nine from GenealogyBank, 23 from Google News Archive, 65 from Historic Oregon Newspapers, 23 from Library of Congress, four from NewspaperArchive, 14 from SmallTownPapers, and one from the University of Oregon Libraries; expanded dates for one title from Library of Congress. At this point, Oregon's page is as complete as I am aware it can be!

Pennsylvania - seven new titles from LancasterHistory and one from Internet Archive (via LancasterHistory)

Texas - 29 new titles from Library of Congress, and two from University of North Texas Libraries; expanded dates for one title from Library of Congress

Washington - removed link to Tri-City Herald after determining it is no longer offered through Google News Archive

West Virginia - two new titles from Library of Congress

Manitoba - for some reason, this page was not linked to the Canada page, so the public didn't have access to it, unless they knew the direct link. Fixed. Added one title from University of Manitoba.

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