Another in
the series on sessions I attended at the NGS 2014 Family History Conference.
W154 “She Bore Her Suffering with Christian Fortitude.” Using
Religious Newspapers and Periodicals, Michael D Lacopo, D.V.M,
Syllabus page 85
The presenter provided a very interesting overview on religion and newspapers. A key take away from this talk is that many religious publications published death notices and related decades before such information could be found with any regularity in secular newspapers.
A new-to-me
website which I learned about is that for the Hartford
Institute for Religion Research. It
has a list of official denominational websites which is a great start place to
learn what was being published by the various denominations.
He reminded
us that Cyndi’s List contains a list of Religion & Churches >> Libraries, Archives & Museums another great
place to look for what has been published.
There are
many newspaper directories which can be consulted, several of which are
available online including:
+ George
Batten’s Directory of the Religious Press of the United States (New
York: George Batten, Newspaper Advertising Agent, 1892)
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| Page from George Batten's Directory of the Religious Press of the United States |
+ History and annotated bibliography of American religious
periodicals and newspapers established from 1730 through 1830 (Worcester:
Gaylord P Albaugh, American Antiquarian Society, 1994) [link is to WorldCat so
that you can see if a nearby repository has this book]
Along these
lines, I was already familiar with the NC Baptist Historical Collection which has digitized images
of The Biblical Recorder, started in 1833 for which t here is an alphabetical list of obituary
notices (1835-1877). Additionally, Baptists (as did other faiths) held
periodic conventions where the minutes
sometimes included obituaries.
The
associated syllabus pages provide a great overview of the talk (which covers so
much more than my brief summary) and also include a bibliography.
Editor’s Note: This session was NOT
recorded. Hopefully a friend attended the
conference and you can learn more!
Editor’s Note: This series is not presented in any particular order.
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