Newspapers are an invaluable
resource as we research our ancestors. Whether we are seeking an obituary,
information on a court case, more knowledge about the community, etc, access to
real-time “news” about people, places and events is critical to our
understanding of your ancestors and their lives.
Just
after Thanksgiving, Ancestry.com announced ...
November 29, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM),
the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the launch
of Newspapers.com, a powerful and
affordable new web site designed to offer a historically rich collection of
more than 800 U.S. newspapers dating from the late 1700s into the early 2000s.
Comprising more than 25 million pages, Newspapers.com offers a trove of
historical and present-day newspapers ranging from the New York Times to treasured small town and local newspapers
throughout the United States
Interested users will find centuries of amazing news articles and photos now captured online when
browsing hundreds of years of breaking news headlines, searching for
information about an ancestor or reading how the media addressed moments in
history like the day Charles A. Lindbergh flew over the Atlantic, the opening
of Disneyland or news from the fronts during World War I and World War II.
Though
I have not personally used this resource, others in our community have posted reviews/comments
about this newest digitized newspaper collection. And, with a 7-day free trial (still being
advertized as we post), you can try it out yourself. Please do share your
thoughts about this newest newspaper resource with our research community!
- Judy G Russell (the Legal Genealogist) wrote about this site & 2 other popular ones, Looking at the news sites
- Kimberly Powell (About.com) wrote Why Newspapers.com
Other
large-scale newspaper collections include and are not limited to:
- GenealogyBank
- Newspaper Archive
- 19th Century Newspapers
- Proquest Historical Newspapers & Proquest National Newspapers
Don’t
forget to search locally. Many
libraries, archives, newspapers and other institutions have digitized extensive
runs of newspapers that are NOT to be found in the already-listed collections.
Have you used Newspapers.com? What’s your reaction?
What is your favorite source for
newspapers? What is the best information
you have found in a newspaper for your research?
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I did check out newspapers.com. Already being a subscriber at genealogybank.com, I sat back and did a side-by-side comparison. After what I thought was fairly extensive search comparisons, it looked as though I was finding a bit more on genealogybank.com, but for the most part the content was similar.
ReplyDeleteI've yet to decide if I'm going to add (or switch to) newspapers.com to my list of subscription services. I think they definitely deserve a look from anyone with an interest.
A reader replied to the "best information" question with the following ...
ReplyDeleteA: The birth announcement that follows, found from entering the family name "Moll" in the "Nachname" search box for "Familienanzeigen" at the Verein für Computergenealogie , and then opting for birth announcements (Geburtsanzeigen). The one for a then-as-yet unnamed son (Sohn) matched a date of birth and parental names I already had from family sources, but this German newspaper search engine brought me documentary evidence of the place of birth -- which until then had been in dispute. How many American newspapers would be running birth announcements for average citizens in 1834??
Geburtsanzeigen und Anzeigen von Geburtstagsjubläen aus unterschiedlichen Regionen
Nachname: Moll
Vorname: Sohn
Geburtsdatum: 09.04.1834
Geburtsort: Perleberg
Vater: Kaufmann F. W. Moll
Mutter: Caroline Moll, geb. Burmeister
Wohnort:
Standesamt:
Bemerkungen:
Zeitung: Mecklenburg-Schwerinsche Anzeigen
Ausgabedatum: 16.04.1834
Ausgabenummer:
Birth announcements and announcements of birthday anniversaries from different regions
Surname: Moll
First name: "Son" [first-born, it seems]
Date of birth: 09 April 1834
Place of birth: Perleberg [Brandenburg]
Father: Merchant/Grocer F.W. Moll
Mother: Caroline Moll, born a Burmeister
Residence:
Register office:
Remarks:
Newspaper: Mecklenburg Schwerin "News"
Date of issue: 16 April 1834
Edition number:
Final URL: .
Gordon Seyffert
Altadena, California
[email protected]
A follow-up to the previous post, obviously Blogger did not like the URLs and so here are the two that are missing from above:
ReplyDelete1. Verein für Computergenealogie (should be) Compgen.de
2. Final URL: (should be)
http://familienanzeigen.genealogy.net/detailsgeburt.php?ID=16293&PID=128
Sorry to Gordon and the readers for that "technical issue!"