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| Death notice of a distant uncle Matt Blom. A first generation emigrant from Finland |
I love newspapers. Besides reading one every morning with a cup of coffee I am constantly on the lookout to see if there are digitized newspapers
available for communities where I am researching. If not, I
look for books of abstracts and archives where such newspapers are held.
Newspapers
of yore did not look like ours today.
White space, what is that?
Headlines? Clear breaks between articles? Though newspapers have changed in appearance,
just like those we read today, they can contain interesting news about those we
are researching.
As
with any type of record, it is important to understand any “lingo” that might
be specific to that source. Genealogybank
published a great blog post written by Mary Harrell-Sesniak, Understanding
Terms Found in Historical Newspapers. She discusses a lot of really neat terms that
you might come across with explanations and examples. I suggest you read this article, whether you
have already delved into historic newspaper already or not, since you may find
that you hadn’t fully understood that juicy article about Aunt Hilda.
Have you come across other terms in historical
newspapers that we should know about?
Do you have a favorite resource for newspaper
lingo?
You
might want to check out some other Upfront
with NGS posts about newspapers include:
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I can't believe that I forgot to mention this article about one of my favorite newspaper sites, if you are researching in NY, Fultonhistory.com. Here's a neat article about the website, http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/03/05/amateur-beats-gov-at-digitizing-newspape
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