Articles related to "Newspaper Resources"



Finding that Revolutionary Blood
The American Revolution conjures up visions of muzzleloaders, clouds of smoke and homespun clad colonists up against red clad soldiers. The heroism of these early Americans as they endured hardships and horrendous battles leads us to desire to show that we have this noble blood coursing through our veins. Starting points to find that line!
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources

Atten-Hut!
Your Family legend says that your 4Great Grandfather was in the Revolution, and 2Great Grandpa was in the Civil War. Was he? This is the first in a series of articles about military records and resources.
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources

Fraternally Yours, Part 1
We are a society of joiners. Chances are that at least one of your eight great grandparents belonged to a fraternal organization. People like companionship of others with similar experiences and values. You can learn much about a person by knowing about the organizations they belonged to.
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources

Mining for Gold in the Newsprint
You've gotten five years worth of the microfiche, or the actual papers, now what do you do? Tips on how to cover a lot of newsprint in a short period of time.
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper

Newspaper Research
Old newspapers can offer a wide range of genealogical facts, stories and information. You might have to visit the library, or you might be able to search online.
• newspaper genealogy research • using old newspapers • genealogy research • finding old newspapers • newspaper resources

Putting Flesh on the Bones
Making those names and dates become real persons in our minds.
• genealogy • history • family history • ancestors • descendants

The Blue and the Gray
Finding information about your Civil War relatives on the World Wide Web. Direction to a number of key websites to investigate and other itmes that might lead you to information on the Civil War ancestors in your family tree.
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources

Those Other Little Conflicts
The Revolution and the Civil Wars have often been depicted in movies and are often written about. But in between these two events came a number of other key conflicts. The War of 1812 and the Blackhawk War being two. Here are some starting points for finding genealogical history in this era. Your ancestor was too young to have fought with Washington, and too old for the Civil War. Could he have been in the War of 1812?
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources

Where is that Gold?
How, and where, to find the wealth of information hidden in a newspaper.
• ancestors • descendants • obituaries • historical societies • newspaper resources


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