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Ancestry/Genealogy

CBHagman

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5. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Reply to kdmorris (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:30 AM

Dec 2011

Do not miss the Library of Congress's online searchable database of various American newspapers. You can view the actual source (Zoom on in!) and all without leaving the house.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

I found multiple references to my great-grandparents in the Scranton newspapers. It made a change from going up to Capitol Hill and breaking out the microfilm.

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Some links to get you started [View all] kdmorris Dec 2011 OP

Don't forget this one shraby Dec 2011 #1

That's a good one. n/t kdmorris Dec 2011 #2

Here's another free site shraby Dec 2011 #7

I think it's the brackets... URL correction Montauk6 Mar 2021 #16

URL Correction Montauk6 Mar 2021 #15

K&R - great resource -thanks. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #3

Thank you JackCo Dec 2011 #4

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers CBHagman Dec 2011 #5

WOW! Thank you kdmorris Dec 2011 #6

Tools to help in finding records dragonlady Dec 2011 #8

Thanks, Dragonlady... kdmorris Dec 2011 #9

Another free site that has been around forever Digit Dec 2011 #10

Some from my Bookmarks List Rosie1223 Dec 2011 #11

another one for old newspapers CountAllVotes Jan 2012 #12

For European (and some American) HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #13

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