My grandfather died when I was little, and I have always wanted to find out more about him. I heard from his sister that he might have been in some news stories in the late 1920s. Are there any newspapers of this vintage online?
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MrsFF says:
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The best old news
We are really lucky to be living in a digital age. Why? You now have millions of pages of historical newspapers available to you (many at no charge) — whereas in the past, you would have had to visit certain libraries and spend a lot of quality time viewing the archives and microfiche readers.
Here are some great places to begin your search of newspapers from the last century and beyond.
Newspaper searches
Chronicling America: Historic American newspapers chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
This free site allows you to search by date and keywords, as well as view newspaper pages from 1860-1922. It’s free because Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
NewspaperArchive.com newspaperarchive.com
They say they’re the world’s largest online newspaper archive, this site offers millions of newspaper articles from 1759 to the present. Paid membership is required to access records, but you can search for free to see if any helpful info is available.
Newspaper Abstracts newspaperabstracts.com
This website is comprised of newspaper abstracts and extracts, contributed by people to help others with the same interests expand their research.
Google News Archive news.google.com/archivesearch
Google has quietly assembled a great search tool for historical archives — linking you to both free and paid results. As a bonus, their search can automatically create timelines to show selected results from relevant eras.
< What the finders found >
The best old news
We are really lucky to be living in a digital age. Why? You now have millions of pages of historical newspapers available to you (many at no charge) — whereas in the past, you would have had to visit certain libraries and spend a lot of quality time viewing the archives and microfiche readers.
Here are some great places to begin your search of newspapers from the last century and beyond.
Newspaper searches
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
This free site allows you to search by date and keywords, as well as view newspaper pages from 1860-1922. It’s free because Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
NewspaperArchive.com
newspaperarchive.com
They say they’re the world’s largest online newspaper archive, this site offers millions of newspaper articles from 1759 to the present. Paid membership is required to access records, but you can search for free to see if any helpful info is available.
Newspaper Abstracts
newspaperabstracts.com
This website is comprised of newspaper abstracts and extracts, contributed by people to help others with the same interests expand their research.
Google News Archive
news.google.com/archivesearch
Google has quietly assembled a great search tool for historical archives — linking you to both free and paid results. As a bonus, their search can automatically create timelines to show selected results from relevant eras.
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