newspapers for genealogists
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Discover how to use newspapers to uncover the stories of your ancestors lives and trace your family tree.TRANSCRIPT
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Newspapers for Genealogists: Finding the Details of your Ancestor’s Lives
Thomas Jay KempNEFHC
Franklin, Massachusetts23 March 2012
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Newspapers 5,850 & Growing! 1690-Today
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Newspapers 5,850 & Growing! 1690-Today
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◦Over 5,850 newspapers All 50 states 1690 to today
◦Over 1.1 Billion Records◦Over 263,000 rare books &
documents◦Over 206 million obituaries
& death records
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Key items in newspapers …
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Boston News-Letter. July 24 July 31, 1704. page 4‐
Obituaries
Obituaries
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James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
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James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
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James Edwin Ayres (1817-1893) and his wife Ann (Ford) Ayres (1817-1901) are listed in the 1850 census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York.
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Hudson River Chronicle (Sing Sing, NY) 12 December 1848
Obituary notice for Lovina Ayres born 7 August 1846
died 28November 1848
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Births
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Aberdeen (SD) Daily Herald. 10 December 1999, page 18.
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• Aberdeen (SD) Daily Herald. 10 December 1999, page 18.
• Child’s name, date and place of birth
• Mother’s maiden name
• Names of both sets of grand-parents
• Names of the great grandparents
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Fort Wayne Sentinel. 13 April 1917. page 18
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• “This is their third daughter”
• “Mr. Monroe left about three weeks ago for a southern camp (Army), where he was called in the draft.”
• Mrs. Monroe – formerly Miss Rhea Holtzberg – a teacher in the Butler City schools Fort Wayne Sentinel. 13 April 1917. page 18
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Trenton Evening Times. 4 October 1964. Page 49.
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Dallas Morning NewsNovember 19, 1978
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Dallas Morning NewsNovember 19, 1978
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Marriage announcements
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Engagements
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Clues• Names of the bride
and groom• Name and location of
the church• Date of the wedding• Where the couple
will live
• Names of the parents of the bride
• Biographical information
• Members of the wedding party
• Pictures
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Independent Inquirer (Brattleboro, Vermont) 28 June 1834, page 3
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Eastern ArgusPortland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
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Eastern ArgusPortland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
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Eastern ArgusPortland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
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Eastern ArgusPortland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
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Eastern ArgusPortland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence• Where married
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence• Where married• 1st wife died, 14
months ago
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence• Where married• 1st wife died, 14
months ago• Married 63 years
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence• Where married• 1st wife died, 14
months ago• Married 63 years• Only death in family
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages• Residence• Where married• 1st wife died, 14
months ago• Married 63 years• Only death in family• # of children,
grandchildren etc.
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
1880 Census1880 CensusGarrett County, MDGarrett County, MD
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Philadelphia Inquirer29 Jan 1895
1880 Census1880 CensusGarrett County, MDGarrett County, MD
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Dallas Morning News (Texas)19 January 1948, Section 2, page 13
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Boston Post Boy (Massachusetts) 22 July 1751, page 2
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Commercial Daily Register (Sandusky, Ohio)25 January 1862, page 1
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Family Reunions
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Family Reunions
• Held at Oakland Park, Decatur, Illinois
• Descendents of Jacob Garver of Switzerland
• The American line of this family descends from Christian Garver, Jacob’s son, who immigrated to America in 1790
• Christian Garver settled in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
• David Garver came to Decatur, Illinois, in 1840
• Other family members
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Friend. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 28 February 1878. page 13
Family ReunionsFamily Reunions
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- He was from Hampton, NH - Left home abt. 25 years ago (around 1853)
- Now abt. 50-60 yrs. old - He sailed on the ships Montezuma, William Thompson and
Roman - He had sailed out of New Bedford, MA
- He once sailed under a Master Allen - Others named:
Rev. Mr. Butler of New Bedford, MA Mrs. J. C. Hardy of Haverhill, MA
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Friend. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 1 April 1879
Family ReunionsFamily Reunions
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Family ReunionsFamily Reunions
- Sailor looking for his family: Peter Gennett - His birthplace: Albany, New York
- Lost contact with his family 30 yrs ago (around 1841) - Father: John W. Gennett; kept a grocery story in Albany,
naturalized Frenchman - long-time sexton of the only Chatholic Church in Albany
- Mother: Johanna Henny (or Hennie); Scotch by birth, she was a native of Nova Scotia
- Family: eight children - Cornelia, William, Peter, John, Edward, Frances, Charles and Henry
- William: a cabinet maker; was deaf and dumb - Frances: was at the New York Deaf & Dumb Asylum
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The Irish World (New York, New York) 3 December 1904, page 8
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Reilly (Leitrim—New York)
- Patrick Reilly left Carrickallen, Ireland, 13 years ago (about 1891)
- He was last heard from 5 years ago (about 1899)
- He was a motorman on a street car in NYC - Mother’s maiden name: Hagan
- Sisters: Bridget and Mary - Brother: Edward, Butte, Montana (he placed
the ad)
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Family ReunionsFamily Reunions
O’Mealy (United States)
- John O’Mealy left New York in May 1873 and has not been seen or heard from since
- He was supposed to have gone to Texas - He was five feet nine inches tall, with medium
complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes - Sister: Maggie, now Mrs. M. Coonan
- Sister’s address: 624 Greenwich Street, NYC
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Murphy (Canada—United States)
- Sarah Ann Murphy left Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, in 1872 or 1873
- She would now (1904) be about 46 years old - She has dark hair and eyes, and is heavy-set
- She might be in Almonte, Ontario - Sought by: W. E. McGwigan of 305 High Street,
Salem, Oregon
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AdvertisementsAdvertisements
Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)22 June 1842, page 3
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AdvertisementsAdvertisements
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Military Records
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• Names and rank• Name of the camp• Ages• Information about
other family members serving in the military
• Illness• Names and localities of
next of kin• Name of the funeral
home
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Last Revolutionary War Pension granted in 1887 NH Sentinel 10 Aug 1887
Military RecordsMilitary Records
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Last Revolutionary War Pension granted in 1887
NH Sentinel 10 Aug 1887
FactsFactsMrs. Mary CaseyMrs. Mary Casey
of Washington, of Washington, Fayette County, OhioFayette County, Ohio
Husband: John CaseyHusband: John CaseyServed Rev War: Virginia Served Rev War: Virginia LineLine
Died 1845 – age 75Died 1845 – age 75(Born abt. 1770)(Born abt. 1770)
““A few years prior..”A few years prior..”he married Mary Cox, he married Mary Cox, then a girl of 16then a girl of 16
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Military Records
Perry Republican (Perry, Oklahoma)26 July 1917, page 1
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Military Records
Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, New Jersey)25 May 1921, page 1
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Military Records
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Military Records
Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts) 31 July 1840, page 2:
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Passenger Lists
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Passenger Lists
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Passenger Lists
The Shamrock – 17 August 1816
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Biography & Photo/Image
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Biography & Photo/Image
• Born April 26, 1826, in Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Phebe (Willis) Freeman•Moved from Ohio to Illinois - nine years old•Homestead Act May 20, 1862, to take effect on January 1, 1863 •“Company H of the Seventeenth Illinois Volunteers” stationed in Nebraska during the Civil War• “ordered to return to St. Louis” not in town when the land record office opened on January 2, 1863—but the Recorder of Deeds, James Bedford, agreed to accommodate Freeman’s situation and made an exception: he administered the oath to Freeman at midnight the morning of January 1st so that Freeman could leave to report to St. Louis as ordered•Married the “girl next door”—Agnes Suiter (1843-1931)—and they built their lives together there in Brownsville, Nebraska
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Biography & Photo/Image
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Biography & Photo/Image
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Probate & Legal Notices
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Probate & Legal Notices• Where: Cheshire County, NH
– Probate Court• Administrator of case: Warren
H. Jennison, of Walpole, Cheshire County, NH
• Deceased: John Jennison, Jr., died in Walpole
• Estate: of John Jennison, Jr., “is not sufficient to pay the demands due from his Estate”
• Mentions “widow”
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Probate & Legal Notices• Property boundaries: gives
boundaries in all four directions
• Property size: 100 acres• Action: Warren H. Jennison,
administrator of the estate of John Jennison, Jr., on February 17, 1876, asks permission to sell John’s entire real estate holding to settle his affairs
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Probate & Legal Notices• The heirs-at-law of the before-
named John Jennison, Jr.• Must appear at the probate
court in Keene “on the third Friday of March next
• 17 March 1876
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Commercial Advertiser
23 September 1828.
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Idaho Statesman
15 July 1915
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Social Notes
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