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Tools Online for Searching Historic Newspapers

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So many great tools online now. One of my favorites is searching historic newspapers.

Countless millions of historic newspapers all over the world are now revealing their secrets as they are being digitally published online. And that means they are much more accessible to family historiansif they know where and how to find them. That was the essence of Lisa Louise Cookes message in her presentation Tech Tools that Catapult the Newspaper Research Process given at The National Genealogy Society 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia, on May 8th. Cooke is the host of The Genealogy Gems Podcast.

Cooke explained that historical newspapers are rich possible resources for family history information. In their forgotten pages, a determined sleuth can turn up birth, marriage, death records, maiden names, names of ancestors friends and relatives, insight into their long forgotten community.

And even photographswhich can also be insightful portals to the cultural or sociological content of an ancestors era. Cooke showed an old newspaper photo she discovered online of her mother as a young girl with two friends. Upon closer review, she realized they were dressed up mimicking famous personalities from the popular show Laugh-in from her mothers generation.

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Obituaries are a great source

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Obituaries are a great source for searching your family history. This is a great article from  Robin Foster.

If you have not taken advantage of the resources that lead you to obituaries, perhaps this article will help move you in that direction.Observe how the details from the obituary of Mrs. George H. Edwards (d. June 13, 1915) lead to a variety of other records.

Obituary of Mrs. George H. Edwards

Mrs. George H. Edwards, 2431 Sixth Avenue, Moline, passed away at 5:15 this morning. Death came as the result of the infirmities of age.Deceased, whose maiden name was Abigail E. Pierce, was born in Canadaigua, New York, December 3rd, 1848.

Left to mourn Mrs. Edwards passing are a niece, Mrs. Edna M. Butt, of Toronto, Canada, and a nephew, James M. Pierce, 2021 Sixth Avenue, Moline.Mrs. Edwards had been a resident of Moline for many years.

Funeral services will be held in the home Friday afternoon at 2:30.Rev. P. C. Ladd will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

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