Speaking of Newspapers...

I mentioned in my previous post last week that I also enjoy newspapers. I don't spend a ton of money on excess research subscriptions. I really REALLY enjoy my free research. HOWEVER, with that said, I do subscribe on a regular basis to Newspapers.com. I don't remember a time that I did a search for a topic or person or place, where I did not go into newspapers.com an use at least a dozen terms to find information. 

What I like about a newspaper is that just about everyone ended up in it at one time or another. In later years, people who had children had it announced without their permission even.  In earlier times, those who wanted distant relatives to know something quickly would have it put in the newspaper. Towns would comment about people coming and going for business. Sickness and large events were there. 

In some cases, newspapers were the only connection to what was happening outside of their small world. Some editors/publishers found a funny joke or two and added them in to break up the seriousness of the information. Advertisements for your family store could be found in there. Marriages, divorces, births, deaths, military training and when they would come home on leave, Estate lists and documents, loss of livestock, fires, tragedy and triumph. ... . there just is so much information. 

Newspapers.com is only ONE of the many places to find information. NewspaperArchives, Google News Archives, Fulton History, NARA,  Library of Congress, and many local newspapers have their own archives as well. Explore all the options and find out what suites your research best. 

When you do research you want to make sure you are finding every possible piece of information. Why not make searching newspapers part of your routine? Get out there and enjoy that Adventure in Genealogy.