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Goal 9: Learn about Colorado newspapers.
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ALearn about Colorado newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Colorado newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Colorado periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Colorado newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Colorado Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Colorado Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Colorado newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
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BExplore Colorado newspapers.
- Search for
Colorado historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Colorado newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Colorado newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Colorado newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Colorado newspapers and obituaries on the LDSGenealogy site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for newspaper records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Family tradition states that Thomas Morrison and his wife, of Colorado, had a baby girl in June of 1910, but you're having trouble finding a written record of her birth. Use the "AC: Colorado Springs Gazette" QUIKLink below to find a newspaper announcement of her birth, and then answer these questions:
- What was the girl's first name?
- What was her exact birth date
- Where was she born?
- In the name search fields, type "Thomas Morrison" along with "1910" for the event and publication year.
- Several results are generated. the first one should document her birth.
- Thomas Morrison's daughter was named Christine Morrison.
- Christine was born on 3 June 1910.
- She was probably born in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The heading above the birth announcement reads, "Manitou News Notes". Manitou Springs is a small community just to the northwest of Colorado Springs. Narrowing down the birthplace may help find an official birth record.
(Contributed by Lisa Carver )
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Colorado Counties
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