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Goal 9: Learn about Idaho newspapers.
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ALearn about Idaho newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Idaho newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Idaho periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Idaho newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Idaho Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Idaho Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts
BExplore Idaho newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Idaho online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Idaho historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Idaho newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Idaho newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Idaho newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Idaho 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 |
Margarette Schneiter of Franklin County, Idaho, and her siblings, may have been orphaned shortly before World War I, but you know nothing of her siblings or her parents. Use the "MH: Idaho Newspapers, 1894-2009" QUIKLink below to search for a probate announcement in a local newspaper that might list the names of her family members.
- What were the names of Margarette's siblings?
- Who was the guardian of Margarette and her siblings?
- What might her father's name have been?
- What is the earliest possible birthdate for any of the children?
- In the name search fields, type "Margarette Schneiter" along with "Franklin County" for the publication place, and add the keyword "probate" to the search.
- The top search results pertain to her.
- Margarette Schneiter's siblings were Robert Schneiter, Jr., Ernest Schneiter, and Mary Schneiter.
- Their guardian was Alfred Spatig.
- One of her brothers was named Robert Schneiter, Jr. which makes it likely that their father was Robert Schneiter, Sr.
- Announcements regarding hearings for matters of probate were generally required by law to be published over several weeks in a local newspaper, allowing time for interested parties to learn of the matter and come forward with information that might affect the court's decision. If the children were all minors in 1914, and assuming the age of majority was 21, the oldest of the children could not have been born before about 1893.
(Contributed by Lisa Carver )
QUIKLinks
Idaho Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; T=GenealogyTrails; U = USGenWeb
Click here for a printable map of counties.