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Goal 9: Learn about Louisiana newspapers.
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ALearn about Louisiana newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Louisiana online newspaper sites.
- Learn about Louisiana newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Louisiana Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Louisiana Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Louisiana newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Louisiana Newspapers—13:14
BExplore Louisiana newspapers.
- Search for
Louisiana historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Louisiana newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Louisiana newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Louisiana newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Louisiana 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 |
You have a family picture of Leola Nixon with two people you believe to be her grown children, but you don't know their names. The photo is dated Christmas 1945. Local newspapers often had a section that announced very common occurrences in the town, like a brief illness, a family trip, or the arrival of visitors. Use the "AC: Ruston Daily Leader" QUIKLink below to search for a social page newspaper announcement that mentions a Christmas visit from Leola's children, Then answer these questions:
- Who was Leola's daughter?
- What was the daughter doing in 1945?
- Who was Leola's son, and what was his occupation?
- In the name search fields, type "Leola Nixon" along with with an event date of 1945, and event place of Ruston, Louisiana, and a publication date of 1945.
- Two results should appear, the first of which details a December 1945 visit of Leola Nixon's children.
- Leola Nixon's daughter was Cynthia Nixon.
- She was a student at Northwestern University in Chicago.
- Leola's son was Larry Nixon, a New York-based travel writer who worked for Liberty Magazine.
(Contributed by Lisa Carver )
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Louisiana Parishes
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
Click here for a printable map of Parishes.