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Goal 9: Learn about Minnesota newspapers.
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ALearn about Minnesota newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Minnesota newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Minnesota periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Minnesota newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Minnesota Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Minnesota Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Minnesota newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Minnesota Newspapers—10:12
BExplore Minnesota newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Minnesota online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Minnesota historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Minnesota newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Minnesota newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Minnesota newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Minnesota newspaper and obituary records 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 |
On March 26, 1970, the Winona Daily News featured political articles and property for sale. Use the "AC: Winona Daily News, Winona Minnesota" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is the Minnesota senator who is critical of President Richard Nixon?
- What was the listed sale price on a 191-acre farm with a house and duck pond?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, select 26 Mar 1970 as the publication date.
- In the search results screen, click the first record. The answers are found in the first and second images.
- On the first page, Senator Walter Mondale criticizes President Nixon's segregation policies.
- The sale price was $52,500.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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