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Goal 9: Learn about Mississippi newspapers.
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ALearn about Mississippi newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Mississippi newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Mississippi periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Mississippi newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Mississippi Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Mississippi Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts
BExplore Mississippi newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Mississippi online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Mississippi historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Explore Mississippi newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Mississippi newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Mississippi 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 |
Louis Goldberg is mentioned in a Mississippi newspaper article in 1959. Use the "AC: Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, Mississippi" QUIKLink below, with a 4 Sept 1959 publication date, to answer these questions:
- Where was Louis Goldberg from?
- What was he arrested for?
- What was his sentence?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Louis" as the first name and "Goldberg" as the last name. Also choose 4 Sept 1959 as the publication date.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Louis Goldberg.
- Read the article on the middle of the page titled "Londoner Wanted to Serve Time for Principle."
- Louis was from London, England.
- He was arrested for standing on the sidewalk near his home "to get some fresh air" and refusing to move.
- His sentence was 14 days in jail.
QUIKLinks
Mississippi Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
Get a printable map of counties.
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