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Goal 9: Learn about Missouri newspapers.
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ALearn about Missouri newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Missouri newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Missouri periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Missouri newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Missouri Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Missouri Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Missouri newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Missouri Newspapers—8:47
BExplore Missouri newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Missouri online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Missouri historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Missouri newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Missouri newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Missouri newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Missouri newspapers and obituaries 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 |
Helen Keller was mentioned in a Jefferson City newspaper, on 10 Apr 1969. Use the "AC: Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri)" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who were some famous people Helen Keller wrote to?
- At what age did she become deaf and blind?
- How was she able to read Alexander Graham Bell's letter to her?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Helen" as the first name and "Keller" as the last name, along with a publication date of 10 Apr 1969.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Donald Earl Disney.
- Read the article "Helen Keller Letters to be Used by Library" for the answers.
- Helen wrote to Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and Alexander Graham Bell.
- At age two.
- The letter from Alexander Graham Bell was in Braille.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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