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Goal 9: Learn about Nebraska newspapers.
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ALearn about Nebraska newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Nebraska newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Nebraska periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Nebraska newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Nebraska Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Nebraska Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Nebraska newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Nebraska Newspapers—6:38
BExplore Nebraska newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Nebraska online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Nebraska historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Nebraska newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Nebraska newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Nebraska newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Nebraska 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 |
Standing Bear is mentioned in a 1954 newspaper article in Nebraska. Use the "AC: The Lincoln Star (Lincoln Nebraska)" QUIKLink below, with a publication date of 17 Feb 1954, to answer these questions:
- What tribe was Standing Bear from?
- In 1877 where was his tribe ordered to go?
- What was the US Government's response to an appeal for the rights of keeping their land?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Standing Bear" as the first name, with a publication date of 17 Feb 1954.
- In the search results screen, Read the article "Old Poppleton Home, Only Reminder of Fight for Rights of Ponca Indians" for the answers.
- Standing Bear was from the Ponca tribe.
- His tribe was ordered to go to Oklahoma.
- "Indians are not persons within the meaning of the law."
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Nebraska Counties
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