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Goal 9: Learn about Nevada newspapers.
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ALearn about Nevada newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Nevada newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Nevada periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Nevada newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Nevada Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Nevada Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts
BExplore Nevada newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Nevada online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Nevada historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Nevada newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Nevada newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore links for newspapers on the Nevada Genealogy site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Nevada newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Nevada 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 |
Howard Hughes is mentioned in a Reno, Nevada newspaper article in 1976. Use the "AC: State Journal Reno Nevada" QUIKLink below, with a publication date of 30 Apr 1976, to answer these questions:
- Why was Melvin Dummar listed in Howard Hughes' purported will?
- How much was Melvin to inherit?
- Why did Noah Dietrich, executor of the will, have reservations about its authenticity?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Howard" as the first name and "Hughes" as the last name, and a publication date of 30 Apr 1976.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Donald Earl Disney.
- Read both articles for this date, where you can also see a copy of the original will.
- In January of 1968 Dummar picked him up between Tonopah and Beatty, Nevada and gave him a ride.
- The inheritance was to be $125 million.
- Even though the will looked to be in Hughes hand writing it was unlike Hughes to misspell words, and Hughes didn't like his wooden airplane to be called the "Spruce Goose" as is written in the will.
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Nevada 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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