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Goal 9: Learn about North Carolina newspapers.
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ALearn about North Carolina newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of North Carolina newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use North Carolina periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about North Carolina newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: North Carolina Newspapers
AC—Wiki: North_Carolina Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical North Carolian newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical North Carolina Newspapers—11:11
BExplore North Carolina newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search North Carolina online newspaper sites.
- Search for
North Carolina historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to North Carolina newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore North Carolina newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional North Carolina newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for North Carolina 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 |
"Aunt Bea" is mentioned in North Carolina newspaper article. Use the "AC: The Daily Times News (Burlington, North Carolina)" QUIKLink below, with a publication date of 9 Nov 1972, to answer these questions:
- What is the real name of Aunt Bea from TV's Andy Griffith Show?
- What is she being recognized for in this article?
- Where did she retire after leaving Mayberry?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Aunt" as the first name and "Bea" as the last name, with a publication date of 9 Nov 1972.
- Click the results for "Aunt Bea Honorary Seal Chairman" and read the article.
- Her name is Francis Bavier.
- She was named as honorary Christmas Seal chairman, in the fight against respiratory diseases.
- She retired in Siler City, North Carolina.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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North Carolina Counties
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Click here for a printable map of counties.
QUIKLinks: County Records