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Goal 9: Learn about Oregon newspapers.
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ALearn about Oregon newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Oregon newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Oregon periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Oregon newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Oregon Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Oregon Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Oregon newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Oregon Newspapers—7:48
BExplore Oregon newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Oregon online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Oregon historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Oregon newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore the Oregon Newspaper Index site, from the University of Oregon Libraries
- Explore Oregon newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Oregon newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Oregon 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 |
Antoinette Hatfield was the subject of a story in an Oregon newspaper issue dated 27 Mar 1962. Use the "MH: Oregon Newspapers, 1867-2009" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who was Anoinette Hatfield married to?
- What was her age at the time the article was published?
- What medical problem was she having?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Antoinette" as the first name and "Hatfield" as the last name, with a publication date of 27 Mar 1962.
- In the search results screen, click the first entry.
- Read the article "Mrs Hatfield undergoes test" for the answers.
- Antoinette was married to Gov. Mark Hatfield.
- He was born in Decatur, Illinois.
- She was being treated for an abrasion of the cornea.
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