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Goal 9: Learn about South Carolina newspapers.
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ALearn about South Carolina newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of South Carolina newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use South Carolina periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about South Carolina newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: South Carolina Newspapers
AC—Wiki: South_Carolina Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical South Carolina newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical South Carolina Newspapers—9:44
BExplore South Carolina newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search South Carolina online newspaper sites.
- Search for
South Carolina historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to South Carolina newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore South Carolina newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional South Carolina newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for South Carolina 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 |
Chubby Checker was mentioned in a South Carolina newspaper article. Use the "AC: Florence Morning News, Florence, South Carolina" QUIKLink below, with a publication date of 26 March 1961, to answer these questions:
- What was Chubby Checker's famous record?
- What was his worth in the article?
- How much money did his mother earn as a seamstress?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Chubby" as the first name and "Checker" as the last name, with a publication date of 26 March 1961.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Chubby Checker.
- Read the article "Rock'n Roll Fortunes..." for the answers.
- The Twist.
- According to the article, Chubby's net worth was $18,000.
- His mother earned $35 a week.
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South Carolina Counties
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