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Goal 9: Learn about Virginia newspapers.
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ALearn about Virginia newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Virginia newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Virginia periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Virginia newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Virginia Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Virginia Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Virginia newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Virginia Newspapers—9:00
BExplore Virginia newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Virginia online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Virginia historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Virginia newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore online copies of the Virginia Gazette, published from 1736-1780 in Williamsburg.
- Explore Virginia newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Virginia newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Virginia 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 |
Jo Anne Bradley's engagement was announced in a Virginia newspaper, published on 23 Dec 1962. Use the "AC: Danville Register, Danville, Virginia" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who did Jo Ann Bradley marry?
- What was her father's occupation?
- When was her wedding date?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Jo Anne" as the first name and "Bradley" as the last name, with a publication date of 23 Dec 1962.
- Read the article in the search results for the answers.
- Jo Anne married Melvin Wayne Jefferson.
- Her father was a Reverend.
- Her wedding was set for 9 Feb (1963). (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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