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Goal 9: Learn about Washington newspapers.
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ALearn about Washington newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Washington newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Washington periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Washington newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Washington Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Washington Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Learn about researching historical Washington newspapers in this tutorial from The Ancestor Hunt.
Research Free Historical Washington Newspapers—8:00
BExplore Washington newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Washington online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Washington historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Washington newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore historic Washington newspapers on the Washington State Library site.
- Explore Washington newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Washington newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Washington 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 |
John Paul Allen was mentioned in a Washington newspaper article. Use the "AC: Walla Walla Union Bulletin" QUIKLink below, with a publication date of 14 Apr 1957, to answer these questions:
- Who is John Paul Allen's father?
- How old was John when he died?
- What is the name of his brother?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "John Paul" as the first name and "Allen" as the last name, with a publication date of 14 Apr 1957.
- In the search results screen, click the article and read it.
- John's father is Paul R Allen.
- He died at birth.
- His brother is Paul Michael Allen.
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