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Goal 9: Learn about Michigan newspapers.
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ALearn about Michigan newspapers.
Summary
- Discover the history of Michigan newspapers.
- Learn more about how to use Michigan periodical and manuscripts.
- Learn about Michigan newspapers in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Newspapers
AC—Wiki: Michigan Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscripts - Get started with Michigan newspaper research in this video.
AAC—Newspapers—7:15
BExplore Michigan newspapers.
Summary
- Find research clues in the Library of Congress historical newspaper collection.
- Search Michigan online newspaper sites.
- Search for
Michigan historical newspapers in the Library of Congress collection. - Find links to Michigan newspapers on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Michigan newspaper resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Explore historical newspapers on the Old Newspaper Research site.
- See additional Michigan newspaper resources on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Michigan newspapers and obituaries on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal.
- * 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 |
Edgar Rosselle Hinkley is mentioned in a Michigan newspaper article. Use the "AC: Northern, Michigan Newspaper Surname Index" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What newspaper has the article about Edgar Rosselle Hinkley?
- Where did he die?
- What is his wife's name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Edgar Rosselle" as the first name and "Hinkley" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Record for Edgar Rosselle Hinkley.
- Read the information in the center column.
- In Suggested Records on the right of the page, click the US Findagrave.com for more answers.
- The article was published in the Cheboygan Democrat.
- Edgar died in Cheboygan Co., Michigan.
- His wife is Lavina.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
For information on archive records by county, visit the SeekingMichigan site.
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