USING ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS FOR …€¦ · Ethnic newspapers and publications can often provide biographical and genealogical clues about immigrant ancestors. This webinar

USING ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH

BONUS MATERIALS NORTHWEST GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 2019 CONFERENCE

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.

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Ethnic newspapers and publications can often provide biographical and genealogical clues about immigrant ancestors. This webinar will show you where to find these rich resources, how to access them and what details they contain to help with your research.

SAMPLE ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS

German Language Newspaper: Vorbote. (Chicago, Ill.), 10 Oct. 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045868/1917-10-10/ed-1/seq-1/

Ethnic Newspapers: Example #2

Picture News from the Associated Press; Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: Daily Illini, 6 February 1938; http://idnc.library.illinois.edu

Ethnic Newspapers: Example #3

Obituary appearing in Jednota (Official Publication of The First Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada https://www.fcsu.com), Wednesday, November 21, 2001; used with permission.

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