Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about newspapers, newspaper indexes, digital newspapers, and newspaper directories, and finding historic newspapers for genealogy research.
Today's post is about newspaper serendipity in 1884 Brooklyn. I love newspaper research. Even in those somewhat seasick days of cranking a microfilm reader, reading old newspapers has always been my jam. And I [...]
It's the third Tuesday of the month, so it's time to join the #ChronAmParty on Twitter. Libraries participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program select and tweet vintage newspaper stories from Chronicling America using the [...]
Do you want to help the Library of Congress by making historic newspaper photos searchable? Beyond Words makes historic newspaper photos searchable by transcribing captions. This new Library of Congress crowdsourcing project invites volunteers to [...]
Alaska, Colorado, Maine, and New Jersey are the Chronicling America additions August 2016. The four new partners are the Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums; the Colorado Historical Society; the Maine State Library, and Rutgers University [...]
