Chronicling America : A Newspaper Site for Everyone  

Using online search engines can be tricky! Learn some techniques to find your elusive ancestors in the newspapers on Chronicling America. This presentation by Certified Genealogist, Dana Palmer, will show how to use the newly updated Chronicling America website. Not only will discussion cover how to effectively search the website by location, date, and keyword searches, but it will also include hyphenated words, Fraktur type, and diacritics. In addition, discussion of how to use the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries will be shown to show you how to determine if a newspaper exists in microfilm or original print, how to follow the newspaper when the title changed over time, and how to obtain a copy from the repository. This is a must attend lecture for anyone wanting to find newspapers.

This program is part of the Hudson Genealogical Study Group's monthly programming series. All are welcome to attend!