The after Thanksgiving sales are in full swing but for genealogists, one of the best gifts of the season is found at Kenneth R. Marks’ The Ancestor Hunt blog with his end-of-the-year-update on free online U.S. historical newsletters. This update includes 25,500 links to newspapers across the country. When you follow the link to the article you will see a list of state summaries. Click on a state to view that state’s collections.
Not only will you find newspapers, you will also find a surprising number of historic newspaper collections like this one from the Digital Library of Georgia.
Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage and other online genealogy archives have impressive records collections, but they aren’t the only sources available to us. For that reason, we have begun building a research directory at SAGS Support. The Research Directory will never compete with the big guys or with Cyndi’s List (but we do link to her site). Our directory is focused on freely accessible archives from states, universities and others. We are kicking off our Research Directory page with a section on Newspaper Resources. Additional sections will be added regularly. Stop by the Research Directory and see for yourself.
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