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Unearthing Your Roots With Ohio’s Newspapers on Chronicling America
Jenni Salamon Coordinator, Ohio Digital Newspaper Program
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Overview
• About Chronicling America
• Searching Chronicling America
• Tips & Tricks for Searching Digital Newspapers
• Finding Your Family History
• More Resources
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ABOUT CHRONICLING AMERICA
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Why Digitize Newspapers?
• Fundamental part of historical record • Primary (sometimes secondary) source • Contemporary analysis & public opinion • Variety of information • Unique stories & enhanced details • Corroborate other sources • Convenient • Time-saving
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What is Chronicling America?
• Website sponsored by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Free access to over 9.5 million keyword-searchable images (and growing!) 1836-1922
Over 1,700 titles
38 states/territories
• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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National Digital Newspaper Program, 2005-2014
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Ohio’s Chronicling America Collection
• 1836-1922 (bulk 1840-1880)
• Over 315,000 pages
• Approximately 70 titles/title families
• 58 counties
• Diverse voices
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SEARCHING CHRONICLING AMERICA
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Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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Search Bar Features
• Search Pages (Basic Search)
• Advanced Search
• All Digitized Newspapers, 1836-1922
• US Newspaper Directory
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US Newspaper Directory
• Find information about newspapers o Newspapers published in a particular place at
a particular time o Libraries with hardcopy or microfilm holdings
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Browsing Chronicling America
• State • Newspaper • Browse Issues • No. of Issues • Earliest Issue • Latest Issue • More Info
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Browsing Chronicling America
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More Info
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Search Pages (Basic Search)
• Search is not case-sensitive
• Special and diacritic (letters with accent marks) are ignored
• Common words (and, or, not, the) are ignored
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Search Results
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Image Viewing Screen
Zoom View Options (Text, PDF, JP2) Toggle Full Page Scissors Icon (Clip/Print) Navigation (page, issue) Citation
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Full Screen View
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Printing an Image
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Advanced Search
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Advanced Searching: Any vs. All
...with any of the words
124,508 results
Schmidt naturalization
...with all of the words
2,550 results
Schmidt naturalization
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Advanced Searching: Phrase
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Advanced Searching: Proximity
• Useful when searching for information about a particular aspect of a person/event/place
• Search within 5, 10, 50, 100 words
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TIPS & TRICKS FOR SEARCHING DIGITAL NEWSPAPERS
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Historical Vocabulary
Geographical (e.g. Place
Names) Siam Thailand
Events (e.g. War Names)
War with Spain
Spanish-American
War
Nouns (e.g. People,
Objects, Political Movements, etc.)
Suffrage Voting Rights
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Historical Vocabulary
Current Vocabulary North
Canton 91 results
Historical Vocabulary New
Berlin 2,716 results
May 4, 1918 January 5, 1900
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Keyword Searching
• Computer generated
• Captures printing accuracies...and errors
• Thrown off by imperfections on page
• May require more than one search to find information
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Even More Search Tips
• Use state and date limiters
• Use many words to characterize the topic
• Too many results? • Use more specific terms • Use limits in combination
• Too few results?
• Use alternate terms and broader subjects
• Relax limits
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Historical Newspapers
• 18th and 19th Century Papers o Often partisan, supporting
specific political agendas o More than one paper in
each town, county or region o Paper may report on local
news from areas within its circulating area, beyond city of publication
o Fewer pictures/graphical elements
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Historical Newspapers
• Late 19th, 20th and 21st Century Papers o More graphics and prominent
headlines o Engagement and marriage
announcements, obituaries more common
o Coverage of churches, schools, police/court reports
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Special Newspapers
• Focused on news of particular groups or organizations
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FINDING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
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People
• Finding the Missus (Mrs.)
• Full names vs. abbreviations
• Misspellings and Americanizations
• Children’s names
• Order
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Places
• Political Changes=Name Changes o Austria-Hungary vs. Yugoslavia
• Regional Differences
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Court and Legal News
• Probate • Sheriff • Naturalization • Tax • Delinquent Land • Property/Land Sales • Wills/Estates
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Go Directly to Jail
• Prison • Jail • Reformatory • Sentenced • Imprison(ment) • Also try the opposite
• Release • Parole • Free • Let out
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Hospitalizations
• Hospital, asylum, home, institute
• Lunatic, lunacy, deaf, dumb • Feeble-minded, feeble
minded, feebleminded • Some people were
hospitalized through the court system
• Institution names Keep track of name changes
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Major Life Events
• Death, died, funeral, burial, memorial
• Birth, born, baby, child • Marriage, wedding, nuptials,
hymenial, hymeneal, ceremony, engagement
• Divorce, separation • Reunions, comings and
goings (county, city, and college names)
• War, army enlistments
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MORE RESOURCES
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Ohio Memory www.ohiomemory.org
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Selected Ohio Memory Newspapers
• Amherst News-Times, 1917-2013 • Columbus Ohio State Journal, 1832-1879, 1885, 1889, 1909 • Columbus Ohio Statesman, 1869-1872 • Columbus Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1922-1994 • Mt. Vernon Democratic Banner, 1858-1865 • Mt. Vernon Republican, 1855-1865
• North Canton Sun, 1922-2001
• Wooster Daily Republican, 1917-1920
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Ohio Memory Newspaper Resources
• Ohio Memory (www.ohiomemory.org) o More digitized newspapers o Educational resources (see below)
• Video Tutorials (also at www.youtube.com/ohiohistory)
o Using Chronicling America Podcast Series o Chronicling America Search Strategy Videos
• Ohio Topic Guides
o Topics include famous people, military history, landmarks, education and more
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Thank You!
• Jenni Salamon, Coordinator • [email protected]
• Additional resources available through Ohio Memory:
• www.ohiomemory.org • www.ohiohistoryhost.org/ohiomemory/
• A copy of this presentation will be made available on our
Project Wiki • http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ondp/