Learn how to reconnect with your family stories using historical newspapers. Download this PowerPoint deck from GenealogyBank’s recent webinar tutorial to see several examples of the types of articles that you can find in old newspapers that can be used to trace your family tree and uncover your family history.
Watch the webinar video recording “How To Find Your Family Stories in Newspapers” for an expert-led walk-through of the PPT slides on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS3togVfSbA.
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1942. Obituary. Boston Herald
(Boston, Massachusetts), 22 January
1942, page 21. (Source: GenealogyBank.com)
http://bit.ly/13fSt07
7. The Bellingham Herald (Fairhaven and
Whatcom, Washington) 24 April 1906. p. 1
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Hampshire Gazette (Northampton,
Massachusetts) 21 March 1832, page 3
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Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, New
York) 29 December 1818, page 4
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New Hampshire Republican (Dover, New
Hampshire) 25 January 1825, page 10
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Boston Centennial (Boston, Massachusetts)
5 August 1818, page 1
13. “The writer of this shed
tears to hear him …
recount the sufferings and
privations he endured
while fighting for liberty.”
New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire)
8 May 1851, page 2
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14. • Nathaniel Hayford
• One of the last living soldiers from the Battle
of Bunker Hill – 17 June 1776
• Survived by his wife – “the partner of his
youth”
• He was 96 years old when he died - 1851
• Annual Town Meetings – blessing of liberty
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15. • Battle of Lexington &
Concord
• Served 5 years
• Most of the principal
battles
• Battle of Bunker Hill
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17. • Battle of Concord
• “on Bunker Hill, but not
in the engagement”
Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts)
15 July 1851, page 3
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18. New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth,
New Hampshire) 23 April 1850, page 2
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19. Thomas Hill:
• Battle of Lexington & Concord - 14-year-old boy
• Battle of Bunker Hill “with his father and eldest
brother Abraham.”
• They were part of “the volunteer minute men who
fought.”
• He went on to fight in “two campaigns in the Jerseys
and New York.”
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20. New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth,
New Hampshire) 23 April 1850, page 2
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21. “Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.”
Longfellow published his poem in January
1861, just 10 years after Thomas Hill & Nathaniel
Hayford died.
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22. Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts)
31 July 1840, page 2
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23. The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington)
5 March 1991. p. A4
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Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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• Started – 1 Nov 1889
• Carrier #1
• Retired - 1 May 1931
• 4 deliveries a day
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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• Started – 1 Nov 1889
• Carrier #1
• Retired - 1 May 1931
• 4 deliveries a day
• Tough Winter Snow
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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• Started – 1 Nov 1889
• Carrier #1
• Retired - 1 May 1931
• 4 deliveries a day
• Tough Winter Snow
• Flood – Delivered Mail
by boat
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8
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Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 13
March 1874, page 3 - age 36
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Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 14
September 1877, page 2 - age 40
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New York Herald (New York City, New York)
19 August 1894 section 3 page 1 - age 48
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Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
13 November 1872 page 4 - age 36
39. • Found a “stampless”
letter from Jonathan
Huse to his “aged
mother Anne” –
written in 1809
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40. • Letter mentioned that
the “5 children” were
doing fine.
• Letter did not name
the children
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• Return Jonathan Meigs
(1764-1825)
• Governor of Ohio
• Postmaster General of
the United States
• US Senator
Wikipedia
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• Return Jonathan Meigs
(1740-1823)
• Colonel, Continental
Army
• Federal Indian Agent
Wikipedia
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• “The Starbird Children“
• Clarissa (Peters) Russell
• Painted in 1841
• Henry E. Starbird, age 10
• Caroline M. Starbird, age 8
• Louis D. Starbird, age 5
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston,
Massachusetts) 13 February 1888, page 1
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Boston Daily Atlas (Boston, Massachusetts)
12 May 1847, page 1
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Boston Evening Transcript
(Boston, Massachusetts) 29 July 1850, page 3
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Boston Evening Journal (Boston,
Massachusetts) 15 April 1884, page 1
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Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts)
17 September 1926, page 2
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The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)
22 September 1975. p. 8
Jon Lynn Bergland died in a car accident
at the age of 19.
This letter was found by his parents
among his possessions.
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The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)
22 September 1975. p. 8
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Patriot (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
22 January 1908, page 6
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72. • Captain Elisha Smith
• Family records said that he lived in New
Hampton, New Hampshire
• Task: Find his obituary
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1942. Obituary. Boston Herald
(Boston, Massachusetts), 22 January
1942, page 21. (Source: GenealogyBank.com)
http://bit.ly/13fSt07