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Posts about obituaries and death notices, including finding historic newspapers, and searching newspapers, newspaper indexes, digital newspapers

19 Aug 2014

Google News Archive for German Newspapers

By |19 Aug 2014|Genealogy, Newspapers, Obituaries, Translation|0 Comments

Today's guest post is about using the Google News Archive for German newspapers. German-language newspapers published in the U.S. can be important sources for obituaries and other information on German immigrant ancestors. My Germanic Genealogy teacher, Carolyn Thomas, of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society, shares her insights on using the Google News Archive [...]

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22 Jun 2013

Obituaries from Chicago German-Language Newspapers

By |22 Jun 2013|Chicago Genealogy, German Genealogy, Hann, Obituaries, Translation|Comments Off on Obituaries from Chicago German-Language Newspapers

Today's topic is about using and translating obituaries from Chicago German-Language newspapers. I've found the birthplace for Gottfried Hann (1861-1896), my great-grandfather, as I continue trying to read 19th-c. German without actually knowing any. I paid a researcher to find these obituaries at the Newberry Library and now I'm [...]

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Much has changed since 1977, when I started my first job as a genealogy librarian, except my delight helping people find their ancestors. The name Sassy Jane comes from a 1920s newspaper ad for "rayon frocks," combining my love of genealogy and everything vintage.