Monday, February 10, 2014

Webinar Reminder

The February 12 webinar from Legacy is called "Family Stories: Using Newspapers to Reconnect with the Stories of Your Family's Past."

Those of you who were at the December 10 workshop may remember the video we watched that evening presented by Thomas Kemp, who is the webinar speaker this week. Register to watch in real time at www.familytreewebinars.com.

Legacy's synopsis of the presentation follows: 
 
"As genealogists we want to learn who our ancestors and relatives are, to document them, learn the stories of their lives and pass them down to the rising generation. The old newspapers are the new tool for uncovering these stories. Newspapers were published every day of their lives – take this tour of the remarkable examples that can be found in GenealogyBank’s three centuries of newspaper archives. Find your family’s stories that have been lost over time – document them and preserve them. Don’t let your heritage be lost."
 
I must comment that reading microfilm of old newspapers is a lot of fun--and perhaps less frustrating than trying to use an online subscription site. Generally, your town's public library has microfilm copies of its newspapers. Large historical facilities (such as The Wisconsin Historical Society) also maintain microfilms of those papers, which can be ordered via interlibrary loan. 
 
 

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