Georgia Historic Newspapers

[lupaglupa]

Newspapers are a great source for genealogy research, not only helping locate people but also providing interesting anecdotes. I came across the website for Georgia Historic Newspapers this week and had a great time finding references to my family. I'm sure many of you can do the same. The site is part of the Digital Library of Georgia. I found the search function easy to use and the results very accuaret to the search terms.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

 

[farrargirl]

Newspapers are a great source for genealogy research, not only helping locate people but also providing interesting anecdotes. I came across the website for Georgia Historic Newspapers this week and had a great time finding references to my family. I'm sure many of you can do the same. The site is part of the Digital Library of Georgia. I found the search function easy to use and the results very accuaret to the search terms.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Agree. I have used it for years. My favorite feature is the regional search. Very useful tool…

 

[John Winn]

This is a good source. I've used it as my mother's family all lived in Georgia (some moved there; others born there). I got hits on this site I didn't get using newspapers.com

 

[digne]

Newspapers are a great source for genealogy research, not only helping locate people but also providing interesting anecdotes. I came across the website for Georgia Historic Newspapers this week and had a great time finding references to my family. I'm sure many of you can do the same. The site is part of the Digital Library of Georgia. I found the search function easy to use and the results very accuaret to the search terms.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Thanks for the link!! I've searched Georgia papers on other sites. But somehow luck was on my side today when I searched on this one. I just found an obit for one of my absolutely hardest people. Doesn't list much information, but nails down a date of death. And that led to finding burial information (unmarked grave, but there's a sexton's card file of burials). And may lead to more information.

I'm almost positive he fought for the Confederacy, but he moved around too much and had a super common name: Samuel M. Wright.
But he's the absolute right age: born in 1831, lived along the Georgia and Alabama border for most of his life.

 

[lupaglupa]

Thanks for the link!! I've searched Georgia papers on other sites. But somehow luck was on my side today when I searched on this one. I just found an obit for one of my absolutely hardest people. Doesn't list much information, but nails down a date of death. And that led to finding burial information (unmarked grave, but there's a sexton's card file of burials). And may lead to more information.

I'm almost positive he fought for the Confederacy, but he moved around too much and had a super common name: Samuel M. Wright.
But he's the absolute right age: born in 1831, lived along the Georgia and Alabama border for most of his life.

Isn't that satisfying?! I like finding any info but filling a longtime gap is the best.

 

[TerryB]

Newspapers are a great source for genealogy research, not only helping locate people but also providing interesting anecdotes. I came across the website for Georgia Historic Newspapers this week and had a great time finding references to my family. I'm sure many of you can do the same. The site is part of the Digital Library of Georgia. I found the search function easy to use and the results very accuaret to the search terms.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

I've found that Georgia has a wonderful collection of ACW newspapers, though not all at one site.