Has anyone had a chance to visit the Library of Congress newspaper website “Chronicling America” recently? Since I visited two weeks ago, the website has a whole new look and search interface. I am working on my relatives, Nellie Jones and William Hull Phelps. I believe I found them in census and mortuary records, but…
Category: Newspaper Research
That’s Old News: One Day of Local News
I often hear people lament that things were better in the olden days. Or, that somehow people have changed. We’re meaner and less civil, right? We commit way more crimes and we’ll pull out a gun over anything. Right? As I’ve been doing alot of newspaper research over the last year or two, I’ve learned…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Burke Caughell Wedding Announcement
I found this bit of news in the 26 Jan 1930 Oakland Tribune: It describes the wedding of my Grandmother’s cousin, Genevieve Burke, to Hugh Caughell. Genevieve was the daughter of John “Jack” Burke and Gertrude Jones (Gertrude was my Great Grandmother’s Sister). The wedding took place in the home of Hugh Caughell’s parents on…
Hawaiian Newspapers In Digital Collection
The Chronicling America digital newspaper collection at the Library of Congress website has several newspapers that will interest those researching in Hawaii. Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly – covering 1899-1900 The Daily Bulletin – covering 1882-1895 The Daily Herald – covering 1886-1887 Daily Honolulu Press – covering 1885-1886 The Democrat – covering 1910 The Evening Bulletin –…
That’s Old News: Who Names Their Son Benjamin Franklin?
That’s the question I had to answer. One of my distant cousins, Catherine McSweegan, daughter of Thomas McSweegan and Catherine Kelly, married a man named B.F. Baddeley. That “B.F.” drove me crazy. What did it stand for? I researched different records to see if I could uproot his first and middle name. I eventually found…