Pittsburg County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.
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Process/Presentation

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Tobucksy News

Why You Should Search Newspapers
2014 vol 2
News Item from The McAlester Guardian, Thursday, May 7, 1925
1988 January - Volume 5 Number 2
Abstract of News Articles from
Hartshorne, Indian Territory
Newspaper, ‘The Hartshorne Sun’,
1895-1904
1989 January – Volume 6 Number 2
Abstract of News Articles from
Hartshorne, Indian Territory
Newspaper, “The Hartshorne Sun”,
1904-1907
1989 May – Volume 6 Number 3
News Items from 1918 Hartshorne Sun

1989 September – Volume 7 Number 1
News Items from Hartshorne Sun
1990 January – Volume 7 Number 2

News Articles from the Hartshorne Sun
1990 June – Volume 7 Number 3
News Articles from the Hartshorne Sun
1990 September – Volume 8 Number 1
News Items from the Hartshorne Sun
1991 May – Volume 8 Number 3
News Items from the Hartshorne Sun,
1911
1991 September – Volume 8 Number 4
News Items from the Kiowa Journal,
1918
1992 January – Volume 9 Number 1
Ashland News
1992 May – Volume 9 Number 2
Ashland News Items
1992 September – Volume 9 Number 3
Newspaper Abstracts
1993 May – Volume 10 Number 2
Newspaper Abstraction - 1875
Newspaper Abstractions - 1919
Newspaper Abstraction - 1925
1994 January - Volume 11 Number 1
McAlester News Capital, July 5, 1913
1994 September - Volume 11 Number 3
Advertisements Found in McAlester
News, 1914
McAlester News Capital, March 2, 1914
McAlester News Capital, March 6, 1914
1994 September - Volume 11 Number 3
Reprint from McAlester News Capital, July
5, 1913
Reprint form McAlester News Capital, July
26, 1957
The Caddo Banner, November 24, 1893
The Caddo Banner, February 2, 1894
The Caddo Banner, February 2, 1894
Reprint from the McAlester News, March
2, 1914
1995 January - Volume 12 Number 1
McAlester News Capital, March 6, 1914

McAlester News Capital, March 4, 1914

The Kiowa Chronicle, March 1, 1956
McAlester News Capital, July 5, 1913
1995 May - Volume 12 Number 2
McAlester News Capital, March 2, 1914
McAlester News Capital, March 2, 1914
1995 September - Volume 12 Number 3
McAlester News Capital, March 2, 1914
1996 January - Volume 13 Number 1
The New State Newspaper Dec 13, 1907
The New State Newspaper Jul 12, 1907
The New State Newspaper Nov 1, 1907
1998 January - Volume 15 Number 1
The New State Newspaper Oct 11, 1907
The New State Newspaper Oct 4, 1907
1998 May - Volume 15 Number 2

Daily Capital Newspaper July 25, 1904
The Evening News Newspaper august 13,
1904
Daily Capital Newspaper July 5, 1904
Daily Capital Newspaper July 8, 1904
The New State Newspaper July 26, 1907
1998 September - Volume 15 Number 3
McAlester News-Capital – 2 Jan 1927
South McAlester Capital – 26 Jan 1905
1999 January - Volume 16 Number 1
McAlester News Capital, 3 Jan 1927
1999 May - Volume 16 Number 2
McAlester News Capital, 21 Nov. 1919
McAlester News Capital Newspaper 4 Jan
1927
1999 September - Volume 16 Number 3
McAlester News Capital, 13 Nov 1936
2000 January - Volume 17 Number 1
The McAlester News Capital, 8 Nov 1981
The McAlester News Capital, 22 Jun 1969
2000 May - Volume 17 Number 2
1937 Newspaper Obituaries
2005 May – Volume 22 Number 2
 
 
 
 
 

Podcast/Training Courses

Genealogy Bank Oklahoma Archives: 55 Newspapers for Genealogy Research
Lesson 1 to 13 Historical Newspaper Research
How To Become An Awesome Newspaper Researcher $4.99
The Ancestor Hunt
 
 
 

Wiki/URL

Cyndis list
 
 
 
 
 
 

BlogsHandouts


15 Huge Lists of Free Online Newspaper Collections for Genealogy
 
4 Tips for Genealogy Research with Historical Newspapers
Newspaper Archives, Indexes & Morgues
Search U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present
Using Newspapers to Expand Your Genealogy Research: A Morgue Example
 
 

Homework

GenealogyBank Oklahoma Archives: 55 Newspapers for Genealogy Research
DIGITIZED NEWSPAPERS
Finding Archived Newspapers & City Directories (from Katherine R. Willson & Miriam J. Robbins)
Tips for Researching Birthdays & Birthday Notices in Newspapers
How to Find the Black Sheep of Your Family in Old Newspapers
 
 

Search Engines

Elephind.com
Chronicling America
     
 
 
New York Times Archives
 
Google News Archives
Green Free Library
     

Pittsburg County

McAlester Library
Many on microfilm in the library
Gateway limited to Pittsburg
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McAlester News-Capital & Democrat (McAlester, Oklahoma) Recent Newspaper Obituaries (2007 - Current)
Eufaula Library
Need a library care and in library only
     

Pennsylvania

 
Pittsburgh, PA Jewish Newspaper Project, 1895-Present. Includes three publications.
Philadelphia Inquirer Civil War Archive, from a Northern perspective, 1860-1865
Delaware County Library
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspaper Archives, 1831-1877.
Penn State Newspaper Archives
Smethport, PA newspaper archives, McKean County, 1833-1977.
Philadelphia Press (1857-1920)

Virginia

Richmond Then and Now, 1860-1989.
Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780.
Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, 1825-current.
Alexandria Gazette
 
 
 

Ohio

Cleveland Press, 1878-1982
Circleville Herald, 1926-1977 and 2013,
Plain Dealer
 
 
 
 

Idaho

Idaho Archives: 35 Newspapers for Genealogy Research
           

Illinois

Barrington Courier Review, Barrington, IL, 1890-1932.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection, 1831-2011, at the University of Illinois.
Quincy Illinois Historical Newspaper Archive 1835-1919
Sterling, IL Newspaper Archives, 1854-2007.
The Farm, Field and Fireside Collection at the University of Illinois, 1841-1939. -
Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
Chicago Examiner 1908-1918

Indiana

Evansville Press, 1850-2012
Charles Browning Collection
Hoosier State Chronicles, 1840-1922.
Muncie Post Democrat Newspaper Collection at Ball State University, 1921-1950
Indiana Memory
 
 
 

Kansas

Kansas Memory site, from the Kansas Historical Society,
Chronicling America - Kansas Newspapers
         

Oklahoma

The Gateway to Oklahoma History Instructions
OHS instructions and video
The Oklahoman, 1901-current.
Oklahoma Online Historical Newspapers Summary - Updated 2015
Guthrie Daily Leader
#2
Oklahoma City Times
#2
Browse Issues: The Oklahoma miner.
The Oklahoman

Texas

Texas History Portal, 1810-current
Weimar Mercury, and other papers, 1885-1960, Nesbitt Memorial Library
Wellington Leader, 1909-2006. Collingsworth Public Library
La Marque Times, 1921-1998
Panola Watchman, 1879-1961
Gatesville Messenger and Star Forum, 1955-2008,
 

North Carolina

North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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