Picked this up in Dick Eastman's column Sunday morning and have added a
link to the Augusta County page. Thought others might be interested.
Carmen Finley
Augusta County VAGenWeb Coordinator
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- Virginia Newspaper Project
Are you researching Virginia ancestors and trying to learn more
about the society in which they lived? You may be interested in
the Virginia Newspaper Project. This is a major research effort.
Some of it is available online although there is much, much more
available offline.
The newspapers currently under examination by the Project include
the collections of: the University of Virginia, the College of
William and Mary, the Library of Virginia, and the Virginia
Historical Society. Quoting from the project's Web site:
"Together, these collections comprise a resource of considerable
breadth. Dating back to the Colonial period, including titles from
almost all 50 states, as well as many international titles, the
total collection (over 3700 have been examined, to date) of
original and microform materials is quite impressive. These papers
literally tell the tale of the nation, as well as reveal its
shifting views of the world. The exhibits displayed here (compiled
by Project staff from these resources) are meant to demonstrate
the role that newspapers can play in various areas of research;
highlight topical subjects, historical events, and the graphic
arts; and underscore the need to preserve these materials for the
use of future generations."
You probably will not discover the names of your ancestors on this
Web site, but you will learn more about how to research old
newspapers. To view the online information of the Virginia
Newspaper Project, look at:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/exhibit.html
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Carmen J. Finley
finleyc(a)sonoma.edu
Finley Family History database
Sonoma State University
http://libaxp.sonoma.edu/finley
Augusta County, VAGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/index.html
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