Fantastic Find: The Ancestor Hunt Can Help You Find U.S. Newspapers

"Roy Takeno (far left), with Yuichi Hirata and Nabou Samamura, standing in front of the Office of Reports Free Press. Two men are reading the Los Angeles Times newspaper."  Adams, Ansel, photographer. Roy Takeno, editor, and group reading paper in front of office, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams. California Manzanar, 1943. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002696016/. (Accessed March 02, 2017.)

If you are always on the lookout for updated links to historic U.S. newspapers like I am, you might find the research bonanza over at The Ancestor Hunt (by Arizona research Kenneth R Marks) very helpful.  Most states are covered, and most of each link collection has been updated within the past year.

You can even take some lessons on researching newspapers and getting the most out of your searches!

"Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, reading newspaper to which he subscribes. Creek County, Oklahoma." Lee, Russell, photographer. Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, reading newspaper to which he subscribes. Creek County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 23. Creek County Oklahoma, 1940. Feb. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa2000016365/PP/. (Accessed March 02, 2017.)

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