[Genealib] German American Newspapers

[Tom Kemp]

GenealogyBank has 28 early German-American newspapers (1750-1898) from
6 states online.
These are available directly by individual subscription and to
libraries via the NewsBank and Readex product lines.

See: http://bit.ly/NGBnr   for the list of titles; issue counts; date
ranges etc.

Tom

Thomas Jay Kemp
Thomas.J.Kemp at gmail.com

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Ernie Thode<ernie at wcplib.lib.oh.us> wrote:
> I would also love to see historic German-American newspapers digitized.  One
> problem - I'm not sure it is insurmountable but it is a major problem - is
> getting any OCR software to recognize the German characters in the Fraktur
> (old German) typeface that the old German newspapers used.  I'd like to hear
> of any projects that  have been successful on a large scale in digitizing
> the old German type.
>
> Ernie Thode
> Local History & Genealogy
> Washington County Public Library
> Marietta, OH
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "charlene sokal" <csokal at charter.net>
> Sent 6/12/2009 5:33:28 PM
> To: "'Librarians Serving Genealogists'" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Genealib] Hispanic genealogy
>
> Mr. Kemp,
>
>
>
> It is great that GenealogyBank has a collection of Historic Hispanic
> American Newspapers.  As a new member I would like to see a collection of
> historic German American Newspapers as well.
>
>
>
> Charlene Key Sokal
>
> csokal at charter.net
>
>
>
> From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
> [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Kemp
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:34 PM
> To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
> Subject: Re: [Genealib] Hispanic genealogy
>
>
>
> GenealogyBank has the only collection of historical Hispanic American
> Newspapers online.
> Well over 300 titles - newspapers dating from 1808-1980. Newspapers are from
> across the country.
>
> They are packed with obits; birth/marriage notices; articles of all kinds.
> See: www.GenealogyBank.com
> These are by individual memberships.
>
>
>
> Libraries can also get the Hispanic American Newspapers directly from
> NewsBank.
>
> Tom
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Grimshaw, Kathy <Grimshaw at cliftonpl.org>
> wrote:
>
> While we're on the subject...
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for specific titles dealing with basic
> Hispanic genealogy (especially South and Central American)? I'm trying
> to beef-up both our genealogy and foreign language collections, and
> would love titles in both English and Spanish.
>
> Thank you!
> Kathy Grimshaw-Haven
> Reference Librarian
> Clifton Public Library
> 292 Piaget Ave.
> Clifton, NJ 07011
> (973) 772-5500
>
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