Comparing the U.S.

Newspaper Giants

Speaker:  Sunny Jane Morton

Sunday  November 17th 2024 

Program 10 AM to 12 PM Mountain Time

9:30 AM to 10 AM Schmear, Schmooze, and Share

On ZOOM 

Comparing the U.S. Newspaper Giants. Over a billion digitized newspaper pages are searchable at online historical newspaper archives such as Chronicling America, Fulton History, GenealogyBank, NewspaperArchive and Newspapers.com. But which should you use? Is it worth subscribing to one of the premium sites? Learn how they stack up for total amount of digitized content; geographic coverage; unique features and tools; subscription options; and more, including Jewish content. My tips, encouragement, and comparative analyses will help you more confidently choose and use newspaper websites.

Sunny Jane Morton is a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine and Content Director at YourDNAGuide.com. She has twice received awards from the National Genealogical Society, most recently for her book How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records, co-authored with Harold Henderson, CG. Her other book, Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy, is now in its 2nd edition. In 2024, she was the recipient of a research travel award from the Cushwa Center for her study of the archives of Catholic women religious. She is an instructor for the GRIP Genealogy Institute 2025 (Practical Family History Writing). She is known for delivering presentations packed with try-this-now strategies, humor, humanity, and plenty of motivating examples and stories.

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