In this first week of Women's History Month, we are looking at genealogy methodology books for your reference library.
Title: The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide
Author: James M. Beidler
Publisher: Family Tree Books
Synopsis: "This comprehensive how-to guide will show you how to harvest the "social media" of centuries past to learn about your ancestors and the times and places they lived in. With step-by-step examples, case studies, templates, worksheets, and screenshots, this book shows you what you can find in online (and offline) historical newspapers..."
Why You Need This Book: If you have never read a book on newspaper research, you need to. Especially if you are researching women in the late 19th and 20th centuries, you need to know how to find and search newspapers. (Yes, women appear in newspapers before then).
Read a book about newspaper research so that you can enhance your knowledge of this record set. Newspapers are vital to researching women. This book will walk you through the popular subscription websites that you are most likely to use while providing historical information about newspapers.
Other Resources: Tim Pinnick's, Finding and Using African American Newspapers
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