Dear Brenda,
You can access the Chronicling America web portal via the LVA site most easily by typing "Chronicling America" Or "Virginia Newspaper Project" in the Google seach-bar in the upper right hand corner of the LVA web page. You can also access it directly through the url: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/. The LVA will launch an internal newspaper hosting capability in the coming months that will allow us to offer historic newspapers that fall beyond the parameters (1860-1922) of the Library of Congress program that we have been participating. Finally, all of this content will be available for free and without a library card.
Hope this helps,
John Metz
Director of Archives, Records, and Collections
Library of Virginia
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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brenda Hare
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Question about finding old newspaper articles
Where do we find "Chronicling America" on the LoV site? Do we need to have a library card to access it?
Thank you,
Brenda
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From: "Shirley Cox Schroeder" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Question about finding old newspaper articles
> "Chronicling America" which is part of the Library of Congress (and may be
> accessed through the LoV site) is a project where old newspapers across
> the
> United States are being scanned in their entirety for access by the
> general
> public for free. All newspapers have not been scanned as of yet but I will
> say very old newspapers for Virginia are there. Check it out. There is a
> search engine that isn't the most friendly, however there is online help
> should you get stuck.
> On Jan 17, 2013 8:09 AM, "Charlie&Sue Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Many times, the older newspapers are found at the State Archives. I
>> search for names of newspspers by googling "name of town, newspaper."
>>
>> To look at many newspapers in a state, consider visiting the state
>> archives,
>>
>> Otherwise, request a date range of newspapers through interlibrary loan.
>> There's often a charge for borrowing newspapers on microfilm.
>>
>> Sue
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:32:48 -0500 "Richwine, Beth" <[log in to unmask]>
>> writes:
>> > I have a question about how to find or access old newspaper articles.
>> > My husband's father did a long canoe trip from Reading, PA to
>> > Florida in 1937/1938. We are transcribing his diary now for family
>> > members to be able to read and know that along the way the Reading
>> > papers, Newport News, and Charleston and possibly others wrote
>> > articles about the trip. We have some of these but specifically I
>> > am looking for an article mentioned in the diary that was in the
>> > Newport News paper. I don't know if this was the Daily Press (if it
>> > was in existence then) or not and was wondering if anyone knows if
>> > these might be online somewhere or if a trip to a local library
>> > might be in order. I don't live in that area but have some family
>> > that still does so might be able to get down there at some point.
>> > I've checked on ProQuest and they seem to have only Washington Post,
>> > New York Times and Chicago Tribune articles, and not many that old.
>> > Any other possible places to look online?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Beth
>> >
>> >
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