The Digital Library of Georgia, part of the vast amount of materials online via Galileo at the University of Georgia, has added several newspaper titles from North Georgia.
The papers in the North Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive are from Dalton, Gainesville and Rome and include the Gainesville News (1902-1922), the Georgia Cracker (1894-1902) from Gainesville, the North Georgia Citizen (1868-1921) from Dalton, and Rome’s Courier (1850-1855), Tri-Weekly Courier (1860-1880) and Weekly Courier (1860-1878).
Remember, just because these papers were printed in one town does not preclude them covering news from neighboring counties and outlying localities.
Also, the weekly editions often summarized news from daily editions that might no longer exist.
The Digital Library of Georgia already contains archives of newspapers from Athens, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville and Savannah, as well as those included in the South Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive.
The North Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive is at blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?p=4460.
Other sites that have Georgia newspapers include the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America (free) and GenealogyBank (subscription).
Your Genealogy Today
One of the earliest general-purpose genealogy magazines, Family Chronicle, has renamed itself Your Genealogy Today with the March-April issue, and each issue will have a dedicated DNA & Genealogy column.
An article in the current issue discusses having an approach that is balanced between online research and traditional research.
Another covers the three P’s of a genealogy research trip: plan, prepare and pack — don’t wait until the last minute to gather your research notes.
The magazine is on newsstands and at yourgenealogytoday.com.
The company also offers a lot of special issues that might prove helpful, such as those devoted to War of 1812 research, Italian ancestors, Irish ancestors and dating old photographs, among other topics.
Finding your ancestor’s land
Locating your ancestor’s farm or residence on a map helps you to understand the circumstances of their environment — roads, streams and neighbors. You can see the city limits or how close they were to another county where they may have left records. If they owned land, check how they got the land to find their date of entry into the area.
