Help with Chronicling America

Tune in to LOC

The Library of Congress is, without question, an American treasure.

It’s home to so many goodies that we as genealogists use all the time.

The collection of United States Statutes at Large for those of us who — like The Legal Genealogist — need to research or reference early federal law.¹

The map collections that show us what our region and nation was like as the country developed.²

The many blogs that help us make sense of the vast holdings of this American treasure.³

But the fact that its resources are so rich and so deep sometimes makes it — well — just a tad hard to find what we want.

And that’s true even with some critically important individual collections, like the fabulous free collection of online newspapers offered by the Library of Congress at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

With more than 20.6 million pages available from nearly 4,000 newspapers, there’s a lot to be found… but figuring out just how to do it can be daunting.

So… for those of us who could use a little help navigating the newspaper collection, we’re in luck.

Because we can all tune in to the Library of Congress one week from today, on Wednesday, September 6th at 1 p.m. EDT, and get an insider’s view on using that collection.

All we need to do is register in advance and then tune in to hear Reference Librarian Amber Paranick and Digital Conversion Specialist Mike Saelee explain more about Chronicling America, its search interface, and how to navigate the challenges of working with historic newspapers as primary sources.

And even better? The livestreamed presentation will be recorded for those of us who may have other things we have to do then, and we can catch it later in the Library’s Event Videos collection.

Remember: register in advance, then tune in a week from today, or catch it afterwards.

Either way, tune in to LOC to learn how to use this free newspaper collection more effectively.

We’ll all be better for the help.

Thanks, LOC!

Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “Help with Chronicling America,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 30 Aug 2023).

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