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~ National and Major Eastern Newspapers, Online Books & Obituary Collections ~

National
Newspapers By State 
New York Times - archive
Washington Post 
* Newark Star-Ledger
* Newspapers.com
* Google News Archive 
* GenealogyBank Newspaper Archive
* Chronicling America - Digital Papers

* Family Tree Magazine 

Southwestern Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - obits
   Google News archive 
* Pittsburgh Press Google archive
* Greensburg Tribune Review - obits 
* Greensburg Daily Trib - 1890-1978
* Pittsburg Dispatch - 1889-1892 
* Uniontown Herald-Standard-
    - obits-archive - 1913-1941 -
    1941-1977 (ES) - 1917-1977 (MH)
* Connellsville Daily Courier - obits -
    1879-1888 - 1888-1907 - 1905-1929
    - 1902-1977
* Somerset Daily American - obits - 
    1951-1977

Meyersdale Republican - 1900-1977
* Somerset Herald - 1870-1897
* Washington Observer-Reporter -
   - obits-Google News Archive 
* Waynesburg Republican - 1867-1869
   -  obituary index
* Mon Valley Independent - obits
* Beaver County Times - obits
* New Castle News - obits

Eastern Pennsylvania
* Carbon Advocate - 1872-1924
* Reading Eagle - 1868-2008
* Kutztown Patriot - 1889-1940
* Philadelphia Inquirer
* Allentown Morning Call

West Virginia
* Preston County News - obits
* Preston County Journal (1994-2014)
* West Virginia Argus (1877-1916)

* Grafton Mountain Statesman - obits
* Clarksburg Exponent - obits
* Elkins Inter-Mountain - obits 
* Fairmont Times-West Virginian - obits
* Wheeling Intelligencer - obits -
   - archive 1865-1903
* Weirton Daily Times - 1955-1977

* Parkersburg News & Sentinel - obits

 

Ohio
* Canton Repository - obits - archive 
* Akron Beacon Journal - obits
* Zanesville Times-Recorder
   -  obits-archive
* Athens Messenger - obits - archive

* Marietta Times - obits
* Steubenville Herald-Star - obits
* Youngstown Vindicator - obits
* Warren Tribune Chronicle - obits
* New Philadelphia Times Reporter
* Findlay Courier - obits
* Van Wert Times Bulletin - obits
* Mt. Vernon Democratic Banner
    (1910-1922)
* Columbus Dispatch
* Cleveland Plain Dealer
* Cincinnati Enquirer

 

Maryland
* Cumberland Times-News - obits

* Garrett County Republican - obits

Baltimore Sun

 

Indiana
* Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - obits

* Monroeville Breeze - 1884-1940

Kansas
* Barbour County Democrat- 1880-1910
* Kinsley Graphic - 1890-1940
* Clay Center Times - 1882-1923
* Junction City Daily/Weekly Union -
    1866-1887 - 1865-1922 - 1897-1909 -
    1909-1923
* Smoky Hill and Republican Union

California
* California Digital Newspaper Collection

Obituary/Cemetery Collections
* Fayette County, PA
* Somerset County, PA - courtesy

   Meyersdale Public Library
* Mary S. Biesecker Library, Somerset PA
* Altoona Mirror, PA
* Ohio
* Obituary Daily Times 
* Myers, Lett Related Families

Funeral Homes and Cemetery Records, Southwestern PA
* Somerset-Fayette Co Funeral Homes

* WPA Cemetery Transcriptions

* History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania (1906)

Eastern Ohio Funeral Homes
* Reed Funeral Home, Canton

* Canton Area

* Akron Area

* Zanesville Area

West Virginia Funeral Homes
* Philippi: Wright - Schoonover Stemple -
   Talbott

* Grafton: Pat Boyle - Donald G. Ford -
   Bartlett - Bolyard

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937

~ Genealogy Resources and Databases ~

Marriage & Death Records:
* Social Security Death Index

* Federal Mortality 1850-1885
* FamilySearch Historical Records

* Pennsylvania Births - 1906-1911
* Pennsylvania Marriages - 1852-1968
* Pennsylvania Deaths - 1906-1967

* Pennsylvania Wills/Probate 1683-1993 -

   Somerset County (PA) Wills Books
* Pennsylvania Prison, Reformatory,

   Workhouse Records, 1829-1971
* Westmoreland Co. (PA) Marriages
* Ohio Marriages - 1789-1994 
* Ohio Deaths - 1908-1953 
* Ohio County Deaths 1840-2001
* Indiana Marriages 1811-2007
* Indiana Deaths 1899-2011
* Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
* WV Vital Records - Births - Marriages -

    Deaths

* NY City Death Index 
* Illinois Death Index 
* Missouri Deaths - 1910 to 1956

Searches and Sources:
* Ancestry.com 
* U.S. Census - 1850 - 1860 - 1870 -
   1880 - 1890 - 1900 - 1910 - 1920 -
   1930 - 1940 - 1950 

State-by-State Websites

Mortality Schedules 1850-1885
* Find-A-Grave
* FamilySearch.org Record Search 
* Rootsweb
* USGenWeb
* PA Division of Vital Records 
* Ellis Island Immigrant Database
* Thomas Minor Society (English family)

* DNA Weekly - MyHeritage vs 23andMe vs AncestryDNA - Battle of the Titans 2020

Military:
1890 Census - Civil War Veterans
Civil War Pension Applications
World War I Draft Registrations
World War II Draft Registrations -

     Draft Cards for Young Men 1940-1947
Arlington National Cemetery

The Medical and Surgical History

    of the War of the Rebellion

Pennsylvania German Culture:
Google Translate

Reading (PA) Public Museum

Berks (PA) History Center

Newberry Library, Chicago

Free Library of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania German Society

Gutenberg Bible - Keio University, Japan

Other Family Organizations

Edmund Rice Association 1638

 

 

~ Minerd.com's Recommended News Stories and Blog Posts About Americana, Culture,
Art, Journalism, Science, Technology, History/Genealogy, German-ness and Pittsburgh ~

 

~ 2023 ~

"Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince" - by Jessica Gresko, Associated Press, May 18, 2023
"Codex Sassoon Becomes Most Valuable Manuscript Ever Sold at $38.1m" - Fine Books & Collections, May 18, 2023 
"Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning" - by Cade Metz, New York Times, May 16, 2023
"Journalism’s Essential Value" - by A.G. Sulzberger, Columbia Journalism Review, May 15, 2023
"The Met Gala, or When Fashion Consumes Art" - by Natasha Degen, New York Times, May 1, 2023
"Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88" - by Sam Roberts, New York Times, April 28, 2023
"NEH Announces $35.63 Million for 258 Humanities Projects " - National Ensdowment for the Humanities, April 18, 2023
"The Grand History of Westminster Abbey" - by Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, April/May 2023
"Thomas Woltz, Bard of the Soil" - by Mark Rozzo, Town & Country Magazine, April 2023  
"Renewing the Promise of Pittsburgh" - by David McCullough, Pittsburgh Quarterly, April 2023
"Locks of Beethoven's hair reveal secret family history and health issues" - by Ashley Strickland, CNN, March 22, 2023
"Get Ready for Pittsburgh Tomorrow" - by Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, March 14, 2023
"The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy" - by Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz and Nico Grant, New York Times, March 8, 2023
"Rafael Viñoly, Global Architect of Landmark Buildings, Dies at 78" - by Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, March 3, 2023 
"The August Wilson Archive Opens at Pitt" - by Jason Phox, NEXT Pittsburgh, March 2, 2023 
"Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe" - by Carl Zimmer, New York Times, March 1, 2023
"The Great Deaccession Has Begun" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, March 2023
"After Chemical Burn, Farm Owners Worry About a Cherished Way of Life" - by Emily Cochrane, New York Times, Feb. 22, 2023
"Fetterman’s Disclosure of Depression Signals New Openness on Mental Health" - by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Ellen Barry, New York Times, Feb. 17, 2023
"Archives of ‘Lion King’ Choreographer Acquired by Library of Congress" - by Kalia Richardson, New York Times, Feb. 10, 2023 
"New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion’s Papers" - by Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, Jan. 26, 2023
"His Star Rising, Youngkin Juggles Local Issues and National Ambition" - by Trip Gabriel, New York Times, Jan. 12, 2023 
"Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh’s $2.1 billion philanthropic ship, selects Chris DeCardy as new president" - by Jeremy Reynolds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 10, 2023
"NEH Announces $28.1 Million for 204 Humanities Projects Nationwide" - National Endowment for the Humanities, Jan. 10, 2023
"Pittsburgh’s Gentleman Scholar" - by Maxwell King, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Jan. 9, 2023
"What Do Libraries Do with All Those Books?" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, Jan. 2023
 [Archive - Since 2011]
 

~ Outstanding National, Regional and Local Archives and Reference Libraries ~

National:

National Archives  - Catalog
Library of Congress
Google Books and Google Scholar 
Smithsonian Institution 

The Internet Archive 
Pulitzer Prizes

Nobel Prize e-Museum 
Presidential Libraries 
New York Public Library (Catalog)
Merriam-Webster Dictionary 

U.S. Census Bureau 
The British Museum 
Google Blog Search Tool

Ohio:
*  Ohio Historical Society Library
Bowling Green (OH) State University

Pennsylvania:
Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh 
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 
Cornerstone Genealogical Society 
Meyersdale (PA) Public Library
Historic Pittsburgh 
Pennsylvania State Archives 
Pennsylvania State Libraries
Historical Society of Pennsylvania  
Uniontown (PA) Public Library 
Dunbar Historical Society 
Berks County (PA) Historical Society
University of Pittsburgh Archive

University of Pittsburgh Library -
    Archives and Special Collections

West Virginia:
West Virginia University

 

Eastern United States:
Maryland Archives Online 
Newark (NJ) Public Library

Indiana:
*  Indiana State Library 
Allen County Public Library  
Allen County Genealogical Society

Midwest United States:
Illinois State Archives 
The Newberry - Chicago
Kansas State Library

Oklahoma:
Oklahoma Historical Society

Academia Resources:
Assn of College & Research Libraries 
Academia.edu

ACME News Pictures, 1926    

~ Rare Books, Photographs and Special Collections ~

Special Collections Libraries:
Rosenbach Museum & Library -
    Manuscripts Online - Online Catalog
Morgan Library & Museum
Univ of Virginia Rare Book School 
Lilly Library, Indiana University
Ransom Center, University of Texas
Scheide Library, Princeton University
Folger Shakespeare Library
University of Michigan-Clements

University of Florida-Smathers
Vanderbilt University
University of Rochester River Campus
Ephemera Society of America
University of Illinois 
University of Pittsburgh 
The British Library, London

Photography/Images:
Getty Images (Bettman and Corbis)

*  National Archives Catalogue

New York Public Library Digital
    Collections 

Metropolitan Museum of Art Images

Smithsonian Open Access

Museums of the City of Paris

Yale Center for British Art

The Public Domain Review

Teenie Harris Archive

Unsplash

Publications:
Fine Books & Collections
Rare Book Hub - Monthly Archives
The Book Collector
Booktryst

Databases/Searches:
ABEBooks
viaLibri - Library Search
Alibris
Biblio.com
BookFinder.com
Antiquarian Booksellers Association

Stolen-Book.org
David Pearson Book Owners Online

 

Bibliography and Cataloguing:
OCLC WorldCat

     

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937

~ Industrial and Railroad History ~

U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Statistics 
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum 
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society 

 

~ Faith-Based History and Culture ~

United Methodist Commission on Archives and History
Lutheran Historical Conference 
Presbyterian Historical Society 
Mennonite Church USA Archives
Wexner Heritage Program

~ Science and Medicine ~

U.S. National Library of Medicine
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NASA - National Air and Space Administration

 

~ Historical Reconstructions, Museums, Homes and Inspiring Spaces ~

Colonial Williamsburg
Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village
Plimouth Plantation
John Adams National Historic Park, Massachusetts
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Monticello, Virginia

Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, Oak Park, IL
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life

Westminster Abbey (London)
Thomas Jefferson's Home Library at Monticello
The Forbes Galleries (New York City)

 
~ Military History and Veterans Services ~

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service)
Bugles Across America (services for funerals)
Civil War Regiments 
U.S. Army Military History Institute  
U.S. Naval Historical Center and Merchant Marines

A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - by F.H. Dyer

American Battle Monuments (Foreign soil burials)
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Ohio in the Civil War 
Civil War Richmond 
National World War II Memorial 
Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
 
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
~ Select Pittsburgh Regional Cultural and Sports Attractions ~

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