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TheOldenTimes.com - Historic
Newspapers Online
Historic Newspapers Online for Genealogical
& Historical Research
18th- through Early 20th-century Newspapers from the U. S., England, Scotland,
Ireland & Australia!
Always FREE!
This is a always work in progress, because this website is growing daily, but I thought it might be helpful to make it available to you. Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions.
Note: Thanks for your ever-present patience: I have had a hard drive crash & I'm still in the midst of "reconstruction," but bear with me & I hope to have it all straightened out soon!
Please visit our new Bookstore! Genealogy & History Books, CDs & More!
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Old News: News stories are listed in their respective regional index pages, but some will be also added to the Old News page, especially if I don't have a state/country index page set up for an area. Be sure to visit the Special News Sections of topical interests.
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Old Legal Notices Listed in order of addition to this website; will also be listed in regional index pages. Probate, estate notices, guardianships, etc.
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Old Ads Listed in order of addition to this website; will also be listed in regional index pages.
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Special Section: Patent Medicine Advertising
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Old "Want Ads" Listed in order of addition to this website; may also be listed in regional index pages.
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Old Cartoons, Jokes & Humor Would Granddad have stuck one of these on the fridge had the refrigerator magnet craze started a generation or two earlier? I swear that some of these antique jokes are making the email rounds to this very day.
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Poetry A surprising amount of poetry appears in these old newspapers!
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Special Sections Victorian Scrapbook, Contributors, My Families, Other Links & More! New Special Section!
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Miscellaneous - Vintage Postcards, our Standard Poodles, an online checkers game, etc...
Contributions
and Collections:
"The Family Album"
New Section! Names from A History of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
Many more old photos!
Poetry from 19th & Early 20th Century Newspapers
Links to More Information about Using and Preserving Old Photographs, to Online Photo Collections and related sites.
My Own Families ALLEN, DOWDY, MAY, HUNTER, JARRETT, HUMBER, COX, VINCENT & more to come! Family histories, deeds, wills, photos, military records & more.
History in the Making Current events.
Vintage Postcards Take a walk down memory lane.
Our Standard Poodles All Texans wrangle some sort of livestock don't we? in addition to our little boys, I herd 3 energetic, funny and very smart Standard Poodles. (Well, these dogs are nearly as big as horses, or so it seems!) New Poodle links added for poodle lovers!
Free & Just for Fun
Play Some Checkers! Just a little game I found, and added to see if I could do it, and because my boys love to play checkers.
Links you might like! A little of this, a little of that... No rhyme or reason, but some interesting sites, nonetheless! Some of my own bookmarks: homeschooling, family life, autism, PDD, Lovaas, money &finances, shopping, gardening, antiques, auctions, computers & internet, and weather. A veritable Heinz 57 mix!
History in the Making Current events & stuff in the news. More recent news than you'll find in TheOldenTimes.com, of course...
Poodle Links - Great new links for poodle lovers!
Regional These regional indexes will have headlines in all subject areas from their respective states, but they are a work in progress!
You may also link to these state pages from the Old News page.
United States (Including the Panama Canal Zone)
Kansas New!
Montana - New!
Panama Canal Zone - New!
Births Listed in order of addition to this website; will also be listed in regional index pages.
Marriages Listed in order of addition to this website; will also be listed in regional index pages.
Deaths Listed alphabetically; will also be listed in regional index pages.
Special News Section: Hotel Guest Lists Another subject that defies geographical classification
Special News Section: River News News from the Mississippi River & its tributaries: steamboats and their captains, passengers, ticket agents, accidents, and the occasional steamboat race.
Special News Section: Old War News Any war'll do. Includes not only news from "the front," but also mention of veterans and veterans' reunions.
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