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Vanity. How do I find old newspaper articles on the net?
self | 05/03/2015 | self

Posted on 05/03/2015 2:35:04 PM PDT by saminfl

There was a time when libraries had microfilm of old newspapers. I cannot find anything like that today. I am specifically looking for articles published in 1983 and 1984 by the Los Angeles Times.


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I can find articles back to 1987, but no older.
1 posted on 05/03/2015 2:35:05 PM PDT by saminfl
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To: saminfl

Ancestry dot com has obits from LA. ProQuest ($$$) has some things http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/faq.html#available


2 posted on 05/03/2015 2:37:20 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: saminfl

For something that old, it’s likely on microfiche at the library.


3 posted on 05/03/2015 2:40:42 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: saminfl

Can’t you still go to the library and look at the microfilm?


4 posted on 05/03/2015 2:40:42 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: saminfl

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/advancedsearch.html?pqatl=pqcom

LA Times has archives indexed on the web, but they seem to charge if you actually want to read the article.


5 posted on 05/03/2015 2:44:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Democrats. They just ... say stuff.)
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To: saminfl

newspapers . com
highbeam . com
newspaperarchive . com

Might cost something.


6 posted on 05/03/2015 2:44:26 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: saminfl

Google actually does have some newspaper archives.

https://news.google.com/newspapers


7 posted on 05/03/2015 2:48:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: saminfl
Far as I can tell, the “elites” have removed all history from the internet.

They don't want the children to know.

8 posted on 05/03/2015 2:49:10 PM PDT by donna (I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: saminfl

can’t say for sure, but this may be worth a try...

https://archive.org/index.php


9 posted on 05/03/2015 2:49:28 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: saminfl

Google it.

And be willing to pay a fee for reading archived articles.

Some newspapers have archives on line going back decades....for a price.


10 posted on 05/03/2015 2:50:06 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: dfwgator

Great link. Thanks much.


11 posted on 05/03/2015 2:50:07 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: saminfl

What article are you looking for?


12 posted on 05/03/2015 2:51:28 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: saminfl

This is from the world of genealogy research. There is a free web site which has links to thousands of sites related in any way to genealogy research. It has a specific category of newspapers. Check it out:
http://www.cyndislist.com/newspapers/
The description for the list says there are over 800 links in it.

A very good site, although it is not free, is
http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/

Have fun.
Mike


13 posted on 05/03/2015 2:51:31 PM PDT by ProudFossil (" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
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To: saminfl

Lexis Nexis.

Have your credit card info ready.


14 posted on 05/03/2015 2:51:32 PM PDT by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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To: saminfl
google is pretty good.

do the search but limit it to Jan 1987 to Dec 1987. It's everything including newspapers. Like a regular search.

For newspapers alone I thought google News could do it but it might be limited to just the time google existed. I tried it and got just one site and when I clicked it I got a suspicious "you need to download this update to continue." No thanks. The site was not a newspaper BTW.

15 posted on 05/03/2015 2:51:48 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: PGalt

I had a lot of fun going through the Gainesville Sun archives.


16 posted on 05/03/2015 2:55:16 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: saminfl

Some headlines only
http://www.1980sflashback.com/1987/News.asp


17 posted on 05/03/2015 2:56:08 PM PDT by donna (I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: saminfl

As I looked further, highbeam.com may not go back far enough. It says over 25 years, but if you already are finding back to 1987, that may not be your source.


18 posted on 05/03/2015 2:58:36 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: dfwgator

I was just reading The Alabama Citizen, December 6, 1913 (random pick…I’m in Michigan).

TREMENDOUS resource. Thanks again, dfwgator. HOORAY Google!


19 posted on 05/03/2015 2:58:37 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: saminfl

If you are a cardholder in good standing check your local library databases for historical, genealogical and newspaper archives. It should be completely free of charge.

http://access.newspaperarchive.com/
NewspaperArchives [Access from Home] Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world, NewspaperARCHIVE makes exploring history and genealogy easy and fun. Discover fascinating news in archived newspapers hundreds of years old – including obituaries, birth announcements, sports articles, comics, and more, to fill in the life stories you are interested in. All of these historical newspapers are full-page and fully searchable.

Newspaper Source [Access from Home] Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.


20 posted on 05/03/2015 2:58:56 PM PDT by erlayman
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