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Recap: Genealogy Workshop @ the Vermont Genealogy Library

March 9, 2015 VTDNP

Pictured: Erenst Anip, Project Librarian, introducing VTDNP and Chronicling America.

On an almost warm, partially sunny morning this past Saturday, March 7, at 10:30 am, the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project gave a presentation on how to use Chronicling America for genealogy research to an audience of near fifty people at the Vermont Genealogy Library in Fort Ethan Allen.

In the class, we addressed how VTDNP digitizes and selects content, how to search on Chronicling America, and offered some tips and tricks on how to effectively find information about relatives on Chronicling America.

Pictured: Karyn Norwood, Digital Support Specialist, talking about the basics of Chronicling America.

We are very grateful to the Vermont Genealogy Library for the opportunity to present at their facility!

The PowerPoint, with audio, will be posted on our website and slideshare account soon. We’ll also have a brochure posted on how to conduct genealogy research with historic newspapers on Chronicling America , as well, for free download.

Visit the Vermont Genealogy Library’s website to learn more about what they offer in regard to genealogy research.

Visit our Genealogy section to learn more about how to research ancestors using Chronicling America.

As always, happy searching!

Save the Date: Genealogy & Chronicling America Class on March 7

February 13, 2015 VTDNP

Are you interested in genealogy? We’re pleased to announce we’ll be offering a class at the Vermont Genealogy Library on how to use Chronicling America for genealogy research on Saturday, March 7, 2015, from 10:30 am to 12 pm.

The cost is $5 and no registration is necessary.

Visit the Vermont Genealogy Library’s website to learn more.

In the meantime, visit our genealogy tab on our website!

Hope to see you there & happy searching!

New Flickr & Pinterest Album: Vermont Historic Architecture

February 5, 2015 VTDNP

Historic newspaper content can be invaluable for local history research, particularly in regard to historic buildings in a community. Often newspapers would publish supplements about a town, its industries, or businesses. Articles would also be published on new construction, cornerstones being laid, dedication ceremonies, or other news about buildings in a community. We created an album showing just some of the different architecture found in Vermont’s historic newspapers on Chronicling America. Are these buildings still standing in your community? Enjoy!

nationalbankrutland — Baxter National Bank in Rutland, Vermont. Image from the Vermont Phoenix, February 4, 1910.

See the album on Flickr

See the album on Pinterest

Read our how-to on using Chronicling America to research historic buildings

Educators: Download a lesson plan using this album!

Have you had success using Chronicling America to research a Vermont building? Share your story below and include a link! We’ll add it to our collection of images.

User Spotlight Series: Egbert Stolk

January 28, 2015 VTDNP

Egbert Stolk writes as a guest blogger for our User Spotlight Series this month. Egbert recently graduated from the University of Vermont’s Historic Preservation Program with a Master of Science. Below he shares his experience of using Chronicling America to research immigrant stories for The Burlington Edible Food Tour.

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In my work for the edible food walking tour in Burlington, Vermont, we strive to gather immigrant stories who were working directly or indirectly in the food industry in Burlington. The different ethnic groups that came to America, and in our case specifically Burlington, also brought their food traditions with them. Sometimes traditional food was sold in shops or otherwise immigrants sold American food, while cooking ethnic food at home. In The Burlington Edible Food Tour we try to uncover immigrant and food stories, and places that relate to these stories. We used the online newspaper database Chronicling America to find more stories for the tour. For example: to locate street vendors and restaurants owned by immigrants and events pertaining to those businesses. It was very helpful as history is sometimes lost forever, but with the help of century-old journalism we are able to reconstruct part of Burlington’s immigrant history. Continue reading User Spotlight Series: Egbert Stolk →

Save the Date: Webinar & Workshop for Librarians Coming Up!

January 21, 2015 VTDNP

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering a webinar and workshop for librarians on Chronicling America through the Vermont Department of Libraries (VTLIB) this winter and spring!

Both are free and open to librarians. As an extra bonus: attending each program provides credits toward VTLIB certification!

Below, a quick description of the webinar and workshop, as well as a link for signing up for each. Many thanks to VTLIB for this opportunity.

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Friday, March 6, 2015, 10:00-11:00 am: Chronicling America Webinar with the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VTDNP)

If you haven’t heard about Chronicling America before or you want to know more about it, now’s your chance! Chronicling America is an online, searchable database of historic American newspapers from 1836-1922 on the Library of Congress website. It provides free access to over 8.4 million newspaper pages from across the country, including 250,000 pages and 59 titles from Vermont! Learn about how Chronicling America works, gather ideas on how you and your patrons can use it effectively, and find out how VTDNP can help you and your library community utilize this invaluable primary source tool.

Other Information: VTLIB certification credits: 1
Contact: Mara Siegel
Contact Number: 802.828.2727
Presenter: Karyn Norwood/Erenst Anip

Link to sign up: Register for this Webinar!

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Friday, April 17, 2015, 9:30-11:30 am: Chronicling America Workshop with the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VDTNP)

In this hands-on workshop explore the opportunities that Chronicling America holds for you and your library patrons. Chronicling America is an online, searchable database of historic American newspapers from 1836-1922 on the Library of Congress website. It provides free access to over 8.4 million newspaper pages from across the country, including 250,000 pages and 59 titles from Vermont! We’ll learn about how Chronicling America works, practice search strategies on Vermont topics, explore online resource guides, and learn about ways to re-purpose and reuse content.

Location: Midstate Library Service Center, Berlin – Conference Room
Registration Ends: 4/3/2015 at 12:00 AM
Other Information: VTLIB certification credits: 2
Contact: Mara Siegel
Contact Number: 802.828.2727
Presenter: Karyn Norwood/Erenst Anip

Link to sign up: Register for this Workshop!