Ignore the advertisements and the articles about famous people and politicians and look for notices, announcements and quotes from ordinary, every day people. Next, go to the library and look up old papers from the early 1900s. The Newspaper Collectors Society of America offers tips on what makes old newspapers valuable and how to collect them. Write an entry for a paper of today, and then the same information in an entry as it would have appeared in the early 1900s. AND . . .
Newspapers can be a valuable source of family history information.
Though you may find many clues to your family history, detectives should be sure to evaluate the information and confirm it against original documents whenever possible. . . . Though it may sound odd, your ancestor's death is a wonderful source of information on your family. Many ancestors wrote wills and the directions in the wills had to be legally carried out. This process generated a lot of paper that can add unique details to your ancestor's life and death. A term indicating that a newspaper is printed every day.