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Digital Collection Evaluation: Review Of A Digital Newspaper Collection Held By The Library Of Congress, The University Of Florida Library, And The University Of North Texas Library, James Gross Oct 2013

Digital Collection Evaluation: Review Of A Digital Newspaper Collection Held By The Library Of Congress, The University Of Florida Library, And The University Of North Texas Library, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 653, Assignment #3, Digital Collection Evaluation. Brief review of three repositories, each one housing a unique digital Newspaper Collection. Repositories reviewed include: The Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers; The University of Florida Digital Collections, Florida Digital Newspaper Library; and The University of North Texas Library, Portal to Texas History, Texas Digital Newspaper Program.


A Useful Resource For Tracing Immigrants Who Entered The Us Through Ellis Island, James Gross Jan 2013

A Useful Resource For Tracing Immigrants Who Entered The Us Through Ellis Island, James Gross

James Gross

Brief summary of a useful online search engine for locating relatives within the Ellis Island, Port of NY, online passenger list database. It is the Steve Morse search engine, called the “Ellis Island Gold Form".


Becoming More Adept At Using Some Resources From The Family Search Website, James Gross Jan 2013

Becoming More Adept At Using Some Resources From The Family Search Website, James Gross

James Gross

Brief discussion of the Knowles Collection. Maintained by a member of the LDS. It is a collection of six databases containing donated Jewish genealogical records.


Choosing The Correct Genealogy Software, James Gross Jan 2013

Choosing The Correct Genealogy Software, James Gross

James Gross

Brief discussion of three genealogy programs, Ancestral Quest, Legacy Family Tree, and Rootsmagic, which are all gedcom enabled. All three are listed as being endorsed by and compatible with (Familysearch.org).