Ancestry Education Center Link here 3 minute video. Learn about DNA updates released on October 9.

We watched a video done by Connie Knox and Crista Cowan about the newly-released DNA ethnicity updates: Link here

Veridian website has some newspapers - free - Choose "Projects," then "Newspapers. Link here

Newspapers are now indexed and searchable at the Ancestry website. At the card catalog, type in title line: "Newspapers.com," then keyword "obituary" or "stories and events," "wedding," etc. Hover over a database to see when it was last updated. Choose region, add name, etc., and search. 

Sometimes you will get just a snippet and, in order to view fully, a subscription to Newspapers.com may be required, or the "All-Access" Ancestry subscription.

When an article is saved as a jpg from Newspapers.com and uploaded to Ancestry, longer clippings are not shown at full resolution on Ancestry. The thumbnail lets you know that the original image exists on Newspapers.com. But saving as a pdf file, downloading to your computer, then uploading to Ancestry website will bring in details and your article will be readable. Always be sure to edit a story, adding date, location, where found, etc.

If you have a common surname when searching, add a location. Wildcards: A question mark ? replaces a single character in a search. An asterisk * replaces multiple characters. Use quotation marks to keep names together, i.e., first and last.

You can also search directly at Newspapers.com. Use keywords, dates/ranges, locations. Browse newspapers to see what newspapers currently exist in a state or region. Ancestry Academy  tutorials about using Newspapers.com - short videos with tips: Link here

Also use tags at Newspapers.com to sort your clippings. You can add tag for names or type of stories, whatever works best for you. You'll then be able to search your clippings by those tags.

A plus sign indicates that a particular newspaper is available with the "Publishers Extra" subscription. Those are newspapers that are mostly still in copyright, owned by original publishers. They have just licensed them to Newspapers.com to host them. An "All Access" subscription will get you everything. But if you purchased that subscription more than a couple of years ago, it may not include Publishers Extra level subscription of Newspapers.com. So you may want to look into upgrading and getting the newest version of the All-Access subscription.

You can sort your clippings at Newspapers.com by newest or oldest, tag, location, newspaper, etc.

RECOMMENDED VIDEO: Crista Cowan's webinar entitled "Uncover Family Stories with Newspapers.com": Link here (57 minutes) or watch on YouTube: Link here

Linda Shorb shared the link to this webinar from "LegacyFamilyTree," which is free until Tuesday, Oct. 14. Register to view. Thanks, Linda! Link here  Click on the "syllabus" lower left. Link here   This video is by Diahann Southard - good stuff about DNA!

For Ancestry Virtual Events - Wednesdays at 10 AM PT - register at Ancestry Education Center or view afterward) Ancestry.com/education

The next meeting of TAG will be on Thursday, November 13.

Attendance: TAG had 17 participants today:   Brusan Wells, Carol Hsu, Chris Murphy,  Don Walter, Gail Clark, Janice Moerschel,  Julie Rosenhoff, Kelly Martin, Linda Shorb (Calif.), Lola McCreary,  Marge Mero, Patricia Robison, Paula Davis, Ron Martin, Ruth Halligan (Calif.), Sandi Gaffney,  and Susan Harms.

Janice Moerschel

The Ancestry Group (TAG)