Newspaper Search Secrets: Name Variants & Spelling Tricks for Genealogists
Historical newspapers are full of name inconsistencies—typesetters guessed, reporters abbreviated, and OCR often gets things spectacularly wrong. But with the right approach, you can still find the articles you’re looking for. This session teaches you how to search newspapers the way ancestors appeared in print, not the way you wish they did. Explore real-world techniques for finding elusive ancestors despite misspellings, illegible print, ink smears, regional accents, and old-fashioned editorial habits. Ideal for genealogists determined to break through brick walls.
Ko e kakano ʻo e foʻi vitiō ko ʻení, fakataha mo e ngaahi fakakaukaú, ngaahi fakaʻuhingá, mo e ngaahi lau ʻoku fakahaaʻi aí, ko e ngaahi fakakaukau pē ia ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne faʻú pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e FamilySearch Fakavahaʻapuleʻangá (International) mo e RootsTech.