{"id":85769,"date":"2022-07-18T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=85769"},"modified":"2022-07-18T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:55:13","slug":"genealogy-tip-browse-vs-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogy-tip-browse-vs-search.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Tip: Browse vs. Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for searching an entire newspaper to find articles about your ancestor you might otherwise have missed. Gena is a genealogist and author of the book \u201cFrom the Family Kitchen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like me, you spend a lot of time searching old newspapers for information and stories about your ancestors. Searching historical newspapers adds depth to our family history. Learning to conduct better searches ensures that you find what you need. Searching is only one tool that can help you find information. A lesser-used tool is browsing. Have you browsed the newspapers you search?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Browse vs. Search<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before we explore browsing, let\u2019s discuss the difference between searching and browsing. When I consider these two research tools, I think of a library. I might go to the library\u2019s website and search for a keyword in the card catalog. That\u2019s one way to find a book. Another way is to go to the library and skim the bookshelf for a subject or author of interest. I might choose a bookshelf that has other books I wasn\u2019t expecting but I\u2019m interested in. That\u2019s browsing.<\/p>\n<p>So, if I\u2019m searching an online collection of newspapers, I am entering a name and a place (and other terms) into the search engine. Then I wait for results that match those keywords. If I want to browse the newspaper, I choose a specific newspaper and read it page-by-page to carefully consider the columns and articles.<\/p>\n<p>So why would I want to browse the newspaper? Wouldn\u2019t searching be more beneficial? Maybe. Obviously searching is essential. It helps us find our ancestor\u2019s name (or another keyword) in newspaper articles. However, there is also a benefit to browsing the entire newspaper, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding what articles appear (or not) in a specific newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Learning how the newspaper is organized<\/li>\n<li>Noticing what information genealogically relevant articles (like obituaries) include \u2013 and don\u2019t include<\/li>\n<li>Noting any unusual articles that appear<\/li>\n<li>Getting ideas for possible articles or columns where your ancestor\u2019s name could appear<\/li>\n<li>Reconstructing your ancestor\u2019s community<\/li>\n<li>Conducting FAN Club research (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors)<\/li>\n<li>Finding information that could have been missed by OCR technology (such as letters that look like a different letter, words that are adjacent in different columns, ink smudges, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take time to conduct in-depth research. Search historical newspapers \u2013 but also add browsing to your research plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Browse GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspapers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at how to browse your ancestor\u2019s hometown newspaper. Let\u2019s say you\u2019ve conducted a search for Amelia Earhart and you are looking at an article about her in the newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85771\" style=\"width: 1238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Amelia Earhart, Dallas Morning News newspaper article 12 January 1935\" width=\"1238\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-1024x482.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas), 12 January 1935, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Notice the top left of the website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of GenealogyBank's search results page\" width=\"1342\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow-1024x430.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-arrow-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1342px) 100vw, 1342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are three horizontal lines next to the word \u201cPages.\u201d Click on those lines to open up the \u201ctable of contents\u201d for the entire newspaper, page by page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of GenealogyBank's search results page showing the Table of Contents feature\" width=\"1343\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open.jpg 1343w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/genealogybank-0718-2022-earhart-article-with-pages-open-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1343px) 100vw, 1343px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is where you will find links to newspaper pages and articles within each page that appear in that newspaper. Click on a page number to see the entire page\u2019s contents. You would continue clicking on page numbers to browse the entire newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Another Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Note that at the bottom of the Pages menu, you can also find the source citation for the newspaper article you are viewing. Copy this and paste it to your research log to keep track of what you have found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Browse and Search for Better Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Browsing is another way to research GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&s_referrer=social&s_siteloc=blog&s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&kbid=69919&pq=1&prebuy=no&intver=&CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>. Don\u2019t limit your research to just searching; make sure to browse the entire paper to learn more about your ancestor\u2019s hometown newspaper and discover what your searches may possibly be missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for searching an entire newspaper to find articles about your ancestor you might otherwise have missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":85785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[2719,2020],"class_list":["post-85769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-genealogy-search-tips","tag-newspaper-archives"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/illustration-0215-2017-featured-graphic-computer-user.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85787,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85769\/revisions\/85787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}