German-Language Newspapers at the Ohio History Connection

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1 German-Language Newspapers at the Ohio History Connection Palatines to America Annual Conference June 28, 2014 Jenni Salamon, Coordinator, Ohio Digital Newspaper Program

2 Agenda The German-Language Press in Ohio German-Language Newspapers in the Collections Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt on Chronicling America Additional Resources

3 THE GERMAN-LANGUAGE PRESS IN OHIO

4 Importance Connections to old home (in Germany) o Nostalgia o Preserve culture & language Connections to new home (in U.S.) o News in their own language o Agent for Americanization

5 Wo Sind die Deutschen? (Where Are the Germans?) Lived everywhere, but especially: o Cincinnati (Hamilton County) o Cleveland (Cuyahoga County) o Dayton (Montgomery County) o Toledo (Lucas County) o Columbus (Franklin County) o Youngstown (Mahoning County) o Akron (Summit County) o Also: Erie & Butler Counties

6 History Der Ohio Adler (Lancaster) 1807 Der Patriot am Ohio (Lisbon) 1808 Die Ohio Chronik (Cincinnati) 1826 o First in Cincinnati Volksblatt (Cincinnati) 1836 o First with long life o First and, for a time, only daily in U.S.

7 Before the Great War (World War I) Ohio was stronghold for German-language press 6 daily, 44 weekly, 8 monthly Most widely-circulated included: o Volksblatt (Cincinnati) o Freie Press (Cincinnati) o Wachter und Anzeiger (Cleveland) o Volkszeitung (Dayton) o Express und Westbote (Columbus) o Express (Toledo)

8 Decline of the German-American Press Decreased immigration World War I and anti-german sentiment Prohibition Americanization

9 18 th and 19 th Century Newspapers Type o Handset o Small o No column wrapping o Ligature (especially 18 th century) Small advertisements with engraved drawings No headlines Published weekly or less often

10 18 th and 19 th Century Newspapers Very few are indexed Do not contain columns of: o Birth notices o Marriage notices o Death notices o Obituaries Often partisan supported specific political agendas, not objective o City or county might have competing newspapers

11 20 th and 21 st Century Newspapers Headlines more prominent for stories Few have overall indexes Vital statistic information appears after 1945 Engagement/marriage announcements and obituaries appear gradually after 1900 In German papers more English!

12 20 th and 21 st Century Newspapers

13 Online Translation Services Babelfish: Babylon: Bing Translator: Google Translate:

14 Fraktur/Blackletter Font A typeface (font), not a separate language or dialect Convert from Fraktur to regular font to make translation easier In den Karpathen wird mit riesiger Erbitterung gekämpft In the Carpathians is struggling with huge exacerbation

15 Terms to Know Keywords German Amtsblatt, Amts-Blatt Anzeiger Beilage Intelligenzblatt, Intelligenz-Blatt mit Privilegian Notariats-Blatt Regierungsblatt, Regierungs-Blatt Tageblatt Wochenblatt Zeitung English Official paper Advertiser Supplement Informational paper With privileges (royal consent) Notary paper Administrative paper Journal Weekly Newspaper

16 Terms to Know Headings German Anzeigen Armenpflege Auswanderungsanzeige Bestellungen Citation Civilstand Conscription Ernennungs-Liste Güterversteigerung Licitation Lokalnachrichten, Örtliches Notariatssachen Register Vermisste Vorladung English Announcements, Advertisements Care of the Poor Emigration Announcement Appointments Court Summons Civil Status (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Draft Notices List of Appointments Auction of Property Sale to the Highest Bidder Local News Notarial Matters Index Missing Persons Summons

17 Terms to Know Genealogy German English German English Death People Beerdigung Funeral Bekannte Acquaintances Begräbniß Burial Bruder Brother Begräbniß Anzeige Burial Notice Eltern Parents Gestorben Has Died Frau Wife (Mrs.) Starb Died Freunde Friends Tod Death Gatte(in) Husband (Wife) Todes Anzeige Death Notice Großmutter/Großvater Grandmother/Grandfather Verstorben Deceased Kinder Children Marriage Mann Husband Braut/Bräutigam Bride/Bridegroom Mutter/Vater Mother/Father Getraut Married Schwester Sister Kirche Church Sohn Son Verheiratet Married Verwandte Relatives

18 GERMAN-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS IN THE COLLECTIONS

19 Significant Newspapers Akron o Columbia, o Germania, , Cincinnati o Freie Presse, o Volksfreund, o Volksblatt, o Der Wahrheits-Freund, o Westliche Blatter,

20 Significant Newspapers Cleveland o Echo, o Siebenbürgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt, Columbus o Express, o Westbote, o Express & Westbote, Toledo o Express, ,

21 Searching the Catalog Access the Online Collections Catalog (OCC) at: Select Library and Newspapers

22 Searching the Catalog Use the Quick Search to search by title, city or county Add npdb to the end of your search terms to return accurate results Do not include words like: daily or weekly

23 Search Results Search results will appear in a Preview format providing paper title and date range Click on Full Record to view holdings for that title

24 Full Record Basic information about the paper Call Number/Copies summarizes holdings Click on Display newspaper holdings for Call Numbers

25 Full Record Updated Version Additional information about newspaper Enhanced subject headings Other, Previous and Later Titles

26 Serials/Newspaper Holdings Listed by date Hardcopy and microfilm copies listed separately o N# v. # indicates hardcopy o Roll: # indicates microfilm copy May include additional notes about availability

27 OCC Subject Search To find all papers of a particular language or ethnic group, combine the term with npdb

28 Accessing the Newspapers Visit the Ohio History Connection Archives/Library o Wednesday Saturday, 10am-5pm o Hardcopy must be paged from stacks (prior to 4:15pm) o Microfilm is self-serve in Microfilm Room Interlibrary Loan (ILL) o For microfilm only, request that a microfilm reel be sent to your local library o Work with your library s Circulation or ILL Departments Online o Chronicling America:

29 TÄGLICHES CINCINNATIER VOLKSBLATT ON CHRONICLING AMERICA

30 Chronicling America

31 Search Bar Features Search Pages (Basic Search) Advanced Search All Digitized Newspapers, US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present

32 Browsing: All Digitized Newspapers, State Newspaper Browse Issues No. of Issues Earliest Issue Latest Issue More Info

33 Browsing: All Digitized Newspapers,

34 Browsing: Browse Issues (Calendar View)

35 More Info: Newspaper Directory Entry

36 Search Pages (Basic Search) Search is not case-sensitive Special and diacritic (letters with accent marks) are ignored Common words (and, or, not, the) are ignored

37 Advanced Search

38 Advanced Searching: Phrase Useful when searching for place/people names or a particular expression Type words in the order they are most likely to appear

39 Advanced Searching: Proximity Useful when searching for information about a particular aspect of a person/event/place Search within 5, 10, 50, 100 words Basic search = 5 word proximity search

40 Search Results

41 Image Viewing Screen Zoom View Options (Text, PDF, JP2) Toggle Full Page Scissors Icon (Clip/Print) Navigation (page, issue) Citation

42 Printing an Image

43 Where Else Can You Find Digital Newspaper Collections? Google Books ( Google Newspapers ( HathiTrust ( Subscription-based sites Individual state projects/websites o Universities, public libraries, historical societies

44 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

45 Not Just Newspapers... Histories Bibliographies Abstracts Indexes

46 Histories & Bibliographies German-American (General) o German-American Newspapers and Periodicals : History and Bibliography o The German-American Press Ohio o History of Ohio Journalism o Ohio s German Language Press and the War (article)

47 Abstracts & Indexes Index of Death Notices and Marriage Notices Appearing in the Cincinnati Volksfreund, Index of Death and Other Notices Appearing in the Cincinnati Freie Presse, Cleveland Foreign Language Newspaper Digest

48 Working with Historic Newspapers Content and arrangement different than today s papers Helpful to have exact date when searching for birth, marriage, death, etc. notices May need to read through entire newspaper

49 Working with Digital Newspapers Use advanced search options to obtain relevant results Use contemporary vocabulary Search with more than one word or phrase Keyword searching isn t perfect

50 Digital Newspaper Resources Ohio Digital Newspaper Program Website o Video tutorials o Subject guides Help web pages o Newspaper websites o Genealogy forums

51 Thank You! Questions? Comments? A copy of the presentation will be available at: