For family historians, local researchers, and anyone chasing a past event, get a focused archive search plan using names, places, dates, and likely newspaper terms. Paste article text to summarize its claims, compare accounts from different dates, or build a timeline from clippings. Leave with search queries, a readable article summary, or a side-by-side coverage comparison you can use in your research.
Newspaper Archives
Plan newspaper archive searches and summarize historical articles you paste in.
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What it writes
- Archive search terms and date ranges
- Historical article summary
- Side-by-side coverage comparison
How to use it
Include the person or event’s name, town, likely date range, and any known alternate spellings. For comparisons, paste each article with its publication date so differences are easy to trace.
What you bring
- Names, places, and approximate dates
- Article text for summaries or comparisons
- Access to an archive for article retrieval
A good fit for
- Tracing a relative through notices, obituaries, and local news
- Finding reports about a town event with an uncertain date
- Comparing newspaper accounts of the same historical incident
Ways to start
A few requests this Agent can handle.
I’m looking for my great-grandfather Samuel Reed in newspapers around Duluth from 1910 to 1925. What names and search terms should I try?
Here’s the text of a 1936 clipping about a factory fire in Dayton. Summarize what it says and list the facts I should verify.
I have two pasted reports about the 1927 flood in Cedar Rapids, one from June 18 and one from June 20. Compare their accounts and make a timeline.
Good to know
This workspace provides text assistance.
- Retrieving articles from paid or private archives
- Cannot browse newspaper databases or open archive links
- Summaries and comparisons require pasted article text
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