ProQuest Day at the IAJGS Conference--July 30, 2014 Hi Everyone: I hope you took advantage of the early bird pricing and are attending the 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. If not it’s only a few dollars more with regular pricing—and if you were on the fence about attending the conference, hopefully the database research opportunities at the conference will make you decide to attend. The conference website is: https://conference.iajgs.org/2014/registration_form.cfm In addition to the rich programming, IAJGS conferences provide excellent research opportunities for the conference attendees. In a separate email you will learn about ALL the fantastic databases that have been lined up for you to use in the resource room during the conference. This email is specific to ProQuest, who provides IAJGS with a wealth of historical newspapers and more—see below. The ProQuest databases will be available for one day only—please take the opportunity to visit the resource room on ProQuest Day--Wednesday July 30. According to the Resource Room Manager, Beth Long, the Resource Room will have extended hours that day from 9:00AM-10:00 PM! Bill Forsyth, the ProQuest Director of Product Management, will be in the Resource Room during part of the day to help show you how you can get the most out of their multiple databases. He will provide a brief review of how to best use the databases. The times—one in the morning and one late in the day --are not yet finalized and he will have helpful hints for you to take with you. You may know that ProQuest is a subscription service for libraries – not individuals. The only place to access the ProQuest products outside of the IAJGS conference is at your local and university libraries. Not every library has the entire database—but we do! You will only be able to access ProQuest on the resource room computers. No personal computers will be permitted to have the links to access the databases. This is a great time to start putting your research queries together to maximize your time with the databases. This is a list of the databases that ProQuest is making available to IAJGS. No other genealogical conference is provided this opportunity with ALL their databases: PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS- US and International (listed in alphabetical order) • The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922) • The American Israelite (1854-2000) • The Arizona Republican (1890-1922) • The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) • Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003) • The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) • Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1988) • The Baltimore Sun (1837-1922) • Boston Globe (1872-1982) • Chicago Defender (1910-1975) • Chicago Tribune (1849-1990) • The Christian Science Monitor (1908-2000) • The Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-1922) • Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991) • Detroit Free Press (1831-1922) • The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) • Hartford Courant (1764-1988) • Indianapolis Star (1903-1922) • The Irish Times (1859-2012) and The Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958) • The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008) • The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990) • The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990) • Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005) • Los Angeles Times (1881-1990) • Louisville Courier Journal (1830-1922) • The Nashville Tennessean (1812-1922) • Newsday (1940-1985) • New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) • The New York Times (1851-2010) with Index (1851-1993) • New York Tribune (1841-1922) • Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003) • Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) • Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) • San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) • The Scotsman (1817-1950) • St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-1922) • The Times of India (1838-2004) • The Wall Street Journal (1889-1996) • The Washington Post (1877-1997) • Plus, the ProQuest Civil War Era newspapers collection (1840-1865): Southern Titles: Richmond Dispatch (Virginia), Charleston Mercury (South Carolina), New Orleans Times Picayune (Louisiana) Northern Titles: Boston Herald, New York Herald, Columbus State Journal (Ohio) Border State/Mississippi Valley Titles: The Kentucky Daily Journal, Memphis Daily Appeal PROQUEST HISTORY DATABASES • Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War (1914 - 1919) • Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files: Part 3: Ellis Island, 1900-1933 Part 4: European Investigations, 1898-1936 Part 5: Prostitution and White Slavery, 1902-1933 Part 6: Suppression of Aliens, 1906-1930 • Voices from Ellis Island: An Oral History of American Immigration • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I PROQUEST MAP DATABASES • Historic Map Works Library Edition • ProQuest Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) • ProQuest Sanborn Maps Geo Edition (1867-1970) • ProQuest U.S. Serial Set High Resolution Maps 1789-1969—(this is part of the Congressional database where you can search by name to see if any of your ancestors testified in Congress!) PROQUEST GENEALOGY DATABASES • HeritageQuest Online • ProQuest Obituaries and Death Notices Atlanta Constitution (1868-1922) Boston Globe (1872-1922) Chicago Defender (1921-1975) Chicago Tribune (1852-1984) Los Angeles Times (1881-1984) New York Times (1851-1994) Washington Post (1877-1950) Looking forward to seeing all of you in Salt Lake City Jan Meisels Allen 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Resource Room Database Coordinator
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