Dave Obee, longtime journalist, editor and publisher of the Times Colonist newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, and one of Canada’s most popular genealogy speakers, will deliver the webinar, A Fresh Light on Old Newspapers, on Wednesday, June 28, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
It will be hosted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and it’s free to watch.
Researching in old newspapers no longer means sitting at a microfilm reader for hours on end, winding through a seemingly endless string of news stories and advertisements. Today, the results we seek could be a matter of minutes away, thanks to the many digitization projects that have placed millions of newspaper pages on the Internet. But what are the pitfalls? This presentation takes you through the digitization process, from hard copy to your computer screen. It is designed to help you achieve the best results from your work.
Dave Obee has worked in newspapers for 50 years, has researched with them for 50 years, and has been behind a major digitization project. This talk draws from real experience.
Register to watch the free webinar. The recording will likely be free to watch in the webinar library for up to seven days afterward. Following that, only subscribers will be able to watch it.
