Searching in Counties
Colorado county lines have changed over time. If a town’s county changed, CHNC has tried to list that town’s newspaper within its current county. For example, when the Craig Courier was created it was considered to be in Routt County. Due to county line changes that same area is now in Moffat County. Thus in…
LeighGeneral Search Tips
For a really broad topic, it may be necessary to search for smaller subsets of the topic. For example, to find articles about transportation, search for railroads, stage coaches, horses, wagons, or automobiles. To be even more specific, consider searching for names of individual companies, such as the Union Pacific or Denver & Rio Grande…
ReganSearching for Geographic Place Names
Definition: the name of a location on the earth’s surface. It may be a natural feature, such as a mountain, river or the site of human activity, such as a city, town, county, mine, or ranch. Examples: Pike’s Peak, Platte River, Durango, Caribou Mine, Livermore Ranch. Search Strategy Place names and their spellings have changed…
Searching for Obituaries
Consider using date ranges in your search as often the exact dates of death may not appear in an obituary. The date of the death is not the date a death notice or obituary would appear in the newspaper. When searching for obituaries in general you might also try using alternative name spellings and terms…
Searching for Corporations, Churches, Organizations and Government Agencies
Abbreviations were commonly used in names for businesses and government agencies Mer. or Merc. for Merchants, Mercantile (Durango Mer. Trading Co.; Stein Merc. Co.) Bros. for Brothers (Teil Bros. Tailors) Dept. for Department (Labor Dept.) Commerce Dept., Department of Commerce, Commerce Department Variations of the official name of a corporation, church, organization, or government agency…
Searching for Events
The following examples are for one international and one local event found in the CHNC: International: First World War (1914-1918) Local: Ludlow (Colorado) Massacre, April 20, 1914 Definition: For the purposes of the CHNC database, an event is a noteworthy incident resulting in press coverage. In the CHNC, events can be of local, regional, national…
Searching for Proper Names
Proper names for people, corporations, churches, organizations, and government agencies present special difficulties for searching. People First names were seldom used for married women. Typically, the husband’s first name was used Mrs. Herbert Clark Mrs. C. E. McConnell Occasionally, abbreviations were used for some first names Wm. G. Faulhaber for William G. Faulhaber Chas. O….