You can find many things such as anniversary and wedding information from articles, which will include other family members names and locations from where they traveled from. You can find out about fires, people going to jail (I have one where my great grandfather went to jail for a period of time for stealing chickens!). You can find out achievements in work related items and school achievements. Sometimes if your lucky there could be photos as well.
You can find some fantastic news about live saving events of a family member! And I'm thrilled to have her as my genealogy cousin!!
You can find city directory articles, which will tell you where they lived and sometimes where they worked as well. It is a good way to track where members lived and what their occupation was. Sometimes the occupation can give you a clue of where to look for them. Example if they were farmers, you can look at plat maps in the area to find where they lived or what they farmed.
You can find articles in books on soldiers. This will give you what their ranks were, where they served, and where they were from. This can give you many clues to obtain other records on their service such as pension records.
The main item when searching newspapers are obituaries. Obituaries are as good as the person giving the information, so make sure you always verify the information! Source it too. You can get maiden names from obituaries, which are so important for women! They usually give parents, and sometimes grandparent information. This information is a great step in the right direction. They will name siblings. Make sure you research each sibling because that might lead to more information on the family. If there is a more unusual name, search that first. The more unusual name the easier to narrow your search down.
next time: Church records and other information to search.
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