FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Montana Newspapers

Wyoming Project Page Wyoming Newspapers

Step 1: Finding Newspapers for your county
1. Go to the Newspaper Heading in the county and copy and paste the following on the county page in wikitext: If there are duplicates on the page, remove them off the page before pasting this in.

 Montana Newspapers Online *GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Montana newspapers *Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Motana newspapers *Chronicling America - contains images of some Montana newspapers; searching tips *Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites

Montana Newspaper Catalogs *U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Step 2: Saving the page
1. Once you have added the wikitext, preview the page by clicking on, Show Preview at the bottom of the page. Check your work to make sure it looks like it should. Make any necessary adjustments.

2. Go to the bottom of the page and enter "added newspaper links" in the edit summary box and save the page.

3. Check your work.

4. You are now done with the task. Go to the next County on your list.

Example
For an example of what this heading should look like when it is complete, click here.