The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) has added over 10,000 issues to its collection of digitized newspapers. Paula Stuart-Warren recently posted the good news in her blog, "Genealogy by Paula." She details the new MNHS newspaper titles & date spans and provides live links here.

Most of the new issues are from out-state Minnesota newspapers. However, the Fort Snelling Bulletin (1928-1946) snagged my attention and down the rabbit hole I went. My father was discharged from the Army at Fort Snelling in June 1945.  I quickly found an article on the front page of the June 9th Fort Snelling Bulletin which reported, "...because of the recent War Department policy to discharge replaceable veterans with an adjusted service rating of 85 or more...the separation center has been working from 0730 until 2200, seven days a week...and will continue to discharge around 125 men a day." Old newspapers are a gold mine.

By the by, aforesaid Paula Stuart-Warren will be IGSI's featured presenter on Saturday, August 17, with her talk "Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking." Railroad research is one of Paula's specialities. While you're at her blog, take a look at the list of topical categories she's covered (lower right side of the page) and you'll see 23 posts about Railroads! One can get a preview of her presentation by cruising her postings on the subject. 

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