Re; Questions

hannover-l
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Max: J�rgen is absolutely right. Low German or Plattdeutsch (Plattd��tsch) is not a dialect but a distinct language from Hoch Deutsch - more closely related to Holland Dutch or Danish than to High German. Sadly, it is disappearing altho all of my cousins in the rural areas still speak it at home. And I understand there is (or was) a movement to reinstate it in the schools in north Germany, esp. Hannover. Niederdeutsch was once the lingua franca of the great Hanse and was far more widespread than Hochdeutsch. Only the fact that Luther's translation of the Bible coincided with the advent of the printing press did the relatively insignificant (at that time) Hochdeutsch spread over the whole country. Thought this might interest you. Jane

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Hi to those on the list:
  A friend and I were just talking about all the information we found in American newspaper morgues, when the thought struck us–Are there German newspaper morgues and if so how do you get into them?
  Any thoughts???
  Gale

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There are databases with family information,
but that is rather current stuff:

And then there is a page where you choose a region

Happy hunting

Falk Liebezeit

Diepholz

If you are looking for special articles in the newspapers
You could either write to the newspaper, some do have staff
For that service or to the nearest state archives (Landesarchiv or
Staatsarchiv,
Depending on the federal state), county archives (Kreisarchiv), city
archives
(Stadtarchiv) or village archives (Gemeindearchiv).

Every political community is required to keep an archives where the public
may get access to ist old records.
Many of the archives do collect the local newspaper, other just collect
articles
of interest (newspaper clippings).

And then there is a net of Landesbibliotheken in all of the federal states,
Many of them do collect the newspapers in the region and allow xyou to read
them
in their reading rooms.

There is a an index on all German tongue newspapers on microfilm in German
collections. It lists where the films are stored and you can have them sent
to your
library at home against a nominal fee or even for free.

e. g. (= for instance)
Diepholzer Kreiszeitung
1890 - 1945 on microfilm

Diepholzer Kreisblatt
1949 - 1970 bound to volumes,
1991 - 2005 loose in boxes
at Stadtarchiv Diepholz (Falk.Liebezeit@Stadt-Diepholz.de)

Diepholzer Kreiszeitung
1937 - 1943 bound to volumes,

Diepholzer Kreisblatt
1945 - 2005 bound to volumes

Allgemeiner Kreisanzeiger, Syker Tageblatt
1959 - 1972 bound to volumes

Bassumer Anzeiger
1959 - 1972 bound to volumes

Kreiszeitung (for former Kreis Grafschaft Hoya, edited in Syke)
1959 - 2005 bound to volumes
at Kreisarchiv Diepholz (Falk.Liebezeit@Diepholz.de