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The first thing you'll need to know is where and how to find the information you want to add to Bluepages. Try searching for keywords on Google, and using [https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433 advanced search tools] to better narrow it down to the pages you're looking for. For example, you can use the ''site:'' tag to get results from only one website, and place quotes around a phrase to get only pages that contain that exact phrase. Searching ''site:journaltimes.com "5000 Washington"'' will only bring up articles from the Racine Journal Times that specifically mention [[5000 Washington Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|5000 Washington Avenue]] in their hometown of Racine, Wisconsin.
Google can't find everything, though. You may want to look for old issues of local newspapers on websites like [https://newspapers.com Newspapers.com], [https://newspaperarchive.com NewspaperArchive.com], and [https://genealogybank.com GenealogyBank]. All of these sites charge quite a bit of money for access to articles, but if your local newspaper is in any of them, you may be able to access them for free with a library card from your local library. An incomplete list of online newspaper archives that are free, either to everyone or only to local library card holders, can be found [[Bluepages:Newspaper archives|here]]. If you use these sites to find information for Bluepages, please share a copy with us of the specific article you're using, so that other people can read it and verify that what you're writing is correct. Another great resource is [https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer HistoricAerials.com], where you can find rare satellite and aerial imagery of most places in the United States, going back to as early as 1940.
Not all of the useful information you may want to find is on the Internet, either. Your local library probably has a collection of local directories and phone books which have probably never been digitized, and these can be extremely helpful for finding out what was where and when it was there. They may also have old newspapers that aren't available online in the form of reels of microfilm, as well as a wide variety of other helpful materials. Lastly, if you know something from personal experience, but you can't find any evidence to back it up, feel free to ask an experienced user on this site for help!
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