The Portal to Texas History and Airtable

I'm currently taking a class on Airtable taught by Amberly Beck. It's a seven-week course, and I feel it's been intense. There are parts I have had a very difficult time grasping, even after watching the recording again...slowly. 

This week I decided to dive into creating a table of newspaper articles regarding my paternal Threet line. I used the site, "The Portal to Texas History." This site was introduced to me by my friend Lisa. 

I set my search parameters, and 55 articles came up from various newspapers, including the Honey Grove Signal-Citizens, The Bonham Herald, and The Leonard Graphic, among others. I revisited some of the information a few times to determine what I wanted the Airtable base to do for me. In some of the tables, I'm still trying to figure this out. 

The data entry has been time-consuming, but I have found some great information to use for the story I'm writing about my Dad and his family. The tables and information I'm compiling will be helpful and easy to find again. 

Today, I found an obituary for my Aunt Ruby Threet's (my aunt by marriage) mother. Even though this is not my Dad's family, I felt my cousin, Lisa, would be interested in it, so I sent it to her. She did not have some of the information and was happy I sent it. I was happy to share it with her. 

I still have a lot of work to do, but below are a few of the articles I have found. Also at the very bottom is a screenshot of parts of my Airtable base. 

Randy Lynn Threet, "Randy Lynn Threet," The Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Texas), 11 January 1957, p. 1, col. 7; image copy, The Portal to Texas History (texashistory.unt.edu : accessed 20 March 2026).

J. C. Samuel Threet, "Registrants To Report For Induction," The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Texas), 27 March 1953, p. 1, col. 2; The Portal to Texas History (texashistory.unt.edu : accessed 01 April 2026).

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