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Whatever site you go with make sure you check the newspapers they access. Genealogybank sends me email daily trying to get me to sign up but they don't carry any papers that I need. Archives.com I couldn't find a list of the papers they offered and my genealogy friend said they limit you to 10 paper searches a day.
I can search ancestry for you if you are looking for something specific.
Thanks, I'm already a member of ancesty.com and archives.com
I've found it helpful for looking up wedding/birth/obit announcements, not to mention nefarious details about ancestors. I just read about a 2nd cousin who died in a mysterious house fire. The paper didn't shy away from the gruesome details . The coroner was going to rule it as an accidental fire until someone must have tapped him on the shoulder and pointed out the 3" hole in the back of her head. Then there was a g-g-aunt who was struck by lightning (on a clear day) while out hanging the wash. None of that has been passed down in the oral history of the family.
I thought there had been a thread here about how you could get very old newspaper articles from Google. I remember trying it when someone posted about it, and I found some cool items, like obituaries on ancestors.
But now it doesn't seem to exist anymore. It appears that Google dropped the service.
How else can you get old searchable newspapers online? For free? I do have a paid membership to Genealogybank, and I can get some there, but I believe there were some on Google that were not on Genealogybank.
I did see several outfits that charge a fee, but I don't want to pay an annual fee until I hear good reviews from other people. One was over $100 for one year.
Try the website of the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. They have an archive, for free, that eventually will include EVERY newspaper ever printed (if still available) in the USA back to Revolutionary War times. It is a great resource and last I checked it is close to being complete.
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Thanks everyone for all the links and suggestions! I'm going to bookmark this thread to use as a reference. I hope it'll help others as well.
Oh--I just figured out last night that on Genealogybank, not all of the death notices/obits in the newspapers are catalogued. I couldn't find one of my ancestors when I searched, but when I browsed the newspaper for a few days after his death, I found his death notice. So if you use that site, don't just give up if a person doesn't show up in a search.
Pennsylvania Digital Repository has some newspaper archives for free, I have found several articles of one of my branches in the Ambler Gazette: Access Pennsylvania Digital Repository : Advanced Search - the Philadelphia Inquirer is not included though.
I just want to thank you all for this thread. I went to the now defunct google archives through a link on this thread and I can't believe what I am pulling up. I found a "recent bride" announcement of my grand mother and other items about my great grand father. And I've only opened three articles! I have many more to go. I've always been interested in genealogy but am just now getting serious about this. Thanks again!
Some libraries will search newspaper microfilm for a very small fee. I got some St. Louis obits not online and paid less than $5.
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. The coroner was going to rule it as an accidental fire until someone must have tapped him on the shoulder and pointed out the 3" hole in the back of her head. Then there was a g-g-aunt who was struck by lightning (on a clear day) while out hanging the wash. None of that has been passed down in the oral history of the family.
