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Carole
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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:13 am Post subject: Newspaper Archives... |
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Does anyone here subscribe to, or know anything about this site? It really looks interesting and could be helpful if searching for a variety of information.
I'm thinking about joining to help with my continuing search for my elusive maternal family members... but it costs $96 a year! I certainly don't want to pay that if it's not a good site...
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Cathy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:59 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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Carole,
It looks like it only has newspapers from the United States. 
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Carole
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MauroMags
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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Interesting database... It seems like they have a handle on a lot of the smaller publications, whereas proquest (another digital newspaper archive) features the major papers like the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, LA Times? and a few others
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MauroMags
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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Hi Cathy,
Proquest has a bunch of databases, newspapers, journals, encyclopedia. They cater to universities and some high schools. Lots of the libraries in the Tri-state area offer the Proquest NY Times historical database to its members.
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JamesBianco
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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Their international collection might just prove to be misleading, this is what they have for The Uk.
Bristol Times And Mirror, The Bristol Gloucestershire 1897
Daily Universal Register, The London Middlesex 1786 - 1787
Edinburgh Advertiser, The Edinburgh Midlothian 1771 - 1909
Edinburgh Chronicle, The Edinburgh Midlothian 1759 - 1760
Edinburgh Courant Edinburgh Midlothian 1884
Edinburgh Evening Courant, The Edinburgh Midlothian 1867 - 1869
Edinburgh Weekly Journal Edinburgh Midlothian 1801 - 1808
Liverpool Courier, The Liverpool Lancashire 1897 - 1898
Liverpool Daily Post Liverpool Lancashire 1897
London Stars and Stripes London Middlesex 1942 - 1945
Italy...
Mediterranean Stars and Stripes Naples Naples 1943 - 1962
I wonder how long they have been around? I must look into this because it could be quite the resource (I'm always on the defensive with sites like these, so many are out to take advantage of people).
ok I am back... be careful
The list the Newport Mercury (a newspaper in Rhode Island) 1784-1874.
When you go to the page there are 15 images from 1784 and then 4 images from 1822, 8 from 1866 and then it skips to 1882 where they have a run to 1928, then it skips right to 1974 and ends.
Completely misleading... please be careful
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Carole
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Poipu04
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Poipu04
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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And here is a blurb about Proquest: ProQuest Historical Database
Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1924), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2004), New York Tribune (1900-1910), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Wall Street Journal (1889-1990), Washington Post (1877-1991), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
Availability: Humanities and Social Sciences Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
I would check your local library for access to it.
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stevenspringer
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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James, Stars and Stripes useto be a US. WWII news paper, maybe linked?
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JamesBianco
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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| Carole wrote: |
That's why I asked James.... It did seem a 'bit' far fetched even to a 'Dork'  like me! |
You are sooo not a dork! 
If I can protect one person from being taken, I will be happy. As I said there are way too many "organizations" creating historical and genealogical websites, and through clever slogans, and creative web design sucker people into ridiculous subscription rates.
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Carole
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Newspaper Archives... |
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| JamesBianco wrote: |
| Carole wrote: |
| That's why I asked James.... It did seem a 'bit' far fetched even to a 'Dork' like me! |
You are sooo not a dork!
If I can protect one person from being taken, I will be happy. As I said there are way too many "organizations" creating historical and genealogical websites, and through clever slogans, and creative web design sucker people into ridiculous subscription rates. |
Old saying my mum always said to me as a 'Thank You'
"I'll love ya all yer life and ten days after!" 
(meaning 'I'm in your debt forever....')
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