I'm not so sure that is entirely correct. While they may have archives of "historical news", there is one link within their site which lists exactly which cities are covered in each state. There are probably an average of 10 cities per state, with much more coverage in the New England area but very sparse coverage elsewhere. For example, they cover only 3 cities in Minnesota, 3 cities in Missouri, 4 cities in Wisconsin, yet there are 24 cities in Massachusetts. I've emailed their customer service in the past asking about such coverage in the "farm belt" such as rural areas in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Their response was to refer me to the list of cities on the web site. Apparently any other areas that are not specifically mentioned on the web page is not covered. I was raised in the second largest city in Illinois and it is not covered.
I will say that they do offer a 30 day trial period so you can try out and be the judge for yourself. Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kemp [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Newspaper Announcements > > To be clear the obituaries and entire newspapers go back to 1690. > Small towns and large towns are included. GenealogyBank.com has 4,300 > newspapers from all 50 states. > > There is also a separate bucket on the site that highlights the > obituaries from the 1970s forward. > > Tom > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot > <[email protected]> wrote: > > But be careful of what you are looking for, how old it may be, and > from where you think it might have come. Check those web pages closely > and you'll see that the cities covered are only the larger metropolitan > areas. If your relative in the obituary were a farmer from a rural area > and the newspaper clipping came from one of those "county-wide farm > papers" then this service probably won't cover it. Plus you have to > look at their advertisements very closely. Seems the obituaries only go > back to around 1970. Not very useful. They do have a lot more > "historical news" that is archived; its just that the obituary service > covers mostly the 2000s and a few back into the 1970s-1980s. > > > > > > Brian in CA > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:15 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Newspaper Announcements > >> > >> Charles - here's one way you can locate the newspaper when you don't > >> know where it came from: http://tinyurl.com/q8vjkg. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Geoff Rasmussen > >> Millennia Corporation > >> [email protected] > >> www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Charles Apple [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:24 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Newspaper Announcements > >> > >> I have many obituary clippings from various newspapers that were > sent > >> by > >> relatives, many of them deceased now, however, they give no > newspaper > >> name, > >> or any other relavent information about the newspaper. How can I > cite > >> the > >> newspaper as the source when I don't even know the name of the > >> newspaper? > >> > >> Perhaps the artifacts template would be best used here? If someone > has > >> a > >> better solution, I would love to hear it. > >> > >> Charles > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
