Here are the links: Full title list: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/
Links by city: What you do is click on each state & it shows the cities & titles. http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/ And this link for the modern obituaries: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries/ 4,300+ newspapers Tom On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > 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
