I forgot about Godfrey Memorial Library. I used to belong to them several years ago, but when they lost access to a lot of databases due to ProQuest raising their rates they had to be dropped. What they were left with after that was very little and not worth the subscription so I dropped it.
It sounds like it might be worth checking out again. They used to have a database that was excellent at tracking people (living or dead) from one location to many others. Then unfortunately it was pulled and only accessible by law enforcement. I was able to track a lot of people and figure out how they were related or if they were related. They have something else available now (free through libraries), but it isn't quite as good as the other one. Another thing to check out is what your local library has that is accessible from home. Many of them have newspapers as well and even some obscure ones that are very old. On the WVR site, I've never been able to find a listing of what they have. It must be well hidden. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: Kay Fordham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] WorldVitalRecords.com Yvonne, I have searched for hours on WVR and have not been limited in any way on newspapers or other records. The newspapers at WVR are from Newspaper.Archives that you mention. I also forgot to mention that WVR also has family histories from the Godfrey Memorial Library Collection (this is a subscription site!). It took me quite awhile to discover all of the records on this site. The $59.XX is well worth it for my needs. Again, it depends upon what your are looking for and where. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Morehouse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] WorldVitalRecords.com Yes, I did subscribe about a month ago. I found that 99.5% of the records that were useful to me were the newspapers. However, what was not told to subscribers is you could only look for 10 surnames--you learn about this restriction after you've been in the site for a little while. At some point, you are asked to identify 10 surnames and are locked into those 10. (They didn't explain why you had to pick 10 surnames so I locked myself into surnames that weren't that important to me.) Once the surname lock happens you can't search the newspapers for differing surnames for about the next 60 days. And, to have full access to anyone at any time in the newspaper archives you have to pay an extra fee. The good news--the WorldVitalRecords people were very helpful and, they lived up to their promise of money back if you were not satisfied. I ended up canceling my WVR subscription and subscribed to Newspaper Archives for about $73 for two years. I'm very pleased with this subscription as you cannot imagine how many obituary, wedding and other various pieces of information I've located. You are able to copy the newspaper articles and their source information into your database or save or print them. Some of the newspapers available are quite old...into the early 1900's and perhaps even earlier than that in some cases. Of course, there are many newspapers that have not yet been scanned but they keep adding to the database. Me, I'm very pleased with Newspaper Archives and would rate it quite high as it gives us a glimpse of ancestor/family activities, interests and events. I've found a number of "cousins" in these articles as, often, the writer includes the names of everyone who attend. So, in summary, I can't readily compare Newspaper Archives directly to Ancestry which I also like. Yvonne 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 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
