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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Resources & Offers => Topic started by: samthompson on Wednesday 25 January 06 02:23 GMT (UK)
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HI all
I came across this site that might be of use to someone.
https://www.smalltownnewspaper.com/smalltownpapers/jsp/stphome.jsp
it is free to register and you can search by keyword (surname, whole name, place, etc). It is quite easy to use and you get to see the whole newspaper page with your keywords highlighted to make it easy to read. There are many newspapers from many States in this newspaper archive.
Good luck
Thelma
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The link does not seem to work.
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I tried it too - got quite excited, but it didn't work.
Bev. :'(
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Sounds like this would be a good site for research. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work tonight.
yn9man
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It seems to work for me - maybe it was down for some reason?
Stephen :)
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Works fine for me too ;D
As you say - perhaps it was down at the time :( Working well this morning, so thanks for the link, Stephen!
Angela
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Still not working today for me ...
Message I get is "problem with the site security certificate. Please close and do not use this site". I have no idea what the above means.
yn9man
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Hi yn9man
What it's saying is that the site uses a security certificate to encode its data for transmission but the expiry date for the certificate is past. (Oct 2006)
I must admit that I always ignore these warnings and continue anyway - my browser (Firefox) certainly doesn't suggest that you close the window, nor does IE6. Suggests to me one of Microsoft's increasing overstatements, but it's up to you whether you think an expired security certificate (when most sites, including my own, don't have one in the first place) is sufficient grounds to avoid a site
;D
Regards
Angela
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Yes, it is working for me now, and I did get that message - from IE7. Just ignored it and opened anyway. It is Microsoft going over the top again, I think.
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I just got the same message again. I tried to bypass but couldn't. Must be my computer.
yn9man
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Here is another newspaper link from the Library of Congress. Short time period but may be helpful. I found the NY Sun very helpful.
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
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Wow this will take a lot of looking at
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This one now covers quie a lot more than it used to
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/
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Some other sites with helpful links to online newspapers:
http://guides.library.upenn.edu/historicalnewspapersonline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home
http://news.google.com/newspapers
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I also couldnt access the https://www.smalltownnewspaper.com/smalltownpapers/jsp/stphome.jsp link using safari or camino.
managed to get through using a modified link http://www.smalltownpapers.com/
Thanks for the link very useful.
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Lots of newspapers added through public libraries in various states -
http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/over-100-new-free-online-newspaper-links#.U4TiZWdOWUk
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One of the sites I normally recommend is Elephind
http://www.elephind.com/
It is a site that searches other sites (you can click on the list of titles and you'll find Trove, Papers Past, Chronicling America, and possibly some new stuff)
And for American Newspapers the video clip below is one I occasionally use at the start of talks on using newspapers for family history - and you don't even see a single newspaper ! (if you've not seen it turn the sound on and enjoy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HyP3TSFpw
Very Best Regards
Richard Heaton