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| Iowa newspaper from Chronicling America |
One of my favorite web pages (free) is Chronicling America at the Library of Congress web site. Yesterday they added over 600,000 newspaper pages. First timers are from the states of Iowa, Michigan and West Virginia. They have made additions to those of Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Can I skip the Expo and just "play" with the newspapers? Don't think I had better do that.
At 2 a.m. this morning I was unable to sleep. That's when I start checking for Dick Eastman's newsletter in my e-mail box. I think this is becoming a 2 a.m. habit. If you subscribe, check it out. One of his posts is about Elephinbd.com and yes, it's free. If you love looking for ancestors and relatives in the press, check it out. They have 1,205,603 individual newspapers and 1,141 titles. I checked it out at 2:15 a.m. and discovered some interesting news about ancestors.
Maybe between lectures today I could sneak in a quick nap and a quick search of the newspapers.
2 comments:
Well, I love newspapers, too, as well as Elephind. I also love free stuff! I've listed a lot of free newspapers besides Chronicling America on my Online Historical Newspapers site. There are also newspapers from subscription sites like Ancestry, Fold3, etc. Some libraries and Family History Centers subscribe to these, so that's another way researchers can access them for free. :-)
Gorgeous!
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