Sunday, June 15, 2008

Ancestry Newspapers Free Through 19-June

Sorry I've taken so long to inform you; there's still several days to take advantage of this free offer. Here's the full announcement from Ancestry.com. For a more comprehensive list of new titles, see my previous report, Ancestry Boosts Newspaper Collection.

 

Ancestry.com Doubles its Historical Newspaper Collection

Newspaper Image

We doubled the size of our historical newspaper collection - adding a billion names and 20 million images. Different than census or other types of records, newspapers can add context through breaking news, gossip columns, entertainment listings, advertisements and much more.

As we dug into the collection, we found stories of local town heroes - such as an article from 1909 in the Syracuse Herald about Patrolman Brunn who rushed in front of a speeding subway train to save a man who had fallen from the platform. We found medicinal cures, including pickled bee stings for rheumatism, described in a 1904 edition of the Washington Post. We found stories of how folks back then made ends meet, like the widows described in one 1909 Sheboygan Press article who could purchase the entire city of Chicago with their fortunes.

Here are just a handful of newspaper titles in our collection to give you an idea of its diversity:

  • The Anniston Star (Anniston, AL)
  • Modesto Bee and Herald News (Modesto, CA)
  • Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC)
  • Odessa American (Odessa, TX)
  • Xenia Daily Gazette (Xenia, OH)
  • Panama City Herald (Panama City, FL)
  • Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL)
  • Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
  • Reno Gazette (Reno, NV)
  • Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA)
  • Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR)

Now through June 19th, you can search our entire historical newspaper collection free. Check out our newspaper collection and see what interesting stories you can discover!

 

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