The SMH archives contain 820,000 pages in almost 13,000 issues from January 1st, 1955 to December 31st, 1990. The contents of all issues of the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald are fully text searchable including advertisements, captions and birth, death and marriage notices. Full-text results are returned in an exact digital reproduction of the printed pages as they were originally published. To participate you must be a New South Wales resident and must also be registered as a State Library client. If you are not a registered client of the Library, you can apply online. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/membership/ You will need to allow up to 10 days to receive your Library card before you can use these databases from home." Enjoy and Happy Hunting Bye MargM List Admin

Why does one have to be a resident of NSW to access this source of information when you can join on-line, many of us who live in the other states of Aust would like to access the SMH Archives. Val. Western Australia. To participate you must be a New South Wales resident and must also be registered as a State Library client. If you are not a registered client of the Library, you can apply online. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/membership/ You will need to allow up to 10 days to receive your Library card before you can use these databases from home." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marg, Thanks for the update. I did know that this was in the works but to think it has actually happened is truly amazing. Cheers, Laraine -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marg M Sent: Sunday, 16 January 2011 7:52 AM To: AUS NSW CC; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [ANS] New from NSW State Library online access to SMH Archive 1955-1990 The SMH archives contain 820,000 pages in almost 13,000 issues from January 1st, 1955 to December 31st, 1990. The contents of all issues of the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald are fully text searchable including advertisements, captions and birth, death and marriage notices.