Thanks Anne, I gave a demo at GSQ on Australian Newspapers Online just this morning and the NLA Beta version was the first site I covered. The site was so popular with the attendees that it was hard to stick to my lesson plan - it really is amazing what you can find. It also allows users to correct text that has been misread by the computer which is another great feature. Another good site for more recent newspapers is Newsbank which is available online to members of the Queensland State Library with an e-Services Card at: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/articles/databases_news Regards Paul --------------------------------- Paul Mann Brisbane, Queensland Australia Ciscoshell@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/ciscoshell/ Researching Bossingham, Burrows, Carlyle, Coomber, Garland, Head, Hull, Mann, Splevins, Stuckey & Whitehead President: Genealogical Society of Queensland --------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-brisbane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-brisbane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of aus-qld-brisbane-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 14 September 2008 5:01 PM To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com Subject: AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 128 >Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:58:13 +1000 >From: "Perplexed" <awhitefo@bigpond.net.au> >Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] National Library of Australia newspaper > digitisation project & offsite access to online databases >To: <AUS-QLD-BRISBANE@rootsweb.com>, > <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com>, <aus-german@rootsweb.com>, > "'aus-immigration'" <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com>, > <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com>, <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <002a01c915a0$61cac880$25605980$@net.au> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Hi - you may already know about this newspaper project. The National Library of Australia (nla.gov.au) has been digitising old newspapers from around >Australia and they are now online and searchable. They are digitising newspapers which were printed between 1803 to 1954. I found over 100 references >for just one of my family names and have been enjoying myself reading the articles and adverts. I have found ship arrivals, property sales by searching >for property names as well as the standard surname searches. This is a great resource. It can be found at:......