the site doesn't come up. joe [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 05/23/2004 11:15:46 AM > Subject: RE: [DOWNING] re: newspaperabstracts.com > > The site is not informative as to who they are but much of their rules and > regs appear to have been taken from USGenWeb so my guess would be some > former USGenWeb members. In any event, it is FREE. Although some of the ads > are not clearly ads that is true of all too many sites. Use it as you would > anything on the internet -- verify all information. > > Cheryl Rothwell > [email protected] > Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colleen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DOWNING] re: newspaperabstracts.com > > Hi all, > > JMDurret was correct - this IS a good site. I checked it out and found no > page that asked for money, although I did see ancestry.com boxes. > However, those are elective and not required to use the data on the site. > The following partial paragraph is from the site's front page > <http://newspaperabstracts.com>: > > "Newspaper Abstracts goal is to become your complete resource for family > history research using newspapers. Our site is composed of over 12,000+ > news items, ranging in size from a single entry to an entire newspaper, all > provided by site visitors and made available to you FREE of charge." > > Colleen > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.682 / Virus Database: 444 - Release Date: 5/11/2004 > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected]