HI Lisa Are you a resident of CT? If you are--you can access all of the Hartford Courant records except that 8 year period or so that still needs to be put online--all from your own home, if you have a CT town library card and go to the State Library and pay, I think $10 for 2 yrs  for their card and have full use of both systems whenever you choose. It is awesome and I use it all the time. There is no charge to copy any of the material for genealogy use. I even found photos and articles about myself--fortunately, nothing embarrassing!!   Barb --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> wrote: From: Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--what hasbeen your experience? To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com, ctmoser.mj@att.net Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 9:00 PM Current & historical Newspapers on line are a fabulous resource. Everyone should check their local library to see if it offers any of these databases. Proquest has filmed many papers, and these are on line at many local public & university libraries. I have found many many obituaries and other news articles. This is a source that should not be overlooked. I have used the following papers - Providence Journal Boston Globe Hartford Courant Norwich Bulletin Worcester Telegram New York Times Chicago Tribune St. Albans Messenger I have searched at individual newspaper websites also. There are gaps in coverage, but hopefully they will disappear eventually. For instance, there is the Historical Hartford Courant which goes from 1764 to 1984. At the Courant website itself, you can search from 1992 to the present, but there is a fee to see the article. So, the years between 1984-1992 are missing. At least you can conduct a search, then you could go to the library and look up the articles fairly quickly from the microfilm once you are armed with dates. Some newspapers give you free access to their archives if you have a subscription to the newspaper. The Boston Globe does this. I would like to find access to the historical Norwich Bulletin if it exists. The Eastman On Line Genealogical Newsletter posted an article about this sometime ago - http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline This site lists public libraries with access to heritagequest. These same libraries frequently offer some form of newspapers on line. All Connecticut library card holders have access to these databases. There are newspapers here for Northern NY, some historical and some going up to as recent as 2007. http://news.nnyln.net/index.html There are also commercial sites that offer historical & current obituaries for a fee like ancestry.com genealogybank.com, newspaperarchives.com all of which I have used, but there are a ton of free things out there, and they should not be overlooked. Newspapers & city directories are 2 main sources of information for 20th century research. My 2 cents, Lisa llepore@comcast.net

Hi Barb, No, I'm a MA Resident. Do you know if the Norwich or Putnam papers are digitized anywhere? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Stevens" <genealogybarb@snet.net> To: <genconnecticut@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--whathasbeen your experience? HI Lisa Are you a resident of CT? If you are--you can access all of the Hartford Courant records except that 8 year period or so that still needs to be put online--all from your own home, if you have a CT town library card and go to the State Library and pay, I think $10 for 2 yrs for their card and have full use of both systems whenever you choose. It is awesome and I use it all the time. There is no charge to copy any of the material for genealogy use. I even found photos and articles about myself--fortunately, nothing embarrassing!! Barb --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> wrote: From: Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--what hasbeen your experience? To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com, ctmoser.mj@att.net Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 9:00 PM Current & historical Newspapers on line are a fabulous resource. Everyone should check their local library to see if it offers any of these databases. Proquest has filmed many papers, and these are on line at many local public & university libraries. I have found many many obituaries and other news articles. This is a source that should not be overlooked. I have used the following papers - Providence Journal Boston Globe Hartford Courant Norwich Bulletin Worcester Telegram New York Times Chicago Tribune St. Albans Messenger I have searched at individual newspaper websites also. There are gaps in coverage, but hopefully they will disappear eventually. For instance, there is the Historical Hartford Courant which goes from 1764 to 1984. At the Courant website itself, you can search from 1992 to the present, but there is a fee to see the article. So, the years between 1984-1992 are missing. At least you can conduct a search, then you could go to the library and look up the articles fairly quickly from the microfilm once you are armed with dates. Some newspapers give you free access to their archives if you have a subscription to the newspaper. The Boston Globe does this. I would like to find access to the historical Norwich Bulletin if it exists. The Eastman On Line Genealogical Newsletter posted an article about this sometime ago - http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline This site lists public libraries with access to heritagequest. These same libraries frequently offer some form of newspapers on line. All Connecticut library card holders have access to these databases. There are newspapers here for Northern NY, some historical and some going up to as recent as 2007. http://news.nnyln.net/index.html There are also commercial sites that offer historical & current obituaries for a fee like ancestry.com genealogybank.com, newspaperarchives.com all of which I have used, but there are a ton of free things out there, and they should not be overlooked. Newspapers & city directories are 2 main sources of information for 20th century research. My 2 cents, Lisa llepore@comcast.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/09/09 06:54:00