HI Mark  I use the Hartford Courant papers online from home several days a week--but they don't have very many articles on places outside Greater Hartford unless they are related to very serious events or famous people. The old papers had even less since they didn't have any way to get the info quickly from the outer towns. Putnam and Norwich are not even commonly in the obits now and I suspect they would have been there even loss in the old papers.   That said--a big fire, serious accident, etc are often covered but rarely do we see vital records info in the Courant--and I have read it everyday for 50 years!!!.   Barb --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Mark Lefler <markl8@optonline.net> wrote: From: Mark Lefler <markl8@optonline.net> Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--whathasbeen your experience? To: ctmoser.mj@att.net, genconnecticut@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 3:31 PM The Hartford Current would have adequately covered Putnam and Norwich. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn" <ctmoser.mj@att.net> To: <genconnecticut@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--whathasbeen your experience? Lisa, if you live near Hartford, even though you live in Massachusetts, ie Springield, you might contact the State Library and find out if they allow out of state residents to get a library card. I know that even though I live in Connecticut, I have to go to the State Library to get a card from there. Marilyn CT --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> wrote: From: Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--whathasbeen your experience? To: genealogybarb@snet.net, genconnecticut@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 11:46 AM 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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