I simply won't pay for on line obits. Write to a local library's research dept. for help. Dave -----Original Message----- From: genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:33 AM To: GENCONNECTICUT Subject: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--what has been your experience? During the 20th century births, marriages, deaths and obituaries were routinely published in Connecticut newspapers for fee. Charging to publish obituaries has come about during the past 10 to 20 years.   There are many commercial sites available that for a fee you can to research in the papers they cover. Sometimes local libraries offer access to certain sites to their patrons.   My question are, to those of you have tried this:   How viable an option is this for doing 20th century family research? Were you able to find what you were looking for? What states did you search in?   This is NOT a commercial for subscription sites. However, knowing which sites you found most useful for YOUR research is often helpful in making decisions. Which sites did You find most helpful for your needs. Were you searching in one specific state, or were you able the use the site to search for information in several states.   How did you access the services? Though a source outside of you home or avail to you for free for home use from on outside source such as a library. As part of a large commercial site, such as ancestry.com? A commercial site specializing in Newspapers for which you pay a subscription fee?    I am not looking for, nor do I want, criticism of individual sites. I want to know how good a research tool this type of option is for this time period. I'm not looking for an answer from just one person. I looking for as many opinions as possible. This is something that can help all of us. We all face the same mountain - finding 20th century information.   Marilyn CT                         ------------------------------- 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

In Vermont I write to the State Library; they are very good to me. You need to know the approximate date of death, and area where the person died. The same with the state library in NH. Joann David Howe wrote: > I simply won't pay for on line obits. Write to a local library's research > dept. for help. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:33 AM > To: GENCONNECTICUT > Subject: [CT] Finding 20th century vital records in Newspapers--what has > been your experience? > > During the 20th century births, marriages, deaths and obituaries were > routinely published in Connecticut newspapers for fee. Charging to publish > obituaries has come about during the past 10 to 20 years. > > There are many commercial sites available that for a fee you can to research > in the papers they cover. Sometimes local libraries offer access to certain > sites to their patrons. > > My question are, to those of you have tried this: > > How viable an option is this for doing 20th century family research? > Were you able to find what you were looking for? > What states did you search in? > > This is NOT a commercial for subscription sites. However, knowing which > sites you found most useful for YOUR research is often helpful in making > decisions. > Which sites did You find most helpful for your needs. Were you searching > in one specific state, or were you able the use the site to search for > information in several states. > > How did you access the services? > Though a source outside of you home or avail to you for free for home use > from on outside source such as a library. > As part of a large commercial site, such as ancestry.com? > A commercial site specializing in Newspapers for which you pay a > subscription fee? > > I am not looking for, nor do I want, criticism of individual sites. I want > to know how good a research tool this type of option is for this time > period. I'm not looking for an answer from just one person. I looking for as > many opinions as possible. This is something that can help all of us. We all > face the same mountain - finding 20th century information. > > Marilyn > CT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >