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