Hello all. I just got turned on to a fantastic website that has an accessible database for newspapers in the 17 & 1800's. Most of the papers are on the East Coast but they ran adds and notices for all over the country. All you have to do is click on the newspaper and time period you want, and enter a keyword. I found everything from houses for sale, adds for stores, notices about runaway indentured servants, horses "wandering" away, lost silver cups, ... Go to> http://204.170.102.11/cgi-bin/accessible/verify.pl The following newspapers are listed: Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: DE Co. 1819-1870 PA Genealogical Catalog 1809-1870 African American Newspapers in the 19th Century THE CIVIL WAR 11/1860-04/1865, in the following papers: The Charleston Mercury New York Herald Richmond Enquirer Have fun, Kathy