I have been meaning to respond to the question from Michael McDonald about Newspaper Projects. There is a fee based site called Newspaper Archives that has the Public Register Or Freemans Journal 1763-64. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ There is a volunteer site called Ireland Old News http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html and http://www.irelandoldnews.com/obits/ Jenny Fawcett has some old newspaper extracts for Tipperary at: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/irenews.htm Newspaper Extracts has a few Irish articles: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php The IGP Tipperary site has contributions from Mary Heaphy and Sheryl Zenzerovich & others. http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/ (You can use the drop down box in PicoSearch to search JUST the newspapers.) Cyndi's list has Irish Newspaper links: http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htm#Newspapers So, there are a few sites to check out. Regards, Christina > I appreciate these newspaper extracts, > > even when I don't find my people. Does > anyone know if there is a project underway > to scan old newspapers and make them > available online? An existing site? > > There is such a site available for > Northern New York, USA where my > Tipperary ancestors emigrated to: > http://news.nnyln.net. > It has been very helpful to me with > obits, birth and wedding announcements > and the like, as well as the following > classic find: an account of a talk given to > a local business club given by my father's > Uncle Francis Callanan in 1934 that > accounts for my Tipperary ancestor > Cornelius Callanan, his Grandfather; > my Great Great Grandfather. Chris