Oops... forgot to thank Beryl, too, for passing on the information about the free data base. Many thanks, Beryl! :) Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <beryl@wordweavers.net> To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 10, 2006 5:35 AM Subject: [TIP] Fw: Irish Newspapers on line & free at present for early users > Forwarded to you with Terry's permission. Enjoy it while it's free. > Beryl > > Beryl O'Gorman > Greensborough Victoria Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Eakin > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:48 AM > Subject: Irish Newspapers on line & free at present for early users > > > Beryl & Brian > > The newspaper archive is up and running at www.irishnewspaperarchives.com > > There are eight titles at present but the earliest is The Freemans Journal > 1763 - 1924 but not all issues have been loaded yet but most of the first > 70 years of Freemans is there to use. Other titles are The Irish > Independent, Leitrim Observer, The Meath Chronicle, Sunday Independent, > The Anglo-Celt, The Connaught Telegraph and The Tuam Herald. > > The site is free at the moment but will cost later once the site moves > from the construction stage. So use it and print from it while it is free > and learn how valuable it is especially for the Assizes trials and > sentences such as transportation. The navigation bar at the top left > loads automatically and is easy to use. You need broadband or cable to > make use fast and easy. Dial up can be used to check the site out but is > very slow. > > The site may sometimes be off line for maintenance so just try again later > when this happens > > www.otherdays.com site in Bray has closed without notification and was > supposed to have been purchased by Ancestry.com but I cannot confirm this. > I am going to the Ordnance Survey map launch next Friday night 17th Feb > here in Sydney. Melbourne has a launch on 23 Feb as per last Blarney. > > I'll be off to Ireland on 22 August and arrive home on 21 October 2006 > attending the UHF Conferrence from 25 - 30 September 2006 in Belfast. > > Regards > > Terry Eakin > All Ireland Sources Newsletter > 9 February 2005 > > > ==== IRL-TIPPERARY Mailing List ==== > VISIT COUNTY TIPPERARY GENEALOGY: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/ > Contact the Listowner at: > mailto:IRL-TIPPERARY-admin@rootsweb.com > >