Have you tried the library of congress, digital collections/historical newspapers? Not every state is represented, but a lot are. Joyce -Mike- <mikefrombethany@yahoo.com> wrote: >Dave- > >I also forgot to mention, what made me have concern about newspaperarchive.com to start with is, no where can you find their subscription rates online. I have not found it ANYWHERE!!.. > > >________________________________ > From: -Mike- <mikefrombethany@yahoo.com> >To: Dave & Jane Kearney <kearneyd@erols.com>; "lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com" <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 5:37 PM >Subject: Re: [LDR] Ancestry & nespaperarchive.com > >Dave & all- > >Several years ago I had the opportunity to utilize the services of newspaperarchieve.com thru another paid site that lumped several smaller paid sites together. I was able to abstract many articles from the Salisbury, MD paper. Items such as my birth announcement, parents wedding & most of all many, many obituaries. I want to get a 6 month subscription to both to tie up loose ends on things I may have missed the first time around. > > Last nite I googled newspaperarchive.com & found a site with several complaints concerning the newspaper site. The complaints concerned me about them not answering inquiries or cancelling subscriptions! Only workaround I can think of is to pay with a credit card I dont use much. When cancel time comes, call the credit card company & request a new account number. Specifying that Ive misolaced my card & fear that account could be compromised!! Then they cant tack on another subscription term with me. > >Eva, they sent me an email invitation, but you can go to their home page on ancestry.com & they have it advertised there. If you cant find it, send me your email & I will forward the email I received to you. > > >________________________________ >From: Dave & Jane Kearney <kearneyd@erols.com> >To: -Mike- <mikefrombethany@yahoo.com>; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 5:16 PM >Subject: Re: [LDR] Ancestry & nespaperarchive.com > > >Mike, Walt, et al, I had a very mixed, but ultimately >frustrating experience with newspaperarchive.com. I did find a number of good >newspaper references to family, especially from small town newspapers, but, over >time, there were several times when I had a “hit,” but the newspaper wouldn’t >come up. When I wrote to the company’s customer service to report or inquire a >broken connection, I typically received no response at all. I finally escalated >my tone a bit and wrote that I thought they should at least respond to customer >inquiries – and they finally wrote back that they were cancelling my membership. >I wrote back again to say that I hadn’t asked them to do that, only to respond, >but I didn’t hear back again (and they did cancel the membership). >  >One reason I ramped up my inquiries is that I had read that >they had gotten a lot of complaints for not delivering and not cancelling when >requested. I imagine they had been burned a bit and now are quick, or maybe even >too quick, to cancel. >  >I also saw something recently suggesting the company maybe has >been made over a bit, maybe with new ownership, but I don’t know if that’s >true. >  >Again, I did get a fair amount of valuable information through >them – I maybe should have been more patient, but it is frustrating to have paid >for the service, to be getting direct hits for family members, and then, over a >period of many months, the link doesn’t work and the company doesn’t respond to >inquiries. >  >Dave  >From: Corinne West >Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 4:15 PM >To: -Mike- ; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [LDR] Ancestry & >nespaperarchive.com >  I've >subscribed to Ancestry's U.S. edition as long as I've been researching >genealogy. I Have on occasion also subscribed to the World membership but have >recently cancelled that portion of my membership. I have never had a problem >unsubscribing and they cheerfully cancel your membership on a pro rata >basis. > >Walt west >On Jan 5, 2013, at 3:34 PM, -Mike- ><mikefrombethany@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Happy New Year Fellow >Listers! >> >> It's been awhile since I had an Ancestry.com >subscription & they are offering a reduced rate for a 6 month subscription >thru tomorrow evening. Im considering joining for the reduced rate period only. >> >> Im wondering has anyone had any issues trying to unsubscribe >from them, as they automatically resubscribe you? Also, Ive read online that >newspaperarchive.com is impossible to unsubscribe from? Anyone have similar >unsubscribing experiences with either?? >> >> Thanks! >> Mike >Adkins >> *************************************** >> QUESTIONS about >POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >> Visit The Lower >DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >> >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >> >------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please >send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about >POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa >Roots Mailing List >FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To >unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message