As an RSS user of the Worcester paper, I noticed there has been no feed for awhile. After reading the emails in todays listings, I now see why. As a person who is many miles away, what is the best way to view the obits from Worcester, Boston and other areas. Carlton Brooks Mesa, Arizona

Hi Carlton - proquest offers various newspapers to institutions by subscription. If you have a public or university library card, check their on line databases to see what they have. The problem is the subscriptions are very expensive, so not all libraries can afford them. Also, libraries seem to subscribe to the papers that cover their local area, so you might have a problem finding New England papers in Arizona. In Massachusetts, the libraries belong to a regional system. In my region, the libraries got a grant to cover costs. I now have access to these papers, referred to as the Massachusetts News Stand, but if the money runs out, they will have to let the subscription go. Massachusetts Newsstand Berkshire Eagle 2005 - current Boston Globe 1980 - 1996; 1987- Boston Herald 1991 - current Business West (Chicopee) 1992 - current Gazette (Haverhill) 1992-1997 [full text Not Available: Oct 20, 1994 - Feb 7, 1997] Lowell Sun 2004 - current New York Times 1995 - [although this is listed in one place, it's not in the database] North Adams Transcript 2005 - current Patriot Ledger (Quincy) 1991 - current Plymouth County Business Review Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005 - current Standard-Times (New Bedford) 1992 - 1997 Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1989 - current I'll be glad to look up things in this database. Anyone living in MA can get a library card to the Boston Public Library. They have heritagequest and other things. Maybe there is a large library in Arizona that offers the same type of arrangement and carries the complete proquest databases. The Boston Globe, Boston Herald , the Providence Journal, & now the Worcester Telegram have gone to Legacy.com You can search their site for obits, but if they are too old, you have to pay to get them. There is also America's Obituaries available with a subscription to genealogybank.com http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries.html Another pay service is http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ and another is footnote.com which offers small town newspapers You can search all these sites for free. If you find something, you could always ask for a lookup on a mailing list covering that area. Not the same as being able to search yourself, but at least it's something. Lisa llepore@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "genlist07" genlist07@carltonbrooks.net | As an RSS user of the Worcester paper, I noticed there has been no feed | for awhile. | After reading the emails in todays listings, I now see why. | | As a person who is many miles away, what is the best way to view the | obits from Worcester, Boston and other areas. | | Carlton Brooks | Mesa, Arizona