I've been researching off and on for about 40 years and this is the best sight I have ever been privileged to use. Most vital information is available, but newspapers, especially if you don't live in the area you are searching, are invaluable. Gary, thank you so much for this web address. You have been a wonderful contributor to the Baltimore area research as well. Nancy Ruth Brooks wrote: >Thanks, Gary, for posting this. I waited until after Easter to subscribe >for a month, which was a good decision because it's pretty time-consuming. >But what a great site!! I've found a lot of interesting things and I've >just gotten started. > >It's very helpful that the name you enter is highlighted in the document, >even though if you put in John Smith every John in the document is also >highlighted but it's not really a problem. > >Thanks again. > >Ruth > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <g.ruppert@att.net> >To: <md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:59 PM >Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Baltimore Sun Paper digitized > > > > >>I stumbled across the fact that part of the Baltimore Sunpaper has been >>digitized and is available for every-word search on-line. The dates covered >>are 1851 through 1900. I have spent hours searching and finding a goldmine >>of information from this source. >> >>Some years ago ProQuest was looking into digitizing the Sunpaper but did >>not carry through because of the cost. The current project is available >>through the newly launched GenealogyBank.com (for a fee) and can be found >>under Historical Newspapers on their site. It looks like another >>organization has done the scanning but GenealogyBank.com is providing >>on-line access. >> >>Since I hadn't seen mention of this on any of the Baltimore lists, I >>thought it might be worth bringing up. Just for the record, I have >>absolutely no connection with GenealogyBank.com other than being a very >>satisfied customer. >> >>Gary >>4 April 2007 >>Baltimore >>http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >