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

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Gary: I am not a member of GenealogyBank.com but would love access to the Baltimore Sun for that time period. I have a very elusive ancestor that may very well appear in there at some point. Do you find the fee for this service worthwhile? What else might I find on that site that I would not find elsewhere? Thanks, Karen ----- 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 >

Well, I don't know about the rest of you all, but I just got a boatload of information from that website (genealogybank.com). I didn't even subscribe, I found the information by the little blurb they give you. I actually found the death of my great-great grandmother who I had been searching for for months. I also found death dates for my great-great grandparents on the other side. I definitely plan to subscribe for a month and read the rest of the information they have for me. Thank you Gary, for putting this information out there. Karen ----- 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 >

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