According to a note I saw this morning on a genealogy website, Footnote is offering free access to its digitized newspapers collection for the month of May. You’ll need a free basic registration to access search results, then you’ll be able to download articles to your computer. Take advantage of Footnote’ free newspaper collection offer starting here: http://www.footnote.com/ The list of newspapers is not extensive. For instance, North Carolina has only four available. -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

I have a subscription to Footnote.com although I don't go on there a lot. I find there search engine cumbersome. But I have found some interesting info on the website. Since it's free you might want to check it out. Love, Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ellington" <richard_ellington@unc.edu> To: "D-OGS closed list" <NCDOGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:10 PM Subject: [NCDOGS] free access to Footnote's Newspaper Collection According to a note I saw this morning on a genealogy website, Footnote is offering free access to its digitized newspapers collection for the month of May. You’ll need a free basic registration to access search results, then you’ll be able to download articles to your computer. Take advantage of Footnote’ free newspaper collection offer starting here: http://www.footnote.com/ The list of newspapers is not extensive. For instance, North Carolina has only four available. -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.ncgenweb.us/dogsnc/ To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message