The web-search folks at Google have started a new service, a search of newspaper archives that goes waaaay back. Check it out at http://news.google.com/archivesearch Lots of hits for "irish immigration" Good news: the search **does** go way back, and it searches not only the usual suspects such as the NY Times and Washington Post but some surprises, including the Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Register (late 1800s) and the Daily Northwestern from Portland, Ore., (also late 1800s). The selection does include some non-US, non-English-language publications. Bad news: Many of the results point to "pay-per-view" or "subscription" services. Still, finding a missing piece of info might be worth the money. Sample prices: Boston Globe, $2.95; Washington Post (through ProQuest), $3.95 for one article, $29.95 for a "historical 25-pack: of 25 articles that apparently works as a subscription. Note that some large libraries have ProQuest available, so your Google archives search might lead you to a free or cheaper price at the library? Kind of surprising news: No ads on the results pages (at least right now). On 3/8/07, Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Need some links to put on the New-England-Irish Mailing List webpage for > CT, MA, RI, VT and NH. > -- --- Richard Danca Newton, MA rdanca@gmail.com ------