Since a lot of our NB ancestors migrated west following the lumber industry, this database may be of interest to you. – The University of British Columbia has put online a collection of historic small-town newspapers from across the province. The newspapers range from the Abbotsford Post to the Nelson Tribune and date from 1865 to 1924. This covers the early days of the province when the economy was primarily driven by mining, forestry and fishing. In total, some 24 newspapers spanning 45,000 pages are in the collection. The publications are fully text searchable and are free to access. Users can search by key word, date and newspaper title. This collection is well set up for genealogists tracing their ancestors. Individual pages from the collection can be downloaded as jpg files and complete newspapers can be downloaded in pdf format. Most of these digitized newspapers come from the extensive newspaper collection held by the BC Archives. It is expected that more titles will be added in the future. http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca/ Above courtesy of Pat Connors and the IRELAND-GEN-NEWBIES list. Marilyn