The Irish Newspaper Archives, which maintains the world’s largest online database of Irish newspapers, has expanded their list of newspapers that can now be searched for free, although it still requires a subscription to read the underlying article. Included in the 21 free newspapers is the Irish Independent (1905-2001), Anglo-Celt (1846-2010), Freemans Journal (1763-1924) and the Southern Star (1892-2010). http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has put online abstracts from about 93,000 wills from the district probate registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry. The period covered is 1858 to 1919 and 1922 to 1943. Access is free. [Historic Northern Ireland Wills] The wills can also be searched using the Advanced Genealogy Search Engine. http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm Starting this week you can now search for your ancestors from the following additional state archives: Alaska; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Iowa; Kansas; Maryland; Minnesota; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont and West Virginia using the Advanced Genealogy Search Engine. http://www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/Tools/advanced_genealogy_search_engine.htm (if this url gets broken, you need to paste it together for it to work) -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com