Sure is, Jack. Choose your time frame and state in USA from the drop downs. Although they claim that they're constantly uploading more years and issues, the scope of their New York historical newspapers feels minimal to me. I only got one hit for one name, and that was for a "common Irish name: Mary Fitzgerald! Go figure. Barb -----Original Message----- From: jacklangton via nynewyor@rootsweb.com Hi, Thanks for the reminder. The free part is nice, but I've always gotten bogged down in the search part. Are there ways to simplify the process? Jack Langton -----Original Message----- From: buffycat@juno.com via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> Hi: I just came across this site for newspaper articles that is free and fairly easy to use. If you are already familiar with it just delete. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/