Just got this news from the NYG&BS: Due to a change in policy at Newsbank, Inc., institutional subscribers to the Early American Newspapers Series I database may no longer offer remote access to their members. NYG&B members may access to the database through our website as usual until August 31. This is unfortunate as it was one of the big perks of membership. Perhaps many of you subscribe to Newsbank and can give us the details. The Early American Newspapers run from the earliest in our country (before it was USA) up to about 1820 with some a little further. New York state has one of the biggest runs of newspapers, and it has been truly amazing how much data I have accumulated about ordinary male ancestors who were involved in business plus the marriages and deaths of both men and women in my family. New York city area is particularly rich. -- Elizabeth