Dear Folks, The following message was sent to me and the NYNIAGAR list. So for you who aren't subscribers to that list the following is FYI. Don, I'm really pleased with your dedication and efforts. Remember, I still have stacks and stacks of old newspaper articles in my computer that I could send to you in a heartbeat! :-) vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don W" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:06 PM Subject: Newspaper Articles Niagara County > To All: > My name is Don White. About two months ago I became > the New York State Coordinator for a free web site > called Newspaper Abstracts.Com. This site provides an > easy way for individuals to be able to post newspaper > articles in an easy format so others may benefit. We > all have newspaper photocopies in our scrapbooks, in > our genealogy filing system in our office or on the > dining room table which contain surnames in addition > to the one's we are researching. During the past two > months I assisted in transferring around 10,000 > articles from the old web pages to the new software > based pages. > Although the new site is still undergoing work, I > wanted to let everyone know about it. The amount of > information I was able to read while helping transfer > these articles was unbelievable. Not just births, > deaths and marriages, but people winning awards, being > in accidents, social events, court matters, lists of > people serving on juries, letters at Post Offices > waiting to be picked up, even students grades, etc. If > you do not have newspaper copies from Niagara County > newspapers, then please consider adding the ones for > the parts of the U.S. and Canada that you do have. > There are only two requirements: The newspaper article > is placed in the same area as the newspaper was > published and it must have been published prior to > 1931. Be sure to bookmark this site and check > regularly for new articles. The link to the Niagara > County page is: > > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/newyork/niagara/index.shtml > > Vee graciously has given me permission to add her > articles from the old Niagara Co. mailing list > archives. I have added a eight of those articles as of > tonight and will continue to add the balance of them > over the next few weeks. The site has an excellent > search engine, but also take some time to read some of > the articles. They add life and character to our > ancestors and the times they lived in. > Thanks for your time and I look forward to reading > your articles. > Don W > Houston, Texas > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree >