In a message dated 1/8/2005 4:28:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Some kind listers here recently let me know that there is now available an online Syracuse newspapers archives subscription service. . . . I subscribed last week and have been spending hours searching the articles (1857-2004) by KEYWORDS, surnames, you name it (a computer-age dream come true). I can recommend it as a terrific tool for long-distance, do-it-yourself research. Here is the URL: http://poststandard.newspaperarchive.com/DesktopDefault.aspx . . . . $6.95 monthly or $39.95 for a year's subscription. There is also evidently a subscription service for newspaper archives nationwide from the same people ($17.95 a month or $99.95 a year) I definitely agree with Michelle Stone that an online newspaper archive is an unbelievably valuable research tool. Several days ago I used my Christmas money to buy a year's subscription to newspaperarchive.com, which, for Syracuse, has the following newspapers: Central City Daily Courier Syracuse New York [earliest year, 1859] Evening Herald Syracuse New York [earliest year, 1893] Post Standard Syracuse New York [1900-2004] Syracuse Journal Syracuse New York [May, June 1938 (partial months)] Syracuse Daily Courier Syracuse New York [part of 1857 + Nov 2, 1986] Syracuse Daily Courier And Union Syracuse New York [Jan-June 1865 + 2 days in 1925] Syracuse Herald Syracuse New York [earliest date 1877] Syracuse Herald Journal Syracuse New York [earliest date 1906] As Michelle said, coverage is intermittent, so you should "browse newspapers" at newspaperarchive.com to see if their 21.3 million pages contain the places and times you need. The information that I am seeking appears in many of the newspapers that I listed above, but NOT always in the Post Standard. The beauty of having the entire subscription instead of just one newspaper is that you have the option of searching the entire country at once, or limiting your search by using the "Search Wizard" or "Advanced Search" for just one newspaper or area or person. I have found so many of my relatives' obituaries in mere minutes rather than the days that I formerly spent in front of balky microfilm readers all over the country. I have answered many of my own research questions in just these past few days, including details on the death of my mother's cousin's husband, that I still can't believe how wonderful this tool is and how lucky I am that I was paying attention when my cousin, Linda Jure, told me about it. Diane Wilson Flynn