That's very helpful - thanks. What kind of library do you use? (town, city, community college, county?) That might be good to know since you say you weren't charged. At 10:35 AM 10/23/00 -0400, Mark Dionne wrote: >Several people asked where to get microfilms of >Cohoes or other NY newspapers. > >I got mine by interlibrary loan from the New York >State Library. Their web site has a complete >list of which papers they have for which years. >Go to: >http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ > >I seem to remember that a $10 fee was mentioned >somewhere on the web site, but it apparently did >not apply to my library. > >The Cohoes city library also has microfilmed >newspapers. I don't know their lending policy. > >If anyone finds a source for Cohoes newspapers, >either microfilm or hardcopy, please let me know. >The issues I need (Dec 31, 1899 and Jan 1, 1900) >are missing from the microfilms I have seen. > >Good luck. > >Mark Dionne >Newton, MA > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Barbara's Genealogy Page: http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB >Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ >GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer >GenExchange-Rensselaer Co http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer > > Barb Baxter http://www.pinehurst.net/genealogy/