I just saw a spot on the TV noon news about a new site that is being put together on the internet that will have copies of newspapers from the US from about 1700 and later that can be read for genealogy research, etc. There will be a charge for the site, but don't know what it will be yet. Just thought it might be a help for birth announcements, obits, marriages etc. www.coldnorthwing.com You can post your name and e-mail address for them to let you know when a demo of the site is ready. The site is based in Canada, don't know if it will have Canadian papers also. Dot in Texas