Hi all I will try to explain this.I think it varies from paper to paper.Some have archives online,some do not.I know here were I live you can do a search online for old obits/stories but to obtain a copy after so far back you have to pay a fee. There was no charge for the Shawnee paper.It is at www.news-star.com.I clicked on archives and a list of years came up-they have them online back to 1997.You could search day by day in each month yourself or use their search engine.A word of warning,one day I tried to use their search engine and could not get it to work but could search myself day by day.So don't give up if it does not work.I hope this helps.If you needed something further back you would have to contact the paper and see how they handle their older archives.Tina Micheal Ruse __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com