I found the item on searchable American newspapers very interesting. Our community has local newspapers on microfilm going back to the 1880s. Some genealogists tend to overlook newspapers - and it's a mistake! There is a wealth of obits, marriages, births, and social news on local families. A line such as "George Pitts who left for Punxsatawny Pa., 22 years ago is visiting his family this week." can open new doors of research if you have been looking for George and had no idea where he went when he left home as a young man. It's tough research because one must read or at least quickly-scan every page. It's also very interesting and one can easily get off track - reading the latest murder, accident, even the old advertisements are fascinating etc. But there is a faster way to research some papers now - Paper of Record - is a pay-site available on-line. You type in your word of choice - the search engine finds it - and lets you view the entire newspaper page with "your word" highlighted in yellow. It can't get much easier than that! Cost of the site is about $16/mo Cdn - and you can do a LOT of work in one month! The site is very "fair" it will let you view the list of newspapers available FREE - AND it will let your type in your word of choice - to see if the search engine can find it. After that you must shell out to see the pages. I would give two notes of caution - very short words do not search well. I went looking for the name GOW and got back some very odd words. The actual pages are being searched and some of the old newspaper typefaces are difficult to read for the human eye - never mind an optical scanner! The second note is that you really do need a highspeed connection. If you are using dial-up the whole search-system takes time and you may find it too frustrating. By typing in the name Gallinger, and using the Perth Era newspaper, I followed two girls from their passing marks in public school, through high school plays and found where their family traveled on holidays. The older girl married, became a milliner for a prestigious shop and took the train to Toronto to seek out the latest styles. She married, left town, had one child and died young, her husband's death was reported years later. The younger girl remained single all her life, played the piano for community concerts, volunteered for church, community and throughout WWI. The last entry was for the auction of her home's contents. Very sad. All of this I learned through Paper of Record. I could never have worked through 70 years worth of newspapers without this marvelous site. By typing "Paper of Record" into google or any search engine you will find the site and can evaluate it for your own research. This site has papers from Canada and around the world - well worth a looksee! Good Luck in your research Lily