Would like to know the difference between the two online newspaper collections. I had a free membership for a while from NewspaperArchives.com and found quite a bit of info of my relatives in Kansas and California. I keep getting these glamourous ads from GenealogyBank.com about their collection being the best. They're offering a percentage off for Legacy software users. Just wondering if this is a gimmick or what. Would appreciate some comment from those of you with knowledge of the two collections. Thanks, Carl Sprouse "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." ~Corrie Ten Boom

Carl I've had GenealogyBank for several years and find it invaluable in my work. However, in order to determine whether it is useful to you, I suggest you go to the site and preview the locations, news sources, and years of same. Compare those results to the areas you are currently researching. If there are matches, I'd say give it a trial. It is pretty amazing the "meat" you can put on the bones of your ancestors and relatives this way, with the social columns, the legal notices, deed changes, and general "news of the day." I would never say "best" about any site I've used so far. If I could, I would subscribe to everything (well, most things), but I prefer to continue to put food on the table <G> so I make choices based on where and when I'm researching. Pat In Tucson -----Original Message----- From: roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carl M Sprouse Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:03 PM To: ROOTS Digest Mailing List Subject: [ROOTS-L] GenealogyBank.com newspaper collection vs. NewspaperArchives.com newspaper collection Would like to know the difference between the two online newspaper collections. I had a free membership for a while from NewspaperArchives.com and found quite a bit of info of my relatives in Kansas and California. I keep getting these glamourous ads from GenealogyBank.com about their collection being the best. They're offering a percentage off for Legacy software users. Just wondering if this is a gimmick or what. Would appreciate some comment from those of you with knowledge of the two collections. Thanks, Carl Sprouse "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." ~Corrie Ten Boom ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carl, I think it depends on what places your ancestors lived. If you go to GenealogyBank's site, you can look at the newspapers (and dates) they have per State. I've been a member of GB for years. My ancestors came from the WV. Unfortunately, from the years 1900 - 1999 there are no WV newspapers in GB with the exception of literally one day (9 June 1904) for one paper. I'm still hoping, though! Until then, I've been looking for family in the surrounding states. Good luck, dee On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Carl M Sprouse <CSPROUSE1@neb.rr.com>wrote: > Would like to know the difference between the two online newspaper > collections. I had a free membership for a while from > NewspaperArchives.com and found quite a bit of info of my relatives in > Kansas and California. I keep getting these glamourous ads from > GenealogyBank.com about their collection being the best. They're offering > a percentage off for Legacy software users. Just wondering if this is a > gimmick or what. Would appreciate some comment from those of you with > knowledge of the two collections. > > Thanks, > > Carl Sprouse >