Has anyone looked at their lists of offerings and made a comparison? I subscribe to both newspaperarchive.com and genealogybank.com. Even at only $39, newspapers.com would have to offer what the other two did not have to draw my attention. I agree with your assessment of archive.com, and add worldvitalrecords.com to the list I tried and found not worth giving them my money. best regards, Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Molly" <mkcindc@yahoo.com> To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:09:16 AM Subject: [TGF] Opinions on newspapers.com? As you all know, there are lots if sites we can subscribe to. Given the discount Fold3 is offering to members for newspapers.com, I thought it prudent to leverage the collective wisdom of the group. Is an annual subscription worth it (for $40)? I do have one to newspaperarchive.com and have had great success - as long as the people I'm looking for we're in one of the major cities. Would they be about the same? I ask bc I did get a subscription to Archives.com and have been very disappointed - at least for the people I need, they've had only the same index info I find on familysearch and ancestry. Thanks for your insights! ~KC~ www.finddeeperroots.com The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I did a comparison of the service to both NewspaperArchive and GenealogyBank when it was first announced: http://genealogy.about.com/b/2012/12/01/why-newspapers-com.htm They've since added another 6 million newspaper pages, but I don't know how many of these are exclusive to Newspapers.com. They do offer a 7-day free trial. You are required to give a credit-card, but you CAN cancel online within the 7 days. You can also browse the lists of available newspaper issues and dates without subscribing at all. Those lists exist on NewspaperArchive and GenealogyBank as well. Hope this helps! Kimberly On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist < king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> wrote: > Has anyone looked at their lists of offerings and made a comparison? I > subscribe to both newspaperarchive.com and genealogybank.com. Even at > only $39, newspapers.com would have to offer what the other two did not > have to draw my attention. >

I have found both NewpaperArchive.com and GenealogyBank.com to be more than useful. I have yet to find anything on newspapers.com, though I did sign up and try it. Of course, as we know, it depends to some extent on the geography of your work. Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist wrote: > Has anyone looked at their lists of offerings and made a comparison? I subscribe to both newspaperarchive.com and genealogybank.com. Even at only $39, newspapers.com would have to offer what the other two did not have to draw my attention. > > I agree with your assessment of archive.com, and add worldvitalrecords.com to the list I tried and found not worth giving them my money. > > best regards, > > Dee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Molly" <mkcindc@yahoo.com> > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:09:16 AM > Subject: [TGF] Opinions on newspapers.com? > > As you all know, there are lots if sites we can subscribe to. Given the discount Fold3 is offering to members for newspapers.com, I thought it prudent to leverage the collective wisdom of the group. Is an annual subscription worth it (for $40)? I do have one to newspaperarchive.com and have had great success - as long as the people I'm looking for we're in one of the major cities. Would they be about the same? > > I ask bc I did get a subscription to Archives.com and have been very disappointed - at least for the people I need, they've had only the same index info I find on familysearch and ancestry. > > Thanks for your insights! > ~KC~ > www.finddeeperroots.com > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have not found much on newspapers.com but before you buy, go to Browse, then click on United States, choose a state, city and see what newspapers and years they have. They may only have one or two issues for a year. I use GenealogyBank, WorldVital Records, and NewspaperArchive. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janis L Gilmore Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:03 AM To: Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com; Molly Subject: Re: [TGF] Opinions on newspapers.com? I have found both NewpaperArchive.com and GenealogyBank.com to be more than useful. I have yet to find anything on newspapers.com, though I did sign up and try it. Of course, as we know, it depends to some extent on the geography of your work. Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist wrote: > Has anyone looked at their lists of offerings and made a comparison? I subscribe to both newspaperarchive.com and genealogybank.com. Even at only $39, newspapers.com would have to offer what the other two did not have to draw my attention. > > I agree with your assessment of archive.com, and add worldvitalrecords.com to the list I tried and found not worth giving them my money. > > best regards, > > Dee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Molly" <mkcindc@yahoo.com> > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:09:16 AM > Subject: [TGF] Opinions on newspapers.com? > > As you all know, there are lots if sites we can subscribe to. Given the discount Fold3 is offering to members for newspapers.com, I thought it prudent to leverage the collective wisdom of the group. Is an annual subscription worth it (for $40)? I do have one to newspaperarchive.com and have had great success - as long as the people I'm looking for we're in one of the major cities. Would they be about the same? > > I ask bc I did get a subscription to Archives.com and have been very disappointed - at least for the people I need, they've had only the same index info I find on familysearch and ancestry. > > Thanks for your insights! > ~KC~ > www.finddeeperroots.com > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message