> Newspaper Abstracts - where we are finding our ancestors in the news! > > Over the years many records regarding our ancestors were lost or destroyed > in > fires, floods and other natural disasters. Newspapers contain much > information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, > deaths, court notices, land sales, tax notices, businesses, etc. They hold > many glimpses of information in their community news and provide us with > many > fascinating details about the lives of our ancestors from the businesses > they > frequented to the hardships and triumphs they endured while building a new > life in a new land. > > Newspaper abstracts came online October 1999 and since that time has grown > to > over 2,800 pages of data all of which has been contributed by volunteers. > This site contains abstracts, extracts and links to newspaper articles > across > the United States, Ireland and Canada published prior to 1923. More > volunteers are also needed in all geographic areas - no submissions are too > small or too large! > > Visit us at: > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ > to see how we are finding our ancestors in the news!