Perhaps I was a bit premature in my observations. It appears that going to "some" of the individual newspapers you must also purchase the obituary through the news archives. The difference being though through the newspaper is a bit cheaper. $2.95 per article rather than $3.50 There are also more pricings available through the newspapers such as a one week pass 3 articles for $6.95. I apologize for not digging a little deeper before making my last observation regarding obitsarchive.com. There are so many scams out there regarding genealogy, always use caution before signing up and paying for any service. I have collected a few of the known scams over the years and put it on my website if you want to review it. http://linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/genscams.html Ellen- *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/25/2005 at 8:20 PM Ellen- (Waukesha) wrote: >Obitsarchive.com looks like a scam to me. Just my opinion anyway. > >You can get the obits for the Peoria Journal right from their website: >http://www.pjstar.com/system/search.html > >The Journal Star posts most, but not all, stories published in the >newspaper on PJStar.com for free for seven days. Every article, including >obituaries, written by Journal Star staff since 1991 should be available >through our online archives about three days after publication. > >And the Springfield Journal Register here: >http://www.sj-r.com/search/mediastream.asp > >You will find most local articles published in The State Journal-Register >since July 1, 1985. This includes Obituaries, Police Beat and Letters to >the Editor. If the article ran on the website in the last seven days, it >can be found in our free 7 day archives. > >I realized when looking at the Wisconsin listings that all the newspapers >there are available online for free. > >Ellen- >www.linkstothepast.com > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 1/24/2005 at 6:27 PM Peterson, Jim and Karen wrote: > >>Hellow Ashley, >> >>I don't have a subscription to Obitsarchive.com but I have access to >>newspaperarchive.com at home using my library card. If you want anything >>looked up there, I'd be happy to email the scanned newspapers. There are >>many Illinois newspapers listed, just not the ones you listed. >> >>Karen >> >>ashley tiwara wrote: >> >>> Does anyone on this list have a subscription to the ObitsArchive.com >>which would include lookups for the two papers below? I found a reference >>on the web to this apparent clearing house for obituaries but it costs >>rather a lot. I've been told by cousins that many family obits are in one >>or both of these two papers, which since I don't live nearby I never get >>to see. >>> >>> The Peoria Journal - Star obits for 1991 to 2004 >>> and >>> The Springfield Journal Register 1985 - 2004 >>> >>> I probably have hundreds of cousins in the area covered by these papers >>but if someone would be willing to do lookups I'd confine the request to >>two or three names. >>> >>> Thanks for your time, >>> Ashley >>> >>> ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >>> For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >>==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >>For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm >> >>============================== >>Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>New content added every business day. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429