Comments on: Ancestry.com Doubles its Historical Newspaper Collection http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/ The official blog of Ancestry.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Evie Rice http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-26375 Evie Rice Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:21:46 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-26375 It would be extremely helpful & useful if the COUNTY newspapers were published in was included along with the city, in its description. It would help to locate nearby papers, when Ancestry does not have one for the specific area of interest. I have yet to find a good place to send/post suggestions. Is there a central place for such? If not, please let me know if there's a better place for this. It would be extremely helpful & useful if the COUNTY newspapers were published in was included along with the city, in its description. It would help to locate nearby papers, when Ancestry does not have one for the specific area of interest.
I have yet to find a good place to send/post suggestions. Is there a central place for such? If not, please let me know if there’s a better place for this.

]]> By: charles wallen http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-25600 charles wallen Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:41:49 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-25600 I don't get any response when i select ancestry com. charles wallen I don’t get any response when i select ancestry com.
charles wallen

]]> By: Greg http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-21400 Greg Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:43:10 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-21400 Although not part of the collection if you are interested in the North Coast Region of Queensland Australia have at look at: http://www.nambour-chronicle.com . This website archives the Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser first published in 1903. Lots of local history recorded here. The site is free and you can search the entire paper by keyword or issue date from 1903-1955. You can download any pages of interest also for free Although not part of the collection if you are interested in the North Coast Region of Queensland Australia have at look at: http://www.nambour-chronicle.com . This website archives the Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser first published in 1903. Lots of local history recorded here. The site is free and you can search the entire paper by keyword or issue date from 1903-1955. You can download any pages of interest also for free

]]> By: Linda Hopkins http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-17176 Linda Hopkins Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:45:59 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-17176 I agree with Valerie's post on June 15, 2008. I find a definite lack of information from Georgia sources. In my hometown, Washington,Wilkes County, Ga., there is the second oldest library in the state and the oldest in continuous operation, I am told. The information there would apply to many as Wilkes County is one of the oldest in the state and the "gateway" to many families passing westward. The old newspapers there are available on microfilm but it is time consuming to do research on site. Nearby, the newspaper records of another old Georgia county, Richmond County, are only available by online subscription. These records are probably available at the Georgia archives but again there are time and distance constraints. I have just read of the Ancestry.Com venture with various state archives but hope that digitization and preservation on a local level could be initiated more quickly. Needless to say there are also many early records available at the Wilkes County Court House. I agree with Valerie’s post on June 15, 2008. I find a definite lack of information from Georgia sources. In my hometown, Washington,Wilkes County, Ga., there is the second oldest library in the state and the oldest in continuous operation, I am told. The information there would apply to many as Wilkes County is one of the oldest in the state and the “gateway” to many families passing westward. The old newspapers there are available on microfilm but it is time consuming to do research on site. Nearby, the newspaper records of another old Georgia county, Richmond County, are only available by online subscription. These records are probably available at the Georgia archives but again there are time and distance constraints. I have just read of the Ancestry.Com venture with various state archives but hope that digitization and preservation on a local level could be initiated more quickly. Needless to say there are also many early records available at the Wilkes County Court House.

]]> By: JMaule http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-16891 JMaule Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:56:58 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-16891 Now it's all the census records. Last night and again tonight. Is it really THAT difficult to get it right and keep it working? Now it’s all the census records. Last night and again tonight. Is it really THAT difficult to get it right and keep it working?

]]> By: Dean http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-16629 Dean Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:32:09 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-16629 What happened to the Historical Newspaper option to select by state? That was a very useful and simple method of limiting a selection of newspapers to only one state, allowing you to more easily pick out a single title for search. So I tried the card catalogue search box but it failed to recognize and retrieve a newspaper title I know exists from previous searches: Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, PA) Would appreciate a working method to get back to searching this particular newspaper. Thanks. What happened to the Historical Newspaper option to select by state? That was a very useful and simple method of limiting a selection of newspapers to only one state, allowing you to more easily pick out a single title for search. So I tried the card catalogue search box but it failed to recognize and retrieve a newspaper title I know exists from previous searches: Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, PA) Would appreciate a working method to get back to searching this particular newspaper. Thanks.

]]> By: Judy Hayhurst http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-15930 Judy Hayhurst Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:27:02 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-15930 I am working on preparing my info for a book. I had typed obituaries as part of the stories for different people. When I loaded my book, non of my stories were included. Why? I am working on preparing my info for a book. I had typed obituaries as part of the stories for different people. When I loaded my book, non of my stories were included. Why?

]]> By: Carl Sevasin http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-15847 Carl Sevasin Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-15847 Yes,I don't know if you can help with this but I was told that my grandfother [ James Crawford Williams Sr.], had or ownd a shipyard in Baltimore Md. How would I go about looking this up in the old newpapers, around WW 1 time. Yes,I don’t know if you can help with this but I was told that my grandfother [ James Crawford Williams Sr.], had or ownd a shipyard in Baltimore Md. How would I go about looking this up in the old newpapers, around WW 1 time.

]]> By: Joan Renfrow http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-14345 Joan Renfrow Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:15:41 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-14345 YES!!!!!!! Someone is working on it!!!!! Thank you Suzanne for taking us seriously and thank you all at Ancestry for finally listening to our cries in the dark! I received the below e-mail: "Thanks for your feedback on problems viewing newspaper images on Ancestry.com. We are currently working on the problem. If you don't notice a fix soon, please send me the link to an image you are having trouble viewing. CHRIS LYDIKSEN Product Manager, Content ancestry.com " YES!!!!!!!

Someone is working on it!!!!!

Thank you Suzanne for taking us seriously and thank you all at Ancestry for finally listening to our cries in the dark!

I received the below e-mail:

“Thanks for your feedback on problems viewing newspaper images on Ancestry.com. We are currently working on the problem. If you don’t notice a fix soon, please send me the link to an image you are having trouble viewing.

CHRIS LYDIKSEN
Product Manager, Content
ancestry.com “

]]> By: Mondstrahl http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-14337 Mondstrahl Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:36:31 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2008/06/12/ancestrycom-doubles-its-historical-newspaper-collection/#comment-14337 Not only can't I get the newspaper images to load (Error processing request), no matter the newspaper, but now I can't get census images to load with which I had no problem before. What am I paying for? Not only can’t I get the newspaper images to load (Error processing request), no matter the newspaper, but now I can’t get census images to load with which I had no problem before.
What am I paying for?

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