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Ancestry/Genealogy

Grasswire2

(13,749 posts) Tue Jan 19, 2021, 11:20 PM Jan 2021

I don't know how newspapers.com works. [View all]

I have a world class ancestry account.

I just upgraded that to include newspapers.com.

I am looking for a specific obituary, and also for a story published in October 1878 about my third gr grandmother and her encounter as a child with Lafayette in 1825. This story was published in The Watchman, North Fork Long Island. I know it exists, but I don't have a copy.

I can't get anywhere searching for that article.

Is newspapers not worth subscribing?

Very disappointing.

Any thoughts?

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I don't know how newspapers.com works. [View all] Grasswire2 Jan 2021 OP

You didn't have to do that. turtleblossom Jan 2021 #1

you mean through the library web site? Grasswire2 Jan 2021 #2

I love it, and it's gotten much easier to search, JenniferJuniper Jan 2021 #3

I don't know, but the obit should be somewhere. Grasswire2 Jan 2021 #4

I didn't have luck there either but I did at this site... WePurrsevere Jan 2021 #5

Go to the bar along the top of the Home screen and click on Papers seaglass Jan 2021 #6

I think this article is about the newspaper you're looking for csziggy Jan 2021 #7

thanks for that tip; I will look into it. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #9

I would advise trying the Library of Congress online newspaper archive Spider Jerusalem Feb 2021 #8

thanks for the tip. :-) nt Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #10

For NY stories, you can also try... Montauk6 Feb 2021 #11

from your user name, I think you might be interested to know... Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #14

When I tried your link, I got a message that wnylib Feb 2021 #15

Sorry about that, try it again please... Montauk6 Feb 2021 #16

This is more of a shot in the dark... Montauk6 Feb 2021 #12

My cousin has mastered it CountAllVotes Feb 2021 #13