Historical Newspapers - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

North Adams Transcript

PriscillaR — 27 Dec 2008 4:41:41 GMT

When are more issues of this newspaper going to be added?

I need to find more about my ancestors who lived & died in North Adams.

I know there's issues missing because a friend of mine found an anniversary notice in this paper dated 9 DEC 1915, page 5.
There are not papers (at least that I have found dated before 1919 at Ancestry.

Missing newspapers - Does Ancestry remove them?

Fernietickles — 3 May 2006 12:47:38 GMT

Last year I saved quite a few pages from newspapers, and now I find they are suddenly gone. To site just one example, Waukesha Daily Freeman, October 16, 1922 or 1923 (there's a smudge on the scan) is no longer online.

I thought perhaps this problem with the index and failed searches was to blame, but then I looked through the list of years avaiable for the paper and they are all gone!!

Does Ancestry remove data -- and perhaps then add it back at a later date with a claim that they've added to the database??? I am highly suspicious with what I am beginning to believe is a shady company...

Naugatuck Newspapers

bernardvanasse — 8 Nov 2008 10:17:56 GMT

Most of the Naugatuck newspaper in CT does not download ? Is there a reason ? Bernard

Search results highlighting

JimLivermoreNY — 16 Jul 2008 11:49:28 GMT

It seems more and more results are now highlighting years in the enhanced image viewer. On some pages, this can amount to 100 or more highlights which makes finding the relevant content tedious at best.

Can someone tell me that they find this feature useful? If so, how?

Chicago Tribune database

PriscillaR — 16 Mar 2008 8:34:45 GMT

I've no idea what Ancestry has done with this database. Years ago BEFORE Ancestry took contol, I was able to find obits/death notices for numerous ancestors in the Chicago Tribune, I can't find ANY of these people when searching this database now.
Searching newspapers has proven useless to me so far.

Computer freezes up when accessing newspaper link

BFNC427 — 12 Jun 2008 1:01:53 GMT

How do I correct this problem? I cannot view any of the newspaper pages because of this issue. I do not have this problem with any other web sites.

Searching Newspapers

cpl1999 — 11 Feb 2008 3:38:37 GMT

Hey, is there anyway that a search feature can be added to Newspapers that would find a phrase or word within an article and highlight it for you?

The Augusta Archives has this feature and it is really nice because that small print of yesteryear can really tire your eyes out.

Thank you.

Cindy L.

. Atlanta Constitution, The (Atlanta, Georgia), 1920-present =NOTHING

eileenbabbmcadams — 30 Jan 2008 2:47:56 GMT

This database does not work at all. Put in Smith or Atlanta and see what you get. NOTHING. I sent this information to ancestry.com a few days ago and have heard absolutely NOTHING from them. What gives???

What a crock anyway. This is what you get: 1920-21, 1923-24, and 1955 and you can't browse by date.

When is ancestry going to fix errors on the web site?????????

TheresaRGriffiths — 27 Nov 2006 2:04:32 GMT

I have reported to ancestry.com a couple of times and it is still not fixed!
I cannot see the The Sikeston Herald (Sikeston, Missouri)
newspaper now for at least 6 months or longer!
Every time I try I get a ....Error Processing Image Request.
Unbelievable how long it's been going on. ;(

Cannot open a link to newspaper

AliciaKMarshall — 17 Nov 2007 6:01:29 GMT

How come I no longer can open the link to see a specific
newspaper?

You searched for Vernon Johnson in United States Refine your search

vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 24 Jul 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 25 Jul 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 29 Jul 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 31 Jul 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 7 Aug 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 7 Aug 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 8 Aug 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 10 Aug 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 10 Aug 1959
vernon Johnson Illinois Edwardsville The Edwardsville Intelligencer 14 Aug 1959
When I try to click on Aug 14, I get the message Internet Explorer cannot display the web page. My cache is clean and I rebooted so that is not a problem.
Thank you
Alicia

Here we go again!

zemmie — 27 Aug 2007 3:08:33 GMT

I am now getting blank searches in newspapers where I used to get hundreds if not thousands of hits. The same thing happened on the last "upgrade". So far I received one canned answer of "nothing seems to be wrong with the database, try logging out and back in. Ummmm, yeah. I love paying for a service I am not receiving.

can you find Old Gananaque newspaper archives from the early 1900 online?

Jennifer OConnor — 6 Oct 2006 7:27:09 GMT

HI,

Basically my subject was my question, I will email gan info as well. Thanks, Jennifer OConnor

Lafayette Advertiser IS NOT SEARCHABLE

nanablue2007 — 25 Oct 2007 11:29:17 GMT

THE FOLLOWING SAYS IT IS SEARCHABLE BUT IN FACT IT IS NOT ..I CAN BRING UP THE DATES BUT IT GIVES NO WAY TO SEARCH THE ARTICLES

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Lafayette Advertiser. Lafayette, LA, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.
Description:
This database contains searchable images for a variety of years of the newspaper Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana).

AM I MISSING SOMETHING..

REGARDS,

CONNIE

Saving articles from Newspapers

my3joes401 — 4 Sep 2006 4:23:31 GMT

I was wondering if there is a way to copy an article off of a newspaper page. When I first subsribed to Newspapers I could cut and print an article right from a page. Now I have to download the whole page, which overloads and shuts down my computer every time. Is there an easier way to do this? Please tell me I am just doing it the hard way!
It is kind of discouraging to know you pay for the subcription, but there is no way to save them for future reference.

Thanks, Bobbi

Cannot view any of the papers .....HELLO

TheresaRGriffiths — 20 Feb 2007 9:47:57 GMT

I am trying to view.....

Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003

Newspaper Title LOCATION Date of Publication Event

Searching using the name Rolland HURT and cannot view anything!!!! Can some please fix this??????

Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963) Chicago, Illinois 9 Jan 1941 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 7 Jun 1965 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 25 Sep 1967 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 17 Dec 1968 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 21 Aug 1973 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 8 Feb 1975 Obituary
Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) Chicago, Illinois 23 Aug 1977 Obituary

No newspapers in search results

Susan_Gomez — 29 Sep 2007 3:40:53 GMT

I am not getting any newspapers coming up when searching. I went to the newspaper database and tried searching under keyword. I still get nothing. The names I tried are ones that previously yielded hundreds of hits. Why is this happening? What should I try next? Thanks.

Error Processing Image Request

tekbird1 — 17 Apr 2007 8:30:18 GMT

I've been getting this error since the Historical birth, marriage and obituary collection was new. Not with every image but it occurs more than half the time and mostly with dates later than 1960. I've tried all the suggestions posted on this board, uninstalled the viewer, reinstalled, changed the options back & forth, rebooted, even installed from scratch on a newer computer. Nothing has fixed the problem. And there has never been any kind of response to the dozens of reports I've made over the last year.
For the $300 I pay each year, I expect a reply to this post from an Ancestry employee who will tell me that they've identified the problem and what they plan to do to fix it. Paying subscribers should not have to rely on other users for backdoor solutions to Ancestry's problems.

error message

JStrick884 — 25 Feb 2007 6:03:35 GMT

For the last 3 weeks or so, when I search in the newspaper section, I get the following message - -
"error processing image request" and it does not matter which newspaper I search.

I send a report, get a really nice answer from Ancestry, over & over & over & over:

**We have received your error report. Thank you for taking the time to improve the quality of the genealogical records found on our website.

We will review the report. If it is determined that we need to make an adjustment to the data, we will make the change during a scheduled update for that particular database. As we are only able to update our databases periodically, there may be some delay before changes are included in the database.**

But I still can not search the newspapers. Anyone else getting this error

The Citizen, Auburn, NY - no links to pages

Susan_Gomez — 17 Nov 2006 10:06:56 GMT

For some time I have been trying to access articles in this paper. I search on a name, get results which include this paper, and then I click the link to go to the individual hits for this paper. When the page comes up, I only get the date of the paper, no link to go to the specified page. I have tried getting to the paper by inputing the date of the paper but then only come up with the first page of the paper for that date. This has been going on since the Citizen first appeared in search results - close to if not more than 1 year. Has anyone else had this problem?

click on this

AliciaKMarshall — 22 Oct 2006 3:05:15 GMT

This is supposed to be Aug 15, 1949 editon of the Chronicle Telegram in Ohio but
i get Aug 15 , 1993???
If someone subscribes to the newspaper do they get the same thing up?
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6779&am...
Thanks
alicia

Historical Newspapers > Chronicle Telegram, The (Elyria, Ohio) > 1949 > August > 15

Additional years for Deming Headlight

KSmyer — 29 Aug 2006 11:28:31 GMT

I recently requested that newspaperarchive.com look at adding additional years to their Deming Headlight offering for Deming, New Mexico. I was pleasantly surprised when they responded quickly by adding 1966 - 1977.

I know that Ancestry gets a lot of their data from this group and I would like for Ancestry to also add these years. I prefer using Ancestry and would like to use only one database.

Thank you.

No one cares about the customer-HELP Ancestry

LewisGraham13 — 25 Jun 2006 3:52:25 GMT

Have not ben able to look at Newspaper or almost any other images--Newspapers keeps giving me "Error Processing Image Request " message and the War record images just freeze. Have been reporting this since June 17 and nothing is getting done except a reply to my e-mail from them that they are working on the prolbem. No time frame to fix the problem. No follow up from them---What a way to run a bussiness---I am paying for the service FIX IT

Help!!-Newspaper articles

nimrodcow13 — 20 Jul 2006 3:19:42 GMT

Please help me! I am trying to defend an old historical mill near me from being torn down! It isn't on land that can be used, its mostly on wetlands. It is a mill from the early 1800s, and I am trying to create a sort of "history" of the building to present in front of a comittee. I want to sound good, and I want to make clear points on why this is an important peice of local history, especially since I am a minor and I have my doubts about being listened to.
Ancestry.com has 5 newspaper articles that would be important to my situation, but alas, since I'm underage no credit card, no membership, and I can't view them!
If someone with a membership could please help me out with this, I would be eternally grateful. I am hoping someone can email me them or send me screenshots. My email is pamelaanne.music@gmail.com
If you can help me out, please email me! thank you very much!

Missing the link to the page

Susan_Gomez — 6 Oct 2006 3:32:17 GMT

I have been having trouble with the newspaper collection and wondered if others had encountered the same. The search works fine and I get a list of papers with the number of hits in each. When I click on a specific newspaper to view the results there are no links to the individual pages in that newspaper. I've tried logging out and logging back in but get the same. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Printing a specific article

boots22 — 9 Jun 2006 12:28:55 GMT

How can I print a specific article in the newspaper collections I would like to print the specific article at 100% enlargement. Thank you for your help.

Follow up re: search problems in Historical Newspapers

Patricia155 — 14 Apr 2006 1:18:17 GMT

Following is a new e-mail I've send to Ancestry.com re: this on-going problem with the Historical Newspaper database: new subscribers beware!

Reference # 060402-000457

It has been one month (3/15) since my initial inquiry to you on this subject and almost 2 weeks since you provided a response. There has been absolutely no change to date with the indexing of the Historical Newspaper Collection and, more importantly, no update of any kind since your reply of 4/2/06. Yet this evening, when I signed on, Ancestry.com is advertising the "doubling of the database" of this collection and encouraging new subscribers! How can you do this when you know full well that your OCR indexing is not doing the job?? I deem this to be false advertising! People cannot get what they are paying for! Please update us as to any progress at all that is being made with the re-indexing of this database. Thank you.

Patricia Peoples

Unsearchable Newspaper Collection

Patricia155 — 31 May 2006 1:59:43 GMT

Hi, folks -- just an update on the response of Ancestry.com concerning our inability to conduct searches in this database (i.e., pages previously found either no longer there or no longer retrievable). I first reported this problem on March 15, 2006. Ancestry acknowledged the problem on April 4 saying "our programmers" are working to reindex the newspapers. Today, May 31, 2006, in response to my request for an update on the status of the fix, Ancestry.com responded: "We apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, "they" do not provide us with dates when the issued will be resolved." -- That's it. Honestly!!

And your and my subscription just goes down the drain. And Ancestry continues to market their fabulous historical newspapers collection to unsuspecting customers. I am so unimpressed with this level of "customer service" -- it is abominable.

Pat Peoples

Tip on searching newspaper

AliciaKMarshall — 12 May 2006 1:37:48 GMT

If you are searching on a specific newspaper and have typed in the first and last name and then came up with nothing, try this.
In the Keyword , type in your last name or the main word of your search, set the year if you wish. You will get more results
These newspaper collections are fantastic.
Alicia

Search Engine NOT recognizing names that it did just a few weeks ago!!

meinstammbaum — 31 Mar 2006 8:11:28 GMT

I was all excited about the update on the HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS....Until I typed in one of my grandparents names....For some reason the search engine will not recognize the surname of FIBIGER as a name. I use to get about a hundred hits or so on the Sheboygan Press....I should get MORE now that they have more online.. But now I get NONE!!!! (not even the hundred I use to get!!)

I have found the same for another name WYNVEEN. Both are pretty common ( in that area of the country) I wonder why it would all of a sudden NOT recognize them.

Anyone else noticed this???? Or am I the only one!!

Status of Newspaper Collection? Is it working?

ma_kettle1 — 22 Feb 2006 8:41:55 GMT

List Members,

I am considering re-subscribing to the Newspaper collection but am very, very hesitant. Before I do I would like to know the current condition of the collection.

Is is working and working properly?

Over a year ago, it was not and it took several months and reporting the problem to the BBB before I got my money back. I do not want to go through this again.

I would appreciate hearing from someone who is currently using the collection.

Lorrie

When do more newsppaers get added?

THYRZAHOLT — 7 Mar 2006 1:57:47 GMT

Hi,
I heard that the historical newspapers collection is going to be doubled and I signed up to be notified I am surprised that they have not been added yet.
I thought since it has been mentioned for about a week, that they would have been added by now.
How long will it be?
Thank you.

Beth

Status of Newspaper Collection? Is it working?

Norma — 23 Feb 2006 5:18:19 GMT

Since this message was deleted, I would also like to know if the collection is operating?

Would someone using the newspaper collection please tell me if it is working?

Norma

Where did the newspapers go?

ragregg — 5 Feb 2006 6:11:25 GMT

I was wondering what happen to the Traverse City Record Eagle (Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan)? The historical records aren't available anywhere else.

How can ancestry.com just decide to drop a database? I guess not enough people are complaining - like when they decided we can't access Canadian records unless we pay more money.

Historical Newspapers

Janie919 — 4 Feb 2006 11:53:49 GMT

Beware! Newspapers are sometimes removed from the Historical Newspaper files. I have several newspapers linked in "My Ancestry" that now appear as unknown. When I went to each state every newspaper I had linked had been removed. Luckily I had saved each one with the article I was interested in, so I have a very good copy of each to complete my research and website.

Historical Newspaper Archieve

meinstammbaum — 17 Oct 2005 3:26:10 GMT

O.K.---Since I am here I have one more complaint ....

I actually saw that the newspaperarchieves.com OWN website has a bunch of newspapers that I would like to view...BUT THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON ANCESTRY. I thought I was getting the whole collection when I signed up for it...I think next year I will NOT be signing up for Ancestry.com.

I can get census records elsewhere and now the Historical newspapers that I rely upon are NOT being posted on Ancestry!! (Or should I say UPDATED!!) I think I will go straight to the source and get a subscription to newspaperarchieves.com instead!!!

Way to go ANCESTRY.COM You have let me down again!!!

NewspaperArchieves.com

meinstammbaum — 6 Oct 2005 2:20:30 GMT

I was just online and saw that newspaperarchieves.com had MANY more dates f(or a paper I use for research) Than Ancestry.com does!! How can this be, I thought that Ancestry got it's historical newspapaper collection from Newspaper Archieves!! I guess there needs to be some updates done by Ancestry!!!!

I'm thinking about just buying their (newspapaper archieves) subscription next time and NOT Renewing my Ancestry.com one!!!

HUGE error in newspaper database

xandervan — 18 Feb 2006 3:04:17 GMT

2nd posting, no response in 30 days:

Search for newspaper title "Wilson County News" - there are over 72,000 hits - most of which DO NOT link to that newspaper. For example, the entry for Clinton AALDERS, d. 1975 shows an obit in the Wilson County News, Floresville, TX, US Feb/14/2004 but the link is actually to old obits on the Lunenburg Nova Scotia GenWeb site. Here's another one. Leland Abbey, d. 1996 shows an obit in the Wilson County News, Floresville, TX, US Apr/13/2004 but the link is to old obits from the Harrodsburg (KY) Herald. Then there are the hundreds of entrys for name of deceased "Place An Ad".

If General Motors produced cars with as many defects as your "automatic extraction process", we'd ALL be dead according to your "Obituary Collection".

Newspapers and dates

RandallTwo — 16 Jun 2005 12:56:03 GMT

New Oregon Newspaper Additions Coming?

LMV123 — 26 Jul 2005 9:53:59 GMT

It's been quite some time (1-2 years, I believe) since any new historical newspapers were posted for the state of Oregon.
Can anyone on the Ancestry staff give us an estimated timeframe for the posting of additional Oregon papers?
Thank you!

HUGE error in database

xandervan — 18 Feb 2006 3:04:17 GMT

Search for newspaper title "Wilson County News" - there are over 72,000 hits - most of which apparently link to that newspaper. For example, the entry for Cliton AALDERS, d. 1975 shows an obit in the Wilson County News, Floresville, TX, US Feb/14/2004 but the link is actually to old obits on the Lunenburg Nova Scotia GenWeb site. Here's another one. Leland Abbey, d. 1996 shows an obit in the Wilson County News, Floresville, TX, US Apr/13/2004 but the link is to old obits from the Harrodsburg (KY) Herald. Then there are the hundreds of entrys for name of deceased "Place An Ad".

If General Motors produced cars with as many defects as your "automatic extraction process", we'd all be dead.

Newpaper database engine out of commission again

LGG50 — 12 Jan 2005 5:36:33 GMT

Well, once again, not only is the search engine not working properly, but the matches won't show properly any more either once the page is downloaded. Now folks I could easily find after the search engine was fixed the last time, in numerous newspapers, are no longer "findable". In addition, the pages are downloading unbelievably slowly, which appears to be a function of the servers, since all other pages from other sites download at their normal rapid speed. Please, can Ancestry check into this quickly? (It took more than a month for anyone to hear our plea the last time this database had problems.)

Washington Post 1921

scottmegan — 6 May 2005 1:03:54 GMT

I was wondering if there is a reason that 1921 is missing from the collection? That would happen to be the year that my grandparents got married, and I'd love to find the article that was supposedly written in the Post. Thanks!

incorrect location for historical newspaper

wilsond212 — 30 Apr 2005 8:36:41 GMT

One of the newspapers that comes up when you click on Ohio is the Lethbridge Herald from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada!

Or did miss when Ohio annexed part of Canada?

How will the National Archieves microfilm collection online in 2006

vernonpurvis — 5 Feb 2005 6:17:08 GMT

affect what will be posted on this sight??? What newspapers do the Archieves have access to? Is there a listing of their newspaper holdings somewhere?

Monessen Daily Independent Display Problem

mlbarton12 — 23 Nov 2004 8:40:22 GMT

Every time I see this newspaper "updated" I hope the display problem is fixed, am I the only one having this trouble?

When I search for a name I get valid results, the name is actually on the page displayed. But the hit locator, the colored bars showing the location of the hit, is nowhere close to the actual location of the name I am looking for. I don't think it is my setup, I get good results on all other newspapers.

Good News! (Search Engine Improved)

jcg49 — 1 Nov 2004 6:04:58 GMT

The search engine has been improved. If you search last names you will now find results to your searches.
Good luck in your research

Search engine problems

my3joes401 — 22 Oct 2004 12:11:36 GMT

I came to this board in hopes of finding a solution but I see that everybody else is having the same problems as I am. When I put in an exact name, I get zero hits. It tells me to use the name as a keyword, but then I get to many hits that aren't relevant. I am posting this message hoping that if Ancestry sees all the people that are having problems, they might do something about it.

Same frustrations with historical papers search

sharonguzik — 21 Oct 2004 11:17:20 GMT

I see that I'm not the only one having problems with the search engine. I thought when I did not get the hits I expected (as per a search earlier int eh summer) that they had actually removed the newspapers. But I see that that is not the case.

For the record, searching on a surname results in ZERO hits when I had numerous hits earlier in the summer on the same surname. At the time, I was not able to finish my research and only got back to it today to find that I can't. When time is limited this can be extremely frustrating.

I see the search engine has been "broke" for weeks now. Why not just put the old program back in place until the fix is found for the new one?

Thanks
Sharon

Where did they go

frick — 21 Oct 2004 2:09:43 GMT

Ancestry posted several new newspaprer items on the 20th, couldnt search them as I got the usual search error, went back to try again today and the articles from the 20th are not posted under the recent additions line. I sure am glad I am letting this subscription lapse, great idea, usual poor execution.

Additions to newspaper database?

DSUAREZ — 16 Nov 2006 5:10:08 GMT

There haven't been any additions to the newspaper database in a week. When will there be some?

Donna

The new newspaper search?

DSUAREZ — 16 Nov 2006 5:10:08 GMT

Has anyone noticed that Ancestry has made some changes to the newspaper search engine and that it's now even worse than it was before. Now the keyword search doesn't work right. What is wrong with these people?

Donna

Newspaper Search Engine not giving accurate results

LGG50 — 26 Sep 2004 4:05:14 GMT

Is Rachael McKinnon, who has been so responsive to other issues for this database, still monitoring this Board? Rachael, if you are still here, please feel free to contact me so I can provide you with specific examples to clarify how the search engine is not working properly. (For some surnames it works just fine - for others it will return ZERO hits for the entire country, or an entire state, or a particular newspaper when we know there were many hits before the search engine decided to throw fits! )
When I spoke with Ancestry - they seemed to have some confusion as to what was wrong, and suggested we just use "Ranked Matches" or the Keyword box to get hits. Neither of these options is workable - using the Keyword box can return literally thousands of erroneous hits.

Historical newspapers search engine

DSUAREZ — 16 Nov 2006 5:10:08 GMT

It seems my previous post on this issue has disappeared. Does Ancestry now have censors who decide what questions can be asked?

What I want to know is what is up with the historical newspaper search engine? If I try putting in the first and last name of a well known person Iget no results. If I put that well known person's name in the keyword box I do get results although I run into the problem of not getting the correct name. Why has Ancestry disabled the first name/last name search capability for so many names?

Donna

No results when I know there should be

Susan_Gomez — 6 Oct 2006 3:32:17 GMT

Why am I getting no results found when I know there were just a few days ago?

Newspaper searches

cordhansen — 4 Oct 2004 10:39:59 GMT

Hi

I have tried to contact Ancestry.com re a problem I have searching "The
Times." I am a paid up member and have previously found the names I am after (HERDSFIELD)
and have bookmarked one page which takes me to an article I have used. I
have even typed in some names on this page but it comes up with zero matches
when I do a search. The only name I seem to get any hits with is SMITH..

Now. I have tried to contact them 3 times by email and they do not reply.

Question- Is the normal manner that they treat their customers. How can I
get a reaction from them. Does anyone have any suggestions

Very Frustrated Ancestry (maybe not for long) customer
eric

Newspaper search

AnneCBagby — 30 Sep 2004 12:35:45 GMT

We have lost the option to search within a state for a certain name.

I get no results at all now when I used to get masses of results.

Seems also that one needs a year for the search which is another problem. If I knew a year for some, I wouldn't be searching.

What happened to the newspaper search engine?

DSUAREZ — 16 Nov 2006 5:10:08 GMT

I often use my newspaper subscription to research famous celebrities. For some reason now, none of those people show up when I enter their names in the first name last name boxes? Why the change. I can still get them using keywords but what happened to the first name last name search capability?

Donna

Baltimore newspapers in the 1840s

BronieckiB — 15 Sep 2004 1:53:04 GMT

I am looking to find out the names of newspapers which were being published in Baltimore during the 1840s. Would they have immigration ship names listed and can this information be accessed via internet?
Thanks

NEWSPAPER SEARCHES

jmasoner4859 — 13 Sep 2004 11:03:36 GMT

What has happened on the newspapers searches? Last week when I would do a search from Ancestry's home page for my surname (Masoner) I would get approximately 50 something hits (many false hits). Now when I search from Ancestry's home page I only get 7 hits. All the newspapers that had true hits (except the 7 listed) have been removed or rather don't show up in the search. Examples are the Walla Walla Washington papers, the Wichita Falls papers, the Oxnard California papers, these are just a few that I can remember.

Misleading Date Ranges?

bribling1 — 22 Aug 2004 11:49:31 GMT

Each paper has a date range given. For example, the Mexia, TX, "Evening News" actually has a cople of ranges. One range is 1900-1912. The dash between these dates indicates to me that papers for all the years in this range are available. They are not. The paper with this date range actually seems to only have papers for the years 1900, 1907 and 1908. I may be wrong about this, but those are the years that can supposedly be browsed using the calendar browser. I have found the same with most of the papers. The Mexia "Evening News" for the range 1912-1919 actually seems to only have a few papers for the year 1912 and the year 1919 and not the years 1912 through 1919 which is what the dash indicates to me. Could it be that more papers are available but only some of the can be browsed with the calendar browser?

This question is also related to my other question about the Mexia paper in which by using the calendar browser I get the Ada, OK, paper and not the Mexia, TX, paper.

BTW, I do love these papers very much! This is an excellent and interesting collection. I only wich the links worked properly, the calendar browser worked better and the descriptions were more accurate. Thanks!

"Evening News", Mexia, TX

bribling1 — 22 Aug 2004 10:13:53 GMT

I was certainly excited to find the Mexia papers in this collection as many of my ancestors and kin lived there and in the surrounding area. I hoped to find them in the papers. Sadly, I did not find a hit for any of my BAYLESS ancestors. I was, however glad to see that I could browse the papers by date so I began to try and view certain dates. My aunt was born on April 22, 1908. According to the browse calendar, that paper is available so I selected the date and waiting the nearly 2 min. it takes for these images to load only to get the May 22, 1908 Ada, OK, "Evening News". I tried again with the same result. I then tried the next day, April 23, 1908 for the Mexia paper only to get the May 23, 1908, Ada paper. I hope this can be fixed soon. This problem, though, may explain why I can't find my kin in the Mexia papers. :-(

Old Newspapers

mlamontesr — 20 Aug 2004 12:30:31 GMT

I've found old newspaper referances to persons with the same name as my great grandmother & grandfather, but when I access the paper, I can't find the article that includes the name. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Many thanks, Maria

ANACONDA STANDARD -- Published at Anaconda, Montana 1889 to 1950s

MTvolunteer — 18 Nov 2006 3:32:55 GMT

The following is a newspaper I would like very much to see in your collection: "THE ANACONDA STANDARD"

This was a top notch paper which was circulated both state-wide and nation-wide. The copper baron, Marcus Daly, brought in editors & publishers (Durston, Eggleston, Hearst)from Syracuse, New York to operate this newspaper.

I hope you will consider obtaining this newspaper of old.

List County Please..............

PGroup2222 — 30 Jun 2004 3:49:44 GMT

I have really used the Historical Papers subscription. However, Ancestry.com is always asking how they can improve their service. My suggestion is that they also include
the county that the newspaper is located. Most genealogical
research is categorized by county (Census, births, etc)
and it would be so helpful if this service did the same. I spend
so much time bringing up the GNIS mapping service to determine the county and much of the time that web site does
not work for me. Please consider this suggestion as it would
speed things up for the researcher and make our experience
less frustrating. Thanks again for the wonderful
historical newspapers. Penny

Historical News papers

cschuler3 — 28 May 2004 9:53:33 GMT

Van Wert county, Ohio papers were added Monday, am I the only one having trouble getting them to open?
I can read all other states and county papers and I can even read the ones added after Van Wert Co.
I even logged in on my daughters computer and got the same result.
Ancestry tells me the trouble is at my end.

Problems with Database

leslie_feaster — 24 Sep 2003 5:51:45 GMT

I keep getting a message that states the page is not available when I try to access the Cambridge, Jeffersonian newspaper that is new today and the Olney Times, which was new yesterday.

papers for 11 May 2004

frick — 11 May 2004 6:06:42 GMT

more of the same, this familiar page is what i got today

Please Search Again
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Search for your ancestors at Ancestry.com, or click here to return to the previous page.

Fort Wayne News, The (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

frick — 4 May 2004 1:49:36 GMT

This is what I get when I try to open the links

ackley , Indiana , Fort Wayne , The Fort Wayne News , 10 September 1896
ackley , Indiana , Fort Wayne , The Fort Wayne News , 19 February 1906

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Please try the following:

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View the Fort Wayne News, The (Fort Wayne, Indiana) collection.

Newspaper Access

Rachael McKinnon — 29 Apr 2004 4:04:00 GMT

This week we are updating several indexes on Ancestry. This has affected a few of the recent newspaper releases. This may cause some of you - like Mr. Ackley and Mr. Higgins to see "Check Back Soon" pages. As of right now, the Lowell Sun and the Key West Citizen are fixed - I'm working on finding what others were affected and getting those updated. If you are still having problems searching these papers, let me know.

Newspaper access problem and a comment

dzr130 — 29 Apr 2004 2:01:33 GMT

For two days i have been unable to access the newspaper database,message on screen

"Please Search Again
The search request could not be completed because insufficient information was provided to Ancestry.com. If the search request originated from another web site, please contact that site's administrator to resolve the problem.

Search for your ancestors at Ancestry.com, or click here to return to the previous page. "

please fix soon

............
My comment is that i and others pay a fairly high price to access these databases and expect more than the one or two
newspapers series that are added daily.Most of which are updates.A listing of future additions should also be posted.
The second part of my comment is that an effort to procure larger city newspapers should be made.Newspapers such as
The Baltimore Sun,Chicago Tribune,San Francisco Examiner.
Newspapers from larger cities and area is what i am seeking.

see text

frick — 28 Apr 2004 2:09:24 GMT

this is what I have got all day when I try to access the days retread (updated Lowell News) Incidently this isnt what the news letter said would be posted today, dont matter this does not work either. I would post this with cutomer service but thats a bigger waste of time than this. They tell you to expect to wait a long time for a reply because volume is high, to you suppose it is all those people writing because they are so happy with the service they are paying for. I know I am.

We're sorry but search.Ancestry.com is temporarily unavailable. We are undergoing routine maintenance or we may be experiencing unexpected technical problems. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your patience as we work to correct the situation. Check back with us shortly.

Click here to return to the previous page, return to Ancestry.com or visit one of our other sites at MyFamily.com, Genealogy.com or RootsWeb.com.

I checked back shortly all day, 9 am to 10 pm

newspapers

frick — 26 Apr 2004 11:00:27 GMT

do you actually take requests for news papers?

Historical Newspapers

frick — 26 Apr 2004 10:37:49 GMT

the last posting of a newspaper was 9 Apr and that was an update not a new submission, the last new subission was 29 Mar. This service started out with a bang and like everything else about Ancestry.com it has gone right down the toliet. How can you justify this performance and how can you justify your continued adverisment of this service. This is fraud. Compounded by the customer not being able to recoup their money on the subscription. This is the poster child for buyer beware. My e mail is allenackley@hotmail,com, not the 4 year out of date one listed.

Newspaper Wrong Date

Lismasters1 — 23 Apr 2004 7:20:24 GMT

This database is Alton Illinois
Paper is Alton Weekly Courier Jan 3, 1852
Paper saids June 4, 1852

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6655&p...

Regards

Newspaper wrong date

Lismasters1 — 22 Apr 2004 2:01:35 GMT

Rachael,
This database saids Aug 24, 1868
The newspaper is Sept 24, 1868, it also has on the third or fourth page Sept 17, 1868.
(pennsylvania)
Lisa

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7040&p...

Newspaper in wrong state

Lismasters1 — 20 Apr 2004 4:09:22 GMT

The 1872 Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland) listings are really
the (the Daily Republican) from Decatur Illinois 1872

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&r=0&dbid=...

NewspaperArchive.com/Ancestry.com

LisaMasters778 — 7 Oct 2005 3:20:32 GMT

It looks as though the Newspaper Subscription is from NewspaperArchive.com. Does that mean that Ancestry won't post till NewspaperArchive does?

According to NewspaperArchive.com. they are stating that there is million pages posted a Month.

Does anyone have a insite to this?

Thank You

Reading Half Page newspapers

LisaMasters778 — 7 Oct 2005 3:20:32 GMT

The Newspaper page are not in order, in some cases the images are half pages, how do you know which bottom half pages go to which top Pages?

Some pages go page five, seven, one, three, six?????????

Thank You

Welcome to the new Historical Newspapers message board!

brianh30 — 12 Mar 2003 6:33:51 GMT

This message board is intended to be a place for Historical Newspapers product users to have active discussion amongst themselves and with the Ancestry.com product manager.

I am the product manager responsible for the Historical Newspapers product and the administrator of this message board. My phone number is 801-705-7092 if you would prefer to speak with me directly by phone.

Upcoming Newspaper Images in Collection?

changeofl1 — 10 Mar 2004 7:26:13 GMT

Hello Rachael,
I would also like to add my two cents about newspapers to add......I would love to see more Connecticut newspapers. My area of interest is Danbury CT and I know that the local library had the Danbury news-times back to the late 1800's.
Ancestry seems to going VERY slow adding anything these days!

Thanks,
Arlene Kalstrom

PROBLEM with dabatase - New York Times (New York, New York), 1857-74, 1876-80

playtrains — 10 Feb 2004 4:16:11 GMT

I'm getting some strange results while searching the database of New York Times (New York, New York), 1857-74, 1876-80 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/6187.htm).

A page from at least one issue (July 6, 1863, page 4) keeps appearing in the search results, but the search results describe it as being from a list of different issues.

I have formulated a database search that highlights this problem. If you go to the search page for this database and type "impetuous" for first name, "infantry" for last name, and "Barnum" as a keyword, you will get a list of 13 search results. I've only checked the first six, but clicking on any of them (17 January 1866, 13 February 1866, 17 March 1866, 29 March 1866, 05 April 1866, 19 April 1866) displays the SAME page of the SAME issue (July 6, 1863, page 4).

My gut feeling is that this page (and perhaps others) is indexed numerous times in the database, and that the issues listed do not actually contain "hits".

I guess somebody should go through this database page by page to make sure that the scanned pages are properly identified, then re-index the whole thing. Maybe there's an easier way, but I'm not aware of it.

Thanks for your time and attention.

Gary

Upcoming Newspaper Images in Collection?

michaelscaldwell — 28 Sep 2005 12:54:54 GMT

I have found great things in the newspaper collection, because there are several geographical regions that are beginning to covered, that are ancestral areas for me. Is there any way to learn what is "coming up" in terms of additional newspaper coverage, or a way to request certain newspapers, or even to request to expand coverage of an existing database? For example, one of the newspapers of great interest to me has only 1905 and 1906 on-line. I'd like to learn about ancestry's plans to expand this, if any, and if a "petition" from interested subscribers might help them to decide which areas to expand. Any thoughts on this topic?

Where is Rachael McKinnon?

FHardy — 7 Feb 2004 6:41:57 GMT

According to Rachel, "I check in frequently at the newspapers and obituary boards".

Well, there are messages on the obituary collection board that haven't been answered in over a week, not to mention messages that have disappeared with out an answer.

Is there a newspaper add schedule?

thomas_d_barrett — 3 Jan 2004 11:05:20 GMT

I was wondering if there is a schedule of which newspapers will be added in the up-coming months. The search feature, even with its understandable limitations, is obviously a huge time saver. So if a couple of other papers in my research area were going to be added, then I'd naturally want to change my on-site research plans :-).

One of these days I'm sure you folks will have everything online and hopefully the content owners won't charge you an arm and a leg to get it online. They have to realize how valuable the indexing it.

Suggested additoin - Newspapers

twgerber — 20 Oct 2005 2:07:01 GMT

Gary or any Ancestry.com employee

How does one suggest content to add?

There was a newspaper called The Irish Times published in Minneapolis Minnesota from the late 1800's into the early 1900's that would make a great addition to the newspaper collection.

The Minnesota Historical Society (www.mnhs.org) has it on microfilm.

Tom

suggestions for papers

PriscillaR — 25 Oct 2003 10:07:51 GMT

I just lost the entire post I was composing! Very frustrating!
Anyway, I'd like to see newspapers from southwestern SD late 1860's to 1920s, Northeastern IL (Kane, Lake, & McHenry Cos) as far back as possible, Southwestern MI as far back as possible.
Priscilla

Request to add "Tinley Park Times"

DYE25 — 7 Nov 2003 3:33:59 GMT

The Tinley Park Public Library in Tinley Park, Illinois has this paper on microfilm. I would LOVE to see this paper added to the collection. Also the Blue Island Public Library in Blue Island, Illinois has the "Blue Island Sun Standard" on microfilm.
Thank you for such a wonderful and invaluable service!

No old newspapers for New England

colliesmom — 8 Aug 2003 10:58:32 GMT

I have roots in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and would love to see some newspapers from the mid 1800's. The majority of the New England newspapers currently offered are from the 20th century. Since many families migrated from this area to other parts of the country, I would think posting older papers would help many researchers.

19th Century Big City Newspapers?

PKOLM — 10 Sep 2003 1:12:21 GMT

I had a trial subscription to the "Historical Newspapers" database and was very disappointed. While there are large numbers of newspapers for a few small towns, many big city newspapers seem to be missing.

Is there a chance that more 19th century city newspapers will be added to the collection?

In the 19th century, I had family living in Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Kansas City,and Milwaukee (among others), none of which are represented in the database.

(of course I may just be unlucky that not even the smaller towns my family lived in are represented - if only they had lived in Gettysburg, PA or Appleton, WI!).

Reno Evening Gazette

Paul Zelus — 1 Sep 2003 9:34:34 GMT

I have used the index to find instances of the name BACICH and have returned 15 citations. None of these are available. The years and months appear as a result of the indexes, but the issues do not appear to be microfilmed when I attempt to access them directly. Please advise.

Database Distribution

89lxbill — 24 Aug 2003 12:45:17 GMT

For anyone interested, this is the databse distribution of the Historical Newspapers. Looks a little thick in spots.

Ohio --- 80
Iowa --- 53
Pennsylvania --- 31
Illinois --- 29
Wisconsin --- 29
Indiana --- 23
New York --- 15
California --- 13
Idaho --- 13
Maryland --- 10
Alaska --- 9
Georgia --- 8
Nevada --- 8
Missouri --- 7
Texas --- 7
North Carolina --- 6
Colorado --- 6
Montana --- 6
Connecticut --- 5
Massachusetts --- 5
Mississippi --- 5
North Dakota --- 5
Florida --- 4
Virginia --- 4
DC --- 4
Michigan --- 4
New Jersey --- 4
West Virginia --- 4
Kansas --- 3
Maine --- 3
Minnesota --- 3
South Dakota --- 3
Utah --- 3
Washington --- 3
Arkansas --- 2
Louisiana --- 2
Nebraska --- 2
New Mexico --- 2
Oklahoma --- 2
Oregon --- 2
Vermont --- 2
South Carolina --- 1
Alabama --- 1
Arizona --- 1
Kentucky --- 1
New Hampshire --- 1
Rhode Island --- 1
Tennessee --- 1

Centralia Sentinel Illinois Problem

bap1029 — 19 Aug 2003 5:25:26 GMT

I have emailed and chatted online with support about this problem already. I try to access this newspaper database and it gives me the images of the Marion Weekly out of Ohio.
Support told me they can pull the images up if they do a search but not if they use the view images link.
Ok well I put in several searches and checked all the results, and guess what , they are all from the Marion Weekly as I reported. Is there anyone out there who can check from their computer and see if they are receiveing the wrong database also? I wish to see the Centralia Illinois Sentinel, NOT the DECATUER SENTINEL.
Their final answer to my problem was that some problems take longer then others to correct and they would check on it.
Very Helpful.
Sincerely,
Brenda

Oregon - not a single historical newspaper image!

LMV123 — 14 Mar 2003 9:17:22 GMT

Each week, I watch the list of historical newspapers grow. I've noticed that some states have a many as 9 different newspapers represented in this collection.

And yet...not even ONE Oregon newspaper is available!

Surely from a marketing perspective, it would be beneficial to have at least ONE newspaper available for every state. Why continue to add multiple newspaper titles for some states, while other states aren't even represented in this collection yet?

When can we anticipate having at least one newspaper available for every state? What is the timeframe for the addition of an Oregon paper...preferrably a major publication, such as The Oregonian?

Thank you

Atlantic City, NJ newspaper

Elise — 4 Aug 2003 7:15:32 GMT

I would be extremely interested in seeing the Atlantic City Press (currently known as the Press of Atlantic City) included in the Historical Newspaper database. Just thought I would throw that out there.

Images from these databases not viewable

dzr130 — 29 Jul 2003 12:44:42 GMT

http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.asp?dbid=7235
Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland)
and
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.asp?dbid=7237
News (Frederick, Maryland)
The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

PROBLEMS WITH DATABASE

jmasoner4859 — 29 Jul 2003 1:24:42 GMT

Oxnard Courier and Oxnard Daily Courier:

Search from Ancestry home page shows 32 matches in Oxnard Courier and 12 matches in Oxnard Daily Courier for the surname MASONER. Cannot view any of the matches that I selected (did not select all of them).

On the Oxnard Courier list I keep getting a DNS server error and on the Oxnard Daily Courier the page comes up but after a short time Missing image appears.

Reno Evening Gazette

davhollombe — 15 Jul 2003 3:54:37 GMT

Images for 19 Sept. 1884, image 3; 2 June 1876, image2; and all other dates into early 1900s which I have tried to access do not load.

Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston WV)

DiannO — 22 Jun 2003 9:07:10 GMT

Image 38, 30.Bak August 1925 does not load. I reported this one about the 18th of May. The URL is: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&dbid=6542&...; It still doesn't load a month later. Is anyone looking into this one? Thanks!

Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa)

DiannO — 22 Jun 2003 9:00:16 GMT

The image for 9 Nov 1951 image 8 located at: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&dbid=6749&...; does not load. Is anyone working on this? Thanks!

South Carolina Newspaper Offered??

jgillespie — 1 Jul 2004 12:33:13 GMT

Is a South Carolina newspaper offered in the "Historical Newspapers Collection" ??

How can I find out???