Editing Openai/6787a308-e0c8-8003-8b32-126ef94ade5e (section)

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* Hosted by: The Library of Congress
* Highlights: - Free, easy-to-use interface with filters for date range and state. - Includes digitized newspapers from multiple states. - Officially covers 1789–1963, but new content is added regularly. - Offers a searchable directory of all known newspaper titles, even if they are not digitized.
* Ideal For: - Searching 19th and early 20th-century U.S. newspaper articles. - Locating which library or archive holds original copies of your ancestor’s local paper.

===== - Managed by: Ancestry (part of its subscription family) =====
* Highlights: - Over 800+ million pages of historical and modern newspapers. - Strong coverage in the U.S. with select international titles. - Offers user-friendly search tools and the ability to clip and save articles. - Integrates with Ancestry.com trees for easy reference.
* Ideal For: - Comprehensive U.S. local and regional newspaper searches. - Researching mid-19th century to present-day events, obituaries, announcements.

===== - Focus: A genealogist-centric website with newspapers, obituaries, and historical documents =====
* Highlights: - Excellent obituary coverage; obituaries often date back to the early 1700s in some instances. - Offers an “Historical Documents” section with government reports, pamphlets, and other rare finds. - Search filters geared specifically to genealogical queries.
* Ideal For: - Targeting obituaries and death notices. - Finding birth and marriage announcements in regional newspapers.

===== - Scope: One of the largest newspaper databases, with archives from the early 1700s =====
* Highlights: - International coverage, though U.S. is strongest. - Allows for advanced search features (phrases, date ranges, location). - Offers a mobile-friendly site and unique reference tools.
* Ideal For: - Broad coverage when searching for ancestors who might have moved around. - Pinpointing exact dates and verifying details from local papers.

===== - Part of: MyHeritage’s suite of genealogy resources =====
* Highlights: - Integrates with MyHeritage family trees for cross-referencing. - Billions of historical records in addition to newspapers (census, vital records, etc.). - Multi-lingual platform useful for those with roots in Europe or beyond.
* Ideal For: - Researchers who already have a MyHeritage subscription. - Combining newspaper searches with other genealogical records on one platform.

===== - Collaboration: British Library and Findmypast =====
* Highlights: - Focuses on 18th, 19th, and early 20th-century newspapers from the UK and Ireland. - Contains local and regional titles that may not be widely available elsewhere. - Offers pay-per-view “credits” for occasional researchers or subscription plans for frequent use.
* Ideal For: - Tracing ancestors in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. - Uncovering birth, marriage, death notices, and local events in British Isles.

===== - Hosted by: National Library of Australia =====
* Highlights: - Comprehensive coverage of Australian newspapers, some from as early as 1803. - 100% free; includes magazines, images, diaries, and archived websites. - Powerful advanced search and text-correction features (users can correct OCR text).
* Ideal For: - Australian genealogical research or ancestors who emigrated to Australia. - Access to historical Australian newspaper pages, often not found elsewhere.

===== - Aggregator: Search engine that brings together multiple free newspaper collections =====
* Highlights: - Single search platform for digital newspaper collections like Chronicling America and Trove. - Particularly useful if you want to search several free archives at once. - Constantly adding new library partners.
* Ideal For: - Saving time by simultaneously searching multiple free newspaper databases. - Initial research if you’re on a budget.

===== - Founder: Tom Tryniski, personally digitizing newspapers =====
* Highlights: - Massive focus on New York State newspapers, though it has grown to include other states/countries. - Completely free to use, though the interface can be quirky. - Excellent for small-town newspapers that may not be on bigger platforms.
* Ideal For: - Deep dive into New York ancestral research. - Searching smaller, lesser-known local papers.

===== - Provided by: Google =====
* Highlights: - Free collection of scanned newspapers; coverage widely varies by title/date. - Helpful for mid- to late-20th-century headlines or obituaries. - Interface has limited advanced search capabilities, but can still unearth gems.
* Ideal For: - Supplementary searches, especially for more recent decades. - Pinpointing quick references to major events or names.