Online full-text searchable newspapers from earlier times are quickly becoming the norm for researchers. Institutions such as the Library of Congress, Google, local heritage organizations, and commercial database providers are all rushing to unlock the past, making our work of digging into family or local history much more efficient. And each month brings exciting news about the release of another batch of digitized resources on the Net. Some are free, while others require a paid subscription.
Late this afternoon, I received an email from John Medkeff, Jr., the author of Brewing in Delaware, with some exciting news about Delaware titles. Long historical runs of the Morning News and Evening Journal are now available on www.newspapers.com The Evening Journal spans a period ranging from 1888 to 1932, while the Morning News starts in 1800 and continue until 1965 (there are breaks). In addition, more recent runs of the News Journal are also available, from this subscription company.
This is a major step forward as it helps open up access to Delaware stories as we are able to dig a lot deeper now. The material was accessible, but it required a trip to a major library to use the microfilm or access bound copies and searches took a long time.
Here’s the link to the Wilmington newspapers.
Thanks John for this tip.