Free Newspaper Searches Available

We have just found a freebie that doesn't seem to have strings attached. At www.newspaperarchive.com you can register with just your email address to gain access to a limited number of views of searches for your name or keywords.

I just signed up and visited. The limited version (three views) is free. I searched for someone that I knew would get lots of hits in his town of Atchison, KS. They showed me two pages of possibilities, but I could only look at three choices in one day. Then they suggest to upgrade. The fee if you upgrade can be about $11.99 a month billed monthly, or $5.99 a month paid annually.

Starting fresh today with 3 free page views, I quickly used up those views. However, you may freely browse the lists of newspapers in each state to see which towns or counties are represented. You may choose by clicking the label on a column to view the state list alphabetically by city, by newspaper name, or by date (choose a range of years available.)

You may even do a name search, specific phrase, or some other searches and view the results with dates/years, but the snippets in the results are garbled in some cases. These searches are free without being included in the 3 freebies, unless you choose to VIEW a specific page. So there seems to be a lot you can do in prep for specific searches. If your name is unique it will be more beneficial of course. And if there are NO results for your name search, you are not penalized.

Don't get greedy! If you have already used your 3 free views for the day, but happen to find a possible "goody" in your browsing, don't click on the view in hopes you will get just one more. You will get a message that you have reached your limit.... AND.... you can't go back to browsing.