[Genealib] NewsBank Obits

[Traci Thompson]

Tom,

I have a question for you...what sort of lag time is there between the time
an obit is published in a newspaper and when it appears in the NewsBank
obituaries?

We have access to NewsBank through NCLive.  Just yesterday, I was looking
for the obituary (which originally appeared in our local paper, the Rocky
Mount Telegram) of one of our beloved local genealogists who passed away
this past September.  I tried multiple search strategies, including having
another librarian search as well, but could not find it.

Can you please help me understand why it is not there?  Thank you very much.

Traci Thompson
Local History/Genealogy Librarian
Braswell Memorial Library
Rocky Mount, NC


> Hi Sharon.
> They are full-text, in fact the exact text, directly from the newspapers
> themselves. Most all of the newspapers are "exclusives" with NewsBank and
> not available elsewhere. The coverage is so complete that they capture 80%
> of all published obits each year for the last several years.
>
> Does your library already subscribe?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 1/9/07, Sharon Centanne <centans at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > HI Tom,
> >
> > Thanks for the good news. I have been bugging the folks at NewsBank to
> > give us old newspapers instead of just modern ones for years.
> >
> > Are your obits full text or just indexed or abstracted?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Sharon Troy Centanne
> > Genealogical Research Instructor
> > St. Petersburg, FL
> >
> > Tom Kemp wrote:
> >
> > Here is an overview of the new content added to America's GenealogyBank
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Thomas Jay Kemp
> >
> > Director, Genealogy Products
> >
> > NewsBank Inc.
> >
> > www.NewsBank.com <http://www.newsbank.com/>
> >
>
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