[Genealib] NewsBank Obits

[Judy Riffel]

I have found several instances where the obituaries were not included in the text on NewsBank.  Usually, though, this was with the earlier dates.

Judy Riffel
Baton Rouge, LA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kemp, Tom 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Cc: thomas.j.kemp at gmail.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:09 PM
  Subject: RE: [Genealib] NewsBank Obits


  The obituaries in America's GenealogyBank and America's Obituaries are updated daily. 

  Tell me the name of the person that you are looking for.

   

  Tom

   


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  From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Traci Thompson
  Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:59 PM
  To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
  Cc: thomas.j.kemp at gmail.com
  Subject: [Genealib] NewsBank Obits

   

  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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