[Genealib] NewsBank Obits

[Judy Riffel]

Thanks for the offer, but I didn't keep track of the specific instances.  As best I recall, one of them was from the Shreveport Times in 1999.  When I didn't find the obituary in NewsBank, I went to the microfilm and found it.

I also seem to remember that at one time I couldn't find any obituaries in the Houston Chronicle.  But that one isn't offered in our library's subscription to NewsBank anymore.  That was a couple of years ago.  Maybe they have them now.

Judy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Kemp 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [Genealib] NewsBank Obits


  Send me examples and I will check for you. 
  Tom

   
  On 1/10/07, Judy Riffel <j.a.riffel at worldnet.att.net> wrote: 
    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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