[Genealib] NewsBank Obits

[Kemp, Tom]

Ok. If you don't find one in the future let me know. 


Actually NewsBank receives the feed for entire paper directly from the
newspapers ... for the papers included in these products. The entire
paper is captured and then the obituaries are separated out for
America's Obituaries etc. So, nothing should be "missing" ... but snafus
can happen and I'd like to track it down if you find one not included in
the future.

 

Tom

 

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Judy Riffel
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: Re: [Genealib] NewsBank Obits

 

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 <mailto:thomas.j.kemp at gmail.com>  

	To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
<mailto:genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>  

	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 <mailto:tkemp at mail.newsbank.com>  

		To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
<mailto:genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu> 

		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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[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/>  <
http://www.newsbank.com/ <http://www.newsbank.com/> >
			>

		
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