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Upstate NY FReepers...
Fultonhistory.com ^

Posted on 05/08/2011 1:40:30 PM PDT by djf

I figured there was a good chance FReepers from Western New York might be interested in this.

Some guy (well, some guy and an ARMY) decided to scan in and digitize various local newspapers and flyers from the region. He has over 15,000,000 PDFs, digitized and searchable. You can search for names or events or locations or whatever.

I found a picture of me when I was ten!

And mentions from local papers in the early 1940's that my father had made the honor roll!

It's extraordinarily interesting to look back and see the old ads, (the PRICES!!), the flavors and textures of the times.

I have no idea how big the server is, so please don't hammer it to smithereens.


TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: fulton; ny; upstateny

1 posted on 05/08/2011 1:40:31 PM PDT by djf
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To: djf
There is a NYS site that deals with Newspapers.

Our main library in Rochester NY has a history section cross referencing names and old articles in the old newspapers. Everyone has access.

2 posted on 05/08/2011 1:46:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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My mother is going to love this. There are a bunch of references to her family in there. Thanks! :)


3 posted on 05/08/2011 1:55:36 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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I found a couple short blurbs that talked about my cub scout troop.
I was ten years old!

Kinda hard to believe now that I was ever ten years old...


4 posted on 05/08/2011 2:09:28 PM PDT by djf (Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
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I LOVE this site and have been using it for years now. This man is doing an amazing service. I have donated to him in the past and should again and if anyone else has a few dollars to send him I'm sure it will be appreciated.

I would definitely pay a subscription cost for access to all this info. No brainer.

But yes please don't overload the server :) It can run pretty slowly as it is.

5 posted on 05/08/2011 2:16:34 PM PDT by RubyR
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I found a reference to myself when I was 8 years old attending a Boys Club summer day camp in 1960 in Owego, NY. Woot!


6 posted on 05/08/2011 2:22:18 PM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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Well as a son of Buffalo now living in Rochester, I’ve found a lot of interesting family stuff on that site. My grandfather getting bitten by a dog in 1911...my great-grandfather getting some kid arrested for stealing a pastry out of his butcher shop in an area you’d barely dare show your face in now... Amazing and interesting stuff. But a VERY slow site, probably always loaded.


7 posted on 05/08/2011 4:35:30 PM PDT by Mr. Dough (Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
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To: djf
I've used that site many times over the last three years doing genealogy work.
Just last week I discovered a 1930s story about my grandfather's brother getting robbed as he delivered milk in Brighton at 5 am.
Maybe the "good old days" weren't so good after all.
8 posted on 05/08/2011 4:38:43 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Ha, found my old track times from high school in 1978. Two thirds and a second at sectionals. Thanks!!! What a treat.


9 posted on 05/08/2011 5:31:04 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
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To: djf

Found my own birth announcement in the Niagara Falls area. (I was actually born hundreds of miles away in another city.) The work of my grandparents.

Also found my grandmother’s death announcement.


10 posted on 05/08/2011 7:51:29 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Democratic Underground: The Hogwarts of stupid.)
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Fascinating, eh?

Has this time-capsule time-machine quality to it.

One heck of a lot of work, I bet!


11 posted on 05/08/2011 8:08:56 PM PDT by djf (One mouth. Two ears. Is that some kind of hint???)
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