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Normally, researching surnames in early newspapers on microfilm is a VERY time consuming endeavor, with researchers literally having to scan each edition of a newspaper article by article and advertisement by advertisement. Such research normally takes years to complete. Now however, through the use of our Surname Search Service, researchers can quickly locate surnames of interest in these early newspapers.
For example, a genealogist might be researching the Edwards family line back into early South Carolina and would like to find all occurrences of that surname that might have appeared in the early South Carolina Gazette newspaper, but has neither the time nor the resources to try and search through the newspaper edition by edition and year by year in an attempt to find such references. In this type of situation, the researcher can first browse through our Online Listing of Surnames to determine if the surname of interest appears in the newspaper and if so, may then use our Surname Search Service to obtain a detailed index type report of those publication occurrences.
Please note that we DO NOT provide researchers with "full text" copies of referenced articles or advertisements, out of potential newspaper ownership and copyright considerations. What we DO provide is a Search Results Report in an Index type format that lists all publication occurences for the surname of interest. Each listing in this report provides you with the surname, first name (if known), city/county of residence (if known), occupation (if known), relevant newspaper publication date, article type, and at least one and up to three subjects that the article or advertisement dealt with. Several additional fields of information are also provided for articles or advertisements dealing with the subjects of Slavery or Shipping.
This Search Results Report may then be used to QUICKLY locate articles and advertisements of interest in microfilm archives of the newspaper, which are found in many libraries across the entire United States. You might like to review a Sample Search Results Report and then go here to review a listing of Library locations known to hold the early South Carolina newspapers on microfilm.
Besides saving researchers huge amounts of newspaper research time, sometimes the use of our Surname Search Service can turn up unexpected information and/or clues that otherwise probably would never have been discovered. You might enjoy reading a few Customer Comments that we've received regarding the use of our Surname Search Service.
Please note there are certain search restrictions and limitations and a warranty disclaimer that apply to the use of our Surname Search Service and potential customers should take a minute or two to review these subjects.
By the way, a general informational packet about our Search Service, along with the most recent Listing Of Surnames, is available for download in ZIP format at our files download page.
