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Old newspapers are treasure troves of clues.
While many old newspapers may be safely preserved in microfilmed collections, you might have trouble finding any mention of an ancestor unless you already know of an event that might have been reported, the newspaper in which the item would have appeared, or when they might have run an ad for a product or service. There are many excellent books of newspaper abstracts available, but they touch only the tip of the iceberg. The Olden Times is my effort to provide a tiny fraction of this information, always FREE of charge, to genealogists via the Web. The old advertisements may help pinpoint exactly what kind of store those great-grandparents had, or what sorts of prices they paid. There are occasionally other items which, even though they may not contain any personal names, seem to reflect the times and the attitudes of a certain place, and I include those for historical context.