Comments on: Google raising newspaper morgues from the dead

Search giant begins a project to bring a searchable archive of old newspapers to the Web, in partnership with publishers.

[rccoffee]

This would be a great service to genealogists. I would love to be able to read the Elizabeth (N.J.) Daily Journal online. It went out of business decades ago and is only available on microfilm at the local library.

[Manhattan2]

4Dplanet.com has been doing this with video. very interesting results!

[Vegaman_Dan]

This would be awesome to see. Right now all those newspapers are only on microfische and even those blue sheets are rapidly disappearng. What library even has a reader? Does anyone know what they are these days?

For research purposes, it would be fantastic. Even for hobbyists, it could be invaluable. I would hope they include the photos from the original papers as well.

[Greg_N]

A resource of interest might be The Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser was first published 31st July 1903 and continued as the local newspaper for the Sunshine Coast Region (north of Brisbane, Australia) until 1983. It has been scanned from microfilm and made available, in digital format, the entire full text run of this newspaper from 1903 to 1955.

Researchers are now able to search the entire paper by keyword or issue date and can download
and print directly from the paper. This provides easy and convenient access to this valuable historical newspaper

http://www.nambour-chronicle.com/index.php

Not on the same scale as the Google project but still worth a visit.