I got this from a School of Library and Information Science mailing list. I
sure hope it's true!
More than 20,000 community newspapers, some long out of print, have recorded
American life since the 17th century and two unique organizations have set
the common goal of providing Internet access to this documentation of
American heritage.
The National Newspaper Association (NNA) and Cold North Wind Corporation
signed a letter of intent today to create America's Chronicles(SM), an online
search engine that accesses the digital archives of America's community
newspapers, beginning with the archives of the 3600 NNA member newspapers.
The project could eventually result in 500,000,000 pages of original,
historical
content dating back to the 1600s and will be available online at
<
http://www.americaschronicles.com>. The site will be launched at the NNA's
116th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Milwaukee, September 12-15, with
access to the first of many digital archives.