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From: "Paula Manzella" <pmanzell(a)bcls.lib.nj.us>
To: <NJBURLIN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:01 PM
Subject: [NJBurlin] Press Release: new databases
Hi Listers,
Sorry that this press notice is so late in reaching the NJBURLIN
list. I will be cross-posting this message to other lists, so I
apologize in advance to any of you that will get this two (or more)
times.
For those of you who read Curt's posting about the Newspaper Notices
Index (NNI), have found citations, and are wondering how to acquire
photocopies... You need to email or call the library which owns the
microfilm. Each library listed in the Directory has a different fee
policy and requirements. The library email address are available both
on the NNI homepage (at the bottom) and on each library's webpage (see
links on webpage).
Enjoy your holiday season.
Paula Manzella
Reference, NJ & Genealogy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 1, 2003
NEW DATABASES: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS and POSTCARDS INDEXED
The Burlington County Library proudly announces the release of two
new local history and genealogy research databases - "The Burlington
County Newspaper Notices Index" and the "Burlington County Library
Postcard Image Collection." Both of these databases are of particular
interest to genealogists and historians across the nation. The postcard
database will be especially helpful for students, journalists and
authors.
To date, the "Newspaper Notices Index" database contains over 30,000
references to published obituaries, death notices, marriage
announcements, and birth announcements from over 22 historical and
currently published Burlington County area newspapers, including the
"Mount Holly Herald," "New Jersey Mirror," "Daily
Enterprise"
(Burlington City), "Bordentown Register News," "New Egypt Press,"
"Triple Towns Tribune" (Riverside), "Burlington County Times," and
many
others. The oldest citations in the index date back to the mid-1800s.
The database continues to grow as library staff and volunteers are
adding citations weekly.
The "Burlington County Library Postcard Image Collection" is a
digital collection of over 400 historic postcards. Most of the
postcards are of Burlington County locations (i.e., Mount Holly,
Bordentown, Burlington, Moorestown, Riverside, etc.), however wonderful
images are available for many Central and South Jersey locations,
including Trenton, Atlantic City, Camden and Batsto.
This new online newspaper index is available free-of-charge on the
Burlington County Library's Internet site at the following URL: <
http://sql.bcls.lib.nj.us/gen >. The Postcard Index can be found at
URL: <
http://postcard.burlco.org/ >. Researchers may also find the two
databases by going to the Burlington County Library homepage at URL: <
www.bcls.lib.nj.us >.
For further information contact the Reference Department at the
Burlington County Library Headquarters Branch in Westampton,
609-267-9660 x2 or send email to: reference(a)bcls.lib.nj.us.
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