[PLUG-TALK] Copyright, Geneology, ??

[wes]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Russell Senior
> <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
> >>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> writes:
> >
> > Keith> Edwin Fitch Northrup died in 1940 near Philadelphia.  He was a
> > Keith> physics professor at Princeton (1910-1920), and his inventions
> > Keith> founded two successful companies.
> >
> > Keith> Any genology buffs here, who know how to track down heirs?
> >
> > I'd suggest looking for the obituary, which typically list
> > "survivors".  If you can't find it online, ask a public librarian for
> > help.  Libraries often buy access to newspaper archives, and
> > librarians are experts (if imperfect) at locating such records.
> >
> > My wife suggests "America's obituaries" that is available through
> > Multomah County Library.  If you don't already have one, you may well
> > be eligible for a "free" (supported through property taxes) library
> > card: http://www.multcolib.org/catalog/card/cardnew.html
> >
> >
>
> "America's obituaries" is a product of Newsbank Inc. and available
> only to institutions like libraries.  I just checked, and the
> Corvallis Library does not have a subscription and Benton County
> residents are not eligible for Multonomah County Library Cards.
> Newsbank has another product called Genealogybank.com which has a
> subset of Newsbank's obituaries and newspapers.  I do have a
> subscription to Genealogybank, but I did not find an obituary  in
> their collection.  Proquest is another commercial company with a large
> collection of Newspapers online, but they also only give subscriptions
> to institutions for some strange reason.
>
> Bill
>
>
The Tualatin library is along my path home from work. Maybe I'll stop in
there on the way...

-wes
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