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Get all free genealogy resources for your state, organized and ready to use — The Research Library
I have been researching online historical newspaper sites for several years, both the free ones as well as the subscription-based sites. Their software capabilities, independent of the size and quality of their scanned collections, break down into two parts:
1. How do you search the site and find “stuff”
2. How do you download and save the articles that you find
This post is all about the second part – how do you download and save materials.
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