Archive for May 27th, 2009

How to Locate Old Newspaper Articles for a Genealogy Search or Historical Research

A very good way to do genealogy research is to use the original articles that are found in old newspapers.  To locate old newspaper articles on the web is at times a struggle. The web is full of data and many current events are easy to find because they were originally recorded on the internet.  Almost every newspaper today has an internet edition free of charge.  The current edition newspapers generally only have their issues up for a few days.  But if you are looking into the past by more than a few years for old newspaper articles, then you will need a subscription.  In order to see a full examination of what is available online in the world’s biggest newspaper database you will want to go to www.old-newspaper-articles.com and take a look at all the categories and options available.

No doubt you will find this website to be the best resource when performing internet research into history. The newspapers that are online go back into the 1700’s and are the best source of daily information for the periods throughout all of the history of America.  You will find old newspaper information online from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the U.S. Civil War, The Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and right up to today.

America’s historical events from Apollo 11 with the first landing on the moon and the huge amount of coverage of the President John F. Kennedy assassination are best to read in the daily newspapers as they were published.  If you need to find famous headlines or serial killers or any famous crimes in newspapers, then you will do no better any where else than at this site.

Review of the Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder

Voice recorders have become popular in the last few decades. They are being extensively used by journalists and for business purposes. This is because recording has become so easy in this digital age. The exclusion of tapes and the decreasing size of the digital voice recorders have taken on the world by storm. The Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder is one of the best voice recorders out there in the market.

One of the companies that have made a mark in the voice recorder market is Olympus. Olympus has taken the voice recorders to a new level. The Olympus digital voice recorder has been endowed with awe inspiring features. The smallest of voice recorders have been manufactured by Olympus, such as the Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder. The memory capacity of the voice recorders have been improved along with the excellent sound quality.

Olympus has been developing voice recorders for a considerably long time. Almost all their voice recorders have received encouraging reviews. The Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder has received on of the top rankings. Most of the recorders have a large in-built memory. This in turn increases the hours of recording and the number of stored data files. Some of the most low end models have an average recording capacity of 45 hours.

All the Olympus voice recorders can be connected to the PC or Mac with a USB cable provided along with it. Transferring files from the voice recorder to the computer had never been this easy. The voice recordings of the device can be converted into MP3 when they are loaded in the computer.