At a rapid pace these days, old newspapers are being digitized and made openly available to researchers and as I work on projects I often found additional collections of these valuable publications. That was the case recently, as I worked on the “Flight 214 Remembrance Program” to mark the passage of fifty years since a Pan American World Airways jet on approach to Philadelphia crashed. The big jet was struck by lightning and everyone onboard perished.
Many of the passengers were from Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey, so I needed to examine 1963 papers from those areas. Many haven’t been digitized yet, but I discovered one very helpful resource, which I think will have value for other readers of this blog. The Delaware County (PA) Library System has created high quality e-copies of products published in Chester.
The newspapers in the database are fully searchable and are excellent for gaining the local perspective on historical news or for researching your family history. The databases, provided to the Library System by the Newspaper Archive, includes, papers beginning in 1867 and running up to 1976. The titles include the Chester Daily Times, Chester Evening Times, Chester Reporter, Chester Times, and Delaware County Daily Times. Click here to access the Delaware County Public Library’s digital archives.
I found that you retain copies of newspapers for Chester Times. I am looking for articles about the Nov 1951 tragic accident of my cousins: Larry Halprin and his aunt Bertha Stolper. Can you help me with this, providing digital copies of these please for genealogy purposes only?
Tom, here’s a link to the online historical newspapers from Delaware County. These are available online thanks to the Delaware County Library. https://delawarecolib.newspaperarchive.com/