A Fantastic Find Who's Working on Wednesday: Tom Tryniski of Fultonhistory.com

And every other day of the week, as far as I can tell.

The title of Alexandria Neason's article about him in the Columbia Journalism Review says it all: How Tom Tryniski digitized nearly 50 million pages of newspapers in his living room.*

Seriously, if you have ancestors who lived in New York State** you should check out his website. I found a tiny obituary of Lyman Worden, my fourth great grandfather, at the bottom of one of his scans years ago.

[Fultonhistory.com home page]

As Ms. Neason points out, it takes patience to use his system but it worth the effort. Best of all, it's free and Mr. Tryniski intends to keep it that way.




*And if that doesn't make you feel like a slacker, I don't know what possibly could! I hope you will take the time to read about this man who has single handedly scanned an astounding number of pages.
**That's where the coverage is most complete but a quick check turned up papers in Illinois, Minnesota and Indiana among others.


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