Old Fulton NY Post Cards

The Old Fulton NY Post Cards website originally began as a postcard digitization project, but has since evolved into the largest free online collection of New York newspapers on the Internet. The site currently (March 2012) has over 18 million historical newspaper pages online from over 400 New York Newspapers spanning the years 1795 to 2007. In addition to newspapers, the Main Album page includes Fulton County cemetery records, censuses, city directories, church records, maps, photos, postcards and probate records.

How to Search
There are many helpful search features available on the website. However, most of the features are not intuitive. To search the site effectively it is absolutely essential that users take the time to read the FAQ page. There you can learn the difference between a natural language search and a boolean search. Learn how to use quotation marks, wildcards, and connectors. You can also learn about synonym and phonic searching, stemming, and numerical searches. Taking the time to educate yourself on how to use all of the search features will greatly enhance your search experience. To begin your search, go to the Historical Newspapers search page.

How to Browse
Unless users take the time to read the messages scrolling across the bottom of the search screen, they may not realize that there is an option to "browse" the newspaper collection. The link for browsing can easily be accessed from the FAQ page. However, finding a specific newspaper to browse can be a little time consuming. The table below lists the newspaper titles that are currently (March 2012) available on the Old Fulton Post Cards website. To browse a specific newspaper, make note of the newspaper title and the corresponding browsing coordinates, and then click Here. Use the coordinates to quickly find the newspaper of intereset.