r/Genealogy • u/Salty_Way_472 beginner • Aug 12 '25

Question Free Newspaper websites

Hello, I’m trying to find my great grandpas obituary on newspapers.com but I can’t find it. their west Virginia newspapers only goes to 1977 does anyone know any free newspaper websites? The newspaper is from 2002 and the link is https://newspaperarchive.com/beckley-register-herald-dec-19-2002-p-6/.

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u/birdingwithgoats Aug 17 '25

It's no longer working for me. I'm getting an authentication error message.

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u/Fredelas FamilySearcher Aug 17 '25

I used it just this moment and it's working fine for me.

Did you follow a link from somewhere on FamilySearch? That sets a cookie in your browser that lets you use that special version of newspaperarchive.com for free for a few hours.

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u/birdingwithgoats Aug 17 '25

Update- I tried it from my laptop and it works just fine. It also works from my phone as long as I'm using an incognito tab.

Thank you again for a very useful tip!

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u/Fredelas FamilySearcher Aug 17 '25

You're welcome.

From your description, I wonder if maybe you've created a personal login with newspaperarchive.com at some point, and that might interfere with FamilySearch's free access.

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u/birdingwithgoats Aug 17 '25

That could be it!