Family History and Genealogy : Free New York Times Online Student Account

 

NCC provides free access to all the content on the online version of the New York Times Newspaper for current students. This gives you daily access to a major world newspaper and articles for assignments and for keeping up with News and personal interest areas.

Click here and then scroll down to New York Times to set up your New York Times account.

Fill out the form using your ncc student email address.

Use the search bar to find articles on events in the recent past:

 

 

Browse through articles to find interesting information for your project:

 

 

How do I search for older Articles about life and events in American or the World?

 Part of your project will require you to learn about topics that your older relatives and ancestors experienced or were impacted by. For older articles we use something called the New York "Times Machine."

 

Searching for Historical Information on the New York Times' Times Machine Page:

Once your account is set up you can log in to wwwnytimes.com. For historical information, open the main menu on the New York Times home page:

Click on More at the bottom and then choose Times Machine from the sub-menu:

Try typing a topic in the search bar using keywords: