Step by step for Google News Archives

Step by step for Google News Archives

http://news.google.com/newspapers  

Type in "Pittsburgh" "Surname"

Click on search archive.

It should look like this in the Google Search.

"Pittsburgh" "Scott" "Blind" site:news.google.com/newspapers

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Pittsburgh%22%20%22Scott%22%20site:news.google.com/newspapers&source=newspapers&gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Pittsburgh%22+%22Scott%22+%22Blind%22+site%3Anews.google.com%2Fnewspapers

"Pittsburgh" "Ernest Scott" "Blind" site:news.google.com/newspapers

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Pittsburgh%22%20%22Scott%22%20site:news.google.com/newspapers&source=newspapers&gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Pittsburgh%22+%22Ernest+Scott%22+%22Blind%22+site%3Anews.google.com%2Fnewspapers

"Bellevue" "Ernest Scott" "Blind" site:news.google.com/newspapers

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Pittsburgh%22%20%22Scott%22%20site:news.google.com/newspapers&source=newspapers&gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Bellevue%22+%22Ernest+Scott%22+%22Blind%22+site%3Anews.google.com%2Fnewspapers


This is one example on how I found 50 articles about my great grandfather, Ernest G Scott, a blind entertainer, and performer in Pittsburgh.

It doesn't always work this easy.

But you can search the Pittsburgh newspapers:

Mostly if you have a date of death, you can search for obituaries.

Allegheny and Surrounding Area Newspapers
http://alleghenyancestryandgenealogytrails.blogspot.com/p/allegheny-county-and-surrounding-area.html

Or go to
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/death-index.htm

Pittsburgh Newspapers
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njm1/Daily-Update-Submitted-Newspapers.html