Searching Free and Paid News Sources for articles of interest regarding adoption issues
Places with extensive free archives
Updated with new free sources
FL - Florida Times Union (Jacksonville)
IN - Shelbyville Journal
OH - Dayton Daily News
OH - Morning Journal
Pay sources
NewsBank - US wide and beyond provides free snippets of articles. While many articles on Newsbank turn up on a google search, not all do, so I think it is wise to search directly on Newsbank. Newsbank source list
Newspaper Archive - provides images of newspaper pages. The search, since it is based on images, does not work well unless you strictly limit the dates and paper you wish to search Newspaper Archive source list
CA - LATimes (not on newsbank)
CT - Hartford Courant (7/91 to present is on Newsbank)
GA - Atlanta Journal Constitution (1985 to present is on Newsbank)
IL - Chicago Tribune (not on newsbank)
MA - Boston Globe (1980 to present is on Newsbank)
NY - New York Times - some archives are free, some are for a fee (not on newsbank)
DC - Washington Post (1977 to present is on Newsbank)
Obituaries - names come up, text of obit requires a fee
Christian Sciene Monitor (1987 to present is on Newsbank)