Recently, in trying to learn about the parish of St. William the Abbot, I have increased my searches for the older history of Seaford and its residents, generally in the years 1928 to 1950. However, I am delighted to report that the staff of the Massapequa Library has made available a helpful resource of more recent times. With funding secured by a legislator, they have made available digital images and a search engine of the Massapequa Post from the year 1952 to 1986. Its link is below.
http://massapequa.advantage-preservation.com/
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Yes, Seaford news is sometimes covered by the Massapequa Post. One does not have to register to use this website.
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Likewise, a very useful site, Fulton History, covers many of the lesser newspapers in New York State. Because so many newspapers are included, one has to introduce something geographical or otherwise specific to the search terms. The link is below.
fultonhistory.com
Click on the large Enter. The small search blank will appear in the top left corner. When clicking on a link to an article, right-click to open in a new tab. Otherwise, you will be stuck in an unwieldy frame. Most of the Seaford news that I have discovered on fultonhistory.com has been from Freeport or Hempstead daily newspapers.
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The Brooklyn Public Library has also provided a useful tool that includes news of Seaford, the famous Brooklyn Daily Eagle, years 1841 to 1955, when the Eagle suddenly quit.
Link:
https://bklyn.newspapers.com/
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Subscribers to the New York Times can search since 1851 at nytimes.com
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Newsday's search engine seems woefully inadequate.
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The Seaford Public Library has several newspaper search engines. Please visit
http://www.seafordlibrary.org/databases.html
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