DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like a copy of a picture in the Thanksgiving 2010 paper. It is on the front page of your City section. Please tell me how to order it online. I spoke to someone, so I know I can do it, but the website isn’t clear to me. Thanks so much. — Peg via e-mail

ANSWER: The Sun Journal’s web editor, Pattie Reaves, assisted Peg with her request, but she and Sun Spots thought that addressing this topic would be useful to readers.

If you see a photo in the paper you like, visit sunjournal.com and look at the photo online. If the paper owns the rights to it and can sell a print, there should be a “buy a print” link beneath it. Just click that link and follow through.

If you want a photo but don’t know where to find it, visit http://tinyurl.com/sunjournalphotos, and we’ll try to find it for you.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: How do I get past prints of stories or pictures? I want all stories/pictures printed with “Denise Smith” as the keyword, for my portfolio. Thanks. — Denise via e-mail

ANSWER: Again, Pattie helped Denise with her request, but for other readers who might want to execute a similar search here are some tips.

Start by going to sunjournal.com and entering the search criteria. In this case, a name. A list of stories will appear. Click on each one, verify that it is what you want and print it out. If the item is a photo and you want a professional print, follow the steps in the previous answer for ordering a photo.

Note that the Sun Journal retains the copyright, and the material cannot be resold.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wish to buy several archives old articles.

I would like to know how to proceed. What is the price Is it possible to pay with PayPal? With best wishes. — Anonymous

ANSWER: Readers can read older newspapers online thanks to the archive provided by Google. Unfortunately, it does not include print capabilities, and the Sun Journal does not have a supply of old newspapers available for sale.

The only option for a print that Sun Spots knows of is a copy off a library microfiche. You can contact the Lewiston Public Library by visiting their website, www.lplonline.org, or by calling 207-513-3004.

Here are the steps to find archive pages online:

1. Visit the Google News Archive Search at http://news.google.com/archivesearch

2. Search for Lewiston Daily Sun (or Evening Journal, or Sun Journal)

3. Click the link “browse newspaper editions from Lewiston Daily Sun”

4. This brings you to a view by decade. You can enter the date you want in the date field on the top, left-hand side.

Here’s the link for the Sun: http://tinyurl.com/334ehgd

Here’s the link for the Journal: http://tinyurl.com/2v2uu7x

As for paying, sunjournal.com accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, but not PayPal.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Why nothing in the paper about the cemetery in Durham that had headstones turned over? — David, dave19643@yahoo.com

ANSWER: That story was published. You can read it at http://tinyurl.com/285elbe

The reporters get many of their tips from the police and other regular sources, but readers can also contribute and possibly let us know what’s going on earlier. If you have an idea for a story, see an accident or other breaking news event, please let us know.

During the day, call Managing Editor Judy Meyer, 689-2902, for stories in Lewiston-Auburn. For stories in other areas, call Regional Editor Scott Thistle, 689-2849. After 5 p.m., you can call Night Managing Editor Pete Phelan, 689-2326.

To submit a tip online, visit www.sunjournal.com/submit/newstip.

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