# ChronicaPulse Person Search – Newspaper Archives

> ChronicaPulse Person Search – Newspaper Archives is a paid API for AI agents from chronicapulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches digitized historical newspaper archives to find mentions of ancestors and historical figures for genealogy and family-history research.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://chronicapulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/chronica/person
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/chronicapulse-person-search-newspaper-archives-018078a8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sywhx8yOjZAs6vX6RiixL

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability chronicapulse-person-search-newspaper-archives-018078a8
```

Example prompt: Search the digitized newspaper archives for any mentions of Eliza Mae Hartwell — she would have appeared in newspapers around 1895 to 1935, likely in the Midwest.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to find historical newspaper mentions of a specific person for genealogy or family-history research purposes. It is specifically designed for querying digitized newspaper archives for ancestors and historical figures, making it more targeted than general web search or broad genealogy databases.

## Known failure modes

- Person name not found in any digitized archives — returns empty result set
- Ambiguous name matches multiple individuals — may return unrelated persons
- Archive coverage gaps for certain time periods or regions — incomplete historical record
- Malformed or missing name parameter — returns 400 Bad Request
- Payment not fulfilled via x402 protocol — returns 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

Person research for genealogy and family-history agents. Finds ancestors and historical figures across digitized newspaper archives.

## Output

A list of historical newspaper records and article mentions matching the queried person's name, including publication names, dates, and relevant article context from digitized newspaper archives.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "name"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "lang"
  },
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "name"
  },
  "location": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "location"
  },
  "year_end": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "year_end"
  },
  "year_start": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "year_start"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/chronicapulse-person-search-newspaper-archives-018078a8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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