Looks like we are not far away from the launch of The British Newspaper Archive website which is a joint venture between The British Library and Brightsolid who are the Findmypast & Scotland’s People parent company The website is live, … Continue reading
Came across this online video about the digitising programme at the British Library. During the video it says that the Newspaper Archive will be going online in the Autumn. Now I know that some of the newspapers are already online, … Continue reading
Many of us will have ancestors who ventured or were sent to Australia. A great resource apart from the usual births, marriages & deaths registers etc. is newspapers. The early newspapers recorded all the local gossip as well as national … Continue reading
Great background material at this website for those with Scottish ancestors. The website states…….. In the centuries before there were newspapers and 24-hour news channels, the general public had to rely on street literature to find out what was … Continue reading
The British Library has gone into partnership with “Brightsolid” ( who run amongst other sites, www.findmypast.co.uk ) to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers. Spanning three centuries and including 52,000 local, regional, national and international titles, … Continue reading
