Forum: Newspapers and Magazines

The new website with the first batch of digitised newspapers is due to go live next week. Some people have been able to beta test the site (Me, me they picked me!!!) and I have to say that it is going to be such an enormous help to people in their research. I have not been fortunate enough to go...

My great grandfather was a Taylor from Manchester. His father and two of his uncles worked on the Manchester Guardian as printer/compositors and later editors during the mid to late 1800s. After web searching, I have realised that there may be a closer connection between my Taylors and the...

My ancestors lived on the south bank of the river humber in North Lincolnshire. I have an April edition of South Ferriby's parish magazine printed in 1899 which gives details of the funeral and burial on 6 March 1899 of Mary Elizabeth Hildreth (maternal Gr-Gr-Grandmother) and her two children, Emma...

I have the death certificate for Charles Edward Coe. He was killed on the 11 March 1930 at Parkgate Seam, Orgrave Colliery. Rotherham. An inquest was held on 12th March. I don't think this was a mining disaster as I cannot find any reference to it, just one poor soul killed by a 'fall of...

An 'accident' occurred in Swansea, possibly at the Swansea Docks in 1914. The injuries sustained by this individual were serious enough that he spent 12 weeks off work. He either fell, was pushed or thrown off of a scaffold and landed 16 feet below. This incident may have garnered interest in a...

I am having difficulty in browsing the site. I am looking for a specific Notice in Issue #58535. The message I get is that this site cannot be displayed:hang: I S.K.S. can assist, I'll forward details by private message. Thanks

There are some really useful search tips in the Help section of the 19th Century British Library Newspapers site. Some of these are widely used in other search engines (such as using quotation marks to search for an exact phrase, or using wildcards). Others are perhaps less familiar but...

Can any one give me information on the Globe, it is mentioned in the 1911 census.The paper is in London, maybe Clapham / Battersea area? Wallyrator.

What are the chances of me being able to find details of an accident in which my gran's mother, Margaret Clark MacGregor nee Millar, sustained injuries from which she never recovered? Up to now I've never had much luck searching the online newspaper archive, and this may be a rather obscure...

http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives Wow! A proper hotch-potch, various places, various time spans, some free, some not. Some we know about, some we'd never dreamt of. :biggrin: Pam

Hi, I'm trying to locate whichever news papers might have been available in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. William Craig died 1899 in Kilmaurs - his death record states that he had "Died along the highway between Crosshouse and Kelk Place, Kilmausr, Ayrshire, Scotland" - I'm hoping to be able to...

Hi Folks Can anyone tell me if it is possible to search 20th Centuary British Newpapers online and how you go about this? many thanks Richard

Good morning All , our ancestor leonard alexander crossle . b.1863 Ireland. on the 1901 census he was a sub editor for a newspaper in the london area , how can i find out which one . also with ref to Ireland , how can i find out where he was born and his parents ? any help or a point in...

Can anyone tell me which newspapers covered Co. Mayo during 1830/40's? Am looking for coverage of a trial in January 1837. All I know is it was in Co. Mayo. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks. Jeddah.

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows which newspaper was covering the Blackburn area in 1961 and whether the newspaper are online anywhere. I have two ancestors who both died in the same quarter in 1961 and was wondering where I could look for the death notices. Thanks in advance Kirstie

The Shamrock was a paper published in New York, New York in the early 1800's giving the Irish there a bit of news from home... mostly of marriages and deaths. I have been reading exerts and several gave me a chuckle... especially this marriage in the Sat. Dec. 29, 1810 edition.. Sue

Hi Would someone have any idea how to obtain a copy of the newspaper report (if indeed it appeared in the newspaper) of a relative whose inquest into their death was held 19th May 1966?

William J HAYWARD born 1908 Portsea, Hants. age 17 years. Emigrated to Quebec as part of Salvation Army immigration in August 1925. Died Brandon, Manitoba, December 1925. His body was shipped back to his parents EDWARD GEORGE and ANNIE HAYWARD in Portsmouth. Does anyone know where...

As a baby I was ill and was in The Duchess of York hospital,Manchester. My mother told me about my illness and said it had been written about in the Lancet! Never thought much about it until now and as my mother is no longer with us I asked another relative who confirms this! I have had a look at...

Hello. Could anyone let me know if there was any newspaper coverage of a motorcycle accident which resulted in the the death of EDWARD CHARLES HOOPER, aged 19. He was the pillion passenger and was struck by a van driven by WILLIAM PHILIP STRIPE. The bike was being ridden by ALFRED ARCHIBALD BIRCH....