Forum: Newspapers and Magazines

I am researching a convict Richard Watson who was sentenced at Lancaster 16 Mar 1808. I am hoping that there maybe a report in the local newspaper on his trial. Richard was born abt 1788 at Haslingden. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from South Australia Danielle

Several years ago, a cousin obtained, an email outlinimg several items that were in the Cambrian Index Online. Today, I searched the index for myself, covering the period from July 1, 1863 to December 31, 1886 I found only 1 entry and that was for an item on July 17, 1863 which had noted to my...

Hi all I have been searching for local newspapers which covered West Ham, Essex during WW1 but I can't seem to find any. Can anyone help point me in the right direction? I'm looking for a death notice. Thank you.

Does anyone know if its possible to save the front pages of the Times as a whole ? I thought it might be nice to have a copy of each front page for members of my tree when I know an exact birth date. However when I paid for a days memebership I could only manage to save individual articles off the...

I have a letter from my husband's great grandmother. It is dated 1 March 1918 she is writing to her son Alfred (Ally). The address is Aldeburgh, Suffolk. In it she has written a short note, squeezed in at the top of the page, probably an after thought. It reads "Did you see last weeks...

|help|My Great Grandmothers nephew, Alexander William MACLEOD (68), committed suicide on 9th April 1923 and I am trying to obtain a copy of the coroners report. The event occurred in Great Yarmouth, does anyone know how I can get a copy or access to any newspaper reports about the event?

Local newspapers are fantastic resources for family history but am I alone in finding it's terribly easy to get side-tracked while trawling them for family info? While it's obviously a good thing to learn more about local history and the environment our ancestors lived in, this means I never get...

John 'Eric' WATTS - born 1920 Dawley. died in last 18mths or so Hillingdon. Creamted Ruislip. I am searching for a copy of the Death Notice that would have appreared in local paper, any suggestion greatly appreciated. Novice in Australia.

This may be a stupid question but would the London Gazette publish details of the death of a non-London resident? If not, could a person provide me with the information on newspaper in Weymouth, Dorset that may have carried an obituary of a person who died in 1983? I am trying to locate the...

Came across the following articles by accident. Lloyds Weekly london newspaper Jan. 7th and Jan 21st 1844 - 'Convicts and their treatment' and 'Treatment of convicts II'. They are letters written to the paper by someone describing themselves as 'having been connected with the convict service',...

Were obituaries very common in the 1700-1900's for farm labourers and factory workers?

Following on from griff20's thread regarding obituaries, esp. information provided by Peter ... ....am I correct in thinking that by the 1930s, obituaries (of the complimentary,short life-history variety) were becoming quite common. I ask because I have two from that period, one a farmer, the...

Hello All, I havent been on here for a while. But today I found out a bit of information that has sent me on a murder hunt! Whilst talking to my mother in England this morning, about various new info I had found out about the family tree, she happend to say that not long after she got...

Has anyone tried searching the BL Newspaper Collections on-line today? I can't get any result before Jan 1st 1880! Carol

One of my ancesters was a copper based in the City of London. Would ALL offences committed there be trialled at the Old Bailey or any other court(s) in that area/jurisdiction that I'm not aware of? Also, am keen to see if any of his court appearances were reported in the local newspaper but...

My g.g.g.grandfather (the above named) died in the Birmingham Canal in Aston. The accident occured on 16 March 1848 "Birmingham Canal - Parish of Aston". Extracts from the death certificate state " "drowning, ------------ (cannot read), accidental death, death immediate". His wife was...

Hello everyone Can someone point in the right direction please, helping a friend and family story is his Great great granfather murdered someone they lived canning Town West Ham his name was Daniel Morgan Monk (abt 1862ish) he's still there 1911 census and I think I've found his death March...

There is a lengthy obit in (I am assuming) the Belfast Telegraph, Friday, August 5, 1927 for Captain Weldon, well know Ulster officer. I do have a copy mailed to me but it is really poor quality. It has a picture of Clyde Kirkwood Weldon and is a full 3 columns, although the copy looks like its...

I am trying to find out which would have been the local newspaper for the Denton area in the 1960`s. I have contacted a couple of papers but they have not bothered to reply. I am trying to find info regarding my mothers suicide when I was a child. I have already met a brick wall with the local...

It appears that my great grandmother Lilian Lenda Beaven committed suicide in 1948 after an unhappy second marriage. A distant family member hinted at this a couple of years ago, but the death certificate confirms it. An inquest was held on 22nd June 1948, presumably in the Sutton/Cheam area....