Forum: Newspapers and Magazines

I'm looking for the obituary of Stephenson Boyd (sometimes Stean, Stephen or Stinson) which was apparently reported in the local paper 1873. He was originally from Antrim, Ireland, but died in Stoneymeadow, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland. I've been told that near their home was Hamilton Road,...

Would anybody be able to look up a local paper for August 1885. Looking for marriage details John ENGLAND to Anne Elizabeth BLYTH. Any information much appreciated. Brian E

I have just received a death certificate for a great aunt that no-one knew anything about until I started researching my family history. Her name was Lilian Allen Burchnell and her cause of death, at age 10, was violent suffocation by drowning accidental. There was an inquest and a certificate...

On the Bedfordshire library site, I found this article in the "Daily News" Monday, December 23, 1918. "The famous daylight raid of Saturday, July 17, 1917, saw 68 explosive bombs dropped on Central London, but several failed to explode. Enormous damage was caused in the City, particularly...

I would like to look up a traffic accident in which my late Dad's brother was killed in the Whitechapel area of Liverpool sometime during the 1950/60's but have no idea where to start looking. Can anybody steer me in the right direction please. I contacted the Liverpool Echo but they said I'd...

I am looking for any report about ANNIE MARIA PENNY who died in an accident in FOLKESTONE in March 1934 when a piece of concrete fell on her head.

I'm interested in looking for family announcements in the newspaper in the London area in primarily the 1920's. I'm not local and can't get to a London library and I'm not even certain what newspaper I should be looking in! Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Alison

I'm attempting to find archive of the Daily Mirror c1936. The newspaper (remembered as being printed in the summer) carried an article about my relative and his second family in Derbyshire which was a huge and very unpleasant surprise to his wife and three children at home in Oxfordshire. Any...

Does anyone know if there is an online archive for the old News of the World Newspaper Are there any public library portals available in the UK for accesssing old UK national newspaper archives (Manchester?) Regards

Please can someone look up the Marriages of Herbert Croaker Sperling Woodward to Mabel Cuthbert 1912. Thank you Ann E

I would love to track down the article reporting my Aunt's birth, who was born 25 August 1932 in Harwich Essex. She was premature (around 25 weeks I believe) and was less than 1 pound. Her name was Sheila Gough and her parents were Stanley and Kathleen Gough. I'm in New Zealand so can't make a...

Anyone know which newspapers were being printed in Manchester at the end of the 1800's???

Can anybody help or advise me???|help| I believe there was an advert placed in the Liverpool Echo by an unknown firm of solicitors, looking for any relatives of CHARLES TAYLOR. It seems that this gentleman had recently died somewhere in America and the solicitor was looking for Charles Ernest...

I was checking a list of BMDs for one branch of the family, so thought I'd check the local paper for any announcements. And I found that (presumably because it's the same newspaper group) that ...

Hello folks, I am hoping to find a newspaper account of the trial of my ancestor, which took place at Wells on 30 Dec 1833. Having had a good hunt round for Somerset newspapers, the most likely paper available at the time seems to be the Bridgewater and Somerset Advertiser. Paul Mansfield's...

Does anybody know what the main newspapers were for the Islington/Holloway area in 1915? I am trying to track down a bit more detail about my grandfathers first marriage, which only lasted 8 months when his wife died (she seems to have been local to the area). I have the marriage cert and her...

I am new to this forum and I am seeking anyone who has access to archives of The Times Newsapaper, with a view to obtaining a copy. I have been given the reference from Palmers Index for the article which is from 25 Oct 1873 page 11 col. e and reads 'Police Haviland, Mary Elizabeth, for cutting...

I am new to this forum and I am seeking anyone who has acces to archives of The Times Newsapaper. I have been given the reference from Palmers Index for the article which is from 25 Oct 1873 page 11 col. e and reads 'Police Haviland, Mary Elizabeth, for cutting and wounding' I am intrigued what...

As part of Nattional Library Week we can access the Times Digital Archive for FREE http://trials.galegroup.com/nlw2006/history.html and all the other databases that are available. We only have the whole of April to do this so make sure you bookmark it and then get searching. Ann

A lady called Janelle Perry very kindly transcribed extracts from the Beccles and Bungay News which she sent to the Suffolk Rootsweb mailing list, and then set to work on the Norfolk Chronicle and sent extracts to the Norfolk Rootsweb mailing list. The extracts, as well as listing lots of local...