Found a phote of my 5x great grandmother which made me subscribe immediately - haven't regretted it - lots of interesting stuff!
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Thread: British Newspaper Archives
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06-12-2011, 6:52 PM #21bswardGuest
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07-12-2011, 12:41 AM #22ThomasinGuest
It's a wonderful site. I have found an account of a violent thunderstorm in 1827 which caused the Black Bull Inn at Middleton, kept by my children's 4 x great grandfather, Joseph Lees, to be struck by lightning. No-one was hurt, but the lightning split the chimney, made a hole in the roof 'and entered the bed-chamber of Mr and Mrs Lees, tearing away the bed curtains, breaking the windows and rolling up the blind in a very curious manner.' The clock at the top of the stairs was shattered, silver spoons were melted, crockery was broken 'and tinged with a brimstone hue.' A fireplace was knocked down and a window torn out - and the gilt lettering on the inn sign was obliterated. It surprised poor Miss Lees, who was in the kitchen preparing dinner, 'wheeling her completely round.'
Where else could you find such detail about something that happened 184 years ago?
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07-12-2011, 9:44 AM #23pok4rGuest
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07-12-2011, 10:27 AM #24
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pok4r,
The site referred to in this thread is
https://www.
britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
(You need to paste the two halves 'together', as because it's a commercial site we are not allowed to post the URL as 'clickable'.)
It's free to search, but then you have pay to see the complete entry. Click 'subscribe' in the top righthand corner of the page for details of cost.
Those newspapers are regional ones.
The Times Digital Archive is often available for free through your local library, and you can usually access it from home if you have a library card.
Pam
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09-12-2011, 2:02 PM #25GillmarGuest
Well, after reading all your posts, I decided to search "free of charge". At first I had no luck with my English ancestors but then decided to check on my German ancestors, and the German immigrants (mostly pork butchers) who are living in the North / North West of England.
Here, I obtained numerous "signposts" due to their uncommon names.
I searched for the above without clicking on a decade or location and found this to be more successful. I also just gave the surname as often the results would refer to a Mr. .....
I did however find the death of a certain Harry Whitlow who drowned whilst bathing in a pit near Winnington school in Northwich.
I am still learning how to "word" the searches to obtain the result I require.
I found a Christian Jaag of Liverpool (a family I am researching) who was jailed for one month for keeping a homing pigeon. The year was 1915!!! There was no mention of what Christian Jaag was intending to do with the bird which was ordered to be destroyed by the magistrate!!Last edited by Gillmar; 09-12-2011 at 2:02 PM. Reason: spelling
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09-12-2011, 7:07 PM #26
He could have been a foreign spy!!!! or perhaps he was a receiver of spying info and he would send out the pigeons in boxes on the railway - they used to be sent like that, in fact they could well still be sent like that - and then his agents would write their coded messages and put them in a little tube on the bird's leg and let them fly home.
On the other hand he could have been a pigeon fancier and didn't want to get rid of his favourite bird.
~must learn to curb my imagination~Sadly, our dear friend Ann (alias Ladkyis) passed away on Thursday, 26th. December, 2019.
Footprints on the sands of time
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10-12-2011, 5:04 PM #27GillmarGuest
~must learn to curb my imagination~
Please don't do that - imagination is more important than knowledge (and far times more spicy!!)
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20-12-2011, 2:11 PM #28
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I decided to look for a newspaper report on the trial of one of my ancestors, only to discover that there are no issues of the newspaper in question (the Birmingham Gazette) for that year in the Archive. And that, in fact, there are more than one year missing. Does that mean that the issues no longer exist? Or will be issues be scanned and put online sometime in the future.
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20-12-2011, 3:14 PM #29
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The digitisation is ongoing, and will be for a long time to come.
From the FAQs ...
Unfortunately, we're not able to tell you exactly when specific newspapers will be added but we will be constantly adding new records so if the one you are searching for is not available at the moment, please do keep checking back as we are adding 8000 new pages every day.
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20-12-2011, 3:21 PM #30CoromandelGuest
To see if the edition in question survives at the British Library, check their catalogue at
https://
catalogue.bl.uk
Choose the fourth option ('Search the Newspaper Catalogue subset'). For the Birmingham Gazette it appears that there are only a handful of surviving issues from before 1800. Later the coverage looks better. A few are marked 'unfit for use'. Though that means they won't be produced for readers, I don't know if it will also prevent them being digitised: I suppose it depends quite what state they're in.
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