Category Archives: Newspapers

140 years of Fredericton, New Brunswick’s Daily Gleaner on Newspapers.com

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Gail Dever

If you have relatives who lived in New Brunswick between 1884 and 2024, you may want to consider exploring Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner on Newspapers.com. There are almost one million searchable pages for paper alone. A friend told me the publication … Continue reading →

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Quebec publication Le Devoir now available to search on Newspapers.com

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Gail Dever

Good news for those who want to expand their newspaper research in Quebec. Newspapers.com has added the Quebec newspaper, Le Devoir, to the newspapers in its Canadian collection, which now includes 483 publications. Issues of Le Devoir are available to … Continue reading →

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Five more Ontario publications added to Newspapers.com

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Gail Dever

Five Ontario newspapers were recently added to the Canadian collection on Newspapers.com. Four of them are weeklies that were distributed in the Toronto area. The paper from Guelph is a daily. Guelph Evening Mercury (Guelph), 1916/Guelph Mercury (Guelph), 2001-2016Scarborough Mirror … Continue reading →

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Newspapers.com adds more than 60 newspapers from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Gail Dever

This month, Newspapers.com has added more than 350 newspapers, including more than 50 from British Columbia, six from Alberta and two from Ontario. The majority of the new additions are for 25 American states, along with a number of Black … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia museum to launch local newspaper database

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Antigonish Heritage Museum in Nova Scotia will officially launch a free newspaper database at 2:00 p.m. Atlantic time on Heritage Day, February 19. In a release, museum curator and St. Francis Xavier University instructor Dr. Barry Mackenzie says historical … Continue reading →

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Guide to online Toronto historical newspapers updated

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Gail Dever

Researcher, writer and historical consultant Jamie Bradburn has updated his Guide to Online Toronto Historical Newspaper Resources that also features some suburban additions. At the end of the guide, Mr. Bradburn lists the newspapers that are not yet available online, … Continue reading →

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More Ontario newspapers added to Newspapers.com

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Gail Dever

Ancestry has added 13 Ontario newspapers to Newspapers.com. They were published in Bradford, Mississauga, Newmarket, and Stroud. With the exception of the Bradford Witness that covers more then 100 years and the South Simcoe News that covers 37 years, the … Continue reading →

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New Ontario publication on Newspapers.com

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Gail Dever

Ancestry yesterday added The Daily Record of Niagara Falls, Ontario, from December 1908-August 1917, to its collection of 391 Canadian newspapers on Newspapers.com About six to eight pages were published daily in The Daily Record during the period of issues … Continue reading →

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Toronto Star added to Newspapers.com

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Gail Dever

Be still, my heart!! Newspapers.com has added the Toronto Star, 1900-2020, to its collection. This newspaper was established in 1892 as the Evening Star and was later renamed the Toronto Daily Star in 1900. It’s so tempting to cancel my Thanksgiving plans to search … Continue reading →

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Toronto Star Weekly now available to search on Newspapers.com

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Gail Dever

Newspapers.com yesterday added the Toronto Star Weekly, 1910-1973, to its Canadian collection that now holds 375 publications. The Star Weekly magazine was a weekend publication. According to Wikipedia, the magazine was read widely in rural Canada where delivery of daily newspapers was infrequent. … Continue reading →

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