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Tag Archives: British Newspaper Archive
This week’s crème de la crème — September 28, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Free to View on the British Newspaper Archive and FamilySearch Labs Experimental Search Watch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 10 Details Not to Miss on Italian Vital Records by DiAnn … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Franco-Americans, Indigenous, Italy, military, Netherlands, occupations, South Africa
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFamilySearch Catalog Update and Ontario Foul Ups by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. ScotlandsPeople annual records update and Scottish and Irish directories included in new TheGenealogist release by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, Internet Archive, newspapers, Northern Ireland, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, social history, TheGenealogist, transcribing
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Another one million newspaper pages made free by British Newspaper Archive and British Library
The British Newspaper Archive, in partnership with the British Library, has made a further one million historical newspaper pages available completely free to the public, reaching a new total of two million free pages. Together, the British Newspaper Archive and … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, British Newspaper Archive, England, Findmypast, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
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How to access free collections on Ancestry, Findmypast, and British Newspaper Archive
On his blog, The Ancestor Hunt, Kenneth R. Marks is constantly publishing lists of where to find free records. The expression, whirling dervish, comes to mind, and that’s a good thing for us. He recently compiled and published lengthy lists … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive, Findmypast, free access, The Ancestor Hunt
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1851 Canada Census, Acadian, Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive, Carribean, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Franco-Americans, Holocaust, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, Maine, newspapers, Ontario, PERSI, probate, Scotland, theses, thesis, writing
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Over one million historical newspaper pages on Findmypast — for FREE
Following the renewal of a long-term partnership, Findmypast and the British Library have pledged to make millions of historical newspaper pages free to view online. Right now, more than one million pages are free to search and explore on both … Continue reading
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Tagged British Newspaper Archive, England, Findmypast, Scotland, Wales
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British Newspaper Archive reaches another milestone, and that’s good news for Findmypast subscribers too
The British Newspaper Archive yesterday announced it had reached 43 million pages in its online collection. Helping to reach this milestone are two newly added titles, the Staffordshire Newsletter and the Darlington and Richmond Herald. Subscribers to Findmypast’s ultimate British … Continue reading
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British Library and Findmypast announce renewal of long-term partnership
Findmypast and the British Library yesterday announced an extension of their long-term partnership, the British Newspaper Archive. Originally launched in 2011, the ten-year project has delivered the most significant mass digitisation of newspapers the UK has ever seen. The British Newspaper Archive and Findmypast, now … Continue reading
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British Newspaper Archive’s family notices, 1800-1900, on FamilySearch
FamilySearch has added what appears to be a new collection, British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices. The free collection comes from the British Newspaper Archive, and it is a collaborative project with Findmypast.com. This collection contains almost six million family notices found … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — November 29, 2014
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Researching an Ancestor in the Carignan Regiment by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Canadian Expeditionary Force Online Research Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Canadian Veteran Death … Continue reading
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