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Tag Archives: Newspapers.com
The three Brampton, Ontario papers I forgot to include in ‘Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia’
When I wrote about the more than four dozen newly added Canadian newspapers on Newspapers.com in the blog post, Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, I forgot to include three additional ones from Brampton, Ontario. … Continue reading
Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia
The folks at Newspapers.com have been busy lately uploading digitized images of newspapers from Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia for their subscribers. If your people lived in Welland, Ontario, you’ll be especially excited. The newspapers in Welland now cover … Continue reading
More Ontario newspapers, published this century, have been added to Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com continues to add more Ontario newspapers to its online collection. This week, they’ve added eight (or nine) titles, all from southern Ontario and published within the last 14 years. (A review of several pages in The News Advertiser for … Continue reading
173 years of Globe and Mail searchable on Newspapers.com
Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper, 1844-2017, is now searchable on Newspapers.com. During the past couple of weeks, the ability to search all of the issues of this publication has improved immensely. For example, at first, a search of “war” produced … Continue reading
BC’s Burnaby Post available on Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com this week added Westminster, British Columbia’s Burnaby Post, from 1934 to 1937. Since these issues are still under copyright, a Publisher Extra subscription on Newspapers.com is required to search this publication. At BC Archives and the Burnaby Public Library, … Continue reading
More Ontario papers available on Newspapers.com
Eight more Ontario newspaper titles have been added to Newspapers.com. They were published from 2011 or 2012 to 2023. You will need a Publisher Extra subscription, not the Basic, to search them. Gravenhurst Banner2011-2023 Huntsville Forester2011-2023 Bracebridge Examiner2011-2023 Stoney Creek … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 21, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsRevisit – Library and Archives Canada RG 8, C Series How-To by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Federal Indian Day Schools: Education under the Indian Act—what did this mean for … Continue reading
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Newspapers.com’s Ontario collection continues to grow
If your ancestors lived in Ontario’s Niagara Region in the 19th century and early 20th century, you may want to take a look at Newspaper.com’s latest additions. More than 50 newspaper titles, primarily from this area, were added yesterday. There … Continue reading
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17 more Ontario papers available on Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com yesterday added 17 Ontario newspapers to its online collection, with the Niagara region being the big winner. Here are the latest additions: The Evening JournalSt. Catharines1919 – 1920 The TimesSt. Catharines1869 – 1875 Evening JournalSt. Catharines1871 – 1873 The … Continue reading
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Seven more Ontario papers on Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com yesterday added another seven southern Ontario newspapers to its online collection. With the exception of one newspaper, the oldest issues of these papers were published in 2011. The Mississauga News Weekend 1986 The Georgina Advocate2012-2023 The Independent & Free … Continue reading
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