Explore this collection of newspapers to unearth interesting or undiscovered stories about your ancestors’. Discover how the events were originally reported and reveal fascinating details about the world in which your ancestors lived.
Each record includes a transcript and original image of the newspaper page. The amount of information will vary, you may be able to find a combination of the following:
Name
Location
Periodical
Publication date
Publication place
Page number
Other names
We have the following periodicals available in this collection:
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
Belfast Telegraph
Birmingham Daily Post
Burnley Express
Cheltenham Looker-On
Cork Examiner
Derby Daily Telegraph
Dundee Courier
Dundee Evening Telegraph
Edinburgh Evening News
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams
Glasgow Evening Citizen
Gloucester Citizen
Gloucestershire Echo
Hull Daily Mail
Leeds Mercury
Leeds Times
Lincolnshire Chronicle
Liverpool Echo
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
Manchester Evening News
Newcastle Journal
Northampton Mercury
Nottingham Evening Post
Portsmouth Evening News
Reading Mercury
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Staffordshire Sentinel
Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
Tamworth Herald
Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser
Western Daily Press
Western Morning News
Western Times
Yorkshire Gazette
When you are searching for your ancestor, start your search broadly with only your ancestor’s name. Many articles report only the first initial and surname.
Use the wild card search when searching, it is possible your ancestor’s name may have been spelled incorrectly when the article was originally reported.