The Grantham Journal is now available on The British Newspaper Archive. Currently we have issues from 1904 available to view. More coming soon! Watch this space . . . http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1904-01-01/1904-12-31?newspapertitle=grantham%20journal&frontpage=false What else is new? Check out our new ‘Newspaper Titles’ page to see which new issues have been added in the past 30 days: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles
With the Queen visiting the Chelsea Flower Show today, we thought we’d read some stories in the newspaper archive about previous royal visits to the show. This amusing story about Queen Mary’s ‘walking the plank’ visit in 1939 appealed to us. But we can’t help thinking that somebody in the royal party really ought to [...]
News just in! We’ve just added the ‘Portsmouth Evening News’ for 1903 to the Archive. The addition of all the issues in 1903 means you can now view digital copies of this newspaper from 1 January 1878 to 31 December 1903. You can see what other titles have recently been added to the website by [...]
Readers in Australia might be interested to know that Audrey Collins of National Archives UK is doing a lecture tour of the Eastern States of Australia in June/July. A leading expert in genealogy, Ms Collins will be attending events in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Listed below are the venues, dates and times. – Brisbane [...]
The annual South Ayrshire History and Family History Fair takes place at the Walker Halls in Troon on Saturday 2 June 2012, from 9am to 4.30pm. In addition to the being able to get some free tips and advice from genealogy experts at the fair, there are four, very interesting talks taking place. Admission to [...]
The 217-day siege at Mafeking finally ended on 17 May 1900, British forces led by Colonel Mahon fought their way through to the town. When news of the relief reached the UK, there was a massive outpouring of joy (some writers say there was an outbreak of mass hysteria) on the streets. Indeed, the word [...]
The Scanning Team at Colindale Library has also been busy with their spring dusters. But their cleaning duties are a little bit out of the ordinary compared to the rest of us. So to give us all an idea of what their spring cleaning involves, they’ve gone all Woody Allen and have posted a terrific, [...]
You continue to share some wonderful ancestral and historical stories with us via Twitter and Facebook. With the Olympics coming up, we’re especially interested in stories about the Games. Indeed, we’re lobbying to have ancestral storytelling accepted as an event for the 2016 Games. So if you have any interesting stories about your ancestors at [...]
Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, London, on 7 May 1812. We didn’t actually know that much about Browning till recently, but we think that anyone who acted as the muse for a poem like ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ must have something going for them. Besides, we have a soft spot for eloping poets. [...]
Catherine Clarke of New Zealand became hooked on genealogy when, following the death of her grandmother, she discovered a book of old newspaper clippings and some old photos. Her curiosity aroused, she’s since discovered that her ancestry includes such luminaries as Charles II and Nell Gwyn (which we’re fair impressed by!), not to mention an [...]
