Over 2.9 million articles have been our British Newspaper Collection over the past month. That includes the addition of 13 brand new titles and updates to a further 17.
The updates to existing titles in the collection include generous supplements for Coventry Evening Telegraph (126,975 new articles), Monmouthshire Merlin (180,701 new articles) and Rochdale Observer(163,633 new articles).
Fascinating new newspapers from all round England, Scotland and Wales have joined the line-up including Kirkintilloch Gazette covering 1898-1938, The Cornish Telegraph covering 1887-1888 and Aberdare Times from 1889
The updates to existing titles in the collection include generous supplements for Coventry Evening Telegraph (126,975 new articles),Monmouthshire Merlin (180,701 new articles) and Rochdale Observer(163,633 new articles).
Below are the 13 new titles that have joined the British Newspaper Collection and the years they cover as of 10 June 2016:
Aberdare Times – 1889
Banbury Beacon – 1888
County Express; Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and Dudley News – 1867 – 1870, 1874 – 1885
Kirkintilloch Gazette – 1898 – 1938
Ludlow Advertiser – 1862, 1890 – 1892, 1894 – 1895, 1898 – 1909
Mid Sussex Times – 1881 – 1888, 1890 – 1913, 1919 – 1945
Nuneaton Advertiser – 1868 – 1888, 1890
Ossett Observer – 1876, 1879
South Bucks Standard – 1890 – 1895, 1897, 1899 – 1906, 1908
Suffolk and Essex Free Press – 1855 – 1869, 1885 – 1886, 1889 – 1895, 1897 – 1900
The Cornish Telegraph – 1887 – 1888
The Salisbury Times, Etc. – 1875 – 1895, 1898 – 1909
Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Weekly Telegraph – 1883, 1889, 1896
Use Findmypast’s British newspapers to discover what life was like hundreds of years ago in your relative’s locality or whether or not they made headlines themselves in their local papers. Remember to check back regularly as we add new pages all the time.
