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From: Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net
To: IAJGS Leadership Forum <leadership@iajgs.org>
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:16:44 -0700
Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] Findmypast, British Library and British Newspaper Archives Provide One Million Pages from Historical Newspapers for Free
Findmypast with the British Library and British Newspaper Archive are making one million pages from historical newspapers online to search and view with free access. They promise 2.7 million additional free pages more to come—over the next four years .
Their ever-growing digital catalogue covers every corner of the British Isles as well as a number of former British territories including Canada, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Barbados and Jamaica.
Currently, there are 158 free newspapers online offer dating from 1720 to 1880. To search the newspapers see:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers
To read more about the free access to selected newspapers see: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/free-newspapers
I have no affiliation with Findmypast, British Newspapers or British Library and am posting this solely for the information of the reader.
Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
