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Offline GeriK64

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Newspaper Collections
« on: Monday 29 July 19 10:42 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone,

I was thinking of subscribing to a newspaper collection, preferably one with British/Irish and American information. Can anyone recommend/help me?

Thanks
Geri  :)

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:09 BST (UK) »
Last year I treated myself to an £80 or thereabouts subscription to the British newspaper archive . I really hammered it for a year , and I'm still wading through all the stuff I downloaded . I wouldn't subscribe every year , but I got my value out of it last year , and it was very useful for searching for the ship movements of a Victorian ancestor as he sailed around the world. There is also an American one but I think that would be very American centric .

Membership of Findmypast gives access to the British newspaper archive, but by going direct it has a slightly better interface. However as a former IT professional, I thought the interface was about 15 years out of date. The search options were very limited compared to what I would have expected.

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:20 BST (UK) »
"There is also an American one but I think that would be very American centric ."

Gosh, that would be weird.  I wonder why an American site would focus on American papers?

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Some American newspapers are available free at:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

And also check out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #3 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:37 BST (UK) »
I too wondered about a subscription to British Newspapers Archive but as Martin pointed out they are available on Find my Past.  However, I don't know whether FindMyPast has the same number of newspapers and years as British Newspaper Archive.  Does anyone know??

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #4 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:46 BST (UK) »
If you are in the UK some libraries have newspaper access.  I can access my local library from home with my library card number.
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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #5 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:47 BST (UK) »
The actual data on FindMyPast and BNA appears to be the same. It's possible that the search routines on FindMyPast may take a bit longer to reach new digitisations, but it won't be by much, as it's all done electronically these days.

The newspaper pages shown on FindMyPast actually have …/bna/.. in the url, so it appears that they are only keeping one copy of the basic data.

I've just checked the "what's new" on BNA, and they mention the same titles as I saw announced last Friday on FindMyPast.
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #6 on: Monday 29 July 19 14:55 BST (UK) »
For new subscribers only FindMyPast's 'Pro' package includes newspapers.   
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/starter-plus-pro-package

Some existing members still have their cheaper old packages which include newspapers but are no longer available to new subscribers  ;D
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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #7 on: Monday 29 July 19 17:06 BST (UK) »
Quote from: andrewalston on Monday 29 July 19 14:47 BST (UK)
The actual data on FindMyPast and BNA appears to be the same.

BNA is owned by FindMyPast, so I think we can be pretty sure the records are the same, which ever way you access them.

British Newspaper Archive > Company Information
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/content/company_information
Anderson Banks Beard Brewer Caves Clarke Clinch Cooling Cuff Denton Gamble Gibson Gunn Hunt Mills Muncey Norris Notzke Reid Robinson Searle Smith Trundle Turner Weedon Wells Wilson

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Re: Newspaper Collections
« Reply #8 on: Monday 29 July 19 17:12 BST (UK) »
Thanks to all who replied re my query of content on British Newspaper Archives & Find my Past.  Will now probably subscribe to FindMyPast
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