We just wanted to give a quick update on the addition of British newspapers to findmypast.com. Our teams are working diligently to ensure the newspaper collections are successfully integrated within findmypast.com according to our high standards of quality records and images. These standards are especially important when it comes to centuries of completely searchable newspapers from England, Scotland and Wales. The collection will be available soon and we will keep you posted with updates. You can look forward to:
· More than 200 newspaper titles for the period 1710-1950 with more added over time.
· Easy searching capabilities of the collection by keyword, surname, subject or location in a matter of seconds.
· Nearly 8,000 new pages added every day. The British library and brightsolid are digitizing nearly 40 million pages over the next 10 years.
· Added depth and color for your family tree. In seconds, the newspapers can provide a vivid window into the past: From a man who decided one day to walk round the world in an iron mask, to bullet-stopping corsets and the art of wide-sleeved shoplifting – this is a digital Aladdin’s Cave. The British have always had a voracious appetite for newspapers – never more so than in the 19th century, when almost every town in the country had its own newspaper, capturing every aspect of people’s lives.
Happy searching,
The findmypast.com team
What about all the other UK records missing from the .com World subscriptions? Thanks.
How does one find out what those are? I’m not subscribed to the UK site, “just” the World site. Funny, no “major” London newspapers and none after 1900.
You can still search the uk site even if you are not a subscriber so you can see what they have even if you can’t access the records
What will happen to people who already subscribe to FindMyPast and have also taken out a separate subscription to the British Newspaper Archive
Our customer service is more than happy to answer questions regarding your account. Findmypast.com account inquiries can be emailed to support@findmypast.com. British Newspaper Archive customer service can be contacted at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/contact.
Can you give a bit more precision beyond “will be available soon” as to when the British newspapers will be accessible? By Dec 31, 2012? July, 2013? Will the papers be made available in blocks or all at the same time? Very interesting project. Look forward to your feedback.
Getting the British newspapers on findmypast.com is at the top of our priorities and we are focusing on making sure that this great collection comes with a search that does it justice. We will announce as soon as it is available. To be the first to know, keep an eye on this blog, our Twitter and Facebook page. The digitization of the newspapers from the British Library is a 10 year project. Once it is on the site, thousands of pages from the archive will be made added daily.
I suppose it would have been helpful if, like Ancestry, one Find My Past username and password could be used across all Find My Past sites, then we wouldn’t have to wait for the newspapers to be added to the .com site, but merely could log onto the .co.uk one and use view them there.
I concur completely, this is so annoying, it’s been on the UK site for ages, I still can’t see it at the .com site Jan 20th 2013. The Ancestry model is so simple, it also gets rid of the problem mentioned above “What about all the other UK records missing from the .com World subscriptions?” I was just getting to like the new findmypast after what seemed like their original fleece the customer attitude (pay per view + 1911 census monopoly), I hope we are not returning to that.
Hi Maddy,Thanks for your message. It’s great to do these mitlesone birthday newspapers especially for a 100th Birthday Wow! I’ve checked the date and can confirm that back in 1911 the 1st Nov was a Wednesday and we have a full and complete original edition of the Times Newspaper full of the news and events that happened on your Uncle’s Birthday it will make a wonderful gift. You can order online at or give me a ring on 01872 261220 9am-9pm 7 days a week to recieve an exclusive dicount code and FREE Gold printing if you upgrade into the Deluxe Leather Folder Pack. Hope to speak soon. Kind regards Ian Willsher Papers Past Sales Manager
I think you’ve replied to the wrong comment! Presume you have the UK subscription if you can view these!!
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