Newspapers were often printed on inexpensive paper that was never intended to survive for generations. Over time, paper yellows, ink fades, and repeated handling or exposure to light further reduces readability. While the article may still be visible to the human eye, OCR software often struggles with the low contrast, causing names and important details […]
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The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 31 New Titles and 127 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 105 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection, is available for online research of United States historical newspapers, and it regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for last month. Some are new titles, and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 25 in total. Important Note: These links are […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 105 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 25 new titles and added to 108 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 1.23 billion digitized pages from over 31,000 titles. Here is a list of the new titles from the past month. United States California Florida Illinois Louisiana Alexandria Arabi Baton Rouge Lafayette LaPlace Marksville New Orleans Shreveport Massachusetts […]
A woman’s name in the newspaper often depended on the event being reported rather than her legal identity. Social columns, wedding announcements, legal notices, and community news frequently used different naming conventions, making it easy for the same person to appear under multiple names. Researchers who search only one version of a woman’s name may […]
Newspapers often reflected the names people used in everyday life rather than the formal names found in official records. Reporters routinely printed nicknames, pet names, and familiar forms that were widely recognized within a community. As a result, researchers searching only for formal names may completely overlook newspaper references to the very people they seek. […]
A missing letter may seem insignificant, but in newspaper research it can completely derail a search. Printing defects, worn type, uneven inking, and aging newspaper pages often cause individual letters to disappear or become unreadable. When OCR encounters these damaged names, it frequently indexes them incorrectly, making otherwise valuable articles impossible to find through standard […]
Over 1,100 New titles were added by various Free and Subscription databases in the last month. Here are links to all the updates:
535 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid Atlantic States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in June 2026, and represent additions from the past 12 months. There is a total of 8,215 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid Atlantic States. Just […]