Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently their collection numbers over 77.1 million pages. It is growing rapidly.
This month, Find My Past added 15 new titles and added to 71 existing titles. They are listed below:
New Titles
- Bedworth Times, 1875-1876
- Coventry Graphic, 1912-1921
- Daventry and District Weekly Express covering 1986-1988, 1990-1991, 1993, 2001-2002
- Deeside Piper covering 1986 and 1988-1994
- Foleshill & Bedworth Express, 1874-1876
- Gainsborough Evening News, 1954-1983, 1987, 1992-1994, 1996
- Glenrothes Gazette, 1986-1993
- Hucknall Dispatch, 1979-1983, 1985-1986, 1988-1996, 1998
- Kirriemuir Herald, 1971-1974, 1977-1979
- Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser covering 1896, 1899-1911, 1913-1929
- Matlock Mercury, 1986-1988, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
- Midhurst and Petworth Observer covering 1889, 1893 and 1952
- Piercy’s Coventry Gazette, 1778
- Pontefract & Castleford Express covering 1889, 1901 and 1911
- Sleaford Standard covering 1961-1963, 1988, 1992-1996 and 1998
Updated Titles
- Alnwick Mercury 1965-1968, 1993-1997
- Arbroath Herald, 1964-1973
- Arbroath Herald, 1974-1980, 1986
- Ballymena Observer, 1994
- Banbury Guardian 1961-1963, 1978, 1980-1981
- Belfast News-Letter 1985
- Belper News, 1986-1987, 1989, 1993-1994, 1996
- Blyth News Post Leader, 1989-1990, 1993-1996, 1998-1999
- Brighouse Echo 1986
- Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser, 1985-1986
- Coventry Graphic from 1911
- Coventry Standard, 1747-1748, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759-1794, 1798-1811, 1814-1831
- Cumbernauld News 1992
- Deeside Piper, 1986
- Derbyshire Times, 1986
- Driffield Times, 1986
- Eastbourne Gazette, 1988
- Edinburgh Evening News 1947-1950
- Edinburgh Evening News, 1995
- Falkirk Herald 1863
- Fife Free Press, & Kirkcaldy Guardian 1974-1978, 1993
- Fife Free Press, & Kirkcaldy Guardian, 1958-1963, 1966-1970, 1983-1986
- Fife Herald, 1986-1987
- Fleetwood Weekly News 1992-1993, 1995-1997
- Fleetwood Weekly News from 1998
- Forfar Dispatch from 1959-1984
- Fraserburgh Herald and Northern Counties’ Advertiser, 1993-1994
- Gainsborough Evening News from 1960
- Halifax Evening Courier, 1962-1965
- Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1982, 1985-1987
- Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser 1982
- Leamington Spa Courier 1985-1986
- Leamington Spa Courier, 1984, 1987
- Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1986
- Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 1987, 1995-1998
- Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998
- Market Rasen Weekly Mail from 1986 and 1995
- Melton Mowbray Times and Vale of Belvoir Gazette 1887-1889, 1943-1960, 1994, 1996-1998
- Melton Mowbray Times and Vale of Belvoir Gazette, 1890-1893, 1999
- Mid Sussex Times from 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989
- Montrose Review , 1960-1964, 1967-1977
- Montrose Review from 1818, 1839, 1844-1845 and 1978-1985
- Morecambe Visitor 1988, 1990-1991, 2001
- Morpeth Herald 1928-1934, 1955-1964, 1996-1997
- Morpeth Herald from 1965-1970
- Morpeth Herald, 1998-1999
- Motherwell Times, 1983
- Northampton Chronicle and Echo 1992-1993
- Northampton Herald, 1854
- Northampton Mercury 1989-1990, 1992-1994
- Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 1955-1956, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 1993-1995, 1997-1998, 2001
- Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald 2001
- Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News 1992-1995, 1997-1998
- Ripon Gazette 1877, 1879, 1889, 1987, 1992-1995, 2001
- Ripon Gazette from 1990-1991 and 2002
- Rugby Advertiser, 1855, 1960-1968, 1984
- Scarborough Evening News from 1993-1994, 1998 and 2000
- Sheffield Independent, 1911
- Shetland Times 1986
- Shetland Times, 1912-1931, 1933-1947, 1951-1979
- Shields Daily Gazette 1988
- Sleaford Standard, 1963-1983, 1986-1987
- South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times 1983
- St. Andrews Citizen, 1872-1874, 1969-1984, 1986-1988
- Star Green ‘un, 1946-1948, 1959-1961
- Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser, 1967-1971, 1975-1985, 1988
- Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1988-1989
- Toronto Daily Mail, 1881
- West Sussex County Times, 1983, 1986-1987
- Wolverhampton Express and Star 1966-1968
- Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1962, 1972-1975, 1977-1978
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