Newspaper articles can provide incredible detail about peoples’ lives, whether you’re looking for your ancestors or researching a particular character from history.Search for a person’s name –>Searching newspaper articles for an ancestor or person from historyEnter the name of the person you’re looking for in the search bar at the top of the homepage. Put a double quote mark on each side of the name and click the ‘search’ button.The quote marks will make your search results more…

This step-by-step guide will show you how to search newspapers from a specific date range (such as World War One) at The British Newspaper Archive.Watch this short video tutorial or follow the steps below:Search the newspapersHow to search newspapers from World War OneThe easiest way to limit your search to a particular date range is to use the advanced search. You can get to this by clicking the ‘advanced search’ button on the homepage. Type the…

This handy step-by-step guide will help you find out which newspapers are available from a particular county at The British Newspaper Archive. Watch this short video or follow the five simple steps below.Search the newspapersSee which of your county’s newspaper archives are onlineFrom the homepage, click on the ‘choose a county’ dropdown menu. Scroll down until you find the county you’re interested in and click on it. You can search all of the historic newspapers from that…

Introduction and backgroundWe love hearing about your discoveries in The British Newspaper Archive.John Bland of the Lincolnshire Family History Society dropped us a line to tell us about his family history research in The British Newspaper Archive. John has been researching the millers and blacksmiths in his family (research that involves learning about major legislation such as the Enclosures and the Corn Laws) and, thanks to The British Newspaper Archive, has just learned that one of his ancestors…

Unfortunately, currently we only have the option to print whole pages. This can be a little frustrating as the original image is scaled down to print in your home printer (usually A4) so will make it quite tricky to read!I have a few tips for you. . .The best way to retrieve a readable copy of a particular article at the moment is to:1.  Rather than selecting ‘Print’, choose to ‘Download’ the newspaper page image from the viewer.2.  Once you…