British Newspaper Archive makes 1 million pages available for free

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) has just made available a million pages of content on its site for free. From its announcement:

Following the extension of our successful partnership with the British Library, we are delighted to announce that millions of pages will be made free to view on the British Newspaper Archive, with one million of these free to view pages made available today.

The British Library and the British Newspaper Archive are committed to making historical resources available to more and more people, and the introduction of free to view pages marks a significant milestone in this commitment.

Now, with one million pages made free to view today, consisting of 150 titles and spanning the years 1720-1880 more and more people will be able to search the unparalleled resource which is offered by the British Newspaper Archive, in partnership with the British Library.

Over the next three years, we will see a total of 3.7 million free to view pages being added to The Archive, with the aim of shedding light on the diverse content held by the British Library.

You can read the full story at https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/08/09/introducing-free-to-view-pages-on-the-british-newspaper-archive/.

COMMENT: From a quick look I can see only a few Scottish titles included - the Caledonian Mercury (1720-1867), the Glasgow Chronicle (1844-1857) and the Glasgow Courier (1802, 1844-1866), and I don't think there are any Irish titles there; hopefully this can be addressed with further releases. Nevertheless, there are a substantial number of other titles there from England, and some from overseas, which may prove to be of assistance to your research.

Chris

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