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Cool: 4 million-page British newspaper archive online

   November 30, 2011


People will now be able to search the ‘British Newspaper Archive’, which is made up of 4 million pages – containing articles from local and regional papers going back to 1700, for details about members of their family who may have been eminent in their local communities hundreds of years ago. The launch of the archive is the first time people will be able to digitally access and search through millions of newspaper articles from the comfort of their homes. Read more.

I’ve already added it to my Bookmarks.

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