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Digitised Newspapers: Trove &
Other Major Online Collections
Shauna Hicks
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Australasian Newspapers
Digitised copies
◦ Trove (Australia)
◦ Papers Past (New Zealand)
Remember microfilm copies
- not all online yet!
Ryerson Index
- Contemporary death &
funeral notices over 5,701,344 entries
in 317 newspapers as at 24 Sep 2016
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www.ryersonindex.org/bcmdates.htm
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http://trove.nla.gov.au
Canberra
Times
25 Sep 1992
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Tags make it easy to find
your references again! http://trove.nla.gov.au
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http://trove.nla.gov.au
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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
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Daily Southern Cross
26 Apr 1865
Evening Post
19 Aug 1881
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Daily Southern Cross
9 Mar 1867
UK & Ireland Newspapers
The London Gazette (1665 to present)
www.thegazette.co.uk
◦ Free to register and search
◦ New website now includes Edinburgh Gazette
(1699 but only continuous since 1793 to
present) & Belfast Gazette (from 1921 to
present)
London Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
◦ Palmer’s Index to the London Times 1790-1905
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www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/116
Always read the Help section
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www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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www.irishnewsarchive.com Remember can also be accessed
via NLA’s e-resources!
& More
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www.barossaherald.com.au/news/faces-of-anzacs/
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www.onlinenewspapers.com
NB for any country in the world!
Conclusion
Newspapers help to add context &
interest to family and local histories
Digitised copies make searching easier
But remember it is not all online
Modern newspapers can be used to
advertise for living relatives
Start looking for your news stories now!
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