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Title: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: davieboy on Wednesday 01 July 20 01:01 BST (UK)
Im looking to research some family names and i'm considering taking out a subscription to view newspaper articles.

Can anyone recommend any or point me in the direction of any free ones
Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: mckha489 on Wednesday 01 July 20 01:55 BST (UK)
If you have a library membership you may be able to access

The Gale Historical Newspapers collection includes:

Gale Primary Sources
NewsVault
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection
17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspapers Collection
Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004
The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006
British Library Newspapers
19th Century UK Periodicals
19th Century US Newspapers
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
The Times Digital Archive

There is also 

https://news.google.com/newspapers

For that you really need to know which newspaper you want to look at as as far as I am aware there is no search function.

Otherwise it depends on your sphere of interest.   If totally UK then there is the British Newspapers Archive (you can have three free shots there, so you can get a feel for it before you buy.

Or FindMyPast membership (Maybe the more expensive membership option, can’t remember) includes access to the BNA

Similarly there is newspapers.com which has North American papers
Also Genealogybank. , mainly US.
Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Josephine on Thursday 02 July 20 13:53 BST (UK)
It all depends on what areas you're searching in. There are some free newspaper archives for some US states, for example, and there's https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ for Australian newspapers.

Regards,
Josephine
Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Erato on Thursday 02 July 20 14:11 BST (UK)
Here's a list of online newspaper archives that covers many countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Josephine on Monday 06 July 20 21:22 BST (UK)
I'd just like to say a big thank you to Erato for posting the link to that Wikipedia page. It has a link to a newspaper that I didn't know had been digitized and I've been finding lots of great stuff!

Regards,
Josephine
Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Grangelaner on Friday 10 July 20 20:37 BST (UK)
I use and recommend this site for all sorts of research.

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 10 July 20 21:08 BST (UK)
A belated welcome to RootsChat  :)

Quote from: Grangelaner on Friday 10 July 20 20:37 BST (UK)
I use and recommend this site for all sorts of research.

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

Unfortunately this is a subscription site. I've just taken out a reduced subscription of £25.90 for three months.

KG

Title: Re: Newspaper Archives.
Post by: Grangelaner on Saturday 11 July 20 01:38 BST (UK)
 That's a good compromise and should give you plenty of time to conduct some thorough research.

Good luck.