Reference websites
Some useful reference websites with digital databases. Some are free to search and others might require a subscription or may be available to access remotely for free via your library membership...
Gazettes Online - The London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette. Freely available access.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk
British Newspapers - some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/
The Times Archive - some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - again, some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/index.html
Historical Directories - digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Freely available access.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org
Google News Archive - freely available access.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Google Books - a search can sometimes bring up details of an ancestor. Freely available access to some books.
http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp
Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 - freely available access.
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - freely available access.
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
The National Library of Wales - remote access for people living in Wales only.
http://psr.llgc.org.uk/psr/psr/register/en/personal
Gazettes Online - The London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette. Freely available access.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk
British Newspapers - some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/
The Times Archive - some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - again, some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/index.html
Historical Directories - digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Freely available access.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org
Google News Archive - freely available access.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Google Books - a search can sometimes bring up details of an ancestor. Freely available access to some books.
http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp
Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 - freely available access.
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - freely available access.
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
The National Library of Wales - remote access for people living in Wales only.
http://psr.llgc.org.uk/psr/psr/register/en/personal
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