50 million newspaper pages now digitised at The British Newspaper Archive

Findmypast and their partner, the British Library, have hit a milestone of digitising 50 million pages

Since 2011, Findmypast has worked with the British Library to digitise their enormous newspaper collection, which can be explored online at the British Newspaper Archive and Findmypast.

Families who came or left the UK in recent decades may not feature in other records on Findmypast such as the 1921 Census. Therefore, newspaper articles from the collections’ international titles can be even more pertinent when piecing together a family’s history.

Findmypast and the British Library have committed to digitising a further 19 million pages over the coming years, all available to explore on the British Newspaper Archive, or with a Findmypast Pro subscription.

Dr Aoife O Connor, Head of Project and Programme Management at Findmypast told Family Tree:

‘The British Newspaper Archive is a window into history like no other. Newspapers reveal history as it happened. From newspapers we see the momentous events of the past unfold in real-time and rediscover forgotten history. They bring us the small stories of a village and document world changing moments.’

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