Hi folks, As some of you will know, there is currently free access to The Times Archive, a vast digital collection of The Times newspaper (as long as you register for free). Naturally one tends to think that this can't last long and it might end any day soon. However I was just browsing genealogy magazines in WHSmith and saw a page in a September issue of one of them which was telling readers about this free access. My guess is that if it is given as news in the September issue, then it must be going on for a little while yet. The magazine wouldn't want to lose face if they were wrong and in September or even perhaps October free access stopped. I imagine that the publishers of The Times are hoping to catch lots of us in its free trawl in order to end up with a greater number of subscriptions later. But don't count on my guess, get using it while it is still definitely free! Sally in Yorkshire

You can get free access to the Times Archive if you have a Library card. Just go to your local Library on-line look for the virtual reference Library and sign in with your Library card number. Have fun! Best wishes Julie Sally Haden wrote: > Hi folks, > As some of you will know, there is currently free access to The Times > Archive, a vast digital collection of The Times newspaper (as long as > you register for free). > > Naturally one tends to think that this can't last long and it might > end any day soon. > > However I was just browsing genealogy magazines in WHSmith and saw a > page in a September issue of one of them which was telling readers > about this free access. My guess is that if it is given as news in > the September issue, then it must be going on for a little while > yet. The magazine wouldn't want to lose face if they were wrong and > in September or even perhaps October free access stopped. > > I imagine that the publishers of The Times are hoping to catch lots > of us in its free trawl in order to end up with a greater number of > subscriptions later. > > But don't count on my guess, get using it while it is still > definitely free! > > Sally > > in Yorkshire > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, >> Sally Haden wrote: > Hi folks, > As some of you will know, there is currently free access to The Times > Archive, a vast digital collection of The Times newspaper (as long as > you register for free). > > Naturally one tends to think that this can't last long and it might > end any day soon. > > However I was just browsing genealogy magazines in WHSmith and saw a > page in a September issue of one of them which was telling readers > about this free access. My guess is that if it is given as news in > the September issue, then it must be going on for a little while > yet. The magazine wouldn't want to lose face if they were wrong and > in September or even perhaps October free access stopped. > > I imagine that the publishers of The Times are hoping to catch lots > of us in its free trawl in order to end up with a greater number of > subscriptions later. > > But don't count on my guess, get using it while it is still > definitely free! > > Sally > in Yorkshire > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >