On 21 Jul 2010 at 13:24, Mike in Droitwich wrote: > I have been in touch with Worcestershire County Council Library > service about getting this as part of their online service but after > investigation they say they can't afford the fee Gale want as there is > very little demand for it (I been the only person to ask). So it will > not be available to local people. > > Mike in Droitwich > > Roger Jones wrote: > > The British Library's 19th Century Newspapers project (2nd release) > > has added Berrow's Worcester Journal (1822-1896) to its collection. > > This is a subscription website at http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ > > unless your local library has it. I have a Birmingham Library card > > and I can access the site free from home (as well as much more good > > stuff). Just this week I've found full reports of 2 bankruptcy > > hearings involving my ancestors and the report of an 1852 court case > > involving larceny and assault resulting in imprisonment of one of my > > wife's ancestors. > > There is a simple solution to your problem, Mike, which is to join the county library service of a large and more populous county that can afford it. I joined Lancashire County Libraries some time last year as a virtual member, even though I do not live in Lancashire - for a Yorkshireman, perish the thought!!! - and access the 19th Century Newspapers website with no problems. I have just checked and Berrow's Worcester Journal is indeed there. You find the website for Lancashire County Libraries and sign up. You have to nominate yourself as a member of a particular library (I chose Burnley) but then they send you a membership card with a number that you use to sign in to the newspaper site. Good luck! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE