Julie, I'm sure you are correct in what you say - but the link does in fact work, and without being required to register I have just read several pages of the Hampshire Telegraph from 1844. I did the same thing last year when the offer was on - and the year before that. Graham -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Julie Cheesman Sent: 15 March 2008 07:49 To: sfhg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial Beware, you should NOT be using this link. This link has been discussed on the listowners list. The conclusion are that it has been circulated by some sort of hacker and is of no use to individual people. Two quotes from recent messages are: "The Cengage page invites would be users to register - but if the registration page is accessed it is plain that invitations are being accepted from educational institutions, museums and other public bodies only. There is no provision for the general public to have access." "RootsWeb has been requested to remove & block the URL, & Cengage has been informed of the breach. The main access in the UK is through use of an Athens password by belonging to an academic institiution. Whereas county libraries have bought subscriptions to The Digital Times archives, I'm not aware of any who offer the BL newspapers from this initiative." Julie, SFHG mailing list administrator ----- Original Message ----- To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial > The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was > sent > to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might > be > useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. > LINK REMOVED > > This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching > available, > as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search > option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or > Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. > > Regards > June (Tuzewski) > Member No: 11917 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 14/03/2008 12:33 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 14/03/2008 12:33