The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: Gale: 28 items BNA: 21 items All between 1821 and 1853. Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found in the BNA and not in Gale. It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, try another. Peter Bennett Fleet, Hants. On 29 November 2011 17:01, J K gen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I'd said that ...<g> > "... usually only available through membership of or attendance at a > library ...." > JK > > On 29 November 2011 16:15, A Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J K gen" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:38 AM > > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Brightsolid Newspapers > > > > > >> One of the advantages of the new resource is that "ordinary" folks can > >> sign up, whereas the Gale resource is usually only available through > >> membership of or attendance at a library or other educational > >> institution. > >> > >> This one means you can be anyone, anywhere in the world and do it from > >> home! > > > > You CAN look at many Gale newspaper resources at home in a quite > significant > > number of instances. Many English county library services (but not all > of > > them) have taken out subscriptions to the Times Digital Archive and/or to > > 19th Century British Library Newspapers, which allow free access upon > typing > > in the barcode (no spaces) from your reader's ticket. Registering for > > membership of county libraries is usually a simple enough process. > > > > Your county library website will normally tell you which online resources > > are available in your area. Welsh residents may also obtain home access > if > > they hold a reader's ticket for the National Library of Wales (although > this > > requires a visit to Aberystwyth in person). > > > > AJ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >