I thought the list might be interested in this. Callie > From: Elva A Grover > Date: 04/07/05 18:42:41 > To: LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LDS-WC-L] Free newspaper research > > The Gale Group (http://www.galegroup.com/) will be celebrating > National Library Week next week, and will make a number of their > databases free to use for April 10 to the 16th. > > One of the databases is the Times Digital Archive, which is the > English newspaper. It is available from the late 1700's to the early > 1900's if I remember right. Last time they had free access, I was able > to use the index to names and find my family from the 1830's. They > were at Manchester, so the paper covered a large area, including > London. > > Unfortunately, I dispelled a great story in the family tree, as the > famous person turned out not to be a part of my family. Oh well, > better to be accurate... > > Ellie