A whole slew of digitized and searchable 19th-century British newspapers, 78 to be precise, which previously required a paid subscription, became available without charge through Findmypast in the New Year. Several major papers with over a 50-year run, including Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper and Reynold’s Newspaper, are included.
Here’s the complete list.
| TITLE | YEARS |
| Aberdare Times | 1889, 1892 |
| Aberdeen Press and Journal | 1798-1900 |
| American Settler | 1880-1892 |
| Ayrshire Weekly News and Galloway Press | 1879-1891 |
| Boston Gazette | 1861 |
| Bradford Observer | 1834-1875 |
| Brechin Herald | 1890-1892 |
| Brecknock Beacon | 1883-1896 |
| Bright’s Intelligencer and Arrival List | 1860 |
| British Yachtsman | 1894 |
| Brondesbury, Cricklewood & Willesden Green Advertiser | 1892 |
| Brunswick or True Blue | 1821 |
| Colonies and India | 1875-1898 |
| Comet for Hornsey, Crouch End and Highgate | 1889 |
| Course of the Exchange | 1825-1900 |
| Daily News (London) | 1846-1900 |
| Derby Exchange Gazette | 1861 |
| Derby Mercury | 1800-1900 |
| Dublin Hospital Gazette | 1856-1862 |
| Dudley Guardian, Tipton, Oldbury & West Bromwich Journal and District Advertiser | 1874-1875 |
| East Kent Times | 1859, 1861-1864 |
| East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News | 1858-1859 |
| East Wind | 1875-1876 |
| Eastern Star | 1853 |
| Eastleigh Weekly News | 1895-1900 |
| English Mail | 1859-1860 |
| Evening Times (London) | 1852 |
| Evening Times 1825 | 1825-1826 |
| Faversham Gazette, and Whitstable, Sittingbourne, & Milton Journal | 1855-1857 |
| Financial Standard | 1891 |
| Finsbury Free Press | 1868-1869 |
| Freeman’s Journal | 1820-1900 |
| Glasgow Property Circular and West of Scotland Weekly Advertiser | 1879-1891 |
| Gloucester Mercury | 1861-1884 |
| Govan Chronicle | 1864-1884 |
| Grantown Supplement | 1894-1900 |
| Haddingtonshire Advertiser and East-Lothian Advertiser | 1881-1888 |
| Hampshire Advertiser | 1831-1832,1834-1849, 1851-1852, 1854-1863 1834-1849, 1851-1852, 1854-1863, 1865, 1867 – 1895, 1897 |
| Hampshire Telegraph | 1802-1878, 1880-1900 |
| Hartlepool Free Press and General Advertiser | 1860 |
| Hebrew Observer | 1853-1854 |
| Holmes’ Brewing Trade Gazette | 1878-1886 |
| Holt’s Weekly Chronicle | 1837-1855 |
| Illustrated Times | 1853-1854 |
| Ipswich Journal | 1800-1828, 1830, 1833-1896, 1898, 1900 |
| Isle of Man Times | 1869, 1872, 1874-1985, 1897-1900 |
| Isle of Wight Observer | 1852-1870, 1873-1876, 1878, 1895, 1898-1900 |
| Labour Pioneer (Cardiff) | 1900 |
| Leeward Islands Gazette | 1893 |
| Leith Herald | 1879-1891 |
| Liberty | 1894-1896 |
| Little Times | 1867 |
| Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper | 1842-1900 |
| London & Provincial News and General Advertiser | 1861-1867 |
| London and Liverpool Advertiser | 1847 |
| London and Scottish Review | 1875 |
| London Life | 1879 |
| London Mirror | 1871-1876 |
| London News Letter and Price Current | 1859-1865 |
| London Weekly Investigator | 1855-1857 |
| Luton Weekly Recorder | 1855-1857 |
| McPhun’s Australian News | 1853-1855 |
| National Observer | 1888-1897 |
| North Wales Chronicle | 1827-1900 |
| Northman and Northern Counties Advertiser | 1880-1886 |
| Nottinghamshire Guardian | 1849-1871 |
| Oxford Journal | 1800-1895 |
| Preston Chronicle | 1831-1885 |
| Radnorshire Standard | 1898-1900 |
| Reynolds’s Newspaper | 1850-1900 |
| Scottish Border Record | 1881-1892 |
| Seren Cymru | 1851, 1892-1893, 1895 |
| The Era | 1838-1900 |
| The Star | 1869-1877 |
| Weekly Free Press and Aberdeen Herald | 1876 |
| Wrexham Advertiser | 1854-1857 |
| Y Genedl Gymreig | 1877-1900 |
| Y Goleuad | 1869-1900 |
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Free trial or free to access always? There’s a difference and I don’t want a subscription after a “free trial”
Free always