World War One Research In Newspapers

[DJHawkes]

I've read the comments on my last post about the demise of this section of AB. Well, decline rather than demise cos it's still here., Anyway, I've found a massive amount of information from subscribing to the British Newspaper Archive for £12.95 a month, my ancestry subs vary from 10.95 to 18.95 a month depending on my time off but for value the newspaper sub. is pretty good. I've been able to narrow the time scale down and then the region and even to the exact paper, (the Liverpool Echo is great) and so much info is in there. This 1939 thing is good as once you pay for the view of a page (6.95) if you can prove to ancestry that any children listed are now dead then they unlock that too. Of course the 1939 fills the gap of no 1941 census or 1931 for that matter. It may seem expensive but in 1939 most of us probably only need to look at our grandparents , so after that initial shock of parting with our hard earned money it's done. Good to keep in touch with all you great people who use this topic anyway,

[DJHawkes]

sorry prove to findmypast. you can't edit on here like on facebook can you lol

[DJHawkes]

And don't forget is anyone wants a look up on ancestry or the newspaper archive i've no problem doing that. Back working 5 days a weeek but still find time,

[Rose Maybud]

Hi Dot,

A week late, but just saying hello and amen to what you say about the newspapers and the 1939 Register.

The 1939 Register solved the problem I had trying to find a friend's grandfather, but not in the way I had planned. I had bought grandmother's birth certificate to get the exact date of birth in order to search for her to find him in the Register. I had bought the candidate's birth certificate. I searched for her: she was listed as a single-person household and 'separated'. Grr. I searched for him, and by a stroke of good luck he was living at the address given on his death certificate and issue of probate. Interestingly, he had put himself down as 'widowed' as had the married sister he was lodging with.

As for newspapers, I came across a report of the death of one of my grandfather's brothers. He gassed himself in 1928. That snippet was never mentioned in the family...you just never know what you are going to find, so everyone, be warned that newspapers find bad and scandalous news just as, or even more, saleable than good news...