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lafrancaise | 18:31 Sun 16th Apr 2006 | People & Places
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Does anybody know of a website where you have access to death archives from past newspapers. It would be for about 12-14 years ago. I can't find one anywhere. The British Library hasn't got what I want.
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Try the Bodlean Library site

try www.newsplan2000.org/


a/o www.liem.org.uk/newdplan


a/o try your local central library archives or their contribution to the above

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Thank you both. I've tried all but still no further forward. Tracesmart is good but TOO expensive!
When you say 'death archives' are you referring to straightforward birth, marriage and death announcements or obituaries?
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Hello A Chill Wind (what a lovely name- it provokes an eery ghostly air ....) it's a death that was announced in the local paper in the personal announcements, you know, along with births etc but about 12/14 years ago and I wondered if it was possible to have access to it on the internet. Yes, I could go into the local library but as I live in France that's not going to be easy!! hence searching a site...

Do you know which local paper it was??? Our local paaper was helpful in tracing an old photo for me, so they may help.


(Apologies if I'm stating the bleedin' obvious - I feel that given the trouble you've already gone to perhaps you don't know)

I had cause to seek out a news story from a few years ago and was advised by the local evening paper that the central library held copies on microfiche and going through them would be a lot cheaper! Twenty minutes on a fiche reader and 50p for a printout and I was done.


Although most local papers have some form of archive on their websites, they generally cover news stories and I doubt any would go back that far. I'd email whichever library it is and explain your situation - you're sure to be pointed in the right direction. Merci, lafrancaise!

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