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Jennykenny | 17:01 Mon 14th Mar 2016 | History
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I have an old cutting about the death of my husband's great-great grandfather, but the name of the newspaper (possibly The Times as he died in London and was quite a wealthy man), has been cut off.
Is it possible to type a phrase from the cutting, (in inverted commas) into a website which would trace the source?
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Try it and see! Unlikely to produce the result you want though.
There used to be the National Newspaper archives in Colindale N.W.9.May be they are on line and could help.
Unless the text from the newspaper has been put on line ( unlikely) you will not find it. Do you know the date of the paper?
Googling the full name of the man and the date of death my be more helpful.
The British Library's Colindale site closed in 2013, with the newspaper archive eventually planned to move to Boston Spa (but currently under embargo).

The BL now has a new online research facility for newspapers, operated jointly with DC Thompson newspapers (which, regrettably, means that it's a commercial service, charged at £12.95 for a month's access, although it's free to search and there's also a 48-hour pass for £6.95 - both of those also have a limit to the number of 'credits' available):
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

However, despite covering 603 titles, not all newspapers are included and those that are may be limited to certain dates:
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles

You can also search for newspaper references via the main BL catalogue:
http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Advanced&ct=AdvancedSearch&;dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1457975965572&vid=BLVU1
If it's any help, perhaps your library membership gives access to the Times
Digital Archive, as mine does? -

"Search the full text of articles, adverts, birth and death notices and images in the Times newspaper from 1785 to 2006."
A good point, Lie-in-King. There are loads of research resources available through public libraries. Some require you to visit a library, whereas others can be used from home. I see that The Times digital archive is among those offered by my local library service (and accessible from home):
http://suffolklibraries.co.uk/information-resources/online-reference-resources
Meh. 2009? Suffolk ahead of Sussex? :-)

Here's our list -

https://e-library.eastsussex.gov.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/ODBS
I see, Lie-in-King, that your library services subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive, whereas ours doesn't. I'll have to hassle them!

At least we've both got the full OED available though, which I use several times per week.
I love the OED Online - the library system is such a valuable resource in my opinion, offering so much more than many people realise.

I also use the Mobile Library which runs on a 3-weekly schedule for borrowing books, reserved in advance online for the princely sum of 60p each.
jeneeeeee!

try it and see !

it is how uni lecturers detect plagiarism in their students essays
all you have to do is type a sentence into the doo-doo bar ( whatever it is called ) and up comes the source

try anything iron curtain stettin and up comes Churchies speech Fulton 1946 that he did so much to create ....
eddie
I put in a phrase ( no not any phrase ) and up popped my mothers obit in the BMJ in leading place - I couldnt believe it
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I had tried Google without success.
Thought there might be a more specialised site.
Will try The Times at the library tomorrow.
Thanks all.
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Peter. Interesting isn't it when these things happen.
I was vaguely looking up a school once, in the Middle East where I taught in the seventies, and suddenly a picture of me and my class appeared on the screen. Was spooky.
Findmypast have access to a huge newspaper archive (its effectively the BNA mentioned above). They currently have a £1 offer on for a month....... Might be worth chucking a quid at it. I've posted the details in the genealogy section.

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