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British Newspaper Archive now live

Received this promotional blurb today and thought it worth signing up to... The British Newspaper Archive microsite is now live at www.britishnewspaperarchive. co.uk Why not encourage friends and family to register now to be the first to know when the newspapers go online?! Please use the links to post on Facebook, Tweet about us. Stumble, tell all! I have now set up a Twitter account (@TheBNA1): http://twitter.com/#!/TheBNA1 . Please follow us! This exciting digitisation collaboration between bright solid and The British Library means that unlike many other newspaper digitisation projects, we have been able to scan some of the rarest and most fragile newspapers in the collection. The Archive will be an invaluable resource to all types of researchers and we have chosen some examples to demonstrate this ( http://www. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ archive-examples.php ).   Full text searching will be available and users will be able to refine their search to focus on: Family

Welcome Wall

The National Australian Maritime Museum has a Welcome Wall immigration project with a family history focus. My HOBBS family went up on the wall today. If you are interested in this family Bev Woodman looks after an email group Thanks to Bev for all her hard work looking after this large family branch....