Free access to 19thC British newspapers - back in business!

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:59 pm

Sadly folks, it looks like this trial is now at an end.

Hope you were able to make the most of it whilst you could!

Chris

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:02 pm

Chris,

I just want to say that was the best free trial I have ever used, I found loads of things about my ancestors, from accidents to births etc, but I spent so much time reading all the adverts, I even managed to burn the tatties one night

I am definately going to miss it.

Thanks
Ann

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:16 am

Hi Ann,

Glad it helped!

If I hear of any other good freebies, I'll let everyone know.

Chris

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:43 am

That was probably one of the best freebies ever.

Don’t forget that the “19th Century British Library Newspapers” database is available free to FE & HE students etc in the UK.

County Libraries may take on the Gale offering and make it available to County residents from home but may need a bit of prompting from users.

This County is doing the right thing by its Genealogists, there are probably others, why not yours?
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/i ... 1270056146

Thanks again Chris,
Alan

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:41 pm

If you live in New South Wales you can access these newspapers and some others from America by joining the State Library and accessing their database from home.

Joining the library costs nothing as long as you are a resident (just go to their website and it explains the procedure) and then you are entitled to unlimited access to their databases (which includes Gale)

Not too sure if this works in other states but I only just found it a couple of weeks ago and after receiving my library card have had a lovely time looking through the newspapers - found a small article on a family dispute about funeral costs that ended up in court.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:55 pm

Hello Maz,

I’ve had the New South Wales State Library access for quite a while. I haven’t seen it advertised anywhere and you usually only come across these things by chance. I was very pleased to see the 19c British Newspapers crop up on it only about six weeks ago. It’s also available in South Australia. Some states are much more equal than others when it comes to this sort of thing.

I posted a list in the Australia section recently http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11832

All the best,
Alan

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:20 pm

Hello Alan

Must have been lucky that I found it and saw the British newspapers - thought they had been there all the time.

Being so far away from the 'top half of the world' where all of my ancestors came from sometimes makes it difficult in researching (thank goodness for the internet). Though I think sometimes the availability of Australian resources is very good (thinking of the WW1 information availble on the net for free) compared to the UK.

Maz

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:04 am

Haha... access is still possible!

Go to http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/index.html to register and fill in all the fields, and you will be able to get two weeks free access again. Make sure that you choose "international" in the state field. For the Institution name and Institution address, I just typed in "home" for each. The Gale team will then e-mail you a password etc.

Once you receive an e-mail from Gale, use your e-mail address and the password and login supplied by Gale once again at the above web address. You will then arrive at a different page that seems to want you to register again, but if you look at the right of the page there is an option to allow you to sign in with the details you have just used - this will allow you acces once more to the land of milk and honey...!

This was from the Your Family Tree magazine forum - one of the posters there has said that when your two weeks are up you can simply register again. Can't vouch for that, but it is worth a shot!

Chris

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:29 am

I have had NSW Library card for some time now and its only recently that Gale has been added to it I reckon they are giving trials so that we will pester our local library to take it on which is not a bad idea !
I just wish I could join the National Library in Scotland they have some choice stuff in ebooks which I thought I could download but it only got as far as sending an email to me with the info on what I was looking at wanting to download so not sure what the rick is there

regards to all from Freezing Tassie

ankerdine · Post by **ankerdine** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:34 pm

Hello Chris

I have used the free trial earlier this year and I was overjoyed with the results. Well, my I found some rather unsettling evidence about my husband's gtx2 and gtx3 grandfather's drunkeness, fines, stealing cheque resulting in penal servitude.

I tried to access the free trial again as you explained on 24 July but no joy. They said my e-mail address wasn't from an institution which I can understand.

I didn't expect this trial to last forever but would it be worthwhile registering through their "gale.marketingtrials@cengage.com"?

What do you think?

Judy Hawker

My Scottish ancestors were Tinsmiths from Kilmaurs and Wigtownshire named Marshall.