25 January 2018
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The Illustrated London News
TheGenealogist has added over 500 further editions of the weekly publication The Illustrated London News to its newspaper and magazine collection.
TheGenealogist has added over 500 further editions of the weekly publication The Illustrated London News to its newspaper and magazine collection.
The latest collection is of newspapers that were published in the 1890s, offering an insight into what life was like in and around London in the final decade of Queen Victoria's reign.
The Illustrated London News, which was first published on 14 May 1842, is one of a number of newspapers and magazines that are fully searchable by name or keywords by Diamond subscribers of TheGenealogist.
Not only can this extensive resource add context to your ancestors’ lives and times, these newspapers can be used to find out more about people who were mentioned in reports from the time. As well as notices for baptisms, marriages and deaths, there are also wills, crimes and court cases, plus the political stories of the time.
Article: using newspapers and trade directories for family history.
