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	[[Image:Birmingham Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|231x316px]]English newspapers began in 1620. At first content was limited to foreign news. A tax on each printed sheet of paper limited the number of pages and the amount of information now useful to family historians. The first successful newspaper was the [[The London Gazette\|London Gazette]], a biweekly government list of bankruptcies, naturalizations, official acts, and public notices. It began in 1665/6 and still continues today.		[[Image:Birmingham Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|231x316px]]English newspapers began in 1620. At first content was limited to foreign news. A tax on each printed sheet of paper limited the number of pages and the amount of information now useful to family historians. The first successful newspaper was the [[The London Gazette\|London Gazette]], a biweekly government list of bankruptcies, naturalizations, official acts, and public notices. It began in 1665/6 and still continues today.