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Newspapers

Guide to Lancashire, England newspapers: digitized newspapers, births, deaths, obituaries, online news, online archives.

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By Newspaper

• 1889-1999 Accrington Observer and Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1889, 1897, 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914-1918, 1920, 1928, 1969, 1986-1999
• 1988-1999 Anfield & Walton Star at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1988-1995, 1997-1999
• 1855-1871 Ashton Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1858-1897 Ashton Standard at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1858-1861, 1865, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1896, 1897
• 1875-1931 Athletic News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1875-1896, 1899-1913, 1921-1931
• 1873-1889 Bacup Times and Rossendale Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1873, 1876, 1877, 1889
• 1863-1914 Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1863-1873, 1875-1891, 1911-1914
• 1986-1999 Bebington News at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1874-1891 Ben Brierley's Journal at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1835-1900 Blackburn Standard at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1835-1840, 1845-1869, 1872, 1873, 1875-1900
• 1860-1933 Blackburn Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1860, 1862-1865, 1876, 1877, 1882, 1883, 1888, 1889, 1913, 1920, 1929, 1933
• 1874-1950 Blackpool Gazette & Herald at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1874-1886, 1888-1897, 1899-1919, 1950
• 1901-1933 Blackpool Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1901, 1902, 1904, 1918, 1919, 1933
• 1889 Bolton Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1835-1871 Bolton Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1835-1860, 1862-1866, 1868-1871
• 1868-1960 Bolton Evening News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1868-1886, 1889-1891, 1893, 1895-1910, 1912-1916, 1960
• 1835-1847 Bolton Free Press at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1876-1918 Bolton Journal & Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1889, 1897, 1899, 1910, 1916-1918
• 1878-1999 Bootle Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1878-1880, 1882-1887, 1889, 1897, 1950, 1986-1999
• 1853-1880 Burnley Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1877-1954 Burnley Express at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1877-1895, 1897, 1899-1954
• 1863-1914 Burnley Gazette at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1863-1883, 1885-1891, 1893-1897, 1899-1914
• 1912-1932 Burnley News at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1855-1909 Bury Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855-1867, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1880, 1885, 1907-1909
• 1871-1998 Chorley Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1871-1874, 1987-1989, 1998
• 1875-1886 Chorley Standard and District Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1875-1877, 1880, 1883, 1885, 1886
• 1900-1990 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1900, 1908, 1917, 1918, 1933, 1936-1960, 1988, 1990
• 1885-1920 Cotton Factory Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1885-1889, 1891-1920
• 1886-1910 Cricket and Football Field at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1886-1889, 1892, 1893, 1908, 1910
• 1950-1999 Crosby Herald at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1950, 1951, 1986-1999
• 1912-1915 Daily Citizen (Manchester) at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1945 Daily Dispatch (Manchester) at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1873-1892 Denton and Haughton Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1884-1911 Empire News & The Umpire at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1884-1895, 1897-1911
• 1906-1917 Farnworth Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1845-1955 Fleetwood Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1845-1849, 1851-1873, 1875-1877, 1888-1955
• 1889-1920 Fleetwood Express at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1889, 1896-1920
• 1986-2002 Fleetwood Weekly News at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1895-1999 Formby Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1895, 1900-1906, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1919-1922, 1930, 1933-1939, 1943-1951, 1967-1974, 1986-1999
• 1795-1876 Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1795, 1800, 1805, 1822, 1823, 1826-1841, 1843-1853, 1855, 1857-1860, 1863-1865, 1867-1876
• 1901-1926 Haslingden Gazette at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1855-1999 Heywood Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855-1890, 1892-1910, 1912-1920, 1960-1974, 1986-1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1999
• 1889 Horwich Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1886-1958 Lancashire Evening Post at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1886-1926, 1929-1935, 1937-1947, 1953-1958
• 1801-1894 Lancaster Gazette at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1801-1836, 1838, 1841-1848, 1850-1894
• 1855-1991 Lancaster Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855, 1857, 1860-1862, 1866, 1869, 1877, 1880, 1889, 1894, 1910, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1937-1939, 1941-1956, 1986, 1987, 1991
• 1831-1832 Lancaster Herald and Town and County Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1865-1919 Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1865, 1889, 1919
• 1893-1909 Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1893-1909
• 1856-1914 Leigh Chronicle and Weekly District Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1856-1862, 1864-1872, 1877-1879, 1881-1896, 1898-1914
• 1877-1898 Leigh Journal and Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1877, 1879, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1898
• 1827-1882 Liverpool Albion at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1827-1872, 1874-1882
• 1767-1768 Liverpool Chronicle 1767 at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1870-1910 Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1870, 1889, 1892, 1897, 1909, 1910
• 1855-1999 Liverpool Daily Post at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855-1923, 1926-1945, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955-1957, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965-1972, 1974, 1975, 1977-1989, 1991-1995, 1997, 1999
• 1879-1999 Liverpool Echo at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1874-1955 Liverpool Evening Express at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1874-1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1910-1955
• 1861-1940 Liverpool Journal of Commerce at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1836-1880 Liverpool Mail at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1836, 1837, 1839-1858, 1860-1868, 1870-1875, 1877, 1878, 1880
• 1822-1875 Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1822, 1825-1843, 1845-1873, 1875
• 1811-1904 Liverpool Mercury at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1823-1832 Liverpool Saturday's Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1823, 1826-1828, 1830-1832
• 1846-1899 Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1846-1872, 1874-1876, 1880, 1885-1897, 1899
• 1832-1856 Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1836-1838 Liverpool Telegraph at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1867-1903 Liverpool Weekly Courier at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1867-1869, 1872-1890, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1897-1903
• 1865-1914 Liverpool Weekly Mercury at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1865, 1872, 1873, 1875-1877, 1879, 1880, 1888-1892, 1897, 1908, 1910-1914
• 1988-1999 Maghull & Aintree Star at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1837-1848 Manchester & Salford Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1837-1840, 1842-1845, 1847, 1848
• 1901-1937 Manchester City News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1901-1904, 1906, 1910, 1914, 1937
• 1825-1916 Manchester Courier at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1825-1830, 1832, 1834-1870, 1873, 1874, 1876-1916
• 1856-1894 Manchester Daily Examiner & Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1856, 1857, 1861, 1862, 1872, 1874-1877, 1889, 1893, 1894
• 1897-1958 Manchester Evening Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1897, 1898, 1908, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1935, 1950, 1956, 1958
• 1868-1999 Manchester Evening News at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1846-1848 Manchester Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1821-1828 Manchester Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1752-1830 Manchester Mercury at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1752-1830
• 1992-1999 Manchester Metro News at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1828-1906 Manchester Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1828, 1829, 1831-1872, 1874-1895, 1898-1900, 1906
• 1957-1895 Middleton Albion at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1857-1867, 1869-1895
• 1877-1999 Middleton Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1877, 1884, 1889-1891, 1897, 1918, 1973-1989, 1991, 1993, 1995-1999
• 1988-1999 Midweek Visiter (Southport) at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1988, 1990-1999
• 1922-1996 Morecambe Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1922, 1924, 1927-1935, 1938-1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1960, 1996
• 1900-2002 Morecambe Visitor at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1900, 1912, 1917, 1952-1954, 1956-1975, 1987-1992, 1995-1997, 1999-2002
• 1890-1904 Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer and Clitheroe Division News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1890-1895, 1897-1904
• 1908-1990 Nelson Leader at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1908, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1920-1922, 1924-1926, 1928, 1929, 1931-1951, 1953-1959, 1968-1976, 1986-1988, 1990
• 1914-1952 Newton and Earlestown Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1914-1919, 1923, 1931-1945, 1952
• 1911 North West Evening Mail at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1889-1958 Northern Daily Telegraph at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1889, 1892, 1893, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909-1912, 1914, 1958
• 1853-1861 Northern Daily Times at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1986-1999 Oldham Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1855-1999 Ormskirk Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855, 1857, 1858, 1860-1862, 1865-1886, 1889, 1892-1895, 1898-1900, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1914-1918, 1922, 1924-1940, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1965-1967, 1975, 1980, 1985-1999
• 1873-1939 Prescot Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1873-1875, 1879, 1883, 1889, 1939
• 1831-1839 Preston Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1831-1885, 1887, 1889-1893
• 1861-1918 Preston Herald at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1861, 1863-1877, 1882-1896, 1899-1909, 1911-1918
• 1842-1879 Preston Pilot at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1842, 1877, 1879
• 1891-1950 Ramsbottom Observer at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1891, 1898-1950
• 1856-1999 Rochdale Observer at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1856-1899, 1902-1905, 1910, 1914-1918, 1920, 1925-1927, 1929, 1930, 1932-1945, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965-1969, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1983-1994, 1996-1999
• 1858 Rochdale Pilot, and General Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1872-1923 Rochdale Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1872-1879, 1889, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1910-1923
• 1889-1999 Rossendale Free Press at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1889, 1897, 1912, 1986-1999
• 1987-1999 Salford Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1887-1997 Salford City Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1887, 1889, 1897, 1911, 1986-1997
• 1987-1999 Skelmersdale Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1987, 1991, 1996-1999
• 1963-1978 Skelmersdale Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1963-1972, 1976-1978
• 1848-1914 Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1848-1890, 1892-1909, 1912-1914
• 1901-1921 Southport Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1901, 1906, 1921
• 1866-1870 Southport Independent and Ormskirk Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1866, 1870
• 1865-1999 Southport Visiter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1865, 1869, 1870, 1873-1875, 1877, 1886, 1889, 1891-1894, 1897, 1898, 1904-1906, 1910-1912, 1986-1999
• 1874-1921 Sporting Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1921
• 1880-1920 St. Helens Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1880-1896, 1898-1910, 1912-1920
• 1902-1919 St. Helens Newspaper & Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1902, 1903, 1916, 1918, 1919
• 1876 Stalybridge Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1874-1917 Stalybridge Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1874-1896, 1898-1917
• 1879-1880 Stretford and Urmston Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1860-1885 Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1865-1889 Warrington Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1865, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1889
• 1891-1897 Warrington Daily Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1891, 1897
• 1877-1879 Warrington Evening Post at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1877, 1879
• 1869-1909 Warrington Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1869-1881, 1883-1895, 1899-1909
• 1859-1903 Warrington Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1859, 1865, 1873, 1877, 1888, 1889, 1903
• 1889 Warrington Observer at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1859 Warrington Standard and Lancashire and Cheshire Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1859 Warrington Times at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1876-1920 Widnes Examiner at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1876-1920
• 1878-1999 Widnes Weekly News and District Reporter at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1878-1886, 1889-1891, 1893-1895, 1897-1904, 1906-1908, 1910, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1932-1936, 1938-1950, 1952, 1954, 1956-1962, 1964-1979, 1982, 1986-1999
• 1855-2003 Wigan Observer and District Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1855-1895, 1898-1918, 1986, 1988-1993, 1995-2003
• 1888-1889 Women's Gazette & Weekly News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1888, 1889

Newspaper Archives

• British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Newspaper Index and Images at The British Newspaper Archive - images ($)

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