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Newspapers

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

Online Resources

• See England Newspapers for more resources.

By Newspaper

• 1867-1913 Commercial, Shipping & General Advertiser for West Cornwall at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1867-1892, 1894-1913
• 1877-1911 Cornish & Devon Post at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1877-1896, 1900-1911
• 1861-1912 Cornish Echo and Falmouth & Penryn Times at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1901-1971 Cornish Guardian at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1901-1910, 1912-1971
• 1889-1944 Cornish Post and Mining News at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1889-1896, 1898, 1899, 1912, 1919-1944
• 1857-1964 Cornish Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1857-1860, 1863, 1866, 1872, 1877, 1889, 1964
• 1878-1991 Cornishman at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1878-1950, 1990, 1991
• 1867-1925 Cornubian and Redruth Times at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1867-1872, 1880-1896, 1898-1911, 1921-1925
• 1838-1840 Falmouth Express and Colonial Journal at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1858-1912 Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1856-1877 Launceston Weekly News, and Cornwall & Devon Advertiser. at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1856-1866, 1875-1877
• 1905-1955 Newquay Express and Cornwall County Chronicle at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1839-1858 Penzance Gazette at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1801-1912 Royal Cornwall Gazette at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1801-1896, 1898-1912
• 1889-1915 St. Austell Star at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1889-1916 St. Ives Weekly Summary at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1851-1915 The Cornish Telegraph at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1851-1867, 1869-1871, 1873-1896, 1898-1911, 1913-1915
• 1810-1999 West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1810-1814, 1816-1956, 1959-1999
• 1899-1915 Western Echo at Findmypast — index & images ($); 1899-1903, 1906-1915

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 ($)

Background

Newspapers contain local events, featuring birth, marriage, death, and memoriam notices, as well as local and national news. Newspapers are kept at repositories, libraries, or online, such as The British Newspaper Archive ($). The Cornish Studies Library at the Cornwall Centre in Redruth is a vital repository of information with many collections, including microfilms of all the main Cornish newspapers up to the present day, many dating back to the mid 18th century.

Transcriptions of the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser are available online. These contain news articles, court reports, and reports of births, marriages, and deaths. This is an ongoing project with new additions nearly daily. Many years are covered between 1836-1887.

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