29 April 2012

5,002,440

The British Newspaper Archive just hit a milestone, passing the 5 million page mark. That's 5 million down, 25 million to go.

They claim "thousands of new pages are scanned for you every day." 6,448 pages were added since the previous day.

If you haven't tried the BNA why not register and receive 30 free credits. Searching is free.

1 comment:

Hugh Reekie said...

Thanks for the tip. Finding birth details for a forebear in 1803 has eluded our family since the 1920s. With the help of the British Newspaper Archives, and then FamilySearch, that detail has now been found.