Lilian's Tree

For those of us here in Australia, Trove is a wonderful, magical place that we can get side-tracked in, very easily. So I hear you ask, what is Trove? Trove is the National Library of Australia’s digitised newspapers. Covering all states and territories, but not every newspaper, up to 1953, this website is a treasure Trove for family historians. Everything from births, marriages and deaths, to divorces, gossip and so much more. Have a look, you want be disappointed.   The website also has useful guides, explaingin how to get the best out of your search.  https://trove.nla.gov.au/

Newspapers are a wonderful source of information for genealogists. From Trove, in Australia, New Zealand’s Past Papers and the British Newspaper Archive, we can read about our ancestors lives, find out the weather and scan the advertisements, of the day. Here are links to these three, have a ‘play’ and see what you can find.   New Zealand's Past Papers, digitised newspapers and periodicals from 1839 to 1945,   https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz British Newspapaer Archive,  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/    This site has newspapers dating from the 1700's but is a subscription site. These two little books might help with exploring newspapers.