Local Newspaper (General)

by monfamilies, Thursday, June 05, 2008, 08:02 (6025 days ago)

I am in the early stages of photographing all local Newspapers for Monmouthshire and placing them on the internet. I don't know at this early stage wether the website will be free or subscription based. It all depends on grants and what parties want to be involved.

I am experimenting at the moment to see wether this project is worth pursuing. I have just photographed all the front pages of the Chepstow Weekly Advertiser for 1856, which carries all local news for Monmouthshire & parts of Gloucestershire which includes the Forest.

The images were taken from microfilm, which can be difficult to get good copies. Eventually I want to photograph the originals with a much powerful digital camera.

The Chepstow Weekly Advertiser images are 62 - 172.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monfamilies/chepadvert/