FFHS-NEWS British Library and brightsolid partnership to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

The British Library has today announced further developments in the project
to digitise part of the newspaper library collection currently housed at
Colindale.  More information can be seen on the British Library website at:
http://www.bl.uk/news/2010/pressrelease20100519.html?utm_source=feedburner
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utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BritishLibraryPressReleases+%28British+
Library+Press+Releases%29>
&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BritishLibraryPressReleases+%28British
+Library+Press+Releases%29

 

I have written to Ben Sanderson at the Press Office for clarification on
some points and will issue a further update in due course.

 

Roger Lewry

FFHS Archives Liaison

archives.liaison at ffhs.org.uk

 

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