Thank you for this information about the Welsh Newspapers. I can see two
challenges - it will take some time to learn how to use the search engine
correctly, and it will be interesting if I find something in Welsh, since I
do not read the language. I appreciate your response.
Joseph
On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 8:00 AM althea.john via POWYS <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
wrote:
>Welsh Newspapers Online is a major website from the National
Library of
Wales that will allow anybody with an interest in the history and people of
Wales to browse and search over 100 titles from its rich collection of
pre-1910 newspapers - completely free of charge.
This mass digitisation project is the largest ever undertaken by the
National Library and contributes to its far-reaching vision of Wales as the
first nation to have digitised all its published print material and made it
available free of charge on the web.
Andrew Green, Librarian of the National Library of Wales said:
‘The National Library of Wales’s ambitious use of digital technology will
radically extend the availability of our magnificent record of everyday
knowledge. Converting primary paper format into digital form, and making it
freely available online, will transform the way in which people learn about
and research Welsh history, culture and identity.’
Welsh Newspapers Online will allow the reader not only to browse digital
copies of the original newspapers but also to search for words, names and
dates across all 1 million pages.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Martin [mailto:illinoisgenie@gmail.com]
Sent: 06 October 2019 12:13
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [POWYS] Re: Obituary in 1910
Thank you, AJ. These important details will inform my research going
forward. It helps to know the situation in Wales, since I am still learning
about the country and its customs.
Joseph
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:18 PM Aidan Jones <acjj(a)clara.net> wrote:
> If you are referring to local newspapers I would suggest from the 1870s
> onwards. However individual editors doubtless operated their own policies
> and such obituaries tend to be found in weekly papers covering more rural
> areas, rather than in the larger towns and cities, which frequently had
> their own daily local papers. Moreover they were quite often submitted by
> relatives, rather than being written by a paper’s own reporters, and
> doubtless some relatives lacked the confidence, or they simply couldn’t
be
> bothered. There would have been a very great number of people who never
> had their obituary in a local paper.
>
> AJ
>
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 16:10, Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Would someone know when it became common to post obituaries in England
> and
> > Wales? My Thomas Rees Williams died in North Hackney, London, on 27
> > February 1910 living at 79 Shacklewell Lane
> > <
>
https://www.google.com/maps/search/79+Shacklewell+Lane?entry=gmail&so...
> >.
> > He was buried on 3 March 1910
> > at Llanwrtyd, Builth, Brecknockshire, Wales. He was 42 years old and
> > appears to have been a bachelor.
> >
> > I would have thought that obituaries were common practice by 1910. Any
> > suggestions? Or is my assumption flawed?
> >
> > Joseph Martin
> > Romeoville, Illinois
> >
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