Lancashire Newspapers

Newspaper research can supplement or lead to records normally used by researchers to establish birth, marriage, death and addresses.

Online
Here is a sampling of pre-1800 newspapers available online.

To learn how to access these newspapers, see: Richard Heaton's Index to Digitalised British and Irish Newspapers Online Beta (updated 12th September 2015).

Liverpool

 * 1777-1779 - General Advertiser Liverpool
 * 1778-1780 - Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser and Mercantile Chronicle
 * 1785 - Liverpool General Advertiser
 * 1795-1871 - Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser

Manchester

 * 1752-1830 - Manchester Mercury
 * 1779 - Manchester Mercury and Harrop's General Advertiser
 * 1789 - Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle
 * 1793 - Manchester Herald
 * 1796 - Manchester Gazette and Weekly Advertiser
 * 1800 - Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle

Archives

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Local Newspapers
Preston


 * Preston Chronicle