This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Multitude of 18th Century Global News Extracted
Reports from Brussels Paris Madrid and Edinburgh describe a royal entry with cannon salutes and a grand feast. Tea imports from England France and Holland weigh near 40 hundred thousand pounds, while fires at a convent in Placentia arouse concern. Troop movements for Don Carlos in Italy are listed with Battalions from Lombardy Castile Naples Burgundy and Swiffers plus Batavia dragoons. Weather, harvests, and thunderstrikes across Edinburg Bristol and nearby areas are noted, with ship launches at Chatham and whaling reports from Davis Strait. News from Berlin Vienna and China cover a duel death near Potsdam and earthquake refugees on the Yangtze. Nearest events include Dover and coast fortifications and Spanish 6,000 reinforcements for Don Carlos.