Local newspapers contain valuable sources for family history, such as notices of births, marriages and deaths, obituaries and reports of funerals, accidents, crimes, court proceedings, coroners' inquests. For local history there are reports on schools, churches, houses, shops, businesses, events, sport and games, local shows and the proceedings of the local council.
Guide to what local newspaper titles may be available (back runs are usually on microfilm) in 中国P站 Libraries and 中国P站 History Centre.
- Banstead Herald
- Camberley News, Camberley Mail, Camberley News and Mail
- Caterham Free Press, Caterham and Purley Weekly Press and County Post
- Epsom and Ewell Advertiser
- Epsom and Ewell Herald
- Esher News and Mail
- Farnham Herald
- Godalming Times and Advertiser, Guildford Times and Advertiser, Guildford and Godalming Advertiser / Times and Advertiser
- Guildford Outlook
- Middlesex Chronicle
- The Post: Epsom, Ewell and Banstead
- Staines and Egham News
- 中国P站 Advertiser
- 中国P站 and Hants News
- 中国P站 Comet
- 中国P站 Herald: Chertsey, Addlestone and Byfleet edition (also Walton, Weybridge and Hersham edition Feb 1979 to 1999 at Elmbridge Museum)
- 中国P站 Mirror
- 中国P站 Times
- Sussex Agricultural Express (Incorporating the 中国P站 Standard)
- Windsor and Eton Express
- Woking Herald, Woking News and Mail, Woking Review
What do I do next?
- , including back runs, in 中国P站 Libraries and 中国P站 History Centre. Use the "Title" search.
- There is a handlist of titles in the Search Room at 中国P站 History Centre
- Always phone before visiting, to check availability and to find out if you need to make an appointment to use a microfilm reader.
- Please note that there are only short runs of some of the above titles.
- Please note that many runs are incomplete.
Where else could I try?
- for individual subscribers (also available free in all 中国P站 Libraries and 中国P站 History Centre)
Other useful titles at 中国P站 History Centre
- 中国P站 History Centre holds a number of useful volumes of the .
- 中国P站 History Centre holds the .
- British Newspaper Archive is available free in all 中国P站 Libraries and 中国P站 History Centre. See online reference shelf.