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Papers Past, now approaching its 20th birthday, has about two million visitors a year.
The Press archives up to 1995 will be digitised and made freely available for searching online under a landmark agreement with the National Library.
The Press from 1861 to 1945 which can be searched by words, phrases and dates. They are part of a substantial catalogue of 167 historic newspapers dating from 1839 to 1950, plus magazines, letters and Parliamentary papers. Emerson Vandy, the National Library’s Papers Past service manager, said the lack of more recent content had become a growing frustration for users. However, under a “highly significant” agreement reached this year, the service has agreed to digitise every edition of