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Contents

1. Electoral registers archive
2. Newspaper archives
3. Microfilm readers

Electoral registers archive

We have an archive of hardbound Electoral Registers.

Jarrow

Electoral registers

1955 to 1964, 1966 to 1974.

South Shields

Burgess Rolls

1862 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1920

Parliamentary registers

1882 to 1892, 1896 to 1897, 1902 to 1907, 1909 to 1913, 1915 and 1919

Parochial registers

1907 to 1911 and 1914

Polling register

1945 to 1951

Register of Electors

1933 to 1935, 1937 to 1939, 1952 to 1973

Register of parliamentary and local government elections

1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1936

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Electoral Registers

1975 to 2008

From 2009 to date the full registers are not available to the public.

Newspaper archives

The British Library's Newspaper Archive

The  can be accessed for free from any Library computer.

The website has thousands of historical British newspapers dating back to the 1700s and is regularly updated with new titles and new pages of existing titles.

Local newspapers on the website include the Shields Gazette, the Sunderland Echo, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and the Northern Echo.

British Newspaper Archive is free for Library members, but only from Library computers, not from home.

Microfilm readers

We have archives of newspapers stored on microfilm readers. You can call into the Reference and Local Studies Library to use our microfilm readers and it is advised to call ahead to book a machine on 0191 424 7864.

When you book a machine please explain to staff what you are looking for so they can prepare the necessary newspapers for your visit.

• Football Gazette and Telegraph
  31 March 1906 to 31 December 1949 (Continues as Sports Gazette)
• Free Press and Advertiser
  1895 to 1904
• Jarrow Chronicle
  1 April 1871 to 16 December 1871
• Jarrow Express
  13 December 1873 to 26 December 1913
• Jarrow Guardian
  6 January 1872 to 31 December 1880
• Jarrow Labour Herald
  6 April 1906 to 15 March 1907
• Mid - Tyne Observer
  22 April 1937 to 18 May 1939
• Northern Observer
  12 May to 20 October 1911
• Shieldsman
  27 May 1932 to September 1939
• South Shields Advertiser and Tyneside Advocate
  17 November 1857 to 20 May 1858
• Shields Advocate
  5t January 1855 - 12 November 1857 (Continues as Shields Advertiser and Tyneside Advocate).
• Shields and Tynemouth Argus
  26 September 1881 - 18 March 1882
• Shields Daily Standard
  1 January 1881 to 5 March
• Shields Gazette
  1849 to date
• Shields Morning Mail
  8 January 1900 to 11 February 1901
• South Shields Evangelist
  July 1874 to December 1877
• Sports Gazette
  7 January 1950 - 1959 (Previously Football Gazette and Telegraph)