We have a large selection of local newspapers dating back to 1772.
The following newspapers are indexed in
Hertfordshire Names Online:
- All miscellaneous newspapers: 1772-1815
- Annual Register: 1758-1808
- County Chronicle Hertfordshire extracts only: 1816, 1818-1826, 1829
- County Press:1831-1838, 1854
- Hertford & Ware Chronicle: 1893
- Hertford Record: 1886-1888, 1890
- Hertfordshire Mercury: 1800-1801, 1827-1828, 1830, 1847, 1851, 1861, 1881, 1887-1888, 1902, 1910, 1914-1915, 1921; 1966-1969
- Hertfordshire News (Midweek edition of Herts Advertiser): Dec 1919-Apr 1922 (full run)
- Herts Advertiser: 1870, 1890-1891, 1901, 1905, 1911, 1914
- Herts and Essex Observer 1932-1933
- Hoddesdon Journal: 1935 - 1940, Jan -Jul 1941, 1942 -1946, 1949-1950
- Illustrated London News: (Hertfordshire extracts only) 1852-1853, 1855-1856, 1858, Jul-Dec 1861, 1862, Jan-Jun 1878
- Royston Crow 1965–1966
- Stevenage Gazette 1966-1969
- Watford Leader 1893-1897
- Welwyn Garden City News 1921-1928
- Welwyn Times 1928–1941, Jan - Jul 1945
- West Herts Post 1926, 1943-1945, 1948
Over 25,000 images of people who have appeared in:
- Herts Advertiser 1890 – 1935
- Hertfordshire Mercury 1890 – 1953
- West Herts & Watford Observer 1890 – 1931
- Watford illustrated Aug 1914 – Feb 1916