The following excerpt is from the October 31, 2012 edition of DurhamRegion.com:
WHITBY [Ontario]: Researchers, students, genealogists and members of the public now have access to historical Whitby newspapers through an online database offered by the Whitby Public Library.
Complete issues are available for the Whitby Gazette (1862-1912), Whitby Chronicle (1857-1912), Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912-1942), Whitby Weekly News (1955-1965) and the full run of the Whitby Free Press (1971-1996).
Users can view the newspapers through their web browser or they have the option of downloading and saving the images to their personal devices. The Whitby Newspaper Index is also available to assist users in searching for news articles in all of Whitby’s newspapers, including Whitby This Week.
Search the Whitby Newspaper Database.
I did a search for Alexander Balmer, and came up with a hit on a November 1862 newspaper. See the screenshot below.
Hat tip to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
