The Internet Library Of Early Journals contains many digital copies of the following magazines, dating between the mid 18th and mid 19th centuries:-

Annual Register
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Gentleman's Magazine
Notes and Queries
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
The Builder

All can be viewed with out charge, and many of them contain a great deal of useful historical and genealogical information.


A word of warning though - don't visit this site if you only have five minutes to spare. It's addictive!