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General Collections

  • Genealogy Bank (subscription based) includes more than 2400 historical newspapers from 1690-1977, and more than 26 million obituaries from 1977 to current
  • Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers 1880-1922 - from the Library of Congress here you can view historical newspaper pages for some newspapers from the following states: Arizona, California (the Los Angeles Herald, Sacramento Record-Union, San Francisco Call, and others), District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii (Honolulu Daily Herald), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (Saint Paul Globe), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York (New York Evening World, NY Sun, and NY Tribune), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (papers from Fort Worth, Houston & others), Utah (Salt Lake City Herald and others), Vermont, Virginia, and Washington; coverage varies by state and newspaper
  • Google News Archive Search (some results may require payment)

Alabama

Alaska

California

  • California Digital Newspaper Collection 1849-1911 presently includes the Alta California, 1849-1891; San Francisco Call, 1893-1910; Amador Ledger, 1900-1911; Imperial Valley Press, 1901-1911; Sacramento Record-Union, 1859-1890; and the Los Angeles Herald, 1905-1907

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

  • Digital Library of Georgia: Historic Newspapers includes: assorted Athens newspapers 1827-1922; assorted Atlanta newspapers from 1857-1922; the Cherokee Phoenix, the Dublin Post, and the Colored Tribune (assorted years in the 19th Century); the Columbus Enquirer, 1828-1890; the Macon Telegraph, 1826-1908; Milledgeville newspapers from 1808 to 1920; and the Southern Israelite (Atlanta-based Jewish newspaper) from 1929-1958 and 1984-1986; (coverage varies by newspaper)

Illinois

Indiana

  • Indiana Newspaper Indexes includes...
    • Indianapolis Newspaper Index, 1848-1991 (for the Indianapolis Herald, Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis News, Indianapolis Sentinel and the Indianapolis Star; coverage varies by newspaper)
    • Logansport Newspaper Index, 1848-1855
    • New Albany Newspaper Index, 1849-1889
    • Vincennes Newspaper Index, 1804-1827
  • Indianapolis Recorder 1899-2005 Indiana-based African-American newspaper; some years missing
  • Indiana Farmer Newspaper 1851-1917

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Minnesota

Missouri

  • Missouri Digital Heritage Collections: Newspapers
  • Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers includes: Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886; Jackson Independent Patriot, 1820-1826; Jackson Missouri Herald, 1819-1820; Liberty Tribune, 1860-1869; Liberty Weekly Tribune, 1846-1860; Missouri Intelligencer, 1819-1835; St. Louis Missouri Argus, 1835-1840; St. Louis Missouri Gazette, 1808-1822; St. Louis Missouri Republican, 1822-1828.
  • State Historical Society of Missouri - Search Newspapers and Other Items includes...
    • Columbia Missourian, 1908-1922
    • Daily Missouri Republican, 1854-1860
    • Daily Missouri Republican, 1861-1865
    • Hayti Herald, 1909-1922
    • Jasper News, 1901-1922
    • Kansas City Journal, 1895-1899
    • Kirksville Weekly Graphic, 1880-1896
    • St. Joseph Observer, 1915-1922
    • St. Louis Republic, 1900-1905

Montana

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington (State)

Wisconsin

Wyoming


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