California Newspapers
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- California Digital Newspaper Collection
- Chronicling America California Digitized Newspapers
- California Online Historical Newspapers
- California Newspapers ($)
- GenealogyBank.com California Newspaper Archives, 1846-2007 Index.
- California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 at FamilySearch; Index cards — How to Use this Collection
- California Newspapers
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
Resources for California Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Several guides and union lists of newspapers are available at university, college, and public libraries. A guide to early California newspapers is J. Budenz, Paul J. Smith, and J.H. Young, comps., Early Newspapers and Periodicals of California and the West (San Francisco, California: W. R. Howell, 1970; Family History Library book 979.4 A3b; film 1421815 item 8).
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
The California State Library has an extensive collection of California newspapers. Other large libraries in the state also have newspaper collections. Many newspapers are available on microfilm, and some libraries participate in inter-library loan services.
A wiki aticle describing an online collection is found at:
California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index - FamilySearch Historical Records
Newspaper Directory[edit | edit source]
The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.
Digital Issues Online[edit | edit source]
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of California newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries under the name AccessNewspaperArchive.
GenealogyBank.com has a large collection of California newspapers. The database can be searched free of charge. Access to the actual obituary requires a subscription.
California Digital Newspaper Collection - California Newspaper Project
Indexes[edit | edit source]
- 1847-2009 California Newspapers, 1847-2009 - at MyHeritage, index and images ($)
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Small Town Newspapers - Footnote Partner
- Ancestor Hunt
- California Online Historical Newspapers
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