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History[edit | edit source]
Newspaper publication in Maryland began in 1727 with the release of the Maryland Gazette in Annapolis.
Resources for Maryland Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
The following libraries have Maryland newspaper collections on site.
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]
Historical newspapers
- Archives of Maryland Online provides images of many issues of The Maryland Gazette (1728-1839).
- NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of Maryland newspapers online. This database is free at some libraries, where it may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
- Ancestry ($) has over 20 historical Maryland newspapers.
- 1790-1799 The Maryland Herald is available online at Google News.
- 1790-2009 Maryland Newspapers, 1790-2009 at MyHeritage - index and images ($)
- 1796-1816 Barnes, Robert. Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FHL Book 975.26 V2b. Online at Ancestry ($).
Current newspapers
- RootsWeb Obituary Daily Times has a searchable database of over 14 million modern-day obituaries extracted by volunteers. Most are from 2000 or later, but some date back to the 1980s.
- ABYZ Newslinks has a directory of links to over 140 Maryland newspapers online organized by city.
- OnlineNewspapers.com links to over 110 Maryland newspapers online.
- SHG Resources State Handbook & Guide links to over 30 current Maryland newspapers online.
Indexes[edit | edit source]
- 1727-1761 Green, Karen Mauer. The Maryland Gazette, 1727- 1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989. (ISBN 0932231071); (Family History Library book 975.2 D2g)
- 1727-1795 Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers. Four Volumes. Lutherville, Maryland: Bettie Carothers, 1975-76. (ISBN: none) (OCLC;8196057) (Family History Library book 975.2 V2ba v. 2; film 928166 item 7)
- 1727-1839 Barnes, Robert W. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1973. (ISBN 0806305800) (ISBN 0806305800); (OCLC;28916982) (Family History Library book 975.2 V2b). Online at Ancestry ($).
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- 1837-1850 Hollowak, Thomas W. Index to Marriages and Deaths in The (Baltimore) Sun 1837-1850. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FHL Book 975.26 B38h. Online at Ancestry ($).
- 1851-1860 Hollowak, Thomas L. Index to Marriages in The (Baltimore) Sun 1851-1860. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FHL Book 975.26 B38ha. Online at Ancestry ($).
Guides[edit | edit source]
- Maryland newspapers are identified county-by-county in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
- Hofstetter, Eleanore O. and Marcella S. Eustis. Newspapers in Maryland Libraries: A Union List. Baltimore, Maryland: Division of Library Development Services, Maryland State Department of Education, 1977. (ISBN: none) (OCLC 3160087) (Family History Library Book 975.2 B33h; fiche 6046965)
- White, Les, et al. Newspapers in Maryland: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives. Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1990. (ISBN: none) (OCLC 19906122, 23530179, 23140665) (Family History Library book 975.2 B33s)
Family History Library[edit | edit source]
To locate newspapers in the Family History Library's collection which pertain to a large part of Maryland, click here The Family History Library is not actively collecting newspapers of the United States.[1]
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Telephone interview of Ken Nelson by Michael Ritchey. Salt Lake City, 8 December 2008. Ken is a member of the Family History Library's Collection Management team. He said that although the library would not turn down a free microfilm of a U.S. newspaper, newspaper collections are not currently part of the acquisition profile for U.S. places, and haven't been for some years.
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