Newspaper Links of Old

There are thousands of newspapers that have yet to be scanned and made available online. You still need to know where they are and how to access them. Please use this list and let me know if you find other sites that are good repositories for further newspaper research. Your feedback is welcome.

[All links checked and updated 6 July 2014] Google Index (International): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_archives_online

Elephind.com [click on Advanced Search]: http://www.elephind.com/

National Sites for research: A brief history of newspapers-Historic Newspapers: http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm

Free Newspaper Archives in the US

Visualization of newspapers spread from east to west; Data Visualization:
Journalism’s Voyage West: http://www.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/visualizations/us_newspapers

Newspapers in Microform, LOC: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/news_research_tools/newspapersinmf.html

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/extnewsp.html

Stars & Stripes: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/

Library of Congress, Chronicling of America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ (41 states with newspapers from 1836-1922 as of 1 July 2014)

Library of Congress, U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/

Library of Congress, browsable newspapers listed by state: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/

Newspaper Program: http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html

Newspaper Abstracts: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/

Repository of Primary Sources: http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

United States Newspaper Program: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/usnp/usnpp.html

US Newspaper Links: current newspapers (not inclusive list): http://www.usnpl.com/

US Full-Text Newspaper Databases: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/news/db.html

Readex: Early American Newspapers, 1690-1876: http://www.newsbank.com/readex/?content=96

Small Town Papers: $$$ http://www.smalltownpapers.com/

www.GenealogyBank.com $$$

www.footnote.com/

www.newspaperarchive.com $$$ (Allows up to 3 look ups per day, free)

Cyndi’s List, Newspapers: http://www.cyndislist.com/newspapers

Ancestry.com $$$: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50000&enc=1

Rootsweb Newspaper Indexes: http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/news/

Google News Archive Service: http://news.google.com/archivesearch

GenealogyBuff.com – US newspaper list

US Newspaper Indexes in Olin University: http://guides.library.cornell.edu/newsindexesUS

****US Online Historical Newspapers:
****https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa

Newspapers, date of Statehood in parentheses. ILL equals Inter Library Loan.
Alabama: (1819) ILL
AL Dept. of Archives and History:
http://www.archives.state.al.us/dataindex.html
Birmingham Public Library: http://www.bham.lib.al.us/ (See databases on that site)

Alaska: (1959) ILL

Obituaries, Newspaper Obituaries (scroll to AK)

Newspaper Indexes & Databases — Alaska State Library

The Alaska State Library: Newspapers Index

Alaska Online Historical Newspapers – Online Historical Newspapers

GenealogyBuff.com – Online Newspaper Directory – Alaska Newspapers

Petersburg Public Library: Newspapers (Many!)

Arizona: (1912) ILL

Arizona Newspaper Project: http://www.azlibrary.gov/sla/arizona-newspapers

Mesa FamilySearch Library Obituary Search: http://mesarfhc.org/search/azobits.htm

Chronicling America – The Library of Congress

Arizona Online Historical Newspapers – Online Historical Newspapers