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3,515 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from the U.S.

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

Old photos are important to a complete research, whether they are portraits of your ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

During June, 2020 I have been adding and updating the links to online photo collections that are available to search for free. There are a total of 3,515 links to online photo archives that I have found for the U.S., with 965 of those links added since the previous update. I will update these lists in approximately six months.

Here is the list of links to these free online collections for each state:

For articles about historic photos and photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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775 Free Western States Online Photo Archives Available

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Washington Online Historical Newspapers Summary

7/1/2020

Washington has a sizable state-wide free online collection for searching historical newspapers. Many states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently Washington has quite a few newspapers also available on that site. There are free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are almost 3,000 newspapers that have been published in the Evergreen State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Washington ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Washington

Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T., 1886-1917 Aberdeen herald.
Anacortes, Wash. Ter., 1882-1887 Northwest enterprise.
Colfax, Wash., 1893-1932 The Colfax gazette.
Colville, Wash., 1907-1948 The Colville examiner.
Edison, Wash., 1898-1??? Industrial freedom.
Ellensburg, Wash., 1893-1894 The reformer's dawn.
Ellensburg, Wash., 1894-1894 The dawn.
Ellensburg, Wash., 1894-1895 The weekly dawn.
Ellensburg, Wash., 1895-1898 The dawn.
Ellensburg, Wash., 1898-1914 The Ellensburg dawn.
Everett, Wash., 1909-1976 The labor journal.
Everett, Wash., 1911-1914 The Commonwealth.
Everett, Wash., 1914-1915 The Washington socialist.
Everett, Wash., 1915-1917 The Northwest worker.
Everett, Wash., 1917-1918 The Co-operative news.
Friday Harbor, Wash., 1891-1899 The islander.
Friday Harbor, Wash., 1898-1914 The San Juan islander.
Kennewick, Wash., 1902-1905 Columbia courier.
Kennewick, Wash., 1905-1914 The Kennewick courier.
Leavenworth, Wash., 1904-current The Leavenworth echo.
Lynden, Wash., 1908-current The Lynden tribune.
Newport, Wash., 1899-current The Newport miner.
North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.], 1889-1914 The Yakima herald.
North Yakima, Wash., 1894-189? The ranch.
North Yakima, Wash., 1897-1902 Ranche and range.
Olympia [Wash.], 1853-1854 Washington pioneer. [volume]
Olympia, O.T. [Wash.], 1852-1853 The Columbian. [volume]
Olympia, Wash. Territory [Wash.], 1854-1861 Pioneer and Democrat. [volume]
Olympia, Wash. Territory, 1860-1921 Washington standard.
Oroville, Wash., 1905-19?? The Oroville weekly gazette.
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], 188?-1888 Weekly Puget Sound Argus.
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], 1883-188? Puget Sound weekly Argus.
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], 1888-1??? Puget Sound weekly Argus.
Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.], 1870-1875 The weekly Argus. [volume]
Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.], 1876-1882 Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume]
Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.], 1882-1883 Puget Sound Argus. [volume]
Pullman, W.T. [Wash.], 1888-1989 Pullman herald.
Ritzville, Wash., 1898-1906 Adams County news.
Ritzville, Wash., 1906-1907 Washington State journal and Adams County news.
Ritzville, Wash., 1907-1911 Washington State journal.
Seattle, W.T. [Wash., 1881-1888 Seattle daily post-intelligencer.
Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], 1888-1914 The Seattle post-intelligencer.
Seattle, Wash. Terr., 1871-1880 Puget Sound dispatch. [volume]
Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.], 1876-1881 The daily intelligencer.
Seattle, Wash., 1???-1915 The Seattle Republican.
Seattle, Wash., 18??-189? The Daily Republican.
Seattle, Wash., 1894-1??? The Republican.
Seattle, Wash., 1899-1947 The Seattle star.
Seattle, Wash., 1902-1914 The ranch.
Seattle, Wash., 1916-1921 Cayton's weekly.
Seattle, Wash., 1921-1921 Cayton's monthly.
Shelton, W.T., 1886-1927 The Mason County journal.
Snohomish City, W.T. [Wash.], 1876-1879 The northern star. [volume]
Spokane Falls, W.T. [Wash.], 1883-1890 Spokane Falls review. [volume]
Spokane, Wash., 1902-1939 The Spokane press.
Spokane, Wash., 1914-1971 Washington farmer.
Steilacoom, W.T. [Wash.], 1858-1864 Puget Sound herald. [volume]
Tacoma, Wash., 1903-1949 The Tacoma times.
Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.], 1875-1910 The Vancouver independent.
Walla Walla, Wash. Terr., 1864-19?? Walla Walla statesman. [volume]
Walla Walla, Wash., 1903-1910 The Evening statesman.
Wenatchee, Wash., 1905-1971 The Wenatchee daily world.

Google News Archive

Allyn - Allyn Times
Anacortes - Northwest Enterprise
Arlington - The Arlington Times
Auburn - The Washington Co-Operator
Bellingham - The Journal-Progressive
Bingen - Mt. Adams Sun
Bossburg - The Bossburg Herald
Brewster - Quad-City Herald
Brewster - The Herald Reporter
Cathlamet - The Wahkiakum Country Eagle
Chehalis - The Chehalis Bee-Nugget
Chehalis - The Chehalis Bee
Cheney - Cheney Free Press
Coulee - News & Standard
Coulee - Coulee City News
Deer Park - Deer Park Tribune
Deer Park - Tri-County Tribune
Deer Park - Tribune
Deer Park - Deer Park Union
Eatonville - The Eatonville Dispatch
Edmonds - Edmonds Beacon
Ellensburg - The Ellensburg Capital
Ellensburg - The Evening Localizer
Ellensburg - The Ellensburg Dawn
Ellensburg - The Ellensburg Localizer
Ellensburg - Ellensburg Daily Record
Ellensburg - The Ellensburg Democrat
Ellensburg - Kittitas Localizer
Entiat - The Entiat Times
Everett - The Everett Times
Garfield - The Garfield Enterprise
Goldendale - The Goldendale Sentinel
Issaquah - The Issaquah Press
Issaquah - Newcastle News
Kettle Falls - The Scimitar
Loon Lake - The Loon Lake Times
Marcus - Marcus Messenger
Marysville - The Marysville Globe
Mattawa - Mattawa Area News
Molson - The Molson Leader
Montesano - The Vidette
Mukilteo - Mukilteo Beacon
Neppel - The Pacific Farm Record
Neppel - The Neppel Record
Olympia - Puget Sound Daily Courier
Olympia - Puget Sound Weekly Courier
Olympia - Washington Democrat
Olympia - The Echo
Olympia - The Olympia Weekly Capital
Olympia - Pioneer and Democrat
Orient - Kettle River Journal
Oroville - The Oroville Gazette
Oroville - Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune
Oroville - Ovg2003
Othello - The Othello Outlook
Palouse - The Boomerang
Palouse - The Palouse Republic
Pomeroy - Pomeroy Republican
Port Angeles - True Democrat
Port Townsend - Morning Leader
Port Townsend - The North - West
Pullman - Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Pullman - Weekend Daily News
Quincy - The Quincy Valley Post-Register
Raymond - The Raymond Review
Ritzville - The Ritzville Adams County Journal
Ritzville - The Ritzville Journal-Times
Royal City - The South County Sun
Royal City - The Royal Banner
Royal City - Royal Review
Sammamish - Sammamish Review
Seattle - West Seattle Herald
Seattle - South Seattle Community College
Seattle - The Seattle Times
Seattle - The South Seattle Sentinel
Seattle - The Sentinel
Shelton - The Shelton-Mason County Journal
Shelton - Shelton Weekly Tribune
Shelton - The Shelton Sentinel
Spokane - Douglas County Farmer
Spokane - Spokesman Review Semi-Weekly
Spokane - The Spokane Weekly Review
Spokane - Weekly Spokesman-Review
Spokane - Spokane Daily Chronicle
Spokane - The Spokane Review
Spokane - The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle
Spokane Falls - Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle
Spokane Falls - Spokane Falls Weekly Review
Spokane Falls - The Spokesman-Review
Spokane Falls - Spokane Chronicle
Spokane Falls - The Morning Review
Spokane Falls - Spokane Falls Review
Tacoma - The Weekly Ledger
Wenatchee - The Republican
Withrow - The Withrow Banner
Woodinville - The Woodinville Weekly

Washington Digital Newspapers

Historical Newspapers Washington 1852-1892

The Columbian (Olympia) 1852–1853
Lynden Pioneer Press (Lynden) 1888–1890
The Northern Star (Snohomish) 1876–1879
Pioneer and Democrat (Olympia) 1854–1861
Puget Sound Argus (Port Townsend) 1882–1883
Puget Sound Courier (Steilacoom) 1855–1856
Puget Sound Dispatch (Seattle) 1871-1880
Puget Sound Herald (Steilacoom) 1858–1864
Puget Sound Mail (LaConner) 1879–1884
Puget Sound Semi-weekly (Seattle) 1866
Puget Sound Weekly (Seattle) 1866–1867
Puget Sound Weekly Argus (Port Townsend)1876–1882
Puget Sound Weekly Gazette (Seattle) 1867
Seattle Gazette (Seattle) 1863–1864
Seattle Weekly Gazette (Seattle) 1864–1866
Spokane Times (Spokane) 1879–1882
Spokane Falls Review (Spokane) 1883–1890
Truth Teller (Steilacoom) 1858
Vancouver Register (Vancouver) 1865–1869
Walla Walla Statesman (Walla Walla) 1864–1869
Washington Gazette (Seattle) 1863
Washington Pioneer (Olympia) 1853–1854
Washington Statesman (Walla Walla) 1861–1864
Weekly Argus (Port Townsend) 1870–1875
The Yakima Herald (Yakima) 1889–1892

County and Library Collections:

Clallam County Digital Newspaper Archives

Clallam County Journal
The Democrat
Democrat Leader
Dungeness Beacon
Forks Forum
The Herald
Model Commonwealth
The Olympic
Olympic Leader

Olympic Tribune
Peninsula Herald
Port Angeles Beacon
Port Angeles Daily Herald
Port Angeles Leader
Port Angeles Olympic
Port Angeles Olympic Leader
Port Crescent Leader
Weekly Herald

Clark County Historical Museum Newspapers Archive

The Vancouver Independent

Wasington State Library - Olympian Index (Index only)

Bunchgrass Historican
Clark County History
Columbia Magazine (Washington State Historical Society)
Columns (University of Washington)
Cowlitz Historical Quarterly
Eastside Week
New Pacific
Pacific Northwest Historical Quarterly
Pacific Northwest Magazine
Peninsula Magazine
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle Magazine
Seattle Weekly
The Olympian
Washington CEO
Washington Journal
Washington Magazine

Pend Oreille County Library District

The Newport Miner
The Newport Pilot

Student Collections:

Bellevue College - Bellevue

Watchdog

Central Washington University - Ellensburg

Clark College - Vancouver

Independent

Eastern Washington University - Cheney

Ellensburg High School - Ellensburg

Alutant

Evergreen State College - Olympia

Gonzaga University - Spokane

Bulletin

Green River College - Auburn

Green River Current

Lake Washington High School - Kirkland

Lake Washington World

Mercer Island High School - Mercer island

The Islander

North Thurston High School - Olympia

Rampage

Pacific Lutheran University - Tacoma

Mooring Mast

Roosevelt High School - Seattle

The Roosevelt News

Saint Martins University - Lacey

News

Seattle Central Community College - Seattle

New City Collegian

Seattle University - Seattle

Shoreline Community College - Shoreline

Ebbtide

Spokane Falls Community College - Spokane

Communicator

University of Puget Sound - Tacoma

The Trail

University of Washington - Bothell

Commons

University of Washington - Seattle

Daily

University of Washington - Tacoma

Walla Walla University - College Place

The Collegian

Washington State University - Pullman

Washington State University - Vancouver

VanCougar

Western Washington University - Bellingham

Western Washington University Western Front

Whitman College - Walla Walla

Whitworth University - Spokane

The Whitworthian

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

"A" Company Underground
"B" Company Unbridled Voice
1sT Of The Worst
And Aint I a Woman (Seattle)
B Troop News
Blue Suede Shoes
Co-Ambulation
Counterpoint
Draft Resistance Seattle News
Fed Up
Helix
HOW BTRY TIMEs
Laughing Bear
Lewis-McChord Free Press
Lilith
Northwest Passage
Pandora
Puget Sound Sound Off
Retaliation, The
Sacstrated
Shitlifer
Tacoma Movement News

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

Kimble Northwest History Database (Clippings)

The Labor Press Project - Pacific Northwest Labor and Radical Newspapers

Japanese American Historical Newspapers Collection

Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper and Periodical Index

Swedish American Newspapers

Small Town Papers

Old Fulton Postcards

The Olden Times - Washington

Newspaper Abstracts - Washington

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Bainbridge Island

Bainbridge Review

Home

Agitator

Lakebay

The Agitator

Olympia

North Western Farmer

Port Townsend

Morning Leader

Seattle

Spokane

Tacoma

West Coast Trade

Walla Walla

Walla Wallop

Woodinville

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 22 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Washington Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 176 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Washington Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 21 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Washington

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 57 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Washington.

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Newspapers at the Washington State Library site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online and other format newspaper availability.

Please note - even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Alaska Online Historical Photos Research

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Alaska what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historic photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Montana Online Historical Photos Research

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Montana what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Wyoming Online Historical Newspapers Summary

7/1/2020

Wyoming is one of the states that does has a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently Wyoming does not have newspapers available on that site. There are additional free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are over 500 newspapers that have been published in the Equality State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But the majority are indeed available. So go for it - find your Wyoming ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Updated July, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Google News Archive

Wyoming Newspaper Project 1849-1922

Student Collections:

Casper College - Casper

Chinook

Central Wyoming College - Riverton

CWC News

Eastern Wyoming College - Torrington

Lancer

Laramie County Community College - Cheyenne

Talon

Northwest College - Powell

NWC News Desk

Sheridan College - Sheridan

Sheridan College News

University of Wyoming - Laramie

Western Wyoming Community College - Rock Springs

WMCC News

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society Newspaper Index 1956-2017

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

Small Town Papers

Basin Republican Rustler Basin, Wyoming
Greybull Standard Greybull, Wyoming
High Plains Sentinel Wright, Wyoming
The Lovell Chronicle Lovell, Wyoming
News Letter Journal Newcastle, Wyoming
The Sundance Times Sundance, Wyoming
Weston County Gazette Upton, Wyoming
Crook County Monitor -- Sundance
Crook County News -- Sundance

Newspaper Abstracts - Wyoming

The Olden Times - Wyoming

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Cheyenne

Wyoming Catholic Register - 2003-present

Heart Mountain

Rock Springs

Il Grido Del Popolo
Vita Nuova

Sheridan

Hellcat News

Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park Newspaper

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 20 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Wyoming Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 28 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Wyoming Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 29 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Wyoming

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 10 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Wyoming.

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Wyoming Newspaper Project site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability.

Please note - even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Oregon Online Historical Photos Research

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Oregon, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Hawaii Online Historical Photos Research

7/1/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Hawaii what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers Summary

7/1/2020

New Mexico is one of the states that does have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, and they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as another site for searching old newspapers. There are free online newspapers on other sites and large collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are almost 1,300 newspapers that have been published in the Land of Enchantment - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your New Mexico ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Updated December, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - New Mexico Newspapers

Alamogordo, N.M., 1899-1912 - The Alamogordo news.
Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M., 1912-1914 - Alamogordo news-advertiser.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1884-1886 - The morning journal.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1891-19?? - Albuquerque weekly citizen.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1895-1903 - Albuquerque daily citizen.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1903-1926 - Albuquerque morning journal.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1905-1907 - Albuquerque evening citizen.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1907-1909 - Albuquerque citizen.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1911-1914 - Albuquerque evening herald.
Albuquerque, N.M., 1914-1922 - The evening herald.
Aztec, N.M., 1890-19?? - The San Juan County index.
Belen, N.M., 1912-1947 - Belen news.
Belen, Nuevo México, 19??-19?? - El Hispano-americano.
Capitan, Condado de Lincoln, Nuevo México, 1905-19?? - El farol.
Carlsbad, N.M., 1899-1907 - Carlsbad current.
Carlsbad, N.M., 1907-1908 - Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun.
Carlsbad, N.M., 1908-1926 - The Carlsbad current.
Carlsbad, N.M., 1917-1918 - The evening current.
Carrizozo, N.M., 1908-192? - Carrizozo news.
Carrizozo, N.M., 1910-1945 - Carrizozo outlook.
Cerrillos, N.M., 188?-1891 - Los Cerrillos rustler.
Cerrillos, N.M., 1891-1??? - The rustler.
Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M., 19??-19?? - The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen.
Cimarron, N.M., 1907-19?? - The Cimarron news and press.
Cimarron, N.M., 1908-19?? - The Cimarron citizen.
Clayton, N.M., 19??-1954 - The Clayton news.
Clayton, Union County, N.M., 1888-1906 - Clayton enterprise. volume
Clayton, Union County, N.M., 1906-19?? - The Clayton citizen. volume
Clovis, N.M., 1907-1929 - The Clovis news.
Columbus, Luna County, N.M., 1911-1920 - The Columbus courier.
Columbus, N.M., 1920-1920 - Columbus daily courier.
Columbus, N.M., 1920-1921 - The Columbus weekly courier.
Deming, N.M., 1881-1948 - Deming headlight.
Deming, N.M., 1903-1948 - Deming graphic.
East Las Vegas, N.M., 1891-1??? - Las Vegas free press.
East Las Vegas, N.M., 1908-1921 - Las Vegas optic.
Eddy [Carlsbad], N.M., 189?-1899 - The Eddy current.
Estancia, N.M., 1911-1912 - The morning news.
Estancia, Nuevo Méjico, 1904-1908 - Las Nuevas de la Estancia.
Estancia, Torrance County, N.M., 1904-1912 - The Estancia news. volume
Estancia, Torrance County, N.M., 1912-19?? - Estancia news-herald. volume
Farmington, N.M., 1891-1900 - The San Juan times.
Fort Sumner, Guadalupe County, N.M., 190?-1947 - The Fort Sumner review.
Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M., 190?-1924 - The Kenna record.
Kingston, N.M., 1884-1960 - Sierra County advocate.
Las Cruces, N.M., 1881-1914 - Rio Grande republican.
Las Vegas [N.M.], 1886-1886 - The Las Vegas gazette.
Las Vegas, N.M., 18??-1881 - Las Vegas morning gazette.
Las Vegas, N.M., 1872-18?? - Las Vegas gazette. volume
Las Vegas, N.M., 1879-1880 - Daily gazette.
Las Vegas, N.M., 1880-1908 - Las Vegas daily optic.
Las Vegas, N.M., 1898-190? - The Las Vegas weekly optic and stock grower.
Las Vegas, N.M.], 1881-1886 - Las Vegas daily gazette.
Las Vegas, Nuevo México, 1894-19?? - El independiente.
Lincoln, N.M., 1884-188? - Golden era.
Lordsburg, N.M., 1887-1919 - Western liberal.
Lovington, N.M., 1910-1956 - The Lovington leader.
Mesilla, N.M., 1877-1879 - The Mesilla Valley independent. volume
Mountainair, N.M., 1916-1941 - The Mountainair independent.
New Albuquerque, N.M., 1882-1884 - The Albuquerque morning journal.
None, 1889-192? - La voz del pueblo.
Red River, Taos County, N.M., 1900-190? - Red River prospector.
Robinson, Socorro County, N.M., 1882-1897 - The Black range.
Roswell, N.M., 1903-current - The Roswell daily record.
Roy, Mora Co., N.M., 19??-19?? - The Spanish American. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 185?-1859 - Santa Fe weekly gazette. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 1859-1864 - Santa Fe gazette. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 1864-1869 - Santa Fe weekly gazette. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 1885-1897 - Santa Fe daily new Mexican. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 1890-1958 - El Nuevo mexicano.
Santa Fe, N.M., 1898-1951 - Santa Fe new Mexican. volume
Santa Fe, N.M., 1914-19?? - New Mexico state record.
Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.], 1851-1854 - The Santa Fe weekly gazette. volume
Silver City, N.M., 1883-189? - Southwest-sentinel. volume
Silver City, N.M., 1894-1??? - The eagle.
Socorro, N.M., 1890-1901 - The chieftain.
Socorro, N.M., 1902-1959 - The Socorro chieftain.
Socorro, Socorro County, N.M., 1884-1890 - The Socorro chieftain.
Taiban, Roosevelt County, N.M., 19??-1922 - Taiban Valley news.
Taos, Nuevo México, 190?-1905 - La revista de Taos and the Taos Valley news.
Taos, Nuevo México, 1905-1905 - La Revista de Taos and the Taos cresset. volume
Taos, Nuevo México, 1905-1922 - La revista de Taos. volume
Tucumcari, N.M., 1905-1907 - The Tucumcari news.
Tucumcari, N.M., 1907-1921 - The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times.
White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M., 188?-18?? - White Oaks golden era.
White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M., 1882-189? - The Lincoln County leader. volume
White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M., 189?-189? - The old Abe eagle.
White Oaks, N.M., 189?-190? - White Oaks eagle.

Google News Archive

New Mexico Digital Newspapers

Advertiser
Albuquerque Evening Herald
Belen News
Borderer
Catron County News
Cuervo Clipper
Dawson News
Gallup Herald
Hispano Americano
La Bandera Americana
Mesilla Times
Mesilla Weekly Times
New Mexican Review
Raton Weekly Independent
Raton Comet
Raton Daily Independent
Sunday Morning Review
Weekly Hispano Americano

New Mexico Historical Newspapers

County and Library Collections:

Lincoln County Newspaper Archives

San Juan County - Farmington Newspaper Archives

Student Collections:

Central New Mexico College - Albuquerque

CNM Chronicle

Eastern New Mexico University - Portales

News

Luna Community College - Las Vegas

Luna Light

Mesalands Community College

News

New Mexico Highlands University - Las Vegas

Hot News

New Mexico State University - Las Cruces

New Mexico Tech - Socorro

Paydirt

San Juan College - Farmington

The News

St. John's College - Santa Fe

The Moon

University of New Mexico - Albuquerque

University of the Southwest - Hobbs

News

Western New Mexico University - Silver City

Mustang

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

A: A Journal of Contemporary Literature
Myths and Techno-Fantasies
Stooge
SUM

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

White Sands Missile Range Newspapers

Wind and Sand
Missile Ranger

Small Town Papers

Clovis Livestock Market News Fort Sumner, New Mexico
De Baca County News Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Hidalgo County Herald Lordsburg, New Mexico
The Independent Edgewood, New Mexico
Mountain Mail Socorro, New Mexico
The Raton Range Raton, New Mexico
Taiban Valley News Taiban
Fort Sumner Review Fort Sumner

Newspaper Abstracts - New Mexico

The Olden Times - New Mexico

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Albuquerque

Deming

Trench and Camp - Camp Cody Edition

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 30 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - New Mexico Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 244 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - New Mexico Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently over 136 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - New Mexico

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 96 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - New Mexico

And Finally:

You also need to visit the New Mexico Digital Newspapers site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. They also have a nice searchable database for microfilm based collections throughout the state.

Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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Idaho Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Idaho what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Ancestry New and Updated Collections - June 1-30, 2020

6/30/2020

Source: ancestry.com

Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.

For the period of June 1-30, 2020, the new/updated collections are:

1880 United States Federal Census (UPDATED)
1921 Census of Canada (UPDATED)
Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1936 (UPDATED)
Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
Dresden, Germany, Crematorium Registers, 1911-1952 (NEW)
Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (UPDATED)
Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967 (UPDATED)
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951 (UPDATED)
Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Births, 1876-1904 (UPDATED)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1952 (UPDATED)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1922 (UPDATED)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Residence Records, 1869-1932 (NEW)
Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925, 1946-1961 (UPDATED)
Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 (NEW)
Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Mexico, Select County Marriage Records, 1905-1999 (NEW)
New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Death Records, 1804-1964 (UPDATED)
Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 (UPDATED)
Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Tennessee, Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891 (UPDATED)
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (UPDATED)
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (UPDATED)
UK, Officer Service Records, 1764-1932 (UPDATED)
UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 (UPDATED)
Washington, Episcopal Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1870-1970 (UPDATED)
WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 (NEW)

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

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Colorado Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Colorado what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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Washington Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Washington what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

FamilySearch New and Updated Collections - June 1-30, 2020

6/30/2020

Source: familysearch.org

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.

For the period of June 1-30, 2020, the added/updated collections are:

For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

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Oregon Online Historical Newspapers Summary

6/30/2020

Oregon has a state-wide online collections and indexes for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently Oregon has quite a few newspapers available on that site. There are many free online newspapers also available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are over 1,500 newspapers that have been published in the Beaver State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Oregon ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Updated December, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Oregon

Albany, Or., 1865-1900 - The state rights democrat.
Albany, Or., 1868-18?? - The Albany register.
Ashland, Or., 1876-1919 - Ashland tidings.
Ashland, Or., 1919-1924 - Ashland weekly tidings.
Ashland, Or., 1919-1970 - Ashland daily tidings.
Astoria, Or., 1873-1874 - Tri-weekly Astorian.
Astoria, Or., 1876-1883 - The Daily Astorian.
Astoria, Or., 1883-1899 - The daily morning Astorian.
Astoria, Or., 1899-1930 - The morning Astorian.
Astoria, Or., 19??-1930 - Toveritar.
Athena, Umatilla County, Or., 18??-1942 - The Athena press.
Burns, Harney County, Or., 1896-1929 - The Times-herald.
Condon, Gilliam Co., Or., 189?-1919 - Condon globe.
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1871-18?? - The Benton democrat. volume
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1897-1899 - Oregon union.
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1899-1900 - The Union gazette.
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1900-1909 - Corvallis gazette.
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1909-1909 - The gazette-times.
Corvallis, Benton County, Or., 1909-1921 - The daily gazette-times.
Corvallis, Or., 1862-1863 - The Oregon union.
Corvallis, Or., 1862-1899 - The Corvallis gazette.
Corvallis, Or., 1888-1909 - The Corvallis times.
Dallas, Or., 1870-1872 - Oregon Republican.
Dallas, Or., 1872-1??? - Liberal Republican.
Dalles, Or., 1861-1866 - The daily mountaineer.
Echo, Umatilla County, Or., 190?-1909 - The Echo register.
Enterprise, Or., 1909-1911 - Wallowa County chieftain.
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or., 1907-1910 - The news=record.
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or., 1910-1911 - Enterprise news-record.
Grants Pass, Or., 1886-1927 - Rogue River courier.
Grants Pass, Or., 19??-1918 - Rogue River courier.
Grants Pass, Or., 1919-1931 - Grants Pass daily courier.
Heppner, Morrow County, Or., 1892-1912 - Heppner gazette.
Heppner, Or., 1912-1925 - The gazette-times.
Hood River, Or., 1889-1933 - The Hood River glacier.
Joseph, Union County, Or., 1884-1909 - Wallowa chieftain.
Junction City, Or., 189?-1901 - Junction City bulletin.
Klamath Falls, Or., 1906-1942 - The Evening herald.
Lebanon, Linn County, Or., 1887-1898 - The Lebanon express.
Medford, Or., 1909-1989 - Medford mail tribune.
Monmouth, Polk County, Or., 1888-1927 - Polk County observer.
New Orleans, La., 1913-19?? - The Voice of the people.
None, 189?-1946 - The Weston leader. volume
None, 1899-19?? - The Hood River sun. volume
None, 1909-1909 - Corvallis daily gazette. volume
Ontario, Or., 1???-1947 - The Ontario Argus.
Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or., 1888-current - East Oregonian : E.O.
Portland, Or., 1871-1887 - The new Northwest.
Roseburg, Or., 187?-1885 - The Douglas independent.
Roseburg, Or., 1885-1920 - Roseburg review.
Saint Johns, Or., 1904-current - St. Johns review.
Salem, Or., 1888-1893 - Evening capital journal.
Salem, Or., 1893-1895 - Capital journal.
Salem, Or., 1896-1899 - Daily capital journal.
Salem, Or., 1899-1903 - The Daily journal.
Salem, Or., 1903-1919 - Daily capital journal.
Salem, Or., 1919-1980 - Capital journal.
Spray, Or., 1???-19?? - Spray courier.
St. Helens, Columbia County, Or., 188?-1913 - The Oregon mist.
St. Helens, Or., 1913-1933 - St. Helens mist.
Sumpter, Or., 1899-1905 - The Sumpter miner.
The Dalles, Or., 1882-1904 - The Dalles times-mountaineer.
The Dalles, Or., 1890-1947 - The Dalles weekly chronicle.
The Dalles, Or., 1890-1948 - The Dalles daily chronicle.
Toledo, Lincoln County, Or., 1893-1987 - Lincoln County leader.
Weston, Umatilla County, Or., 1878-189? - Weston weekly leader.

Google News Archive

Bend - The Bulletin
Boardman - The Boardman Enterprise
Boardman - The Enterprise
Brownsville - Brownsville Times
Clatskanie - The Clatskanie Chief
Condon - Condon Globe-Times
Coquille - The Coquille Valley Sentinel
Dayton - The Dayton Tribune
Eugene - Eugene Register-Guard
Forest Grove - Pacific University Index
Halfway - Hells Canyon Journal
Heppner - Heppner Gazette-Times
Mckenzie Bridge - Mckenzie River Reflections
Pendleton - The Pendleton Record

Historic Oregon Newspapers 1846-1922

Oregon Newspapers Index 1852-2004 (Index only)

Oregon Daily Emerald (Eugene; 1900–1979)
Portland Oregonian (1852–1987)
Register Guard (Eugene; 1963–2004)

Oregon Index 1974-2004 (Index only)

Coos Bay World, Jan 1996 - May 1996
Corvallis Gazette Times, 1988 - 1999
Daily Astorian, 1998-1990
Eugene Register-Guard, 1988 - 2002
Klamath Falls Herald & News, 1996
La Grande Observer, 1995 - 2004
Lake Oswego Review, 1996 - 2004
Portland Oregonian, Jan 1985-Dec 1992
Salem Statesman Journal, Jan 1987 - Sept 2002
Tigard Times, 1996 - 2003
West Linn Tidings, 1998 - 2004
Willamette Week, 1974 - 1997
Wilsonville Spokesman, 1995 - 2004

County and Library Collections:

Coos County
Flora M. Laird Memorial Library

Umatilla County
The Weston Public Library

Weston Leader
Weston Weekly Leader

Wallowa County
Enterprise City

Aurora
Border Signal
Chief Joseph Herald
Enterprise Chieftain
Enterprise News Record
Enterprise Record Chieftain
Flora Journal
Joseph Herald
Lostine Reporter
News Record
Silver Lake Herald
The Horner Papers - Volume 1a
The Horner Papers - Volume 1b
The Horner Papers - Volume 2a
The Horner Papers - Volume 2b
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Reporter
Wallowa Record
Wallowa Sun

Wallowa History Center (in library)

Aurora
Enterprise Chieftain
Lostine Reporter
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa News
Wallowa Sun

Student Collections:

Clackamas Community College – Oregon City

The Clackamas Print

Concordia University - Portland

CU News

Corban University - Salem

Hilltop News

Eastern Oregon University - La Grande

The Voice

George Fox University - Newberg

Crescent

Grant High School - Portland

Grant Magazine

Lane Community College - Eugene

The Torch

Lewis & Clark College - Portland

Pioneer Log

Linfield College - McMinnville

Linfield Review

Linn-Benton Community College - Albany

The Commuter

Mt. Hood Community College - Gresham

The Advocate

Northwest Christian University - Eugene

NCU News

Oregon Institute of Technology - Klamath Falls

The Edge

Oregon State University - Corvallis

Daily Barometer

Pacific College - Newberg

The Crescent

Pacific University - Forest Grove

Index

Portland State University - Portland

Vanguard

Sheldon High School - Eugene

The Talisman

Southern Oregon University - Ashland

The Siskiyou

University of Oregon - Eugene

Daily Emerald
Oregon Commentator

University of Portland - Portland

Beacon

Warner Pacific University - Portland

Warner Pacific News

Western Oregon University - Monmouth

Willamette Univeristy- Salem

Collegian

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

Archer, The
WomanSpirit
Women’s Press

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

Northwest Heritage Index (Index only)

Kimble Northwest History Database 19th - early 20th century (Clippings only)

Small Town Papers

The Clatskanie Chief Clatskanie, Oregon
Coquille Valley Sentinel Coquille, Oregon
Dayton Tribune Dayton, Oregon
Hells Canyon Journal Halfway, Oregon
Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon
Index Forest Grove, Oregon
McKenzie River Reflections McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
The New Era Sweet Home, Oregon
The Pendleton Record Pendleton, Oregon
The Sun Sheridan, Oregon
The Times Brownsville, Oregon
The Times-Journal Condon, Oregon
Boardman Enterprise Heppner
Catholic Sentinel Portland
Condon Globe Times Condon
Enterprise Herald Heppner
Morrow County Museum Heppner
Sheridan Sun Sheridan

Old Fulton Postcards

The Olden Times - Oregon

Newspaper Abstracts - Oregon

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Eugene

Oregon Exchanges

Hillsboro

Rural Tribune

North Portland

North Portland Evacuazette

Portland

Rainier

Rainier Review

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 25 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Oregon Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 191 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Oregon Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 95 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Oregon

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 71 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Oregon.

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. The site also has additional resources that help you find online and microfilm resources in the state.

Please note - even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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Wyoming Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Wyoming what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Utah Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Utah what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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California Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of California, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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Nevada Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Nevada what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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Arizona Online Historical Photos Research

6/30/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Arizona, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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975 Free Mid West States Online Photo Archives Available

6/29/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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Arizona Online Historical Newspapers Summary

6/29/2020

Arizona is one of the states that has a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers and it also has free content with the Library of Congress Chronicling America site. There are many free online newspapers as well on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are about 1,700 newspapers that have been published in the Grand Canyon State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Arizona ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Arizona Newspapers

Google News Archive

Ajo - Ajo Copper News
Benson - San Pedro Valley News-Sun
Black Canyon City - Canyon Country News
Camp Verde - The Camp Verde Journal
Chino Valley - Chino Valley Review
Chino Valley - Review
Cottonwood - Cottonwood Journal Extra
Hayden - Copper Basin News
Kingman - Mohave Daily Miner
Kingman - Kingman Daily Miner
Lake Havasu - News Herald
Lake Havasu - Today's News-Herald
Lordsburg - Hidalgo County Herald
Mayer - Big Bug News
Mayer - The Prescott Valley Tribune
Parker - Parker Pioneer
Phoenix - The Phoenix Gazette
Prescott - Arizona Daily Journal-Miner
Prescott - Arizona Journal-Miner
Prescott - Arizona Miner
Prescott - Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner
Prescott - The Arizona Weekly Miner.
Prescott - The Courier
Prescott - The Daily Courier
Prescott - The Evening Courier
Prescott - Journal Miner
Prescott - The Prescott Courier
Prescott - Prescott Evening Courier
Prescott - Prescott Journal Miner
Prescott - Prescott Sunday Courier
Prescott - Prescott Weekly Courier
Prescott - The Sunday Courier
Prescott - Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner
Prescott - The Weekly Arizona Miner
Prescott - Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott Valley - The Tribune
San Manuel - San Manuel Miner
Sedona - Sedona Red Rock News
Superior - The Superior Sun
Willcox - Arizona Range News
Willcox - Range News

Arizona Digital Newspaper Program 1850's-1920's

County and Library Collections:

Casa Grande Public Library Archives (1912–2007)

Casa Grande Public Library

Bulletin
Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande Times
Cotton and Agriculture
Tri Valley Dispatch
Wampum Saver

Eloy Santa Cruz Library

Aqui Y Alli En El Condado De Pinal
Devils Call
El Heraldo
El Heraldo Anteriormente Aqui Y Alli
El Heraldo En El Condado De Pinal
Eloy Enterprise
Enterprise
Florence Reminder And Blade Tribune
Memories
Prom A Success
Star Crazy

Window Rock Newspaper Archives

Student Collections:

Arizona State University - Tempe

State Press

Chandler-Gilbert Community College - Chandler

The Connection

Corona del Sol High School - Tempe

CDSunrise

Deer Valley High School - Glendale

The Skyhawk Flight

Glendale Community College - Glendale

Grand Canyon University - Phoenix

GCU Today

Little Cowpuncher Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona 1934-1943 - Southern Arizona

Mesa Community College - Mesa

Mesa Legend

Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff

Notre Dame Preparatory - Scottsdale

The Seraphim

Phoenix College - Phoenix

News Briefs

Rio Salado College - Tempe

Rio News

Sandra Day O'Connor High School - Phoenix

The Talon

University of Arizona - Tucson

Daily Wildcat

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press

Americas 2001 1987 – 1988
Basta Ya! 1970 – 1972
Boletin Oficial 1855 – 1876
Corazon del Aztlan 1981 – 1982
El Coraje 1969
El Fronterizo 1882 – ’84; 1887 – ’97; 1904 – ‘08
El Fronterizo 1926 – 1929
El Hijo de el Fronterizo 1912
El Independiente 1985 – 1986; 1988 – 2004
El Mosquito 1919 – 1923; 1925
El Paso Morning Times (English) 1913 – 1918
El Paso Morning Times (Spanish) 1914 – 1918
El Pueblo 1968
El Tucsonense 1924 – 1959
Hispano America 1918 – 1934
La Constitucion 1880 – 1910
La Cronica 1914 – 1917
La Estrella Occidente 1855 – 1876
La Prensa 1970
La Raza 1967 – 1970
Regeneracion 1970
South Tucson's El Independiente 1976 – 1984

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942 to 1946

Small Town Papers

Ajo Copper News Ajo, Arizona
Arizona Range News Willcox, Arizona
The Camp Verde Journal Camp Verde, Arizona
Copper Basin News Kearny , Arizona
Cottonwood Journal Extra Cottonwood, Arizona
San Manuel Miner San Manuel, Arizona
San Pedro Valley News-Sun Benson, Arizona
Sedona Red Rock News Sedona, Arizona
The Superior Sun Keamy, Arizona

Newspaper Abstracts - Arizona

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Kingman

Hellcat News

Phoenix

Tucson

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 30 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Arizona Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 158 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Arizona Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 49 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Arizona

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 61 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Arizona

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Arizona Digital Newspapers Program site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects.

Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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South Dakota Online Historical Photos Research

6/29/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of South Dakota what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Ohio Online Historical Photos Research

6/29/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Ohio what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

Iowa Online Historical Photos Research

6/29/2020

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the state of Iowa, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the state.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

For historical photos from other states as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

______________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

______________________________________________________

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