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650 Free Midwest States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

12/30/2017

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Over 650 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Midwest States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in November and December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.

Illinois - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/illinois-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Indiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/indiana-online-historical-newspapers-summaryIndiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/indiana-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Iowa - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/iowa-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Kansas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/kansas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Michigan - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/michigan-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Minnesota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/minnesota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Missouri - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/missouri-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Nebraska - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/nebraska-online-historical-newspapers-summary

North Dakota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/north-dakota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Ohio - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/ohio-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Oklahoma - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/oklahoma-online-historical-newspapers-summery

South Dakota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/south-dakota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Wisconsin - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/wisconsin-online-historical-newspapers-summary



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850 Free Southern States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

12/29/2017

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Over 850 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Southern States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.


Alabama - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/alabama-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Arkansas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/arkansas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Florida - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/florida-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Georgia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/georgia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Kentucky - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/kentucky-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Louisiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/louisiana-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Mississippi - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/mississippi-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Missouri - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/missouri-online-historical-newspapers-summary

North Carolina - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/north-carolina-online-historical-newspapers-summary

South Carolina - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/south-carolina-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Tennessee - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/tennessee-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Texas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/texas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

West Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/west-virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary


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Georgia Historic Newspapers Site Update - December, 2017

12/23/2017

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​From the Digital Library of Georgia blog - In their December, 2017 Update - The Digital Library of Georgia and the Georgia Historic Newspapers site have added or updated several new titles.  They are:

  • Daily Constitutionalist, 1851
  • Augusta Evening Dispatch, 1858-1861
  • Augusta Mirror, 1840
  • Augusta Washingtonian, 1843-1845
  • Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Augusta), 1920-1958
  • Savannah Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Monroe), 1958
  • Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Monroe), 1958-1960
  • Columbian Centinel (Augusta), 1806-1809
  • Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1851
  • Daily Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1853-1854
  • Flagpole (Athens), 1987-2012
  • Georgia Gazette (Savannah), 1763
  • Georgia Weekly Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1848-1850
  • Monthly Herald (Augusta), 1838
  • Walker County Messenger (Lafayette), 1880-1924

The DLG has also added several previously digitized newspaper titles to the GHN website, including:
  • Red and Black (Athens), 1893-1993
  • Grady County Progress (Cairo), 1910-1917
  • Vienna Progress, 1893-1904

For more links to free online Georgia historical newspapers from this site and many others, please go to Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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Catholic Newspapers Added to Georgia Historic Newspapers Site

12/20/2017

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The Digital Library of Georgia has recently announced the addition of Roman Catholic newspapers to the new Georgia Historic Newspapers website. 

From the Digital Library:​

"The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the release of historic Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah newspapers to the Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive (GHN), part of the Digital Library of Georgia, based at the University of Georgia Libraries. The historic Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah publications include the Bulletin(1920-1962) and the Savannah Bulletin (1958).There are three URLs to reflect the title changes of the Diocese’s publications:

The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957 
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1449731/

The Savannah bulletin. (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1958
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1189480/
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Bulletin (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1962
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1189460/


For the complete article, please click on  Roman Catholic Newspapers

To see the collection, click on https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/

Terrific News from the State of Georgia!


For access to other historic newspapers from the state that are currently available for free online, please check out Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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335 Free Mid-Atlantic States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

12/19/2017

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Over 335 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid-Atlantic States' free newspaper link lists: These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.


New York - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-york-online-historical-newspapers-summary1

Pennsylvania - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/pennsylvania-online-historical-newspapers-summary

New Jersey - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-jersey-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Delaware - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/delaware-online-historical-newspapers-summary

West Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/west-virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Maryland - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/maryland-online-historical-newspapers-summary

District of Columbia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/district-of-columbia-online-historical-newspapers-summary


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100 Free New England States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

12/19/2017

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​About 100 new and updated Free Historic newspaper Links have been added to the New England States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.

Connecticut - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/connecticut-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Maine - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/maine-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Massachusetts - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/massachusetts-online-historical-newspapers-summary

New Hampshire - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-hampshire-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Rhode Island - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/rhode-island-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Vermont - 
http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/vermont-online-historical-newspapers-summary

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Advantage Preservation Adds 1.5 Million Historical Newspaper Pages - November, 2017

12/9/2017

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In February, 2017, I published a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Preservation Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies and museums across the U.S. who preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. To see the entire updated list, click on Search 45 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages from Advantage Preservation for Free!  It totals over 45 million pages from 37 states from the U.S.


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As of early August, 2017, another 500 thousand pages were added - Advantage Preservation Adds 500 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - July, 2017

As of early September, 2017, another 800 thousand pages were added - Advantage Preservation Adds 800 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - August, 2017

As of early October, 2017, another 700 thousand pages were added - Advantage Preservation Adds 700 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - September, 2017

As of early November, 2017, another 750 thousand pages were added - Advantage Preservation Adds 750 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - October, 2017

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Here are the new County and Library collections that were added after the previous Advantage Preservation update, followed by the collections that have had additional newspapers added to their collections in the last month. 

​New County and Library Collections (listed by county; number of issues or pages and years of publication in the online collection):

Arkansas
Sebastian County
Fort Smith Public Library
  • Times Record
    38,968 Pages
    2012-2017
  • Southwest American
    32,555 Pages
    1908-1920
  • Fort Smith News Record
    25,329 Pages
    1896-1907
  • Fort Smith Southwest American
    9,881 Pages
    1908-1911
  • Fort Smith Elevator
    9,084 Pages
    1878-1909
  • Fort Smith Herald
    1,840 Pages
    1848-1881
  • Fort Smith Weekly Herald
    1,427 Pages
    1867-1879
  • Fort Smith Daily Herald
    1,368 Pages
    1877-1879
  • Fort Smith Herald and New Elevator
    1,209 Pages
    1912-1915
  • Wheelers Independent
    1,116 Pages
    1878-1883
  • Weekly New Era
    898 Pages
    1880-1884
  • Fort Smith Weekly New Era
    842 Pages
    1865-1874
  • Tri Weekly Fort Smith Herald
    789 Pages
    1870-1872
  • Fort Smith New Era
    659 Pages
    1863-1870
  • Western Independent
    486 Pages
    1872-1877
  • Wheelers Western Independent
    290 Pages
    1878-1878
  • Daily News Record
    274 Pages
    1894-1895
  • Fort Smith Daily Time and Herald
    222 Pages
    1861-1861
  • Fort Smith Tri Weekly Herald
    201 Pages
    1865-1866
  • Evening Call
    144 Pages
    1891-1891
  • News Record
    28 Pages
    1894-1894
  • Fort Smith Tri Weekly Bulletin
    26 Pages
    1862-1862
  • Fort Smith Bulletin
    20 Pages
    1862-1862
  • Thirty Fifth Parallel
    18 Pages
    1860-1861
  • Sun
    12 Pages
    1898-1898
  • Belle Grove School Journal
    8 Pages
    1872-1872
  • Daily Southwest American
    8 Pages
    1911-1911
  • Ouachita Conference Journal
    4 Pages
    1863-1863
  • War Times
    4 Pages
    1863-1863
  • Arkansas Developer
    4 Pages
    1894-1894
  • Fort Smith Enterprise
    4 Pages
    1895-1895
  • Fort Smith Standard
    4 Pages
    1867-1867
  • Wheelers Daily Independent
    4 Pages
    1879-1879
  • South West Independent
    2 Pages
    1854-1854

Iowa
Clay County
Spencer Public Library
  • Spencer Reporter
    17,201 Pages
    1903-1935
  • Spencer News Herald
    13,138 Pages
    1916-1936
  • Spencer Herald
    9,577 Pages
    1893-1915
  • Spencer Clay County News
    4,984 Pages
    1884-1909
  • Spencer News
    2,866 Pages
    1909-1916
  • Spencer Daily Reporter
    992 Pages
    1935-1935

Ohio
Paulding County
Paulding Public Library
  • Paulding Progress
    41,347 Pages
    1949-2016
  • Paulding County Progress
    35,841 Pages
    1987-2014
  • Paulding Democrat
    28,910 Pages
    1874-1949
  • Payne Reflector and Press Review
    27,342 Pages
    1903-1967
  • Antwerp Bee Argus
    25,459 Pages
    1914-2001
  • Oakwood News
    25,341 Pages
    1915-1982
  • Paulding County Republican
    22,969 Pages
    1888-1949
  • Grover Hill News
    10,177 Pages
    1947-1972
  • Antwerp Argus
    2,385 Pages
    1883-1893
  • Paulding County Gazette
    2,329 Pages
    1878-1888
  • Payne Reflector
    1,602 Pages
    1895-1903
  • Antwerp Gazette
    1,579 Pages
    1871-1878
  • Plain Dealer
    794 Pages
    1870-1874
  • Paulding Independent
    625 Pages
    1859-1863
  • Paulding Republican
    566 Pages
    1915-1920
  • Independent News
    247 Pages
    1913-1915
  • Paulding Journal
    205 Pages
    1873-1874
  • Payne Star
    116 Pages
    1884-1885
  • Independent
    50 Pages
    1885-1885
  • Antwerp Bee
    28 Pages
    1896-1913
  • North Western Ohio Independent News
    24 Pages
    1908-1910
  • Anthony Wayne Standard
    10 Pages
    1974-1974

Texas
Hunt County
Commerce Public Library
  • Commerce Journal
  • 114,466 Pages
    1901-2015
  • Daily Journal
    43,722 Pages
    1901-1958
  • Commerce Weekly Farm Journal
    3,861 Pages
    1931-1949
  • Journal
    1,620 Pages
    1942-1947
  • Tiger Tips
    962 Pages
    1945-1961
  • William Henry Harder
    250 Pages
    1830-1830
  • Weekly Herald
    212 Pages
    1929-1931
  • Morning Journal
    24 Pages
    1908-1908

Updated Collections
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Here is a list by state and county of the existing online collections that had pages added in the last month that are available to search for free:

Arizona
  • Pinal - Casa Grande Public Library
Illinois
  • Brown - Brown County Public Library
  • Henry - Kewanee Public Library District
Iowa
  • Appanoose - Centerville Iowegian
  • Buena Vista - Newell Public Library
  • Cass - Griswold Public Library
  • Henry - Winfield Public Library
  • Keokuk - North English
  • Monona - Mapleton Public Library
Montana
  • Yellowstone - Billings Public Library
New York
  • Ontario - Pioneer Library System
  • Rensselaer - Troy Public Library
  • Wayne - Clyde-Savannah Public Library
Ohio
  • Wyandot - Dorcas Carey Public Library
Rhode Island
  • Kent - Warwick Public Library
Texas
  • Andrews - Andrews County Library
  • Comal - New Braunfels Public Library
  • Hays - San Marcos Public Library
  • Hidalgo - Speer Memorial Library
  • Wichita - Wichita Falls Public Library
West Virginia
  • Mineral - Potomac State College Mary Shipper Library
  • Ohio - Ohio County Public Library


If you wish to see a complete list of links to historical newspapers that are searchable for free from companies like Advantage Preservation and many others, check out Newspaper Research Links.

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