7.600 Free Mid Atlantic States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Now Available

295 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid Atlantic States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in January 2024, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 7,600 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid Atlantic States. Just […]

District of Columbia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The District of Columbia does not have a single central online repository for searching historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are many free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where […]

Pennsylvania Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Pennsylvania is one of the states that has several central state-wide online repositories for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main online site for searching old newspapers. Pennsylvania does have many online newspapers available on that site. Pennsylvania currently also has its online availability from different […]

Newspapers dot Com Update – January 2024

Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 916 million digitized pages from 24,617 titles. Here is a list of the 51 new titles from the past month. New Titles CanadaOntario EnglandHampshire PanamaPanama ScotlandCentral Region United StatesCalifornia Maine Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia […]

British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 41 Titles – January, 2024

The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for January 2024. There are 3 New Titles and 38 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 73.4 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]

Find My Past Adds/Updates 42 Historical Newspaper Titles – January 2024

Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently their collection numbers over 73.6 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 3 new titles and added to 39 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]

Georgia Historical Newspapers Spring 2024 Plans to Add 19 Titles

The Digital Library of Georgia has just announced that 19 titles are to be added in the Spring and Summer of 2024 Update. They will be part of the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website. The complete article announcement can be read HERE Here is the list of the titles and date ranges available, as well […]

NewspaperARCHIVE Update – January 2024

NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for January 2024. There are 51 New Titles and 78 Titles that have had issues added. There are over 16,000 titles available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles added or updated this month, […]

Chronicling America Updates – January 2024

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for January 2024. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 9 in total. New Hampshire West Virginia Good Luck and Happy […]

33 Different Things You Can Find About Your Ancestors By Searching Old Newspapers

Searching old newspapers is my favorite genealogy research activity. Why? Because it helps me to discover the stories of my ancestors’ lives. Looking for obituaries is rather obvious, but what other things can one find in these sometimes one hundred or hundred and fifty-year-old pieces of paper? In the attached Quick Reference Guide is a […]