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Newspapers mention births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, probate court proceedings, and other news items. Some newspapers are indexed.  

The earliest known newspaper published in New York State was the ''New York Gazette'' which commenced publishing in New York City in 1725. &nbsp;It was followed in 1733 by John Peter Zenger’s ''New York Journal,'' made famous in a 1735 court decision that established freedom of the press in the province (colony) of New York. [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html For more details.]<br>  

In the colonial period, most of the newspapers in the New York were published in New York City. Below is a list of all known colonial newspapers (Pre-1775). &nbsp;Websites or any known transcriptions were included. &nbsp;All of these newspapers can be obtained on [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ microfilm through inter-library loan] from the [[New York State Library|New York State Library]].  

:*'''1775''' ''The Constitutional Gazette''&nbsp;-&nbsp;[http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/explore/USA/New_York/New_York/ GenealogyBank.com]<br>

=== Digital Newspaper Issues Online  ===

:*[http://www.live-brary.com/historic-newspapers Suffolk Historic Newspapers]&nbsp;– free, images of twelve Suffolk County newspapers from with coverage from 1822 to the present (coverage varies), also contains links to six other New York State newspaper websites&nbsp;<br>

:*[http://www.50states.com/news/newyork.htm 50States.com]&nbsp;– free, links to current newspaper websites and online copies&nbsp;contains links to over 100 New York State newspapers. There is no site wide search engine, clicking on the newspaper’s link will connect to the most recent edition of the newspaper.<br>  

=== Newspaper Indexes  ===

In addition to newspapers that are imaged online, there are also newspaper indexes and abstracts. [http://usgenweb.org/ USGENWEB] for New York has many links to newspaper indexes on the individual county pages. <br>  

Originally a W.P.A. Project, the index is to personal names and covers more than births, deaths, and marriages. The website has a form that can be sent to order copies of the original articles in which the name was mentioned.<br>  

*B-Ann Moorhouse, "Notices of Irish-Born Persons in New York City Newspapers," ''The Irish Ancestor.'' V, no.1. (1973): 24-27. {{FHL|1015701|item|disp=FHL book 941.5 B2i vol. 5}} - article covers death, original Parish and County where deceased person was born in Ireland, relationships, and place of burial. Years covered 1819-1891. <br>  

*Kenneth Scott, ''Genealogical Data from the New York Post-Boy 1743–1773'' (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980). {{FHL|785147|item|disp=FHL book974.71 B38s}}<br>

*Byron A. Falk, Jr., and Valerie R. Falk, ''Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index, 1851–1979"'' (Succasunna, New Jersey: Roxbury Data Interface, 1976 and 1975–1989 1993) {{FHL|243381|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 B3f}} - indexes ''The New York Times Index'' <br>  

*''The New York Times Obituaries Index''(New York, New York: The Times, 1970). {{FHL|39773|item|disp=FHL book 974.71 V42n}} - this index covers 1858–1978.

=== Online Bibliographies  ===