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== History == | |||
== Resources for Texas Newspapers == | == Resources for Texas Newspapers == | ||
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=== Libraries and Archives === | === Libraries and Archives === | ||
Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in [[Texas Archives and Libraries]]. The | Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in [[Texas Archives and Libraries]]. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. | ||
=== Locating Texas Newspapers === | === Locating Texas Newspapers === | ||
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Guide to help you locate newspapers: | Guide to help you locate newspapers: | ||
*Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. {{ | *Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. {{FHL|204680|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 H2smm}} | ||
([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9084079 Worldcat]) | |||
*''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951.'' {{ | *''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951.'' {{FHL|189076|item|disp=FHL film 1036813 item 4}} | ||
=== Digital Issues Online === | === Digital Issues Online === | ||
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NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection {{nowrap|(over 9 million pages)}} of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=94 Texas newspapers] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection {{nowrap|(over 9 million pages)}} of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=94 Texas newspapers] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive. | ||
[http://loc. | [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Texas online. | ||
=== Indexes === | === Indexes === | ||
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Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published in: | Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published in: | ||
:*Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes in 1 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. {{ | :*Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes in 1 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. {{FHL|189968|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 V4t}}; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: {{FHL|239929|item|disp=FHL film 1398600 items 6-7}} | ||
== Web Sites == | |||
*[http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm Texas Newspapers Online] | |||
*[http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/ Texas Newspapers] | |||
*[http://theoldentimes.com/hotel_guest_lists.html The Olden Times website] partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.<br> | |||
{{Texas|Texas}} {{U.S. Newspapers}} | {{Texas|Texas}} {{U.S. Newspapers}} | ||
[[Category:Texas | [[Category:Texas|Newspapers]] | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 7 June 2012
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History[edit | edit source]
Resources for Texas Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in Texas Archives and Libraries. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900.
Locating Texas Newspapers[edit | edit source]
The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.
To find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared see Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation (Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin).
Guide to help you locate newspapers:
- Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. FHL book 976.4 H2smm
(Worldcat)
- Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951. FHL film 1036813 item 4
Digital Issues Online[edit | edit source]
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection (over 9 million pages) of Texas newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
Chronicling America has some historical issues for the state of Texas online.
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published in:
- Pearl Hendricks, comp., Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890. Two Volumes in 1 typescript at the Clayton Library in Houston. FHL book 976.4 V4t; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: FHL film 1398600 items 6-7
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Texas Newspapers Online
- Texas Newspapers
- The Olden Times website partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.
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