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Below is a sortable list of historical {{PAGENAME}}, compiled November, 2013. It provides: 1) links to online copies before 1950's; and libraries where hard copies can be found
Newspapers are rich in local history. They contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and more. See [[Washington Newspapers|Washington Newspapers]] for tips, resources, and details.


The newspapers are listed by the area they served, so some may have been published in other counties or even out of state.
This list was first generated from 1) ''Chronicling America's'' "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present"<ref>Library of Congress ''[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Utah&amp;county=Beaver&amp;city=&amp;year1=1690&amp;year2=2012&amp;terms=&amp;frequency=&amp;language=&amp;ethnicity=&amp;labor=&amp;material_type=&amp;lccn=&amp;rows=20 Chronicling America]'', accessed October 2013</ref>, 2) Washington Secretary of State, and 3) University of Washington.  
{{FYI|Newspapers have increasingly come online starting in the late 1980's. See [http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/uswashin.htm OnlineNewspapers.com], [http://www.refdesk.com/wa.html RefDesk.com], or do a Google search for '''Online Newspapers'''.}}<noinclude>[[Category:Templates_for_WA_pages]] [[Category:WikiProject_Washington]]</noinclude>
 
Please add newspapers and online editions as you find them.
 
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Newspapers are rich in local history. They contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and more. See Washington Newspapers for tips, resources, and details.

This list was first generated from 1) Chronicling America's "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present"[1], 2) Washington Secretary of State, and 3) University of Washington.

Please add newspapers and online editions as you find them.

Sort the table by town, title, or years published. Click to see online issues, or libraries with copies.

  1. ↑ Library of Congress Chronicling America, accessed October 2013

A national directory from the Library of Congress that lists of libraries around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

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