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| | The best collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in the "[[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section of this outline. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900. |
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| == Online Resources ==
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| *''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
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| *'''1800-Current''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50076 Texas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current] at Ancestry — index ($)
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| *'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
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| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-12010/names-stories-in-newspapers-from-oldnewscom-texas-arizona-new-mexico?s=275764761 Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska)] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
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| *[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/texas/?kbid=10435&m=13 Texas Newspaper Archives (1813 - 1993)], GenealogyBank
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| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10643/texas-newspapers-1848-2009 Texas Newspapers, 1848-2009], MyHeritage, ($)
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| *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/texas-online-historical-newspapers Texas Online Historical Newspapers]
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| *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Texasðnicity=&language= Chronicling America Texas Digitized Newspapers]
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=46&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Texas Newspapers] ($)
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| *[http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=358 Texas Newspaper Extracts]
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| *[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/ NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Texas] ($)
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| *[http://www.newspapers.com/place-texas/?xid=186 Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in Texas], ($)
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| *[http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History Newspaper Collection]
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| *[http://ldsgenealogy.com/TX/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Texas Newspapers]
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| *[http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm Texas Newspapers Online]
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180730154447/http://theoldentimes.com/hotel_guest_lists.html The Olden Times website] partially indexes newspaper announcements of selected hotel guest registers. Very limited.<br>
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| == Resources for Texas 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.) |
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| === Libraries and Archives ===
| | ''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (FHL book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on film 1036813 item 4.) |
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| Collections of Texas newspapers are in the archives listed in [[Texas Archives and Libraries]]. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of a few newspapers, such as the Galveston Daily News from 1865 to 1900.
| | Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published. An example is |
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| === Locating Texas Newspapers ===
| | Pearl Hendricks, comp., ''Texas Obituaries: Death Notices Taken From Early Texas Newspapers, 1835-1890''. Two Volumes. in 1 (Typescripts at the Clayton Library in Houston; FHL book 976.4 V4t; film 845442; a revised version with the dates 1832-1885 is on film 1398600 items 6-7). |
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| The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles 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.
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| To find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared see [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation] (Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin).
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| Guide to help you locate newspapers:
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| *Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. {{FSC|204680|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.4 H2smm}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9084079 at other libraries (Worldcat)].
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| *''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951.'' {{FSC|189076|item|disp=FS Library film 1036813 item 4}}
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| === Digital Issues Online ===
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| {{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}}
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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.
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| [http://loc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=3c6a392554d545bdb1c083348ef56458¢er=-97.5126;39.6376&level=3&loclr=blogsig Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Texas online.
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| :*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. {{FSC|189968|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.4 V4t}}; revised version with the dates 1832-1885: {{FSC|239929|item|disp=FS Library film 1398600 items 6-7}}
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