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The best 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.  
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== Online Resources ==
Guides to help you locate newspapers are:  
*''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
*'''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 ($)
*'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
*[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 ($)
*[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/texas/?kbid=10435&m=13 Texas Newspaper Archives (1813 - 1993)], GenealogyBank
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10643/texas-newspapers-1848-2009 Texas Newspapers, 1848-2009], MyHeritage, ($)
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/texas-online-historical-newspapers Texas Online Historical Newspapers]
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Texas&ethnicity=&language= Chronicling America Texas Digitized Newspapers]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=46&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Texas Newspapers] ($)
*[http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=358 Texas Newspaper Extracts]
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/ NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Texas] ($)
*[http://www.newspapers.com/place-texas/?xid=186 Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in Texas], ($)
*[http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History Newspaper Collection]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/TX/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Texas Newspapers]
*[http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm Texas Newspapers Online]
*[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>


== Resources for Texas Newspapers  ==
Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, 1983. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=204680&disp=Lone+Stars+and+state+gazettes%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.4 H2smm].)


=== Libraries and Archives  ===
''Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951''. (Family History Library book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=189076&disp=Texas+newspapers%2C+1813-1939++ film 1036813 item 4].)


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


=== Locating Texas Newspapers  ===
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. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=189968&disp=Texas+obituaries%2C+death+notices+taken+++ book 976.4 V4t; film 845442]; a revised version with the dates 1832-1885 is on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=239929&disp=Obituaries%2C+1832+-+1885++ film 1398600 items 6-7].)


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.  
Use this listing to find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared:&nbsp;&nbsp;Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation&nbsp; (Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin)&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php]


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).
=== Web Sites  ===


Guide to help you locate newspapers:  
http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm


*Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, 1983. {{FSC|204680|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.4 H2smm}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9084079 at other libraries (Worldcat)].
http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/<br>


*''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}}
[[Category:Texas|Newspapers]]
 
=== Digital Issues Online  ===
 
{{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}}
 
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.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=3c6a392554d545bdb1c083348ef56458&center=-97.5126;39.6376&level=3&loclr=blogsig Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Texas online.
 
=== Indexes  ===
 
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. {{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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Revision as of 13:51, 23 September 2010

The best 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.

Guides to help you locate newspapers are:

Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. (Family History Library book 976.4 H2smm.)

Texas Newspapers, 1813-1939: A Union List. Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1951. (Family History Library book 976.4 B3h; 1941 edition is on film 1036813 item 4.)

Some obituaries and other vital statistics have been abstracted and published. An example is

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. (Family History Library book 976.4 V4t; film 845442; a revised version with the dates 1832-1885 is on film 1398600 items 6-7.)

Use this listing to find the title and location of an ethnic newspaper in which your Texas emigrant ancestor may have appeared:  Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation  (Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin)   http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/newspapers_ethnic.php

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

http://metalinks.com/texnews.htm

http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/texas/

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