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Oregon Historical Society Library, the University of Oregon Library, and the Oregon State Library have some [[Portal:Oregon|Oregon]] newspaper files. The Oregon Historical Society Library has an alphabetical card file with abstracts of birth, marriage, and death information from early Oregon newspapers. Some pre-1880 Oregon newspapers are available at the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.<br>The Family History Library does not have copies of Oregon newspapers. The library has copies of published obituaries, such as those from the Pacific Christian Advocate (1864-80 on Family History Library films 369746-47; 1880-1890 on film 365234).<br>A guide to Oregon newspapers is Rory Funke, Oregon Newspapers on Microfilms (Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Library, 1980; Family History Library book 979.5 B3o).<br>There is an increasing amount of older newspaper information online. To find more about Oregon Newspapers use a search engine and key words such as "Oregon Historic Newpaper". <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
== Online Resources ==
*''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
*'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
*'''1861-1890''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7362 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 1861-1890] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1867-2009''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10634/oregon-newspapers-1867-2009 Oregon Newspapers, 1867-2009] at MyHeritage - index ($)
*[http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Historic Oregon Newspapers]
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/oregon-online-historical-newspapers Oregon Online Historical Newspapers]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=40&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Oregon Newspapers] ($)  
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Oregon&ethnicity=&language= Chronicling America Digitized Newspapers]
*[http://gfo.org/resources/indexes/vital-records/newspaper-clippings.html Genealogical Forum of Oregon Newspaper Clippings]
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-12019/names-stories-in-newspapers-from-oldnewscom-colorado-idaho-montana-oregon?s=275764761 Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/oregon/ NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Newspaper Archive Oregon]($), free at some public libraries
*[http://www.newspapers.com/place-oregon/?xid=186 Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in Oregon] ($)
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/OR/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Oregon Newspapers]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50068 Oregon, U.S., Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index] at Ancestry — index & images ($)


[[Category:Oregon]]
== Resources for Oregon Newspapers ==
 
=== Libraries and Archives  ===
 
Oregon Historical Society Library, the University of Oregon Library, and the Oregon State Library have some [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]] newspaper files. The Oregon Historical Society Library has an alphabetical card file with abstracts of birth, marriage, and death information from early Oregon newspapers. Some pre-1880 Oregon newspapers are available at the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.<br>The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of Oregon newspapers. The library has copies of published obituaries, such as those from the Pacific Christian Advocate (1864-80 on FS Library films {{FSC|331713|title-id|disp=369746-47}}; 1880-1890 on film {{FSC|331713|title-id|disp=365234}}).<br>A guide to Oregon newspapers is Rory Funke, Oregon Newspapers on Microfilms (Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Library, 1980; FS Library book {{FSC|169402|title-id|disp=979.5 B3o}}).<br>There is an increasing amount of older newspaper information online. To find more about Oregon Newspapers use a search engine and key words such as "Oregon Historic Newpaper".
 
=== Newspaper Directory  ===
 
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.
 
=== Digital Issues Online  ===
 
{{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}}
 
[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 Oregon online.
 
[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/oregon-online-historical-newspapers Oregon Online Historical Newspapers] - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.
 
 
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