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The first major newspaper in the [[Portal:District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] area, the Daily National Intelligencer, began publication in 1800. The Family History Library has microfilm copies from 1800 to 1852 (FHL films 176483-564). A history of the paper is available, and the marriage and death notices found in it have been abstracted and published for 1806-1858 (FHL film 441391).
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==Online Resources==
The Reference Division of the District of Columbia Public Library has The National Intelligencer from 1800 to 1869, The Evening Star from 1852 to the present, and The Washington Post from 1877 to the present.  
*''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
*'''1800-1850'''  ''The National Intelligencer,'' 1800-1850 is available online at the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society] website ($).
*'''1800-1850''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62798 Washington, District of Columbia, U.S., Abstracts of Marriage and Death Notices from the National Intelligencer, 1800-1850] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1800-Current''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50087 District of Columbia, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*[http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/uswashdc.htm OnlineNewspapers.com] has links to over 25 current D.C. newspaper sites.
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/DC/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Washington DC Newspapers] (Washington DC Genealogy), links to online newspapers


=== Newspaper Directory  ===
===External Links===
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.  
* http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/uswashdc.htm
* District of Columbia Public Library: http://dclibrary.org/washingtoniana/


=== Libraries and Archives  ===
[[Category:District_of_Columbia]]
The Reference Division of the [http://dclibrary.org/research/collections District of Columbia Public Library] has ''The National Intelligencer'' from 1800 to 1869, ''The Evening Star'' from 1852 to the present, and ''The Washington Post'' from 1877 to the present.
 
== History  ==
 
The first major newspaper in the [[District of Columbia Genealogy|District of Columbia]] area, the ''Daily National Intelligencer'', began publication in 1800. The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has microfilm copies from 1800 to 1852 ({{FSC|176483}}). A history of the paper is available, and the marriage and death notices found in it have been abstracted and published for 1806-1858 ({{FSC|441391}}). To find your ancestors in this newspaper, first check published abstracts, which contain indexes: {{FSC|763231|item|disp=FS Library Books 975.3 B38d v. 1-v. 21}}.
 
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Revision as of 20:55, 31 August 2008

The first major newspaper in the District of Columbia area, the Daily National Intelligencer, began publication in 1800. The Family History Library has microfilm copies from 1800 to 1852 (FHL films 176483-564). A history of the paper is available, and the marriage and death notices found in it have been abstracted and published for 1806-1858 (FHL film 441391).

The Reference Division of the District of Columbia Public Library has The National Intelligencer from 1800 to 1869, The Evening Star from 1852 to the present, and The Washington Post from 1877 to the present.

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