Newspaper Archive Hits Million-Page Milestone

Through an extensive database launched two years ago, decades of the country's newspapers can be searched online for major events and history-making names, as well as family connections and local celebrations. The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities have worked together for 20 years to preserve old newspapers, first through microfilm and now digitization.

The Chronicling America project (http://Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) has now posted its millionth page. Eventually the organizers hope to post 20 million pages of newspapers from 1880 to 1922. Best of all, access to the site is available free of charge. "The newspapers provide firsthand and sometimes the only account of local news," said Deanna B. Marcum, an associate librarian at the Library of Congress. The library estimates that 140,000 newspapers have been published in the United States since 1690.

You can read more at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603156.html?wprss=rss_technology.

My thanks to Phil DeSilva for telling me about this milestone.

The available newspapers include:

Browse Issues	State	Newspaper	Earliest Issue	Latest Issue	More Info
	California	Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??	1900-01-05	1910-12-30
	California	The Call-chronicle-examiner. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1906-1906	1906-04-19	1906-04-19
	California	Imperial press and farmer. (Imperial, San Diego County, Cal.) 1901-1903	1901-11-02	1903-03-14
	California	Imperial press. (Imperial, Cal.) 1901-1901	1901-04-20	1901-10-26
	California	The Imperial press. (Imperial, Cal.) 1903-1906	1903-04-04	1905-09-30
	California	Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1906-1907	1906-03-24	1907-07-17
	California	Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current	1907-07-23	1910-12-31
	California	Los Angeles herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911	1905-01-01	1907-12-31
	California	The morning call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895	1890-04-01	1895-03-04
	California	The record-union. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903	1891-01-10	1895-12-31
	California	Sacramento daily record-union. (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891	1880-01-01	1891-01-09
	California	The San Francisco call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913	1895-03-05	1910-12-31	Yes
	District of Columbia	The colored American. (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??	1899-11-25	1904-11-12	Yes
	District of Columbia	The evening times. (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902	1900-01-01	1902-11-29	Yes
	District of Columbia	The hatchet. (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??	1900-04-29	1900-09-16	Yes
	District of Columbia	The national forum. (Washington, D.C.) 1910-19??	1910-05-28	1910-11-12	Yes
	District of Columbia	The suburban citizen. (Washington, D.C.) 1891-1902	1900-01-06	1902-12-27	Yes
	District of Columbia	The Sunday globe. (Washington, D.C.) 1901-1901	1901-05-05	1901-08-11	Yes
	District of Columbia	Sunday morning globe. (Washington, D.C.) 1901-1901	1901-08-18	1901-12-15
	District of Columbia	Sunday Washington globe. (Washington, D.C.) 1901-????	1901-12-22	1902-06-29
	District of Columbia	The Washington bee. (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922	1901-05-11	1912-03-30	Yes
	District of Columbia	The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939	1906-10-08	1910-12-31	Yes
	District of Columbia	Washington sentinel. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1873-1910	1898-01-01	1901-06-29	Yes
	District of Columbia	The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939	1902-12-01	1910-12-31	Yes
	District of Columbia	The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916	1899-02-07	1900-12-25	Yes
	District of Columbia	The weekly news. (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??	1909-08-07	1909-12-11	Yes
	Florida	Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current	1895-02-22	1910-12-09	Yes
	Florida	The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911	1906-01-04	1908-12-24	Yes
	Florida	The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943	1897-06-19	1912-12-26	Yes
	Florida	The daily news. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1889-190?	1900-02-02	1900-04-19	Yes
	Florida	The Daytona daily news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926	1905-01-02	1910-02-28
	Florida	The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922	1903-01-03	1909-12-25
	Florida	The De Soto County news. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924	1905-08-11	1916-12-28	Yes
	Florida	DeLand news. (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921	1909-01-22	1909-12-31
	Florida	The DeLand weekly news. (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?	1903-01-01	1907-01-25	Yes
	Florida	The Florida agriculturist. (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911	1905-11-01	1906-08-29	Yes
	Florida	The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917	1900-01-05	1910-01-07	Yes
	Florida	Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920	1906-11-16	1911-12-08	Yes
	Florida	Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938	1905-01-01	1909-12-31
	Florida	The Gainesville star. (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??	1903-05-01	1904-10-04	Yes
	Florida	The gazette-news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1???-1901	1901-01-05	1902-12-27	Yes
	Florida	Gulf Coast breeze. (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??	1897-06-04	1915-07-23	Yes
	Florida	Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?	1906-08-27	1907-12-27
	Florida	The morning sun. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1907-19??	1907-04-01	1909-06-05	Yes
	Florida	Nassau County leader. (Fernandina, Fla.) 1925-19??	1896-01-17	1922-04-14
	Florida	The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908	1901-09-05	1909-08-26	Yes
	Florida	The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?	1901-01-04	1909-12-31
	Florida	The Ocala evening star. (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943	1900-01-01	1909-12-31
	Florida	Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??	1907-05-30	1908-12-31	Yes
	Florida	The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985	1905-01-01	1909-12-31
	Florida	The Punta Gorda herald. (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958	1902-01-10	1908-12-31	Yes
	Florida	The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??	1908-10-24	1911-08-26	Yes
	Florida	The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920	1905-07-21	1911-12-29
	Florida	The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908	1905-11-18	1906-11-10
	Florida	Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current	1909-01-01	1909-10-31	Yes
	Florida	The university news. (Gainesville, Fla.) 1906-190?	1906-10-19	1907-04-27	Yes
	Florida	The Weekly Tallahasseean. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 18??-1905	1900-07-19	1902-04-11	Yes
	Florida	The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912	1905-03-03	1913-06-05	Yes
	Hawaii	The daily herald. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887	1886-09-01	1887-07-30
	Hawaii	The Independent. (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905	1895-06-24	1905-10-24
	Kentucky	The Adair County news. (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987	1900-01-03	1910-12-28	Yes
	Kentucky	American Baptist. (Louisville, Ky.) 1879-19??	1903-04-10	1904-12-23
	Kentucky	The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??	1900-01-04	1910-12-30
	Kentucky	Blue-grass blade. (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??	1900-02-11	1910-08-21	Yes
	Kentucky	The Bourbon news. (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??	1900-01-02	1910-12-30	Yes
	Kentucky	Breathitt County news. (Jackson, Ky.) 190?-19??	1903-05-29	1909-09-03	Yes
	Kentucky	The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955	1900-01-03	1910-12-28	Yes
	Kentucky	The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current	1900-01-04	1910-12-30	Yes
	Kentucky	The citizen. (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958	1900-01-03	1910-12-29	Yes
	Kentucky	The Clay City times. (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current	1901-11-28	1910-12-29	Yes
	Kentucky	The Frankfort roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908	1900-09-15	1908-02-29	Yes
	Kentucky	Frankfort weekly news and roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1908-19??	1908-03-07	1908-09-05	Yes
	Kentucky	The Hartford herald. (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926	1900-01-03	1910-12-28	Yes
	Kentucky	The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926	1900-01-05	1910-12-30
	Kentucky	The Hazel Green herald. (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??	1900-01-04	1910-06-30
	Kentucky	The Hickman courier. (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current	1900-01-05	1908-06-12
	Kentucky	Hopkinsville Kentuckian. (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918	1900-01-02	1910-12-31
	Kentucky	The interior journal. (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910	1905-04-07	1910-12-27
	Kentucky	It. (Lawrenceburg, Ky.) 190?-19??	1902-11-27	1903-02-19	Yes
	Kentucky	Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968	1900-01-20	1910-12-31	Yes
	Kentucky	Kentucky reporter. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1???-19??	1902-03-22	1902-03-22	Yes
	Kentucky	The Kentucky vindicator. (Owenboro, Ky.) 189?-19??	1901-06-26	1901-06-26	Yes
	Kentucky	Liberty. (La Center, Ky.) 19??-19??	1910-02-16	1910-02-16	Yes
	Kentucky	Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current	1900-01-05	1910-12-02	Yes
	Kentucky	Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935	1904-02-19	1910-12-30
	Kentucky	The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current	1900-01-02	1910-12-28
	Kentucky	Ohio valley worker : official paper of the Federated Trades Council of Louisville, Trades and Labor Council of New Albany, Central Labor Union of Jeffersonville. ([Louisville, Ky.]) 1904-????	1904-09-10	1904-09-10	Yes
	Kentucky	Owingsville outlook. (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?	1900-01-04	1910-12-29
	Kentucky	The Paducah evening sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929	1906-05-17	1910-12-31
	Kentucky	The Paducah sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906	1900-07-03	1906-05-16
	Kentucky	Paducah sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902	1901-01-10	1902-06-04
	Kentucky	The Paducah weekly sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1902-19??	1906-09-05	1906-12-26
	Kentucky	The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???	1902-03-20	1910-12-22
	Kentucky	The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914	1900-01-03	1910-12-21
	Kentucky	Semi-weekly interior journal. (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905	1900-01-02	1905-04-04
	Kentucky	The Sunday chat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1901-19??	1901-03-31	1901-06-09
	Kentucky	The Winchester news. (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??	1908-10-12	1910-12-31
	Minnesota	Daily globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884	1880-01-01	1883-08-31
	Minnesota	The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905	1896-07-01	1905-04-30
	Minnesota	St. Paul daily globe. (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896	1884-07-01	1894-10-31
	Missouri	The Jasper news. (Jasper, Mo.) 1898-1924	1901-07-26	1922-12-28
	Missouri	University Missourian. (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916	1909-09-18	1910-12-30
	Missouri	Weekly graphic. (Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo.) 1880-1949	1880-05-01	1892-12-30
	Nebraska	The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902	1898-07-14	1902-05-29
	Nebraska	Custer County Republican (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921	1899-03-16	1910-12-29
	Nebraska	The Falls City tribune (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?	1904-01-08	1908-07-24
	Nebraska	The McCook tribune (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936	1890-08-08	1898-03-18
	Nebraska	The Norfolk weekly news-journal (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??	1901-08-16	1906-08-31
	Nebraska	Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922	1881-02-18	1900-02-15
	Nebraska	Valentine Democrat (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930	1901-07-25	1912-05-16
	Nebraska	Western news-Democrat (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900	1898-11-10	1900-01-25
	New York	The evening world. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931	1900-01-01	1909-03-31	Yes
	New York	New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924	1880-01-01	1910-12-31	Yes
	New York	The sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916	1879-07-01	1910-12-31	Yes
	Texas	The daily herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897	1892-07-04	1896-12-28
	Texas	Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891	1883-11-01	1890-12-31
	Texas	Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898	1891-06-01	1894-04-30
	Texas	Fort Worth weekly gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891	1888-02-03	1890-12-25
	Texas	The Houston daily post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903	1893-12-01	1903-02-28
	Texas	Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926	1907-02-08	1911-12-01
	Texas	Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-189?	1889-07-10	1896-09-05
	Texas	The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914	1908-09-24	1911-12-28
	Texas	The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907	1900-09-08	1907-02-02
	Texas	Palestine daily herald. (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949	1903-09-05	1910-12-31
	Utah	Deseret evening news. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920	1889-11-21	1910-12-31	Yes
	Utah	The Evening standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913	1910-08-16	1910-12-31
	Utah	The Morning examiner. (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910	1909-01-03	1910-08-14
	Utah	The Morning standard. (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?	1910-08-21	1910-12-25
	Utah	The Ogden standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910	1909-01-01	1910-08-15	Yes
	Utah	The Salt Lake herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918	1909-08-14	1910-12-31
	Utah	The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909	1880-01-01	1909-08-13	Yes
	Virginia	Alexandria gazette. (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974	1900-01-01	1910-12-31	Yes
	Virginia	The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934	1899-01-06	1910-12-23
	Virginia	Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972	1900-01-05	1910-12-23	Yes
	Virginia	Richmond dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903	1884-07-01	1903-01-25	Yes
	Virginia	Richmond planet. (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938	1889-11-16	1910-12-31	Yes
	Virginia	Shenandoah herald. (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974	1900-01-05	1910-12-23	Yes
	Virginia	The times dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914	1903-01-27	1910-12-31	Yes
	Virginia	The times. (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903	1890-01-01	1903-01-24	Yes
	Virginia	Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921	1900-01-05	1910-12-23	Yes

Comments

[Rex Toomey]

The hyperlink to The Chronicling America project (http://Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) doesn't work with a mouse click. However, if you just copy and paste the URL into a browser it is okay. There is a problem with the underlying HTML.

[Robert McMaken]

I just clicked on the hyperlink and it took me right to the site.

[Dae Powell]

It looks like 1,249,747 pages at this hour. RAPID progress. That's a lot of fish wrappers! These can't all be government workers; there must be some volunteers in there, too.

Happy Dae·
http://ShoeStringGenealogy.com

[Debbie]

Thank you SO much for letting us know about this site. I just broke through a huge brick wall when I found my gr.grandmother's obit, giving me her birthplace. I appreciate your column GREATLY!
Debbie

[Donde Smith]

Hi Dick--

Your URL appears correct but seems to be rectrieving an error message page from Typepad. The Post's URL (apparently same) does work--at least in Safari 4.0.1.
Thanks for all your good articles!

[Dick Eastman]

Which URL? There are dozens of them in that article.

I just tested the first two URLs in that article, using Firefox on Macintosh OS X.5. They worked perfectly.

- Dick Eastman