New Online Newspapers From Washington State
Friday, January 8, 2010 – 8:48 pm This was printed in the Washington State Library Newsletter and announces an important addition to genealogical resources in Washington State:
“More than 42,000 historic newspaper pages from 8 Washington newspapers were contributed by the Washington State Library to the Chronicling America web site, hosted by the Library of Congress. The site provides free and open access to over 1.7 million pages from 212 titles that were published between 1880 and 1922 in 15 states and the District of Columbia. The new titles are Washington Newspapers: Colfax Gazette 1900-1912, Colville Examiner 1907-1922, Commonwealth 1911-1914, Leavenworth Echo 1904-1922, Pullman Herald 1888-1893; 1907-1922, Ranch 1902-1914, Seattle Republican 1903-1913, and Washington Farmer 06-15-1914.”
This collection is browse only but provides valuable insight into the life and times of the early twentieth century farming communities and towns in the Inland Northwest. To access these newspapers you can go to the Secretary of State website or click here. For more information about Washington’s Digital Newspapers or WSL’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), please visit the project website or contact Laura Robinson, National Digital Newspaper Program Manager at laura.robinson@sos.wa.gov or 360.570.5568.



