Washington Newspapers

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Resources for Washington Newspapers

 * A guide for locating early newspapers is "Newspapers of Washington Territory to 1890." This was published in Volume 13 (1922), Volume 14 (1923), and Volume 26 (1935) of the Washington Historical Quarterly (Family History Library book .)

The Family History Library has not acquired copies of newspapers for Washington, but has a few published vital records abstracted from newspapers.

Libraries and Archives
The Washington State Library is in charge of the Washington State Newspaper Microfilm Project and maintains on film a large collection of newspapers dating from the 1870s. A guide to this collection is Katryn S. Hamilton, Newspapers on Microfilm in the Washington State Library (Olympia: Washington State Library, 1980; not at Family History Library).

Digital Issues Online
Washington Online Historic Newspapers - Identifies historical newspapers available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.

Web Sites
Washington Secretary of State website:'http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/? Washington State Library]

http://newspaper-world.com/usa/washington.asp

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/wa_newspapers.aspx?

http://www.usnpl.com/wanews.php