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More newspaper back issues are being placed on the Internet every year. They can help a genealogist in many ways – by providing information on births, deaths and marriages, but noting store openings or major economic changes, or by reminding us whose pumpkins were the biggest back at the fall fair.
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British Colonist 1858-1910 A searchable archive of more than 100,000 newspaper pages. British Columbia Historical Newspapers A total of 31 newspapers covering a wide range of years. Terrace, British Columbia 1926-2008 Searchable. The Eleanor Muehle Newspaper Archive on the site of the public library. Vanderhoof, British Columbia 1926-2009 Searchable. The Bill Silver Digital Archive features the Nechako Chronicle and Omineca Express, courtesy the Vanderhoof Public Library. Prince George, British Columbia 1909-1961 Prince George Citizen and other titles. Quesnel, British Columbia 1908-1976 Cariboo Observer, from the Quesel Museum White Rock Sun and Semiahmoo Sun, 1956-1966 Courtesy the White Rock Museum and Archives. Uses Flickr technology. Alberta Newspapers 1885-2001 Not word searchable, but this collection is outstanding. Lethbridge Herald 1905-1955 The leading newspaper in the southern Alberta city. Wainwright Star 1908-2006 Provided by the public library in Wainwright, Alberta. Newspaper Archive Newspapers from Manitoba and Alberta, 1905-2006. Winnipeg Free Press 1874-2010 The most important newspaper in Manitoba. Manitoba Newspapers 1859-1920 Publications from several communities in the province. Toronto Star 1894-2008 Every issue is available in PDF format (requires Acrobat). Ottawa Citizen 1860-1999 Historic newspapers on the Google news site. Montreal Gazette 1870-1989 Historic newspapers on the Google news site. Quebec 1826-1978 Provided by the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec. Nova Scotia historical newspapers A variety of titles on one site Newfoundland and Labrador 1884-1924,1984-1995 Twillingate Sun and Le Gaboteur. Canada Gazette 1841-1997 Official publication of the federal government. Canada Gazette 1998-current Official publication of the federal government. Newspapers on Google Search by keywords, and narrow your search by specifying the source. Titles available on Google A list of the newspapers available, but without date ranges. |
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