Full-text local and regional news articles by the Daily World staff from January 2005 to the present.
The Daily World is a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, Washington, United States. It has been serving Grays Harbor County and northern Pacific County since 1889.
Local and regional news articles from the Centralia Chronicle ranging from October 2002 to the present.
The Chronicle Newspaper, published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday serves readers in Lewis County, Washington, and portions of south Thurston and north Cowlitz counties.
Issues from August 2002 to the present are available. The Chinook Observer is a weekly newspaper serving the Long Beach Peninsula of Washington state.
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
When you first log in to Heritage Quest, you will see the home page that has a generic “Begin Searching” button allowing users to immediately search without having to identify the type of information they want to find. There are also some links to the most commonly used resources in HeritageQuest such as census records and books as well as links to begin searching for resources relating to the revolutionary war and the Canadian Census.
This popular product includes:
Note 10/2/2024: Issues of local newspapers in the Timberland service area have mostly been restored/updated. There may be random issues that are not available. The vendor continues to work toward a full restoration of all content.
News media archive that consolidates articles from newspapers, blogs, broadcast transcripts, and more into one place. With tens of millions of articles available, NewsBank is one of the most comprehensive news databases in the world and includes newspapers from across the US, WA (Seattle Times, News Tribune, etc.) and our local area (Chinook Observer, Chronicle, Daily World, Olympian & Vidette).
Washington State Newspaper Collection
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In Newspaper Archive, search thousands of old newspapers from around the world dating back to 1607.
Find your family’s story in old newspaper articles, save clippings, and pass on your family legacy. For genealogists, newspaper archives provide public and vital records information such as birth and marriage announcements, death notices, military records, obituaries, historical photos and more!
WSL's newspaper collection includes current issues on paper (125+ titles) and historic newspapers on microfilm (over 50,000 reels of newspapers dating from the 1850s to the present). There are additional research options through subscription newspaper databases.
Some of these online databases, like the historical Olympian archives, are not accessible if you are in a TRL building. To access the online databases at the WSL or from home, you must get an e-card from the WSL, opens a new window (available to any WA resident).
A partnership between the Washington State Library, opens a new window, the Oregon Heritage Commission, opens a new window, and the State Library of Oregon, opens a new window, Northwest Digital Heritage leverages existing infrastructure and best practices to enhance access to libraries, museums, and cultural heritage organizations throughout Oregon and Washington. Services and support include:
Northwest Digital Heritage also operates a service hub of the Digital Public Library of America, opens a new window (DPLA), which helps bring these unique and local Northwest collections to a wider audience. Funding provided in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, opens a new window.
Search more than 15 years of Washington state history with the The Olympian Collection. Coverage from 2001 through today, including full-text, web-only content and full color image edition.
The Olympian is a newspaper based in Olympia, Washington.
View and download large-scale plans of Washington State cities and towns, drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. Sunborn maps were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. The maps list street blocks and building numbers including numbers in use at the time the map was made and previous numbers.
Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years.
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Explore Seattle history through local news, events, and people with Seattle Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. 1985-current (image version from 2018-current).
Local and regional news articles from the Vidette ranging from August 2007 to 2020. The Vidette is a weekly newspaper serving east Grays Harbor County.
About the Timberland Regional Library Collection: The Review Club of Aberdeen is the oldest women's cultural group still operating in the state of Washington.
Founded on March 3, 1891, the group meets in Aberdeen twice a month to share and discuss "good books." Topics have included everything from fiction to politics to spiritualism. The group's continued existence speaks to the ongoing desire for intellectual opportunities for women throughout the century.
Washington Rural Heritage is a community memory project headquartered at the Washington State Library. The project brings together unique local history materials from libraries, museums, and private collections of citizens across Washington State.
Access point for the Washington State Newspaper collection from NewsBank. Includes The Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, and many other sources.
