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Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records has filmed over one million pages, covering newspaper titles from 57 Arizona communities.  The microfilm may be viewed at the History and Archives Division of Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, borrowed through interlibrary loan, or purchased from the Records Management Division.

Online Database:

Newspaper Titles - A list of newspaper titles and dates that are available on microfilm.

Contact Information:

Mailing Address:

Arizona Newspaper Project

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

1700 West Washington

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Physical Address:

Arizona Newspaper Project

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

1700 West Washington

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Website:  http://www.lib.az.us/anp/index.cfm

Email:  services@lib.az.us

Telephone: 602-542-4035

Fax:  602-542-4972

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com

has over 16,000,000 newspaper pages currently online and their database continues to grow each month. These pages are from over 1,000 different newspapers in the U. S., U. K. and Canada, dating back to the 1700's.

The Ancestry.com Historical Newspaper Collection at the time of this writing, includes the following newspapers in Arizona:

Arizona Republican, The (Phoenix, Arizona) 1891-1907

The Weekly Republican (Phoenix, Arizona) 1903-1903

Ancestry.com also has an Obituary Collection
that currently contains over 9,000,000 obituaries. At the time of this writing, the Arizona obituaries included are from the following newspapers:

Ajo Copper News (Ajo, AZ) 2004-2007

Apache Junction News (Apache Junction News, AZ) 2004-2004

Arizona Daily Star, The (Tucson, AZ) 1944-2005

Arizona Daily Sun, The (Flagstaff, AZ) 2003-2006

Arizona Range News (Willcox, AZ) 2003-2006

Arizona Republic, The (Phoenix, AZ) 2003-2007

Arizona Silver Belt (Globe, AZ) 2003-2006

Casa Grande Dispatch (Casa Grande, AZ) 2003-2007

Casa Grande Valley News (Eloy, AZ) 2004-2007

Coolidge Examiner (Coolidge, AZ) 2004-2007

Daily Courier, The (Prescott, AZ) 2004-2005

Daily Dispatch, The (Douglas, AZ) 2003-2007

Daily News-Sun (Sun City, AZ) 2003-2007

East Valley & Scottsdale Tribune (Mesa, AZ) 2004-2007

East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) 2004-2007

Eastern Arizona Courier, The (Safford, AZ) 2004-2005

Green Valley News & Sun (Green Valley, AZ) 2003-2007

Lake Powell Chronicle (Page, AZ) 2004-2007

Mohave Valley Daily News (Bullhead City, AZ) 2004-2005

Nogales International (Nogales, AZ) 2003-2007

Parker Pioneer, The (Parker, AZ) 2005-2007

Payson Roundup (Payson, AZ) 2003-2006

San Pedro Valley News-Sun (Benson, AZ) 2003-2007

Sedona Red Rock News (Sedona, AZ) 2003-2007

Sierra Vista Herald (Sierra Vista, AZ) 2003-2005

Sun, The (Yuma, AZ) 2004-2007

Times of Fountain Hills, The (Fountain Hills, AZ) 2003-2007

Today's News Herald (Lake Havasu City, AZ) 2004-2005

Various Tucson Newspapers (Tucson, AZ) 2003-2007

West Valley News (Litchfield Park, AZ) 2004-2004

White Mountain Independent (Show Low, AZ) 2003-2006

Wickenburg Sun, The (Wickenburg, AZ) 2003-2005

Winslow Mail, The (Winslow, AZ) 2004-2005

If you do not have a current subscription to Ancestry.com, you can use the free trial link:

Ancestry.com Free Trial

WorldVitalRecords.com

WorldVitalRecords.com has recently added small town newspapers to their collection of online databases.  They currently have over 1,000,000 newspaper pages online and will continue to add over 100,000 pages each month.

The WorldVitalRecords.com Small Town Papers Collection, at the time of this writing, includes the following newspapers in Arizona:



Ajo Copper News (Ajo, Arizona) Newspapers

Arizona Range News (Willcox, Arizona) Newspapers

Camp Verde Journal (Camp Verde, Arizona) Newspapers

Copper Basin News (Kearny, Arizona Newspapers

Cottonwood Journal Extra (Cottonwood, Arizona) Newspapers

Sedona Red Rock News (Sedona, Arizona)



They offer the following subscription packages:

6-Month Package - Six month access to all databases.

Yearly Package - One full year of access to all databases.

Two Year Package - Two full years of full access to all databases, plus one year subscription to the print publication Everton's Genealogical Helper.

Library of Congress

Library of Congress holds one of the largest newspaper collections in the world, comprised not only of the major titles published in all 50 states and territories of the United States, but also of titles from most independent countries and many dependent states that have existed during the past three centuries.  Their collection holds over 9,000 US newspaper titles and over 25,000 non-US newspaper titles on over 500,000 microfilm reels and most are available through interlibrary loan.

Mailing Address:

Serial and Government Publications Division

Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave. SE

Washington, D.C. 20540-4760

Physical Address:

101 Independence Ave. SE

Madison Building, LM-133

Washington, D.C. 20540-4760

Website:  http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/lcnewsp.html

Telephone:  202-707-5691

Fax:  202-707-6128