Newspapers contain much more information than obituaries. Many list birth and marriage information. If your ancestor was a prominent person you can often find articles written specially about them.
California Digital Newspaper Collection
A freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers from 1846 to the present.
- Amador Ledger (Jackson, 1900-1911)
- Antelope Valley Political Observer (Lancaster, 2010-2012)
- Beach and Bay Press (San Diego, 2007-2010)
- Belvedere Citizen / Eastside Journal (Los Angeles, 1980)
- Black Voice News (Riverside, 2006)
- Boulevard Sentinel (Eagle Rock, 2012-2015)
- California Crusader News (Los Angeles, 2010)
- California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences (San Francisco, 1855-1880)
- California Star & Californian (San Francisco, 1848)
- California Star (San Francisco, 1847-1848)
- Californian (Monterey, 1846-1848)
- Coast Side Comet (Montara, 1910-1923)
- Coronado Citizen (Coronado, 1937-1942)
- Coronado Compass (Coronado, 1946-1949)
- Coronado Eagle and Journal (Coronado, 1912-2013)
- Coronado Eagle (Coronado, 1990-1998)
- Coronado Mercury (Coronado, 1887-1896)
- Coronado Saturday Night (Coronado, 1922)
- Coronado Tent City Daily Program (Coronado, 1903)
- Corsair (Santa Monica, 1929-2011)
- Daily Alta California (San Francisco, 1849-1891)
- Desert Sun (Palm Springs, 1934-1978)
- Eagle Rock Advertiser (Eagle Rock, 1933)
- Eagle Rock Sentinel (Eagle Rock, 1910-1985)
- Eastside Journal / Belvedere Citizen (Los Angeles, 1980)
- El Patio (Coronado, 1920-1921)
- El Sereno Star (Los Angeles, 1964)
- Elevator (San Francisco, 1865-1898)
- Evening Transcript (San Bernardino, 1902)
- Experience (Pittsburg, 1974-2015)
- Healdsburg Enterprise (Healdsburg, 1878-1929)
- Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1888-1990)
- Healdsburg Tribune (Healdsburg, 1919-1937)
- Highland Park Herald (Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1906-1907)
- Highland Park News-Herald & Journal (Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1963-1988)
- Highland Park Post-Dispatch (Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1941-1942)
- Hollywood Riviera Tribune (Palos Verdes Estates, 1948-1967)
- Imperial Valley Press (Imperial, 1901-1911)
- LA Downtown News (Los Angeles, 2011-2015)
- La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Awards (San Diego, 2009)
- La Jolla Village News (San Diego, 2007)
- Livermore Herald (Livermore, 1877-1899)
- Livermore Journal (Livermore, 1920-1933)
- Lompoc Journal (Santa Barbara, 1894-1918)
- Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, 1873-1921)
- Los Angeles Star (Los Angeles, 1851-1864)
- Madera Mercury (Madera, 1901-1925)
- Madera Tribune (Madera, 1916-1968)
- Marin County Tocsin (San Rafael, 1861-1918)
- Marin Journal (San Rafael, 1861-1922)
- Marinscope (Sausalito, 2008)
- Mariposa Gazette (Mariposa, 1861-1922)
- Marysville Daily Appeal (Marysville, 1860-1876)
- Marysville Daily Herald (Marysville, 1850-1858)
- Mill Valley Independent (Mill Valley, 1908-1910)
- Mill Valley Record (Mill Valley, 1907-1923)
- Mountain Echo (Fall River Mills, 2011)
- Occidental Weekly (Los Angeles, 1952-2015)
- Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, 1862-1880)
- Pacific Rural Press (San Francisco, 1871-1922)
- Palos Verdes Peninsula News (Rolling Hills Estates, 1937-1967)
- Peninsula Beacon (San Diego, 1999-2010)
- Placer Times (Sacramento, 1849-1850)
- Red Bluff Beacon (Red Bluff, 1857-1864)
- Red Bluff Daily News (Red Bluff, 1892-1922)
- Red Bluff Independent (Red Bluff, 1860-1874)
- Red Bluff News (Red Bluff, 1897-1915)
- Rolling Hills Herald (Palos Verdes Estates, 1948-1967)
- Russian River Flag (Healdsburg, 1868-1886)
- Sacramento Daily Union (Sacramento, 1851-1899)
- Sacramento Transcript (Sacramento, 1850-1851)
- Sacramento Union (Sacramento, 1906-1922)
- San Bernardino Daily Courier (San Bernardino, 1886-1889)
- San Bernardino News (San Bernardino, 1912-1914)
- San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, 1894-1920)
- San Diego Downtown News (San Diego, 2009)
- San Francisco Call (San Francisco, 1890-1913)
- Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 2008-2010)
- Sausalito News (Sausalito, 1885-1966)
- Sentinel (Red Bluff, 1870-1882)
- Sotoyome Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1908-1944)
- South Pasadena Journal (South Pasadena, 1988)
- The Express (Sacramento, 1923-2009)
- Tocsin (Red Bluff, 1875-1883)
- Trinity Journal (Weaverville, 2008)
- Tulare County Record (Visalia, 1859)
- Tustin News (Tustin, 1922-2000)
- Vestkusten (San Francisco, 1887-2007)
- Visalia Weekly Delta (Visalia, 1859-1861)
- Weekly Alta California (San Francisco, 1849)
- Weekly Courier (San Bernardino, 1891-1894)
- Weekly Sun (San Bernardino, 1895-1905)
- Wide West (San Francisco, 1854-1858)
- Woodside World (Woodside, 1959-2009)
California Small Town Newspapers
Small Town Papers gives you free access to the people, places and events recorded in real time over the decades or even centuries! Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition!
- Beverly Hills Weekly Beverly Hills, California
- The Catalina Islander Avalon, California
- Chester Progressive Chester, California
- Cloverdale Reveille Cloverdale, California
- Feather River Bulletin Quincy, California
- The Foothills Sun-Gazette Exeter, California
- The Gridley Herald Gridley, California
- Independent Coast Observer Gualala, California
- Indian Valley Record Greenville, California
- The Intermountain News Burney, California
- The Julian News Julian, California
- Lassen County Times Susanville, California
- Portola Reporter Portola, California
- Westwood PinePress Westwood, California
Current California Newspapers Published and their Websites
- Surprise Valley Record 1922-1926, Modoc County
- Arcata Arcata Eye
- Auburn Journal
- Bakersfield Californian
- Barstow Desert Dispatch
- Berkeley Daily Californian
- Big Bear Grizzly
- Blythe Palo Verde Valley Times
- Carmel Carmel Pine Cone
- Carpenteria Coastal View News
- Chico Enterprise-Record
- Chico Examiner
- Coalinga’s Own
- Costa Mesa Orange County
- Crescent City The Daily Triplicate
- Crestline Courier-News
- Culver City Culver City News
- Cupertino Cupertino Courier
- Davis Davis Enterprise
- Dixon Independent Voice
- Downey Downey Eagle
- Elk Grove Elk Grove Citizen
- Escondido North County Times
- Eureka Times-Standard
- Fairfield Daily Republic
- Folsom Telegraph
- Fontana Herald News
- Fort Bragg Advocate-News
- Fremont The Argus
- Fresno Bee
- Fresno Republican
- The Galt Herald
- Grass Valley The Union
- Greenville Feather Publishing
- Half Moon Bay Review
- Huntington Beach News
- Idyllwild Town Crier
- La Canada Valley Sun
- Lake Arrowhead Mountain News
- Lake Isabella Kern Valley Sun
- Livermore The Independent
- Lodi News-Sentinel
- Lompoc Record
- Long Beach Gazette Newspapers
- Long Beach The Press-Telegram
- Los Altos Town Crier
- L.A. Weekly
- Los Angeles Downtown News
- Los Angeles Times
- Los Angeles New Times
- Madera Tribune
- Malibu Times
- Mammoth Times
- Marina del Rey The Argonaut
- Marysville Appeal-Democrat
- Mendocino Beacon
- Menlo Park The Almanac
- Merced Sun-Star
- Modesto Bee
- Monterey County Herald
- Mount Shasta Herald
- Napa Valley Register
- Novato Marin Independent Journal
- Novato Advance
- Oakhurst Sierra Star
- Ojai Valley News
- Ontario Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- Orange County Business Journal
- Oroville Mercury-Register
- Palisadian-Post
- Palm Springs The Desert Sun
- Palmdale Antelope Valley Press
- Palo Alto Daily News
- Palo Alto The Daily Republican
- Paradise Post
- Petaluma Argus-Courier
- Phelan Mountaineer-Progress
- Placerville Mountain Democrat
- Pleasanton Business Times
- Point Reyes Light
- Porterville Recorder
- Poway Pomerado Newspaper
- Ramona Sentinel
- Red Bluff Daily News
- Redding Record Searchlight
- Roseville The Press Tribune
- Sacramento Bee
- Saint Helena Star
- San Bernardino County Sun
- San Diego Community Newspaper
- San Diego Daily Transcript
- San Diego Headline News
- San Diego La Prensa
- San Diego Union-Tribune
- San Diego Reader
- San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco El Observador
- San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco Weekly
- San Francisco Times
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune
- San Jose Mercury News
- San Jose Willow Glen Resident
- San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune
- Santa Ana Orange County Register
- Santa Barbara Independent
- Santa Barbara News Press
- Santa Cruz Good Times
- Metro Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Santa Paula Times
- Santa Rosa The Press Democrat
- Santa Rosa Independent
- Seaside Coast Weekly
- Sebastopol Times and News
- Selma Enterprise
- Sonoma Index-Tribune
- Sonora Union Democrat
- Stockton The Record
- Susanville Lassen County Times
- Tehachapi News
- Tiburon The Ark
- Torrance Daily Breeze
- Tracy Press
- Twentynine Palms The Desert Trail
- Ukiah Daily Journal
- Vacaville The Reporter
- Vallejo Times-Herald
- Valley Roadrunner
- Ventura County Star
- Victorville The Daily Press
- Whittier Daily News
- Woodland The Daily Democrat
- Woodland Hills Daily News
- Yreka Siskiyou Daily News
- Yucca Valley Hi-Desert Star
Looking for the first edition of: The Mirror, Oct. 11, 1948 in CA. Sold for $ 5 Cents.
Thank you…