Searching California Newspapers

GenealogyBank has created a special site for searching California's historical newspapers.

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This site includes 41 newspapers from 1719 to 1922 - from 11 cities.

The cities include: Berkley, Colton, Los Angeles, Monterey, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica, Stanford and Stockton.

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Genealogists have been heavily searching these early newspapers:

Alta California (San Francisco) 1850-1861

San Joaquin Republican 1855-1860

San Jose Mercury News 1861-1922

Search all 41 early California newspapers - click here