California Archives: 848 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By April 22, 2021
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If you are researching your ancestry from California, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online CA newspaper archives: 848 titles to help you search your family history in the “Golden State,” providing coverage from 1846 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online California newspaper archives!

Photo: Yosemite National Park, California
Photo: Yosemite National Park, California. Credit: chensiyuan; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from California in these newspapers. Our CA newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

  • Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
  • Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)

Search California Newspaper Archives (1846 – 2017)

Search California Obituaries (1865 – Today)

Illustration: California state flag
Illustration: California state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is a partial list of California newspapers in the online archives (to see the full list, click here). Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The CA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Lakeport Lake County Bee 03/08/1873 – 07/27/1876 117 Newspaper Archives
Lakeport Lake Democrat 08/19/1876 – 08/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Lakeport Lakeport Avalanche 04/22/1871 – 08/26/1871 18 Newspaper Archives
Larkspur, Corte Madera, Greenbrae Twin Cities Times 10/06/2010 – Current – Obituaries
Lemoore Lemoore Advance 06/11/2003 – 09/17/2009 – Obituaries
Lemoore Lemoore Navy News 08/01/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Lincoln Lincoln News Messenger 11/25/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Livermore Livermore Enterprise 07/01/1876 – 07/01/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Llano Llano Colonist 03/11/1922 – 12/30/1922 40 Newspaper Archives
Lodi Lodi News-Sentinel 06/01/2000 – Current – Obituaries
Lompoc Lompoc Record 10/02/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Lompoc Lompoc Record 02/19/1876 – 02/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Long Beach Downtown Gazette 07/30/2001 – 07/28/2010 – Obituaries
Long Beach Grunion Gazette 01/04/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Long Beach Long Beach Press-Telegram 08/11/1990 – Current – Obituaries
Long Beach Long Beach Register 10/15/2013 – 06/13/2014 – Obituaries
Long Beach Uptown Gazette 01/21/2009 – 07/28/2010 – Obituaries
Loomis Loomis News 02/01/2006 – Current – Obituaries
Loope Alpine Miner 07/09/1870 – 11/23/1872 99 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Argonaut 03/05/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Bel-Air View 07/11/2006 – 03/05/2010 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Brentwood News 08/11/2003 – 10/08/2012 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Eastern Group Publications 08/11/2005 – 01/25/2018 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles 10/01/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles L.A. Observed 05/23/2003 – 03/18/2019 – Obituaries
Los Angeles L.A. Watts Times 04/20/2006 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles LA Alternative 04/02/2003 – 04/28/2006 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Los Angeles Downtown News 01/17/2000 – 06/12/2017 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Los Angeles Register 04/20/2014 – 10/06/2014 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Los Angeles Sentinel 03/22/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Los Angeles Times 01/02/1985 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Malibu Beach 07/11/2006 – 03/05/2010 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Our Weekly 09/09/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Pacific Citizen 03/16/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 12/01/2005 – 01/22/2009 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Santa Monica Sun 08/02/2004 – 03/30/2011 – Obituaries
Los Angeles Westside Today 07/04/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles Aguacero 03/24/1878 – 03/31/1878 2 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Amigo del Pueblo 11/30/1861 – 11/30/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles California Courier 01/09/1986 – 01/15/1987 50 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Cinema 02/01/1935 – 02/01/1935 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Clamor Publico 06/19/1855 – 06/27/1857 103 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Correo Mejicano 10/18/1917 – 10/18/1917 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Democrata 10/14/1882 – 11/04/1882 6 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Eco de la Patria 02/14/1878 – 02/21/1878 2 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Eco de Mexico 10/03/1924 – 10/29/1924 4 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Eco Mejicano 10/29/1885 – 10/29/1885 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Fe en la Democracia 10/29/1884 – 11/03/1884 2 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Heraldo de Mexico 12/09/1917 – 12/29/1928 3126 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Inter-Faith Churchman 04/20/1941 – 04/20/1941 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Joven 09/18/1877 – 04/12/1878 2 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Daily Star 01/03/1872 – 12/31/1876 842 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Tribune 09/06/1943 – 04/22/1960 149 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Malcriado 04/17/1927 – 04/17/1927 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Mesazero 12/21/1954 – 12/21/1954 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Monitor Mejicano 10/26/1895 – 10/29/1898 10 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Prensa 12/08/1917 – 04/07/1932 200 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Regeneracion 09/03/1910 – 03/16/1918 253 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Teller 03/20/1946 – 03/20/1946 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Union 11/21/1896 – 05/15/1897 3 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles LAist 07/16/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Los Angeles El clamor pu’blico 06/19/1855 – 12/31/1859 232 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles La cro’nica 04/25/1914 – 04/08/1917 116 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles La cro’nica 05/04/1872 – 07/27/1889 631 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles La prensa 12/08/1917 – 01/19/1922 202 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles daily herald 10/02/1873 – 12/31/1910 9258 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Evening Republican 10/03/1876 – 10/03/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Daily News 01/01/1871 – 11/30/1872 419 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Express 05/05/1874 – 10/09/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Tri-weekly News 11/20/1863 – 05/07/1864 2 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Weekly Herald 08/12/1876 – 08/12/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Weekly Mirror 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Los Angeles Weekly Star 08/23/1851 – 07/22/1876 6 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Sud-Californische Post 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Weekly Express 08/12/1876 – 08/12/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Con Safos 06/01/1968 – 01/01/1972 8 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Cronica 01/03/1874 – 09/13/1876 150 Newspaper Archives
Los Angeles Dos Republicas 03/15/1892 – 09/03/1898 174 Newspaper Archives
Los Gatos Los Gatos Daily News 09/22/2006 – 08/19/2007 – Obituaries
Los Gatos Los Gatos Weekly-Times 03/17/1999 – Current – Obituaries
Madera Madera Tribune 05/08/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Madera Coalinga Recorder 11/18/2015 – 03/21/2018 – Obituaries
Mammoth Lakes Mammoth Times 10/09/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Manteca Manteca Bulletin 11/19/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Manzanar Manzanar Free Press 06/02/1942 – 09/08/1945 355 Newspaper Archives
Marin Sausalito Marin Scope 09/16/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Marina Del Rey Del Rey News 05/01/2006 – 01/01/2007 – Obituaries
Mariposa Mariposa Gazette 02/05/1876 – 07/01/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Martinez Martinez News-Gazette 01/06/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Martinez Contra Costa Gazette 03/04/1871 – 08/19/1876 4 Newspaper Archives
Martinez Contra Costa News 07/13/1876 – 07/13/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Martinez, Pleasant Hill Record 04/10/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Marysville Appeal-Democrat 06/17/1999 – Current – Obituaries
Marysville Weekly California Express 11/07/1857 – 10/29/1859 87 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Daily National Democrat 08/13/1858 – 10/27/1861 985 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Daily National Democrat 09/17/1859 – 01/07/1860 2 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Marysville Daily Appeal 12/02/1862 – 10/01/1876 173 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Marysville Daily Standard 05/18/1872 – 05/18/1872 1 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Marysville Herald 08/10/1852 – 08/21/1852 2 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Marysville Weekly Appeal 01/26/1861 – 08/18/1876 6 Newspaper Archives
Marysville Prospector, The: Yuba College 09/21/2012 – 09/21/2012 – Obituaries
Mendocino Mendocino Beacon 09/20/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Mendocino West Coast Star 06/15/1876 – 06/15/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Merced Merced Express 01/23/1875 – 09/23/1876 79 Newspaper Archives
Merced San Joaquin Valley Argus 08/19/1876 – 08/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Mill Valley Mill Valley Herald 09/09/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Milpitas Fremont Bulletin 06/28/2007 – 07/06/2016 – Obituaries
Milpitas Milpitas Post 08/05/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Mission Beach, Pacific Beach Beach & Bay Press 04/17/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Modesto Angry Arab News 06/08/2011 – 06/01/2018 – Obituaries
Modesto Modesto Herald 07/20/1876 – 07/20/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Mokelumne Hill Weekly Calaveras chronicle 03/17/1866 – 11/14/1868 113 Newspaper Archives
Mokelumne Hill Calaveras Chronicle 10/18/1851 – 03/19/1853 10 Newspaper Archives
Mokelumne Hill Calaveras Chronicle 10/10/1874 – 07/29/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Monrovia Arcadia Weekly 09/08/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Monrovia Monrovia Weekly 09/08/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Monrovia Pasadena Independent 09/08/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Monrovia Sierra Madre Weekly 09/08/2005 – 03/05/2020 – Obituaries
Montclair Village Montclarion 11/23/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Monterey Monterey County Herald 01/06/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Monterey Californian 08/15/1846 – 08/15/1846 1 Newspaper Archives
Monterey Monterey Gazette 12/09/1864 – 12/09/1864 1 Newspaper Archives
Monterey Monterey Sentinel 02/16/1856 – 02/16/1856 1 Newspaper Archives
Monterey Weekly Herald 03/18/1876 – 03/18/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Moorpark Moorpark Acorn 03/18/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Mount Shasta Mt. Shasta Herald 10/05/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Napa American Canyon Eagle 09/07/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Napa Napa Valley Register 01/01/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Napa Daily Morning Gazette 03/11/1870 – 03/11/1870 1 Newspaper Archives
Napa Napa County Weekly Reporter 07/19/1856 – 06/23/1877 648 Newspaper Archives
Napa Napa Daily Register 10/02/1876 – 10/02/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Napa Napa Register 02/27/1869 – 07/29/1876 4 Newspaper Archives
Napa Pacific Echo 07/20/1861 – 07/12/1862 52 Newspaper Archives
Needles Needles Desert Star 04/09/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Nevada Nevada Democrat 08/20/1856 – 09/27/1862 522 Newspaper Archives
Nevada Nevada Democrat 12/30/1857 – 05/02/1860 6 Newspaper Archives
Nevada City Nevada Journal 10/11/1851 – 11/04/1863 537 Newspaper Archives
Nevada City Daily National Gazette 02/23/1871 – 11/18/1871 8 Newspaper Archives
Nevada City Nevada Daily Transcript 01/08/1874 – 10/04/1876 51 Newspaper Archives
Nevada City Nevada Journal 03/13/1857 – 09/16/1859 4 Newspaper Archives
Nevada City Weekly National Gazette 06/04/1870 – 06/25/1870 4 Newspaper Archives
Newell Newell Star 03/09/1944 – 02/15/1946 110 Newspaper Archives
Newell Tulean Dispatch 05/30/1942 – 10/30/1943 390 Newspaper Archives
Newport Beach, Costa Mesa Current, The: Orange County Register weekly 05/07/2004 – 09/28/2017 – Obituaries
Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach Coastal Current: Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach 02/08/2018 – Current – Obituaries
North San Juan Hydraulic press 08/21/1858 – 08/17/1861 156 Newspaper Archives
North San Juan North San Juan Times 06/24/1876 – 06/24/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
North San Juan San Juan Press 08/31/1861 – 08/31/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
Novato Novato Advance 08/26/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Oakdale Escalon Times 02/06/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Oakdale Oakdale Leader 10/07/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Oakdale Riverbank News 08/16/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Oakland Alameda Times-Star 09/15/2001 – 04/04/2016 – Obituaries
Oakland East Bay Express 03/05/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Oakland Oakland Post 02/06/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Oakland Oakland Tribune 09/15/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Oakland Alambres de N.E.L. 05/21/1975 – 06/21/1977 20 Newspaper Archives
Oakland American Sentinel 01/01/1886 – 12/25/1889 83 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Mundo 01/06/1971 – 04/02/1975 219 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Daily Transcript 04/01/1869 – 10/05/1876 1572 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Sunshine 03/20/1915 – 02/25/1922 27 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Western Outlook 11/07/1914 – 05/26/1928 80 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Local 05/23/2013 – 03/09/2015 – Obituaries
Oakland Alameda Magazine 01/08/2016 – Current – Obituaries
Oakland Alameda County Herald 06/27/1860 – 06/27/1860 1 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Brooklyn Home Journal and Alameda County Advertiser 01/06/1872 – 12/07/1872 47 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Evening Termini 10/03/1870 – 04/12/1872 44 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Daily Evening Tribune 08/25/1874 – 08/19/1876 101 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Daily News 01/02/1871 – 11/30/1876 1547 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland News 02/03/1866 – 02/03/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Oakland West Oakland Press 07/15/1876 – 07/15/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Oakland Oakland Magazine 01/07/2020 – 01/07/2020 – Obituaries
Oakley Oakley News 07/17/2020 – Current – Obituaries
Ocean Beach, Point Loma Peninsula Beacon 05/22/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Ojai Ojai Valley News 01/30/2004 – 08/31/2018 – Obituaries
Ontario Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 07/28/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Orange Orange City News: Orange County Register weekly 05/13/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Oroville Oroville Mercury-Register 01/02/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Oroville Oroville daily Butte record 07/14/1856 – 01/30/1858 443 Newspaper Archives
Oroville Weekly union record 01/23/1864 – 03/17/1866 113 Newspaper Archives
Oroville Butte record 11/12/1853 – 07/11/1857 188 Newspaper Archives
Oroville Weekly Mercury 06/30/1876 – 06/30/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Pacific Palisades Pacific Palisades 90272 02/05/2004 – 03/05/2010 – Obituaries
Pacifica Pacifica Tribune 08/20/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Palm Springs Desert Star Weekly 09/02/2008 – 09/29/2011 – Obituaries
Palo Alto Burlingame Daily News 09/22/2006 – 09/25/2008 – Obituaries
Palo Alto Daily News 09/22/2006 – Current – Obituaries
Palo Alto Daily Post 12/18/2006 – Current – Obituaries
Palo Alto Redwood City Daily News 09/22/2006 – 09/25/2008 – Obituaries
Palo Alto Daily Post, The: Web Edition Articles 07/01/2017 – Current – Obituaries
Paradise Paradise Post 07/11/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Pasadena Pasadena Star-News 09/15/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Pasadena Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley News Journal 02/25/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Pasadena Pasadena Star-News: Web Edition Articles 01/01/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Petaluma Argus-Courier 05/08/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Petaluma Petaluma Evening Argus 08/19/1872 – 09/11/1872 10 Newspaper Archives
Petaluma Petaluma Weekly Argus 01/11/1866 – 08/11/1876 4 Newspaper Archives
Piedmont Piedmonter 03/01/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Pittsburg Pittsburg News 06/23/2017 – Current – Obituaries
Placerville Mountain Democrat 03/09/2005 – Current – Obituaries

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