Since Newspapers.com is looking forward to attending the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in San Antonio, Texas, at the end of this month, we thought we’d get in the Lone Star spirit by highlighting our assortment of over 170 English- and Spanish-language Texas newspapers.
With more than 8.4 million pages so far, our Texas collection has the second-highest number of pages of any of our state collections (only Pennsylvania has more). Cumulatively, our Texas papers span almost 150 years (from 1865 to 2014) and cover 82 different cities, making this an invaluable resource for anyone researching their Texas ancestors or wanting to learn more about events and trends in the state’s remarkable history.
New to our Texas papers are issues of the Waxahachie Daily Light. Based in the county seat, the Daily Light has covered news from Waxahachie and the rest of Ellis County since the 1860s. Now, you can read about the goings on in the county—as well as how state and national news affected the area—in the years 1911 and 1941. For instance, on the same front page from February 4, 1941, news of World War II, politics in Washington DC, and a murder in Cleburne are interspersed with information on local deaths and illnesses, announcements of various cultural, civic, and religious events, and much more.
Recently updated is the San Angelo Press. During its 10-year run (1897–1907), this weekly paper paired local news with news on livestock, ranching, and farming. The long-running column “Stock News” was a staple of the paper, keeping residents of Tom Green County up to date on everything they needed to know about the livestock industry and which of their neighbors were buying or selling animals.
Our Texas paper with the longest time span is the Brownsville Herald, with issues from 1892 to 2008—a period of 116 years! However, the oldest issues of our Texas papers come from the Galveston Daily News, which has issues dating back to 1865. If you’re looking in our collection for a Texas paper with few time gaps, the Abilene Reporter-News is one of our most complete Texas papers, with more than 737,000 pages between the years 1926 and 1977.
From Abilene to Wichita Falls, use Newspapers.com to explore the papers that documented the progress of the state of Texas and its residents.
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