SmallTownPapers® Collection

SmallTownPapers® works with hundreds of small market newspaper publishers to create a unique, searchable database rich in historical information used by genealogists and historians including births, marriages, obituaries and articles about family members. Now you can read, search and browse newspapers which are displayed exactly as they were printed from our scanned newspaper archive…from 1865 to current.

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With Small Town Papers you can:

  • Get information on small town local news content
  • Read articles about people, places & events
  • Search old archives of historic photos & articles
  • Research legal notices and small-town politics
  • Compare classified advertising
  • Study bygone designs in old advertisement art
  • Locate obituary, birth & marriage announcements
  • Find old photographs of friends & ancestors
  • Discover genealogy & family tree history
  • Relive memories of classmates & high school sports

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Obituary of Jane Obituaries
Oldsmobile Advertisement Oldsmobile Advertisement
Small Town Photos Photos in Newspapers
Atomic bomb headline Current event headlines