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Newspapers
Newspapers are a wonderful, but overlooked, resource. News snippets can provide details into our ancestors' everyday activities, while obituaries and other 'vitals' notices can clue us in to dates, addresses and unknown family members.

New York State Newspaper Project
As part of an ongoing campaign to save and microfilm various newspapers from around New York State, the New York State Library offers the following newspapers on interlibrary loan. This list is divided by county, then by area.

NOTE: The information you will see in brackets, {}, tell you what dates are available. For instance, if it reads {1908:8:14-28}, this means that August 14 through 28 is available on microfilm. Be sure to give your librarian the OCLC number when ordering on interlibrary loan.

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Bronx
Italo-American
Published 1964-1977
Biweekly
OCLC# 17364344
Microfilm: s={1964:10-1977:8:29}
Call Number: NY 275 Bronx 93-31512

Riverdale News
Publication: current; dates not available
Monthly
OCLC# 16003235
Microfilm: s={1919:1-1942:4}
Call Number: NY 275 Riverdale 93-32185

Riverdale Press
Weekly
Published: 1950-present
OCLC# 09813447
Microfilm: s={1950:4:20-}
Call Number: NY 01 New York 93-32021

Kings County
Bay News
Weekly
Published: 1945-present
OCLC# 42947374
Microfilm: s={1958:5:3-1967:12:30}
{1968:11:3-16}
{1969:6:21-1972:12:30}
{1975:1:6-1976:12:27}
{1978:1:2-1984:8:27}
{1991:7:1-1993:12:27}
{1996:1:1-1999:7:12}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3480

Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat
Daily
Published: 1846-1849
OCLC# 09813457
Microfilm: s={1846:6:1-1848:12:31}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31518

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Daily
Published: 1849-1938
OCLC# 09817881
Microfilm: s={1849:5:14-1938:9:4}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31518

Brooklyn Daily Union
Daily OCLC# 09671701
Microfilm: s={1863:9:14-1967:1:26}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Brooklyn Daily Union
Daily
Published: 1870-1877
OCLC# 09668419
Microfilm: s={1870:8-1875:8}; {1876:1-1877:2:18}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Brooklyn Daily Union
Daily
Published: 1877
OCLC# 18885943
Microfilm: s={1887:2:14-4:23}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Brooklyn Daily Union-Argus
Daily
Published: 1877-1883
OCLC# 09671772
Microfilm: s={1877:2:19-1883:3:24}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Brooklyn Daily
Daily
Published: 1933-1963
OCLC# 11192951
Microfilm: s={1956:1:12-1963:1:28}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3481

Brooklyn Eagle
Daily
Published: 1938-1964
OCLC# 09810025
Microfilm: s={1938:9:5-1955:1:28}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31518

Brookyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat
Daily
Published: 1841-1846
OCLC# 09813464
Microfilm: s={1841:10:26-1846:5}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31518

Brooklyn Graphic
Weekly
Published: 1954+
OCLC# 09922027
Microfilm: s={1955:11:9-1956:12:19}
{1957:7:3-1968:7:31}
{1969:4:2-9:10}
{1971:1:20-12:29}
{1972:1:5-10:4, 12:13}
{1975:1:8-29, 11:26-12:31}
{1997:9:1-1999:7:12}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3488

Brooklyn Record
Weekly
Published: 1938+
Microfilm: s={1953:12:11-1954:12:31}
{1956:1:27-1969:8:8}
{1970:8:7-1971:10:22}
{1972:2:4-10:27}
{1973:1:5-1975:12:26}
{1976:10:1, 12:3}
{1977:1:7-6:24}
{1978:1:6-1992:9:11}
{1994:2:18-1997:12:26}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3492

Brooklyn Union
Daily
Published: 1867-1870
OCLC# 09671814
Microfilm: s={1867:1:28-1870:1}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Brooklyn Union
Daily
Published: 1883-1887
OCLC# 17667346
Microfilm: s={1883:3:25-1887:2:13}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Canarsie Digest
Weeklyn
Published: 1959+
OCLC# 42967101
Microfilm: s={1967:1:7-1972:3:11, 4:1-1975:6:30}
{1977:1:3-1978:6:26, 11:6-1980:12:29}
{1994:1:3-11:28, 12:12-1996:12:30}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3502

Daily Star
Daily
Published: 189?-1933
OCLC# 11121552
Microfilm: s={1898:7:1-1900:6:30}
{1902:1:2-6:30}
{1903:7:1-12:31}
{1904:7:2-1905:12:30}
{1907:1:2-3:30, 10:1-12:31}
{1908:10-12}
{1909:7:1-1918:12:30}
{1919:10:1-1920:3:22, 7:1-9:30}
{1921:1:3-1926:12}
{1927:3-1933:4:29}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31527

Downtown News
Weekly
Published: 19??+
OCLC# 34747163
Microfilm: s={1988:10:26, 11:9-23, 12:28}
{1989:1:18, 2:1,22, 4:19-5:10, 6:21, 8:30, 9:13-11:1, 12:28}
{1990:1:18, 2:15-22, 3:8, 5:4-18, 6:8,22-29, 8:3, 9:7,21, 10:5, 11:9,23, 12:7}
{1991:1:1:11, 2:8-22, 3:15-22, 4:12, 5:10, 6:7,21-28, 7:19, 8:9,30, 10:4,18, 12:20}
{1992:1:31,2:14, 3:13, 5:8, 6:5,19, 7:24}
{1994:7:22, 8:19-26, 9:2,16-30, 10:7,21-28, 11:4-25, 12:2-9,23-30}
{1995:1:27-1996:6:21}
{1997:1:3-1999:7:2}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3505

Greenpoint Gazette and Advertiser
Weekly
Published: 1971-1981
OCLC# 42955768
Microfilm: s={1980:1:1-1981:1:13}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3503

Greenpoint Gazette and Advertiser
Weekly
Published: 198?+
OCLC# 43905831
Microfilm: s={1986:11:4-1988:11:16}
{1989:1:4-1991:3:27, 4:10-1992:12:23}
{1993:1:6-10:27, 11:10-1995:12:29}
{1997:5:7-1998:8:26}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3503

Greenpoint Gazette
Weekly
Published: 1981-198?
OCLC# 43905634
Microfilm: s={1981:1:20-1985:12:31}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3503

King's Courier
Weekly
Published: 1951+
OCLC# 42968880
Microfilm: s={1967:12:2-1970:11:28}
{1971:1:5-12:18}
{1974:1:5-12:28}
{1995:1:2-1996:6:24}
{1997:5:19-6:30}
{1998:1:12, 2:2-23, 3:2,16-30, 4:6}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3500

New York and Brooklyn Daily
Daily
Published: 1963-1970
OCLC# 15261096
Microfilm: Scattered issues missing
s={1963:1:29-1968:12:31}
{1969:1:2-3:26, 8:5-12:31}
{1970:1:1-8:31, 10:20, 11:23-12:3}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3481

The Park Slope Paper
Weekly
Published: 198?+
OCLC# 43006620
Microfilm: s={1985:2:16, 12:7}
{1986:3:1, 6:14-21, 8:16-23, 9:13,27, 11:1-8}
{1987:2:14, 4:11, 6:6, 9:26, 10:24, 11:28}
{1988:8:27}
{1989:6:7, 8:16}
{1990:1:4, 2:15-3:29, 4:20, 5:11, 6:8-15, 7:27, 9:7, 10:5, 12:14}
{1994:8:19-26, 9:2,16-30, 10:7,21-28, 11:4-25, 12:2-9, 30}
{1995:1:13-1998:12:25}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3506

The Prospect Press
Biweekly
Published: 198?+
OCLC# 42981964
Microfilm: s={1982:3:4/17-1983:12:22}
{1984:4:5-1987:4:1}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3504

Standard Union
Daily
Published: 1887-1932
OCLC# 09671762
Microfilm: s={1887:4:25-1904}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31531

Williamsburg News
Weekly
Published: 19??+
OCLC# 42981725
Microfilm: s={1952:6:6-1966:3:25}
{1966:6:3-1973:4:27}
{1976:1:2-12:31}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 96-3501

Greenpoint

Greenpoint Daily Star
Daily
Published: 18??-189?
OCLC# 11523385
Microfilm: Saturday issues only
sm={1881:7:26}
{1882:2:22, 5:20,25, 6:1,15}
{1883:1:6-6:30}
{1884:1:5-6:28}
{1885:1-1886:12}
{1889:1-6}
{1890:1:4-6:28}
{1893:1:7-12:30}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31527

Greenpoint Weekly Star
Weekly
Published: 189?-19??
OCLC# 19452929
Microfilm: s={1895:1:5-6:29}
{1898:7:2-1900:6:30}
{1902:1:4-6:28}
{1903:7:4-12:26}
{1904:7:2-1905:12:23}
{1908:1:4-1909:1:30}
{1919:1:4-12:27}
{1926:1:8-12:31}
{1933:1:6-12:29}
{1943:1:1-12:31}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31527

Ridgewood

Ridgewood Times
Weekly
Published: 1908+
OCLC# 11386548
Microfilm: s={1912:1:6-1919:12:22}
{1921:2-1979:12}
{1980:10:2-1983:12:29}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31529

Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Point News
Weekly
Published: 19??+
OCLC# 11424395
Microfilm: sm={1961:7:7-1965:9:9}
{1966:6:16-1971:9:2}
Call Number: NY 23 Brooklyn 93-31530

Online Resources

National Obituary Archive boasts over 55 million obituaries and death records. Searchable by surname and location. NOTE: Some searches may simply pull up the SSDI information.

The National Directory of Morticians offers an online listing of funeral homes and funeral directors, from the Red Book. NOTE: The online listing is not as complete as the print edition.