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Genealogical Indexes and Abstracts of Newspapers: 1800-1849

Use this guide to find indexes to genealogical information in Newspapers. These indexes are located in our Genealogical Research Room unless otherwise indicated. Please note this does note reflect the holdings of our newspaper collection.

1800-1849

*All sources are located in the Genealogy stacks unless specified*

 

1636-1850   Vital record of Rhode Island. First series. Births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people

Call number: 929.3 R4 A756v

1670-1929   Calvert Co., Maryland, family records, 1670-1929: church & newspaper records, tombstone inscriptions, family Bible records, court house marriage & birth records

Call number: 929.3 M3c O13c

1729-1879   Delaware genealogical abstracts from newspapers

Call number: 929.3 D3 R517d

1736-1952   Essex County, Virginia newspaper notices

Call number: 929.3 V8es P665e

1763-1806   Savannah, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Georgia Gazette)        

Call number: 929.3 G3cha K48s

1765-1803   Abstracts from newspapers of Wilmington, North Carolina

Call number: 929.3 N8ne F782a

1775-1906   Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C.  

Call number: 929.3 S7 E52j

1783-1816   Vermont newspaper abstracts: Vermont Gazette, The Vermont Gazette, Epitome of the World, The World, The Green-Mountain Farmer

Call number: 929.3 V5 R595v

1784-1829   American deaths and marriages   (NY & MA)

Location: Genealogy -- Microfilm, Mezzanine

Call number: 929.3 A11 G283a

1786-1810   Western Maryland newspaper abstracts: compilation of items taken from the available newspapers of Hagerstown and Frederick, Maryland     

Call number: 929.3 M3 W949w

1790-1834   Maryland Eastern Shore newspaper abstracts   (MD & VA)

Call number: 929.3 M3 W949ma

1790-1857   Some southern states veterans of the American Revolution: about 340 newspaper items, alphabetically arranged          

Call number: 973.345 B787s

1790-1860   Chapters in the history of Abbeville County : the "banner county" of South Carolina

Call number: 975.735 W269c

1791-1861   Marriage, death, and estate notices from Georgetown, S.C., newspapers

Call number: 929.3 S7g H725m

1792-1810   Abstracts from the North Carolina Journal, Halifax, North Carolina 

Call number: 929.3 N8h F782a

1792-1839   Marriage and death notices from Columbia, South Carolina, newspapers

Call number: 929.3 S7 H725marc

1792-1900   Knox County, Tennessee marriage records

Call number: 929.3 T2k D222k

1793-1810   Pioneer Ohio newspapers

Call number: 929.3 O3 G796p

1794-1851   Marriages from early Tennessee newspapers

Call number: 929.3 T2 L933m 

1794-1851   Obituaries from early Tennessee newspapers

Call number: 929.3 T2 L933o

1796-1814    Savannah, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Columbian Museum)  

Call number: 929.3 G3cha K48sc

1796-1824   Marriages and deaths from Baltimore newspapers   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3ba B261m

1796-1826   Marriage and death notices from Raleigh, N.C., newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8, M359

1797-1842   Marriage and death notices in newspapers published in Wilmington, North Carolina

Call number: 929.3 N8ne K29ma

1797-1999   African-American records: Bracken County, Kentucky

Call number: 929.3 K3br A258

1799-1811   Early Jefferson County, Georgia newspaper abstracts   

Call number: 929.3 G3jef P856e 1799/1811

1799, 1818, 1825   Excerpts from the earliest Mason County, Kentucky newspapers : The Mirror and The Maysville Eagle

Call number: 929.3 K3mas W78e

1799-1839   Abstracts of vital records from Raleigh, North Carolina newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8 N341a    v. 1-3 (vol. 3 parts 1 & 2)

1799-1855   Marriage and death notices (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8 B875m v. 1-3

1799-1893   Marriage and death notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette 

Call number: 929.3N8B875m

19th century   Abstracts of marriages and deaths of extant Washington, NC newspapers    

Call number:   929.3 N8b A164 V.1 

19th century   Deaths and marriages from 19th century Florence, S.C., newspapers  

Call number: 929.3 S7fl D313d

19th century   Reported deaths in nineteenth century Jackson, Tennessee, newspapers

Call number: 929.3 T2j S652r

1800-1805 / 182-1823   National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser newspaper abstracts   (Wash. D.C.)

Call number: 929.3 D6 D621n

1801-1863   Marriages and deaths from Mississippi newspapers

Call number: 929.3 M7 W756m

1802-1815   Wilkes County (Washington), Georgia, newspaper abstracts

Call number: 929.3 G3wil P856w

1802-1832   Early Missouri ancestors

Call number: 929.3 M8 S788ea

1803-1806    Hancock County, Georgia supplement to early newspaper abstracts

Call number: 929.3 G3han P856h 1803/1807 sup.

1803-1804 / 1806-1807    Hancock County, Georgia, early newspaper abstracts: "Farmer's Gazette"          

Call number: 929.3 G3han P856h 1803/1807

1806-1828   Early Louisville, Kentucky newspaper abstracts 

Call number: 929.3 K3je C953e

1806-1831   Abstracts from the Edenton Gazette and North Carolina General Advertiser, Edenton, North Carolina

Call number: 929.3 N8cho F782a

1807-1919   The news from Milan, Rhine, and Old Telfair

Call number: 929.3 G3do E92nm

1808-1820 / 1826-1829   Clarke Co. (Athens), GA, newspaper abstracts   

Call number: 929.3 G3cl P856c

1808-1854   Death records of Missouri men from newspapers 

Call number: 929.3 M8 W748d

1809-1818   Citizens of Craven County, North Carolina and vicinity

* Transcriptions of advertisements published in the Carolina Federal Republican of New Bern, NC

Call number: 929.3 N8cr M969c

1809-1834   Rhea County in old newspapers 

Call number: 929.3 T2r B863r

1809-1840   Genealogical abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) newspaper

Call number: 929.3 G3 H338g

1809-1887   Georgia newspaper clippings, Washington County extracts

Call number: 929.3 G3was E92g

1809-1889   Georgia newspaper clippings, Putnam County extracts  

Call number: 929.3 G3put E92g

1809     The True Republican, or American Whig: "the truth our guide--the public good our end," 1809 CE, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA: newspaper transcription with historical and genealogical notes   (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8ne S549t

1810-1857   More death records from Missouri newspapers

Call number: 929.3 M8 S788de 1810/1857

1811/1892   Georgia newspaper clippings, Montgomery County extracts

Call number: 929.3 G3mon E92g

1811-1815   Newspaper abstracts of Allegany and Washington counties   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3 N558

1811-1819    Newspaper abstracts of Frederick County   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3f W949n

1812-1853   1300 "missing" Missouri marriage records from newspapers

Call number: 929.3 M8 W748t

1814-1851   Athens, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Southern Banner)

Call number: 929.3 G3cl E92a

1814-1832   Early Kaskaskia, Illinois newspapers

Call number: 929.3 I2r C953e

1815-1906   Abstracts of marriages and deaths of extant Washington, N.C.

Call number: 929.3 N8b A164

1816-1840   Marriage & death notices: abstracted from the Fayetteville Observer and predecessor papers

Call number: 929.3 N8cu H875m

1816-1865   Marriage and death notices from the Fayetteville (NC) Observer : weekly and semi-weekly

Call number: 929.3 N8cu S649m

1816-1865   Marriage and death notices from Camden, South Carolina newspapers

Call number: 929.3 S7k H725m

1817-1819   Biographical data from Baltimore newspapers   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3b B261bi 1817/19

1818-1903   Darien, Georgia, newspaper clippings   

Call number: 929.3 G3ma E92d

1819-1845   Arkansas newspaper abstracts  

Call number: 929.3 A8 M848a 1819/1845

1819-1890   Marriage and death notices from Alabama newspapers and family records

Call number: 929.3 A3 F663m

1819-1893   Marriage, death and legal notices from early Alabama newspapers

Call number: 929.3 A3 G196m

1820-1828   Citizens of Rowan County, North Carolina, and Vicinity

Call number: 929.3 N8row M969c (4 vols.)

1820-1829   Citizens of Orange County, North Carolina and vicinity

Call number: 929.3 N8or M969c

1820-1830   Marriages and deaths in the newspapers of Frederick and Montgomery Counties, Maryland

Call number: 929.3 M3f W949m

1820-1842   Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8 T674m

1820-1860   Newspaper notices of Mississippians    

Call number: 929.3 M7 M678n

1820-1865   Marriage and death notices from the Hillsborough Recorder (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8or M969m

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1800-1849

*All sources are located in the Genealogy stacks unless specified*

 

1820-1872      Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Southern recorder) 

Call number: 929.3 G3bal E92m

1821-1840   Marriages and deaths in the newspapers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Call number: 929.3 P4la, W75m, 1821/1840

1821-1875   Death, marriage and probate notices from Montgomery, Alabama newspapers

Call number: 929.3 A3mont C381d

1822-1907   Georgia newspaper clippings Dooly County extracts

Call number: 929.3 G3doo E92g

1822-1830   Newspaper abstracts of Cecil & Harford Counties   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3 W949n 1822/1830

1823-1891   The Woodville Republican, Mississippi's oldest existing newspaper

Call number: 929.3 M7wi W651w

1823-1830 / 1866-1869   Macon, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Messenger)

Call number: 929.3 G3bi E92m

1823-1865   York, South Carolina, Newspapers: Marriage, and Death Notices

Call number: *1 Copy Ordered as of 03-11-2013*

1824-1825   Citizens of Halifax County, North Carolina and vicinity

Call number: 929.3 N8h M969c

1824-1904   Georgia newspaper clippings, Crawford County extracts

Call number: 929.3 G3cra E92g

1824-1865   Deaths and marriages from Tarboro, North Carolina, newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8e J72d

1825-1856   Family chronicles of the Paterson Intelligencer. Marriages and deaths   (NJ)

Call number: 929.3 N5 B787f 1825/1856

1825-1935   Spreading the word: Mississippi newspaper abstracts of genealogical interest    

Call number: 929.3 M7 R143s

1826-1835 / 1847-1856   The Greensboro Patriot index   (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8gu F663g

1826-1828 / 1850-1857   Marriages and deaths, accidents, duels and runaways, etc., compiled from the Weekly Georgia Telegraph, Macon, Georgia

Call number: 929.3 G3bi W667m

1826-1830   Hancock County, Georgia, newspaper abstracts: Hancock Advertiser      

Call number: 929.3 G3han P856h 1826/1830

1826-1887   Macon, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Weekly Telegraph)   

Call number: 929.3 G3bi E92ma

1826-1830   Citizens of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and vicinity

Call number: 929.3 N8e M969c

1826-1865   Abstracts of extant Greenville, South Carolina, newspapers concerning black people, free and slave

Call number: 929.3 S7gr M133ab 1826/1865

1826-1863   Marriage and death notices from the up-country of South Carolina : as taken from Greenville newspapers

Call number: 929.3 S7 H725maru

1826-1854   Some South Carolina marriages & obituaries and miscellaneous information

Call number: 929.3 S7 S613s

1827-1849   Gwinnett County records as recorded in Athens, Georgia newspapers

Call number: 929.3 G3gw P258g 1827/1849

Aug. 26, 1829 - Dec. 24, 1833   Marriage notices, obituaries, and items of genealogical interest in the Cape Fear Recorder, People's Press and the Wilmington Advertiser            

Call number: 929.3 N8ne H177m

1830-1831   Abstracts from the Edenton Gazette and Farmer's Palladium, Edenton, North Carolina

Call number: 929.3 N8cho F782a v.6 1830/31

1830-1835   North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser (1830-1835) Rutherford County, North Carolina Abstracts

Call number: 929.3 N8ru N867

1830-1839   Abstracts of vital records from Raleigh, North Carolina, Newspapers

Call number: 929.3N8N341a

1830-1887 Baldwin County, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Union recorder)

Call number: 929.3 G3bal E92b

1830-1940   Index to obituaries and death notices in surviving Rutherford County, North Carolina newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8ru G326

1831-1836   Abstracts of marriages and deaths in the (Baltimore) American and Commercial Daily Advertiser   (MD)

Call number: 929.3 M3b E66a 1831/1836

1831-1840   Abstracts of marriages and deaths and other articles of interest in the newspapers of Frederick and Montgomery Counties, Maryland  

Call number: 929.3 M3f M822a 1831/1840

September 7, 1832 - September 9, 1836   Extracts from the Bedford Gazette, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Call number: 929.3 P4be M681e 1832/1836

1832-1858   Columbus, Georgia, newspaper clippings (Columbus Enquirer)   

Call number: 929.3 G3mus K48c

1832-1890   Obituaries and marriage notices from the Carolina Watchman (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8 F967o

1832-1907   Georgia newspaper clippings, Sumter County extracts   

Call number: 929.3 G3su E92g

1832-1864   Deaths reported by Der Libanon Demokrat: a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania    

Call number: 929.3 P4 H466d

July 3, 1835 -Dec. 7, 1851   Marriage and death notices from the Charlotte Journal   (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8 N323m

1835-1862   Real estate and legal notices from Charlotte, North Carolina newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8me C7709r

1835-1887   Marriage and death notices from Baptist newspapers of South Carolina

Call number: 929.3 S7 H725marr

1836-1872   Abbeville District, South Carolina newspaper notices of land cases and sales

Call number: 929.3 S7a W269a

1836-1870   Index to marriage and death notices in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung

Call number: 929.3 N7 B586i

1837-1841   Genealogical abstracts from the New Orleans Picayune

Location: Genealogy -- Microfiche

Call number: 929.3 L8o K29g

1838-1860   Marriage and death notices from Columbia, South Carolina, including legal notices from burnt counties

Call number: 929.3 S7 H725marc 1838/1860

1838-1880   Lincoln County, Tennessee, official marriage records

Call number: 929.3 T2li M365l

1840-1882      Miscellaneous Texas newspaper abstracts

Location: Genealogy -- Microfiche

Call number: 929.3 T3 K29m

1840-1870   Marriage and death notices from extant Asheville, N.C., newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8bu T674m

1841-1849   Marriage and death notices from the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (NC)

Call number: 929.3 N8 G763m

1841-1850   Fayetteville Observer (NC) marriage & death abstracts

Call number: 929.3 N8cu T988f 1841/1850

1841-1882   Early Anderson County, S.C., newspapers, marriages and obituaries

Call number: 929.3 S7an W687e

January 1843 - 25 December 1857   Boone County, Missouri ... deaths reported in & chronological index to selected articles from the Columbia Missouri Statesman  

Call number: 929.3 M8boo W362b

1843-1865   Marriage and death notices from upper S.C. newspapers: abstracts from newspapers of Laurens, Spartanburg, Newberry, and Lexington districts

Call number: 929.3 S7 H725m

1845-1874   Albany, Georgia, newspaper clippings

Call number: 929.3 G3 E92a  

1845-1855   Death and marriage notices from the Watchman and Observer

Call number: 929.3 A11 H725dw

1846-1890   Marriage & death notices from Barbour and Henry Counties, Alabama newspapers

Call number: 929.3 A3 F663ma

1846-1867   Marriage and death notices in Raleigh register and North Carolina State Gazette

Location: Genealogy -- Storage -- 4th Floor

Call number: F15 2:M35 1979

1847-1908   Marriage and death notices from the Southern Presbyterian

*For GA and SC

Call number: 929.3 A11 H725ds

1847-1850 / 1866-1870   Marriage & death notices from Wilmington, North Carolina newspapers

Call number: 929.3 N8ne S189m

1848-1896   Callaway County, Missouri : ... deaths reported in & chronological index to selected articles from The Fulton Telegraph & Gazette newspapers

Call number: 929.3 M8ca W362cd

1848-1858   Abstracts of notices found in the North Carolina Argus

Call number: 929.3 N8an B161a

1849-50   Abstracts from the Old North State, Elizabeth City, NC

Call number: 929.3 N8pa F782a

1849-1864   The 49ers'   (MO)

Call number: 929.3 M8 W362f

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