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News and Newspapers

United Kingdom newspapers -- London, Edinburgh, Belfast Gazettes (1665+)

Massachusetts newspaper -- Boston News-Letter / Massachusetts Gazette (1704-1770)

Newspaper Microfilm -- Filed as Boston News-Letter and as Massachusetts Gazette

Pennsylvania newspaper -- American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia) (1719-1746)

Pennsylvania newspaper -- Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1815)

Newspaper Microfilm -- all issues filed by title Pennsylvania Gazette

South Carolina newspaper -- South Carolina Gazette (Charleston) (1732-1782)

Newspaper Microfilm -- all issues filed by title South Carolina Gazette

Virginia newspaper -- Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg) (1736-1780)

Virginia Gazette -- "published weekly in Williamsburg, 1736-1780;  the news covered all Virginia and included some information for other colonies, Scotland, England etc."

Pennsylvania newspaper -- Pennsylvania Journal & Weekly Advertiser (1757-1759)

Connecticut newspaper index -- Hartford Courant (1764-1984)

Hartford Courant: Archives -- Index 1764-1984 (some articles are available online for purchase)

The UCF Library does not have microfilm for this newspaper.

Massachusetts newspaper -- Boston Gazette & Country Journal (1769-1798)

Virginia newspapers index -- Historical Newspaper Index (Fairfax County) (1785-2000)

Historical Newspaper Index (Fairfax County Public Library) -- "provides over one million records from nine local newspapers covering research on the history of local buildings, lists of Civil War veterans, past Board of Supervisors meetings and election statistics, and much more."

  • Alexandria Gazette (1785-1788), (July 25, 1854-December 31, 1855) and (May 3, 1860-January 20, 1865)
  • Arlington County Record (1932-1933)
  • Fairfax City Times (1961-1968)
  • Fairfax County Independent (1929-1932)
  • Fairfax Herald (1886-1973)
  • Fairfax News (1872-1875)
  • Fairfax News - Herndon Observer (1925-1943)
  • The Local News (1861-1862)
  • The Rambler, Washington Star (1912-1928)
  • Reston Times (1965-1973), (1975-January 6, 1977), (1978), (1980-1983), (1985) and (2000)

The UCF Library does not have microfilm for any of these newspapers.

South Carolina newspaper -- Columbia Herald (Charleston) (1787-1790)

Virginia newspaper indexes -- Fredericksburg Newspapers (1787-1928)

Fredericksburg Newspapers -- indexes for various newspapers from the Fredericksburg area.

  • Virginia Herald 1787-1876
  • Architectural and Land Advertisements in the Virginia Herald 1788-1806
  • Architectural and Land Advertisements in the Virginia Herald 1807-1817
  • Impartial Observer and the Rights of Man, 1811
  • Democratic Recorder 1842-1861
  • Weekly Recorder 1844-1847
  • Fredericksburg News 1847-1884
  • Weekly Advertiser 1853-1860
  • Fredericksburg New Era, 1865-1866
  • Christian Banner, 1850 and 1862
  • Fredericksburg Ledger, 1865-1874
  • The Free Lance 1885-1900
  • The Free Lance Star 1926-1928
  • Political Arena 1827-1841
  • Virginia Star, Fredericksburg Star, and Daily Star, 1877-1926

The UCF Library does not have microfilm for any of these newspapers.

United Kingdom newspaper index -- Guardian & Observer (1791+)

Guardian & Observer: Archives -- Index 1791-2003 (some articles are available online for purchase)

The UCF Library does not have microfilm for this newspaper.

The Guardian (July 14, 1984+)

The Observer (October 07, 1992+)

Pennsylvania newspaper -- Pittsburgh Gazette (1793-1896)

Newspaper Microfilm -- all issues filed by title Pittsburgh Gazette

Virginia newspaper index -- Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index (1797-1877)

Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index -- "A proper name and subject index covering more than 40 newspaper titles primarily published in Petersburg, Va., 1797-1877."

The UCF Library does not have microfilm for any of these newspapers.