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Morley Library has archives of the following newspapers, mostly on microfilm, that can be used for doing genealogy and local history research:

American Friend & Marietta Gazette24 April 1813--27 December 1828
Centinel of the Northwest Territories9 November 1793--June 1796
Cleveland Daily Advertiser6 January 1831--22 March 1838
Cleveland Daily Herald30 May 1835--30 December 1843
Cleveland Gazette & Commercial Register31 July 1818--29 February 1820
Cleveland Herald & Gazette4 January 1837--30 December 1857
Cleveland Independent Newsletter18 April 1829--10 August 1830
Cleveland Plain Dealer1 January 1985--31 December 2018
Cleveland Weekly Advertiser5 January 1837--8 October 1840
Cleveland Whig20 August 1834--28 December 1836
Fairport Beacon13 September 1935--21 October 1960
[Painesville] Geauga Gazette19 August 1828--15 December 1832
Lake County Herald26 January 1900--17 May 1921
Lake County Republican-HeraldJanuary 1928--December 1932
Lake County Today  [Strike paper]15 October 1973--1 March 1974
Lake County Tribune8 January 1993--31 August 2007
Mentor Monitor23 February 1939--August 1972
News-Herald

3 March 1933--31 July 1975,
25 March 1986--31 March 2006,
and 1 April 2006--30 September 2019
[on CD-ROM]

Northern Ohio Journal [Painesville]9 March 1872--26 June 1880
Ohio American19 September 1844--26 May 1847
Painesville Geauga Gazette19 August 1828--15 December 1832
Painesville Journal15 July 1871--2 March 1872
* Painesville Telegraph16 July 1822--30 April 1986
Willoughby Collegian1 November 1868--1 June 1869
Willoughby Gazette1 October 1868--25 September 1869
Willoughby Independent18 April 1879--27 May 1920
Willoughby Republican5 January 1917--29 April 1927

 

Some issues of the Painesville Telegraph are available as part of the Google News Newspapers Archive:

Painesville Telegraph, 13 March 1850--16 November 1905 and 1 July 1917--31 December 1951;

Evening Telegraph, 27 November 1905--29 December 1906 (intermingled with issues of the Providence, Rhode Island, Evening Telegram/ Evening Tribune and Telegram); and Telegraph=Republican, 2 January 1907--30 December 1916

 

Page last updated 18 FEBRUARY 2020.