Guide to Historical Newspapers on Microfilm
Guide to Historical Newspapers on Microfilm
Newspapers on microfilm at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library
Other branch libraries may have additional newspaper holdings -- please contact the individual branch libraries (Cloverdale, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Rohnert Park-Cotati, and Petaluma).
City | Newspaper Title | Issues Available | Notes |
Bodega Bay | Signal | 1985-1992 | |
Navigator | 1987-2006 | ||
Cloverdale | L'Etoile des pauvres et des souffrants | 1881-83 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties |
Cotati |
Cotati call | 1974-1977 | |
Rohnert Park-Cotati times | 1977-1982 | ||
Rohnert Park Cotati clarion | 1969-1992 | ||
World of Cotati and Rohnert Park | 1965-1967 | ||
Rohnert Park press and central Sonoma news | 1958-1966 | ||
World of Sonoma County | 1967-1969 | ||
El Verano | Sonoma Valley Republican | 1890 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties |
Guerneville | Guerneville Times | 1890-1915 (broken) | |
Guerneville X-Rays | Sept. 24, 1898; Feb. 11, 1899 | ||
Russian River Advertiser | 1901-1909 | ||
Guerneville Times and Russian River Advertiser | May 3-Sept. 13, 1913; Feb. 6, 1915-Jan. 1, 1916; May 16, 1919-Nov. 7, 1919 | ||
Guerneville Times | June 8, 1947 | ||
Russian River Reporter | June 3, 1947-July 20, 1947 | ||
The Paper | June 8, 1979-Dec. 27, 1989 | ||
Healdsburg | Enterprise | 1876-1938 | |
The Advertiser | June 2, 1965 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Russian River Flag | Jan. 1, 1888-Mar. 5, 1883; Aug. 25, 1886 | ||
Petaluma | Argus Courier | June 1950-Aug 2002 | |
Weekly Journal | 1855-1861 | ||
Morning Argus | Sept. 1874 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Daily Imprint | 1885-1891; 1892-1894 | 1885-1891 on: Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Daily Argus | 1906 | ||
The Standard | 1877-1878 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Petaluma Land Journal | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Rohnert Park |
Rohnert Park news | 1973-1975 | |
Rohnert Park-Cotati times | 1977-1982 | ||
Rohnert Park Cotati clarion | 1969-1992 | ||
World of Cotati and Rohnert Park | 1965-1967 | ||
Rohnert Park press and central Sonoma news | 1958-1966 | ||
World of Sonoma County | 1967-1969 | ||
San Francisco | The Bulletin | 1928 | |
Santa Rosa | Sonoma Democrat | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Oct 22, 1858) | |
Sonoma County Democrat | Vol. 2, no. 2 (Oct. 28, 1857)-v. 9, no. 23 (Mar. 17, 1866) | ||
Sonoma Democrat (1866) | Vol. 9, no. 25 (Apr. 1, 1866)-v. 41, no. 14, (Oct. 2, 1897) | ||
Santa Rosa Daily Democrat | Aug. 1875 - Oct. 1897 (broken) | ||
Press Democrat | 1897-1969 | ||
Republican | 1880-1947 (broken) | ||
Daily Republican | 1881-1899 | ||
Santa Rosa Times/Evening Times | 1875-1879 | ||
Evening Press | 1948-1949 | ||
Sonoma County Land Journal | 1863 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Rose and Hill's Sonoma County Real Estate Messenger | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
New Grocery Weekly | 1889 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
The Weekly News | 1879 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Santa Rosa Press | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Sonoma County Herald | Jan. 7, 1944-Dec. 1954 | ||
The Herald | Jan. 4, 1953-Dec. 30. 1965 | ||
Santa Rosa News Herald | Jan. 5, 1966-Feb. 17, 1988 | ||
Sonoma County Labor Journal | July 27, 1922-Dec. 27, 1935 | ||
Sebastopol | Sebastopol Times | 1895-1995 | Many issues missing, 1895-1939; |
Western Sonoma County Review | 1944-1949 | Partial holdings | |
West County News | 1984-1986 | ||
Sonoma | Index Tribune | 1879-1904 (broken), 1905-2017 | |
Sonoma West Times | 1995-2017 | ||
Windsor | The Wahl Street Journal | Oct. 1977-Nov. 1981 | |
Windsor Journal | Nov. 1981-April 1982 | ||
The Times | Feb. 1989-Dec. 1992 | ||
The Windsor Times | Jan. 1993-Dec. 2017 | ||
Windsor Community News | Oct. 1996-Feb.1997 |
Newspapers on microfilm at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library
Other branch libraries may have additional newspaper holdings -- please contact the individual branch libraries (Cloverdale, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Rohnert Park-Cotati, and Petaluma).
City | Newspaper Title | Issues Available | Notes |
Bodega Bay | Signal | 1985-1992 | |
Navigator | 1987-2006 | ||
Cloverdale | L'Etoile des pauvres et des souffrants | 1881-83 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties |
Cotati |
Cotati call | 1974-1977 | |
Rohnert Park-Cotati times | 1977-1982 | ||
Rohnert Park Cotati clarion | 1969-1992 | ||
World of Cotati and Rohnert Park | 1965-1967 | ||
Rohnert Park press and central Sonoma news | 1958-1966 | ||
World of Sonoma County | 1967-1969 | ||
El Verano | Sonoma Valley Republican | 1890 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties |
Guerneville | Guerneville Times | 1890-1915 (broken) | |
Guerneville X-Rays | Sept. 24, 1898; Feb. 11, 1899 | ||
Russian River Advertiser | 1901-1909 | ||
Guerneville Times and Russian River Advertiser | May 3-Sept. 13, 1913; Feb. 6, 1915-Jan. 1, 1916; May 16, 1919-Nov. 7, 1919 | ||
Guerneville Times | June 8, 1947 | ||
Russian River Reporter | June 3, 1947-July 20, 1947 | ||
The Paper | June 8, 1979-Dec. 27, 1989 | ||
Healdsburg | Enterprise | 1876-1938 | |
The Advertiser | June 2, 1965 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Russian River Flag | Jan. 1, 1888-Mar. 5, 1883; Aug. 25, 1886 | ||
Petaluma | Argus Courier | June 1950-Aug 2002 | |
Weekly Journal | 1855-1861 | ||
Morning Argus | Sept. 1874 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Daily Imprint | 1885-1891; 1892-1894 | 1885-1891 on: Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Daily Argus | 1906 | ||
The Standard | 1877-1878 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Petaluma Land Journal | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Rohnert Park |
Rohnert Park news | 1973-1975 | |
Rohnert Park-Cotati times | 1977-1982 | ||
Rohnert Park Cotati clarion | 1969-1992 | ||
World of Cotati and Rohnert Park | 1965-1967 | ||
Rohnert Park press and central Sonoma news | 1958-1966 | ||
World of Sonoma County | 1967-1969 | ||
San Francisco | The Bulletin | 1928 | |
Santa Rosa | Sonoma Democrat | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Oct 22, 1858) | |
Sonoma County Democrat | Vol. 2, no. 2 (Oct. 28, 1857)-v. 9, no. 23 (Mar. 17, 1866) | ||
Sonoma Democrat (1866) | Vol. 9, no. 25 (Apr. 1, 1866)-v. 41, no. 14, (Oct. 2, 1897) | ||
Santa Rosa Daily Democrat | Aug. 1875 - Oct. 1897 (broken) | ||
Press Democrat | 1897-1969 | ||
Republican | 1880-1947 (broken) | ||
Daily Republican | 1881-1899 | ||
Santa Rosa Times/Evening Times | 1875-1879 | ||
Evening Press | 1948-1949 | ||
Sonoma County Land Journal | 1863 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Rose and Hill's Sonoma County Real Estate Messenger | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
New Grocery Weekly | 1889 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
The Weekly News | 1879 | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Santa Rosa Press | 188-? | Newspaper miscellany: Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity Counties | |
Sonoma County Herald | Jan. 7, 1944-Dec. 1954 | ||
The Herald | Jan. 4, 1953-Dec. 30. 1965 | ||
Santa Rosa News Herald | Jan. 5, 1966-Feb. 17, 1988 | ||
Sonoma County Labor Journal | July 27, 1922-Dec. 27, 1935 | ||
Sebastopol | Sebastopol Times | 1895-1995 | Many issues missing, 1895-1939; |
Western Sonoma County Review | 1944-1949 | Partial holdings | |
West County News | 1984-1986 | ||
Sonoma | Index Tribune | 1879-1904 (broken), 1905-2017 | |
Sonoma West Times | 1995-2017 | ||
Windsor | The Wahl Street Journal | Oct. 1977-Nov. 1981 | |
Windsor Journal | Nov. 1981-April 1982 | ||
The Times | Feb. 1989-Dec. 1992 | ||
The Windsor Times | Jan. 1993-Dec. 2017 | ||
Windsor Community News | Oct. 1996-Feb.1997 |