Doing Research

In Sonoma County

Newspaper Searches

In Sonoma County

   

You can find selected issues of Sonoma County newspapers, which include the Press Democrat (Santa Rosa), the Argus-Courier (Petaluma) and all available issues of the Sebastopol Times, Sonoma West Times and Sonoma West Times & News (Sebastopol, 1895-2016), on the Newspapers.com website and some older newspapers can be found through California Digital Newspaper Collection.

Press Democrat (2008 only) and the Geyserville Press are available from Google News. Some Sonoma County-related stories are included in the University of California, Riverside's California Digital Newspaper Collection and the Library of Congress' Chronicling America. The Library has a number of local newspapers on microfilm; holdings for the Press Democrat, Argus-Courier, Cloverdale News and others.

Places to Search Sonoma County Newspapers

California Digital Newspaper Collection: . . . Search or Search by Newspaper Title

Geyserville Gazette (Geyserville, 1899-1918) . . . Link

Geyserville Press (Geyserville, 1940-1964) . . . Link

Healdsburg Enterprise (Healdsburg, 1878-1929) . . . Link

Healdsburg Tribune (Healdsburg, 1919-1937) . . . Link

Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1888-1990) . . . Link

Oak Leaf (Santa Rosa, 1924-2000) . . . Link

Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1883-1922) . . . Link

Russian River Flag (Healdsburg, 1865-1886) . . . Link

Sonoma Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1857-1897) . . . Link

Sotoyome Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1902-1944) . . . Link

Google News:

Cloverdale Reveille (1984) . . . Link

The Geyserville Press . . . Link

The Petaluma Argus (1900-1909) . . . Link

Petaluma Daily Argus (1899) . . . Link

Petaluma Journal and Argus (1864-1870) . . . Link

Petaluma Weekly Argus (1875-1878) . . . Link

Newspapers.com Search by City:

Cloverdale Reveille (1880-2004) . . . Link

The Petaluma Argus-Courier (1899-2000) . . . Link

Petaluma Argus (1861-1864) . . . Link or the Morning Edition (1873), Evening Edition (1873), Weekly Edition (1867-1889)

The Petaluma Courier (1876-1896) . . . Link

Petaluma Daily Morning Courier (1891-1928) . . . Link

The Sonoma County Journal (1855-1964) . . . Link

Santa Rosa Press Democrat (1928-1997) . . . Link

Sonoma West Times & News (1895-2016) . . . Link

Cloverdale Reveille . . . Link

The Healdsburg Tribune . . . Link

Regional Newspaper Collection (SSU) . . . Link

Santa Rosa Press Democrat Home Page . . . Link

Sonoma West Times & News . . . Link

Sonoma County Library Historical Newspaper Collection Link or their Microfilm Newspaper Collection

The Sonoma Valley Sun (free to search archives) . . . Link

USGenWeb Sonoma County Archives . . . Link

Western Sonoma County Historical Society . . . Link

The Windsor Times . . . Link

Articles of Interest

Biblioteca Vinaria Sonoma . . . Link

Luther Burbank Home & Garden Collection . . . Link

Specific Searches

Earthquake of 1906 Digital Collection . . . Link