Check with the Citizens Library for microfilms of past issues of the Washington Observer-Reporter.

The  Manderino Library has the following on microfilm:

Herald of Liberty (1798-1802)
Observer-Reporter (15 Aug 1808 - 30 Nov 1997)

Also, this web site is now archiving obituaries as they appear each day in the On-line edition of the Washington Observer Reporter.

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

(Brownsville) American Telegraph (1814-1818)
Brownsville Clipper (20 Jun 1889 - 22 Dec 1912)
Brownsville Telegraph (29 Aug 1927 - Mar 1988)

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

California Times (18 Oct 1963 - 14 Dec 1979)
California News (1933, 1943, 1949-56, 1959-63)

Check with Greater Canonsburg Public Library for the following on microfilm:

[The Canonsburg newspapers not only carried the local news.  It also published news from the surrounding communities, such as:  Cecil and Cecil Township, Muse, Houston, Midland, Peters Township, North Strabane Township, McDonald, Venetia, Mt. Pleasant Township and Washington.  If you cannot find something in the Washington newspapers, you may want to check the Canonsburg newspapers.]

Canonsburg Herald  - Aug. 23, 1872  - March 2, 1888; July 3, 1889 - May 3, 1900; (missing Oct. 6, 1893 - April 10, 1897); April 27, 1905 - Aug. 23, 1906
Rural Notes - Oct. 9, 1879 - Oct. 14, 1886
Canonsburg Notes - Feb. 17, 1893 - Oct. 6, 1893; April 10, 1897 - Oct. 28, 1897 (Partial Tape)
Canonsburg Notes Weekly - Jan. 10, 1902 - Dec. 30, 1904
(Canonsburg) Daily Notes - Jan. 1, 1900 - August 1979 (quit publishing)
Daily Notes/Chartiers Valley Notes - Sept. 1, 1979 - May 21, 1980
The Canon (Canonsburg) - Sept. 26, 1983 - Dec. 23, 1985; Jan. 6, 1986 - Dec. 22, 1986; Jan. 5, 1987 - Aug. 31, 1992
Washington Reporter - Aug. 14, 1808 - Aug. 25, 1875
Canonsburg Herald (weekly) 1872-1888, 5 films
Canonsburg Notes (weekly) 1902-1904, 1 film
Daily Notes (weekly) 1893-1897, 1900-1973, 151 films
Rural Notes (weekly) 1879-1893, 2 films

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

The Charleroi Mail (1906-1960)

Any deaths in Charleroi after 1960 are listed in Monessen "The Valley Independent".

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

Connelsville Courier (weekly) (8 Aug 1879 - 7 Nov 1929)
(Connelsville) The Daily Courier (Jan 1974 - Oct 1986)

The Donora Public Library has the Donora Herald-American newspaper on microfilm from 1901 until the early 1970s when the paper was merged with another.

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

(Greensburg) Tribune Review (Jan 1986 - current)

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

Monessen Daily Independent (28 June 1902 - 30 April 1966)
Monessen Valley Independent (1 May 1966 - 31 Dec 1979)
(Monessen) The Valley Independent (1 Jan 1980 - 30 April 1997)

Check with Monongahela Area Public Library for the following on microfilm:

Daily Republican (daily)1881-1971, 143 films

Does anyone know where these films might be found? Email us if you do.

Daily Herald (daily) 1971-1972, 6 films
Monongahela Valley Republican (weekly) 1851-1908, 14 films

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

(Uniontown) Genius of Liberty (May 1805 - Dec 1900)
Uniontown Morning Herald (Jan 1907 - Sep 1980)
(Uniontown) Herald Standard (1 Oct 1980 - current)

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

Waynesburg Republican (1 Jun 1870 - Dec 1986)

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is on-line.

Check with Manderino Library for the following on microfilm:

Pittsburgh Gazette - 7-29-1786 - 1-30-1834
Pittsburgh Daily Gazette - 1-31-1834 - 1-7-1842
(Pittsburgh) Daily Morning Post - 3-28-1846 - 2-20-1859
Pittsburgh Post - 2-21-1859 - 1-31-1963
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 2-1-1963 - current
Pittsburgh Press - 1-2-1970 - 4-3-1992