Newspapers are an excellent source of genealogical records prior to when the state took over the keeping of vital records. The Ohio State University Library and the Ohio Historical Society have the largest collection of Ohio newspapers, some which can be purchased or borrowed through inter-library loan. The LDS FHC also has many newspapers on microfilm and fiche.
You may also wish to contact the local libraries in Muskingum county for a listing of their archived newspapers. Questions can be addressed to the Reference Desk. Note: Some libraries do provide lookup services and there is a fee associated with this - please contact the library directly for this information.
The links posted here are found on the Muskingum County Message Boards at Rootsweb/Ancestry.com. If you want to post your Newspaper Article there, please use the following link and be sure to include the appropriate classification when submitting. Since Articles could be on cemetery listings, obituaries, death notices, please note that some of these are represented other places on this site. Obituaries have their own page as do wills. This area should be used for articles that don't fall into other categories:
Muskingum Co., OH Records at Rootsweb/Ancestry.comAny Article posted to that board will be included on this page for easy retrieval by Muskingum researchers.
Dates in parentheses may not be accurate to actual dates of operation. They are in the dates that are available on microfilm and may have operated before or after those dates but no editions are available to be archived on microfilm.
If anyone has any more information on any of these papers and would like to contribute to this page, please contact Denny Shirer
.Adamsville Recorder
Founded before 1884 by Rev. M. W. Acton and printed in Zanesville,
it was bought by Edward Spencer in May 1884 who brought the paper
to Adamsville. On January 1, 1885, Mr. Spencer moved the office
back to Zanesville where he entered into a partnership with Jesse
Atwell, the owner of the Zanesville Daily and Weekly Times and
with Rev. Acton the owner of the District Visitor. The new
enterprise would be named the Daily-Times Recorder. Mr Atwell and
Rev. Acton would later leave the partnership. Mr. Spencer went
public January 1, 1886 forming the Times Recorder Stock Company. He
remained on as Editor leaving in 1884 to return to Adamsville.
Adamsville Register (Weekly)
(Aug 1891 - Feb 1903)
18 Mar 1890 - 27 Dec 1939
First printed by Edward Spencer in March 12, 1889 who left the
Zanesville Times-Recorder to return to Adamsville. The paper was
sold in 1891 to Edward C. Jordan who sold the paper to Ralph Littick
in 1923 who then sold it to Herbert M. Buker in 1925 who operated
the paper until his retirement, January 1, 1940.
Post-Transcript (weekly)
(Mar 1968 - Dec 1986)
Clarion of Freedom (weekly)
(Oct 1847 - Sep 1848)
Enterprise (weekly)
(Aug 1880 - Jul 1882)
Hail Storm (weekly)
(Aug - Oct 1848)
Leader (weekly)
(Apr 1977 - Dec 1987)
Muskingum Messenger
20 Oct 1813 - 1815
The paper moved operations from New Concord to Zanesville in 1816.
Zanesville Aurora
5 Jan 1838 - 6 Jul 1843
Zanesville City Times (weekly)
(Sep 1852 - Aug 1854, Feb 1860 - Oct 1863)
Zanesville Courier
(1846 - Dec 1847)
Zanesville Daily Courier (daily)
(Jan 1884-Jan 1915)
formerly Zanesville Courier.
Zanesville Daily Times Recorder (daily)
(Jan - Jun 1892)
Zanesville Evening Visitor (weekly)
1 Apr 1837 - 23 Jun 1838
A Weekly Paper Devoted to Science and Literature
Zanesville Express (and Repulican Standard)
30 Dec 1812 - 18 Sep 1820
Zanesville Gazette (weekly)
(Mar 1831 - Apr 1856)
Zanesville Harrisonian (weekly)
(Jan 22 - Oct 28, 1840)
Zanesville Herald (weekly)
(Sep 1936 - Feb 1940)
Muskingum Messenger
1816 - 1829
The paper moved operations from New Concord to Zanesville in 1816.
Zanesville News (daily)
(Nov 1939 - Jan 1954)
Zanesville, Ohio Republican
11 Jan 1823 - 5 Aug 1837, 14 May 1942 - 7 Jun 1843
Zanesville Signal (daily)
(Nov 1885 - Oct 1889, Dec 1897 - Mar 1900)
Zanesville Signal (semi-weekly/weekly)
(1888 - 1892, 1896 - 1904)
Zanesville Signal (weekly)
(1878 - Oct 1887, 1889)
Zanesville Sunday News (weekly)
(Feb 1888 - Feb 1889)
Zanesville Sunday Times-Recorder (weekly)
(Dec 1894 - Nov 1897)
Zanesville Times Recorder (daily)
(Jul - Nov 1894)
Zanesville Weekly Courier (weekly)
(Feb - Dec 1893, 1896 - 1905, 1907 - Jun 1913)
Zanesville Weekly Signal (weekly)
(Sep 1865 - Jan 1867, Jun 1867 - 1873)
Zanesville Weekly Times Recorder (weekly)
(Feb - Dec 1890, 1893, 1898 - 1901, Mar - Sep 1904)
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