Grayson County Newspapers

Newspapers contain the usual wedding, birth and death articles, announcements and obituaries. The larger the town the less the obituary will have unless they are wealthy or well known, or it was a sensational news death.

Luckily for most places in Texas they are not huge cities. Look for the towns they died in and where they lived; but you need to also check the county seat and other nearby major towns or cities as they often contain columns with news bits from the outlying communities. There is where so many wonderful clues about your families is found, though brief usually.

You will find all kinds of details, like family reunions and where folks came from on a visit, who is moving and where, and many more bits and pieces. I have even found the community note of a horse that belonged to a doctor in the town and how he would be missed as he let the Doctor sleep in his buggy while he knew the way home.

Babies and little children often have no obituary at all, but they are found in these columns, they always mention the loss of the children and give sympathy. You often follow the illnesses or accidents that caused the death. Also,  Church, club and school activities also are of interest. You will find out when someone joins the army or are back on leave or at the end of a war. Of course if someone was in an accident or murdered there will be articles but don't stop at the first article. There will be a string of them over months and sometimes years. There are lawsuits and witnesses and so on each with new notices and information.

Be sure to check the paper after the death dates and look for articles about the settling of the will and probate court notices. Much can be learned about that. In the old days they had to advertise for the contact of various relatives that might be needed for settling the estate. This lets you know where they were last living.

In search engines put: surname; death date.
If you have information regarding a burial location, please email me, if they are not listed in this website.

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Free Newspaper Sources

Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers & Texas Newspapers	The Portal to Texas History Newspaper Search (State archives and State Library source)
Search for newspaper Photographs (from the library of Congress)	The Portal to texas History Special Section Early Texas Newspapers
Lots of free online papers in Googles' newspaper Project You must get the name of newspaper to check for first and then see if any editions are in the collection. They do not update this.	Texas Newspaper Program Browse Dates Community History Archive Denison Papers
Most Genealogical paid websites have a newspaper Collection in them. Check your local libraries to see if they have a free one or check with friends. Local Colleges might have free newspaper sources in their library and you may get to use them for free. Just ask. Texans with library cards have access to some newspaper databases. It is part of the Library and school resources. In Texas that is called the Texshare Databases. Ask a librarian.Anyone with a library card can use its resources.	Free search Small Town Newspapers Also; FamilySearch Centers are free & there are thousands of them. *To see where a FS center is near you. *They have lots of free websites as well as free newspapers. To see what they have check here.

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Grayson County Newspapers
Current and Historic

Grayson County News     1930-

The Collinsville Times    1886-

Denison Daily Cresset-1874-1877

Denison Daily Herald 1877-19..

Denison Daily News 1873-1880

The Gate City Guide (Denison) 1887-

Denison Journal  1872-1873

Denison Morning News  1880-1908

Denison Morning Gazette

The Denison News  1872-1880

Daily News & Advertiser (Denison) 1908-

Denison Press    19....

Denison Weekly Cresset

Denison Weekly Times  1873-

The Sunday Gazetteer (Denison)  1883-1915

The Native Texan (Denison) 1952-

The Gunter Star      1916-

Howe Chronicle     1931-

Howe Enterprise        1963-current

The Howe Messenger     1935-1940's

The Pottsboro Enterprise

Pottsboro Press  1984-current

Pottsboro Sun

Herald Democrat  1879-Current

Sherman Courier   1867-1921

Sherman Daily Democrat   1881-1947

The Sherman Daily Register   1875-1906

Sherman Democrat    1947-1979

The Sherman Journal     1861-

Sherman Patriot 1858-

Sherman Register  1890-

Sherman Saturday Chronicle 1922-

The Sherman Weekly Democrat  1879-

The North Texas Press (Sherman)  19..-

The Weekly Sherman Register

The Tioga Herald       1904-

Tioga Tribune     1995-Current

The Tom Bean Times    1912-

Grayson-Collin Times; (Van Alstyne) 1987-Current

Home Town Happenings  (Van Alstyne) 19....

The Van Alstyne Leader  1892-Current

The Van Alstyne News  1884-..

The Van Alstyne Times    1987-1987

Van Alstyne Journal

The Anna - Melissa Tribune - was published in van Alstyne 2002-

The Whitesboro News   1880-

Whitesboro News-Record   1887.

The Whitesboro Record  1902- ..

Whitesboro Commercial Journal

The Plow and Hammer (Whitewright)

The Whitewright Sun   1884-Current