Internet Resources

Historic Newspapers – Sonoma County

Browse all Sonoma papers available at the California Digital Newspaper Collection or search the Press Democrat (1897-1928) and Santa Rosa Daily Democrat (1883-1890), Sonoma Democrat (1857-1897) and Healdsburg Tribune/Enterprise/ Scimitar (1888-1990):

NEWSPAPERS.COM The Sonoma County library provides access to archives of the Press Democrat, Argus-Courier and other local papers on Newspapers.com. Many additional papers are available with a direct subscription to the service. Petaluma Argus-Courier (1899-2019) Sonoma County Journal (1855-1864) Other historic Petaluma newspapers The Press Democrat (1923-1997)       Santa Rosa Republican (1904-1948)  Sebastopol Times (1895-2016) . Some additional years of the Petaluma papers can be found in the free Google newspaper archive. The Sonoma Index-Tribune is also searchable (although few results will be found due to the poor quality of the text scans) and articles can be purchased individually. It is also sometimes useful to search the Napa county newspapers.

Below is a collection of digitized original sources related to Santa Rosa,  Sonoma County and California  history. Under each topic is a catalog listing of relevant books, maps, or papers. In the “Comments” field is a link to an Internet location where the material can searched or downloaded. A listing of other online materials can be found in the Comstock House digital library. History – Sonoma County Historic Maps – Sonoma County Santa Rosa Earthquake – 1906 Herbert Slater’s 1908 speech Santa Rosa casualty list History – California Bancroft History of California series San Francisco California documents at SF Virtual Museum Comstock and Oates Testimonial Dinner for Judge Comstock, 1964 The Soul of the Nation by Nellie Comstock Helen Finley Comstock video oral history Collected Works of James Wyatt Oates Luther Burbank

Updated March 30, 2024