You might also want to try your search through Google's News Archive, which includes the Newspaperarchive.com index, among others. Newspaperarchive.com also allows you to see the context of the search result, which is really nice. http://news.google.com/archivesearch We also have two lists of various San Francisco and California newspaper online databases at: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfdata.htm#sfnewspaper http://www.sfgenealogy.com/norcal/caldata.htm#newspapers Ron Filion sfgenealogy > Keep in mind, it may or may not be that accurate. > Just for kicks I did a search for my great grandfather in San Francisco > between 1864 and 1865 with '0' results. > I have his obituary from 19 December 1864 from the San Francisco papers. > It's a lot of money to join if it is not accurate. > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James R. Smith" > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Marriage Newspaper Lookup Help > >> > Hi Cathie, >> > >> > Newspaperarchive.com has the Oakland Tribune from 1874 - 1977. >> > >> > Jim