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New free records this week

What turned up Oct 20–26, 2026 in two free sources we watch: historic newspapers on the Library of Congress's Chronicling America, and family histories and books on the Internet Archive. Every item links to the original. Updated Oct 26, 2026.

63new Internet Archive items
0new newspaper batches
1states with tagged items

By state

Only items whose catalog record names a U.S. state are tagged. Family papers that cover many places are listed under "Family papers & books" below.

Historic newspapers Chronicling America, Library of Congress

No new batches appeared on the Library of Congress's Recent Additions list this week (last updated Oct 1, 2026). The most recent batches, in case you missed them:

Family papers & books Internet Archive

Surnames this week: Buckner, Cary, Claiborne, Cole, Cooley, Crockett, Digges, Dudley, English, Falconer, Finlay, Franks, Furniss, Glick, Gorman, Gregory, Haney, Hanks, Harper, Harris, Hightower, Hoy, Lindley, McAfee, McAlexander, McClain, Moreland, Pearson, Poindexter, Ritter, Roberts, Scarsbrook, Shelby, Smith, Ward, Warren, Wood.

Browse this week's Allen County Public Library uploads on the Internet Archive.

New this week, state by state

Washington

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