Newspapers at the Lambton County Archives

Newspapers make for excellent primary sources for historical research. They give us a look at how society was at the time they were made. 

The following papers are available on microfilm at the Lambton County Archives:

• Alvinston Free Press 1895 - 1967
• Bothwell Times 1992 - 1998
• Courier Press 2016 - 2019
• Dresden News 1953 - 1966
• Dresden Times 1888 - 1956
• East Lambton Free Press 21 Jan 1886 – 14 Nov 1895
• Exeter Lakeshore Times Advance Newspaper 2017 - 2019
• Forest Free Press 1892 - 1968
• Forest Standard 1894 - 2015
• Forest Standard Guide 2016 - 2019
• Glencoe-Alvinston Transcript & Free Press 1968 - 2009
• The Independent 2014 - 2018
• Lakeshore Advance 1990 - 2017
• Lambton Farmer 1974 - 1981
• London Free Press 1900 - 1998
• The North Kent Leader 1965 - 2002
• North Lambton Sun 1974 - 1979
• Oil Springs Advance 1915 - 1916
• Petrolia Advertiser 1874 - 1919
• Petrolia Advertiser Topic 1919 - 1993
• Petrolia Topic 1879 - 1917
• Petrolia Topic 1994 - 2014
• Plympton Wyoming Gazette 1973 - 1984
• Sarnia Gazette 1953 - 1995
• The Sarnia Journal 2014 – present
• Sarnia Observer 1853 - present
• Sarnia Sun 2005 - 2006
• Sarnia This Week 1995 - present
• The Spirit of Bothwell/Leader Spirit 1999 - 2012
• Thedford Enterprise 1960 - 1963
• Times Advocate 1990 - 2016
• Voice of the Lambton Farmer 1982 - 2007
• Wallaceburg Newspaper 1992 - 1997
• Watford Guide Advocate 1878 - 2015
• Winnower Newspaper 1990 - 1991
• Wyoming Enterprise 1903 - 1920
• Wyoming Settler 1933 - 1937

Lambton County Library provides full digital access to three major newspapers through the ProQuest resource. Get insight into everyday lives, places and events of the past with full text searching of historical content, which is among the most sought-after primary source material. Newspapers include:

The Globe and Mail - 1844 - 2018

The Toronto Star - 1894 - 2019

The Windsor Star - 1893 - 2010