In the late 1790s, North Carolina residents in towns like Edenton, Fayetteville, Hillsboro, and New Bern all had local newspapers that served as important sources of information for town politics, births, deaths, agriculture, and a myriad of other topics. Now curious types in the 21st century can read these important and interesting newspapers online, courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives. This digitization project was completed in 2009, and the Archives began their work by digitizing the earliest known newspapers in the state, The Western Carolinian and the Carolina Watchman. First-time visitors should click on the "About" area to learn about the history of the project. After that, they can use the "Newspapers Included" link to find out which newspapers are included in this archive. Visitors have the ability to also perform keyword searches across the entire archive.