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Newspaper
archives with their collections of millions of old newspaper articles have always
been a treasure trove for historical research, but in pre-digital days, a
treasure that one approached with grim determination. Fortunately the world has changed! A century of vintage newspaper
articles can now be searched with ease online.
Serving as daily (or
weekly) diaries of local communities and their inhabitants, newspapers are
excellent sources of family history.
As such, they provide a wonderful, often untapped, resource for
genealogists, providing accounts of events not recorded elsewhere. The
determined genealogical researcher can use newspapers to not only find the
expected, marriage, birth announcements and obituaries, but also
announcements of anniversaries, legal notices, letters to the editor, and
social columns filled with local news of a more personal nature. Whether
daily or monthly, urban or rural, newspapers can open a new window into the
lives of your ancestors.
Tips for Finding Ancestors in Online Newspaper
Collections:
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Individual web sites offer different search capabilities,
so study the site's search tips and any tutorials it offers.
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If possible on the site, narrow your search to the city
where your ancestor lived or a newspaper covering the area, and to the date
range of your ancestor's life span or the event you're researching.
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Try alternate spellings of your ancestor's name, as
well as any nicknames. If the site allows it, use wildcards to catch
misspellings.
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Check the search tips to see if the site lets you
exclude words or perform proximity searches.
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Also search for words that might be included in
newspaper articles about your ancestor: names of family members, the street
where he lived, his occupation, schools he attended, etc.
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Even with the bells and whistles of digital searching,
you may have to find newspapers published around the date of the event you're
researching, then browse the pages for articles
relevant to your research.
All of
the records and databases listed below are FREE and can be accessed and searched without having
to pay for a subscription. We try not
to list any sites that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you
to a website that will charge a fee to actually see the record beyond just a
name.
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 ALABAMA:
· Alabama
Newspapers on Microflim Database
·
Alabama Online
Historical Newspapers
ALASKA:
· Fairbanks Area and Juneau
Empire Newspaper Indexes
· Tundra Times (1962-1997)
·
Alaska Online
Historical Newspapers
ARIZONA:
· Casa Grande Public Library Archives,
Pinal County (1912-2007)
· Little Cowpuncher (1934-1943)
ARKANSAS:
· Arkansas Online
Newspaper Database
· Gentry Courier
Journal/Journal-Advance (1869-1949) Benton Co.
·
Arkansas Online
Historical Newspapers
CALIFORNIA:
· El Clamor Publico (1855-1859)
· Covina Public Library Archives, Los Angeles County
(1895-1974)
· Oviatt Library Digital
Newspaper Collection (20th century)
· San Francisco Chronicle (1995-)
· Whittier Historic Newspaper
Collection (1883-1923)
· California Digital Newspaper Collection (1849-1911)
COLORADO:
· Colorado's Historic Newspaper
Collection (1859-1923)
· Estes Park's Historic Newspaper Collection (1908-1924)
·
Colorado Online
Historical Newspapers
CONNECTICUT:
·
Connecticut
Online Historical Newspapers
· Newspapers of Connecticut
· Connecticut Newspapers published in 1876
DELAWARE:
·
Delaware Online
Historical Newspapers
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC:
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FLORIDA:
· Florida broadsides and other ephemera, 1800-2000
· Boca Raton newspaper archive
· Central Florida
Memory newspaper clippings (19th-20th century)
· Florida Digital Newspaper Library
GEORGIA:
· Athens Historic
Newspapers Archive
· Atlanta Historic
Newspapers Archive
· Georgia Historic Newspapers
· Red and Black; Text searchable
images, (1893-2006)
· Historical
Broadsides
HAWAII:
· Hawaiian Language Nupepa Collection (1834-1948)
· Historical
Hawaiian Language Newspapers; 19th-early 20th C.
· Honolulu Star-Bulletin; (1996- )
IDAHO:
·
Idaho County Free Press, Vital Records, 1886-1903
·
Idaho Online
Historical Newspapers
ILLINOIS:
· Barrington Review (1914-1930)
· Chicago Sentinel (1911-1949)
· Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Chicago Polish-language paper,1908-17
· Farm, Field and Fireside Agricultural Newspaper
Collection
· Flora Public
Library Digital Newspapers (1883-1926)
· Illinois Digital
Newspaper Collection (1903-1936)
· North Suburban
Library (near Chicago)
· Quincy, Illinois; Quincy Historical
Newspaper Archive (1835-1891)
· Sterling Newspaper Archives (1854-2007)
·
Illinois Online
Historical Newspapers
· Illinois – Misc. Newspaper Records
INDIANA:
·
Indiana Online
Historical Newspapers
· Evansville Press (?-1998) incomplete
index
· Indianapolis
Newspapers Database incomplete index
· Muncie
Post-Democrat (1921-1950)
· New Albany
Newspaper Database (1848-1889)
· Terre Haute news and obituaries archives (1992-present)
· Vevay/Switzerland
County newspapers (1840-1901)
·
Indianapolis Recorder: 1899-2005
IOWA:
· Adams County Newspaper Archives
(1890-2000)
· Altoona Public Library Archives, Polk County (1876-2000)
· Buffalo Center Tribune Archives,
Winnebago County (1894-2007)
· Carroll Public Library Archives, Carroll County
(1884-1997)
· Cedar Rapids Library Archives, Linn
County (1857-1998)
· Charles City (Floyd County) Press (1930-1931)
· Johnston Historical Society Archive, Polk County
(1970-2007)
· Glenwood Public Library Archives, Mills County
(1864-1987)
· Mills County Newspaper Archives
(1864-2002)
· Sioux County Newspaper Archives
(1872-2007)
· Sumner Public Library Archives, Bremer County (1881-2001)
·
Iowa Online
Historical Newspapers
KANSAS:
·
Kansas Online
Historical Newspapers
· Kansas – Misc. Newspaper Records
KENTUCKY:
· Northern Kentucky
Newspaper Index
· Kentuckiana Digital Library
- Historic Kentucky Newspapers
· Kentucky – Misc. Newspaper Records
LOUISIANA:
· Louisiana
Newspaper Access Program
·
Louisiana Online
Historical Newspapers
· Louisiana – Misc. Newspaper Records
MAINE:
· Brunswick newspapers (1853-1960) index only
·
Maine Online Historical
Newspapers
MARYLAND:
· Maryland Early State Records newspapers (1802-1965)
· Newspaper, Maryland Gazette - 1728-1839
· The Crutch (Annapolis, Maryland),
January 9, 1864-May 13, 1865
MASSACHUSETTS:
· Barnstable
Patriot (1830-1930)
· The Daily Source (2005-present)
· Diário de Notícias, New Bedford (1919-1973) in Portuguese
· The Harvard Crimson (1873 - Current) in image
· Provincetown Advocate (1918, 1931-1934 and 1936-1967)
MICHIGAN:
· Northern Michigan, Newspaper Surname Index
· Cass City Chronicle (1881-2009)
· Commercial Record, Saugatuck-Douglas (1868-1959)
· Grosse Pointe Public Library Local
History Archives: Newspapers
· The Signal of Liberty newspaper, Ann Arbor (1841-1847)
MINNESOTA:
· Farm, Field and Fireside Agricultural Newspaper
Collection
· Holt Weekly News (1911-1952)
· Winona Newspaper
Project, (1855-1946) in image
· Daily Globe (Saint Paul,
Minn.) – 1880-1884
· St. Paul Daily
Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1884-1896
· The Saint Paul
Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1896-1905
· The Minneapolis
Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 1901
MISSISSIPPI:
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MISSOURI:
· Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune
Archives, Livingston Co.1889-2008
· Historic Missouri Newspaper Project (various)
· Historic Missouri
Newspaper Project in text
· Missouri Digital Heritage: Newspaper
Collection
· Missouri – Misc. Newspaper Records
· Missouri: Local Historical
Societies Newsletters
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MONTANA:
·
Montana Online
Historical Newspapers
NEBRASKA:
· Nebraska State
Newspaper Extraction Project extracts only
NEVADA:
· Henderson Digital Public Library
· Las Vegas Age (1905-1924; incomplete run) in image
·
Nevada Online
Historical Newspapers
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
·
New Hampshire
Online Historical Newspapers
NEW JERSEY:
· Bordentown area
newspapers (1845-2002)
·
New Jersey Online
Historical Newspapers
· various Burlington County newspapers (1810-1980s)
· Cranbury Press
(1886-1926) in image
· NJ Mirror,
Burlington, NJ: Oct. 14, 1818 to March 5, 1947
· New Jersey, Red Bank Register Newspaper Archives 1878-1991
· various
historical New Jersey papers
NEW MEXICO:
·
New Mexico Online
Historical Newspapers
NEW YORK:
· Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1902),
Brooklyn, NY
· Freedom's Journal (1827-1829), New
York City, NY
· Friend of Man (1836-1842),
Utica, NY
· The Griffin (1933-1948),
Buffalo, NY
· New York Times, (1851-1922), and (1987-present)
· New York Tribune,
New York City; index only (1875-1884,
1895)
· Historic
Rochester Newspapers (19th to early 20th century)
· The Spectrum, University at
Buffalo (1950-1957),
· Suffolk County Historic Newspapers
· Historical Newspapers of the Rochester, New York Region
· Northern New York Historical Newspapers
· Over 13,501,000 Old New York State
Historical Newspaper Pages
· Fort Ann,
Washington Co., NY, Gazetteer
NORTH CAROLINA:
· North Carolina
Newspaper Digitization Project (1751-1898)
·
North Carolina Newspapers
· North Carolina: Index to the News & Observer, 1926-92
· North Carolina
Newspapers dating from 1752-1890s
NORTH DAKOTA:
· Fargo Forum Newspaper Index, 1879-1995
·
North Dakota
Online Historical Newspapers
· North Dakota – Misc. Newspaper Records
OHIO:
· Ohio Jewish
Chronicle; Columbus, Ohio (1922-1994)
· Ohio – Misc. Newspaper Records
· Minster Post
1894-1965: Auglaize, Shelby, & Mercer counties, OH
OKLAHOMA:
· The Tulsa World
(1989-)
·
Oklahoma Online Historical
Newspapers
OREGON:
· Oregon Newspapers
Index; index only
· Historic Oregon Newspapers
·
The Daily Morning
Astorian; 1883-11-10 – 1890-12-31
·
Tri-Weekly Astorian; 1873-07-01 – 1874-01-31
·
The Daily Astorian; 1876-05-01 – 1883-11-09
·
Oregon Online
Historical Newspapers
PENNSYLVANIA:
· Ambler Gazette,
Montgomery County (1894-1931)
· Delaware County Library Archives
(1876-2007)
· Green Free Library Archives,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co. (1838-2007)
· Greenville Public Library Archives, Mercer County
(1869-2007)
· Newspaper Archives of Smethport, McKean Co., PA
(1833-1977)
· Pennsylvania Digital Repository
· Pennsylvania
Civil War Newspapers
· Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
· Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1990- )
· Pennsylvania – Misc. Newspaper Records
RHODE ISLAND:
·
Rhode Island
Online Historical Newspapers
SOUTH CAROLINA:
· The New South
Newspaper, Port Royal & Beaufort, SC,1862-66
·
South Carolina
Online Historical Newspapers
SOUTH DAKOTA:
· Deadwood
Historical Newspapers Index (1876-1894); index only
·
South Dakota
Online Historical Newspapers
TENNESSEE:
·
Tennessee Online
Historical Newspapers
TEXAS:
· Houston Chronicle
(1985-)
· La Marque Times (1921-1998) Galveston County
· Nesbitt Memorial
Library, Colorado County
· San Antonio Daily Light (1886-1907)
· Wellington Leader
(1909-2008) Collingsworth County
· Texas – Misc. Newspaper Records
· Texas: Newspapers
Online
UTAH:
·
Harold B. Lee
Library, BYU: Newspapers
in “Collections by Format”
· Utah Digital Newspapers (various)
· Deseret News (Weekly Edition), 1850 - 1898
· Deseret News
1899-1910 (Daily Evening Edition)
VERMONT:
·
Vermont Online
Historical Newspapers
· Vermont – Misc. Newspaper Records
VIRGINIA:
· Fairfax Co.
Historical Newspaper Index 1785-2000 non-consecutive
· Richmond Daily Dispatch (1860-1865)
·
Richmond Then and
Now (1860-1989) text-only
collection of articles
· Virginia Gazette
(Williamsburg) (1736-1780)
· Petersburg, Va.,
Public Library Newspaper Index 1797-1877
WASHINGTON:
· Port Townsend
Leader (1901-1910)
· Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1986-1999)
· Seattle Times
(1990-)
·
Walla Wallop,
Walla Walla Army Air Base (1944-1946)
· Washington Historic Newspapers
(1852-1892)
WEST VIRGINIA:
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WISCONSIN:
·
Wisconsin Online
Historical Newspapers
WYOMING:
· Wyoming Newspaper Project (1849-1922)
·
Wyoming Online
Historical Newspapers
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