Kansas Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Kansas is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are many free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 




There are over 6,000 newspapers that have been published in the Sunflower State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. So go for it - find your Kansas ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated July, 2017)

Free Sites:

Collections:

Chronicling America - Kansas Newspapers

• Abilene 1883-1888    The Abilene reflector. 
• Abilene 1888-1935    Abilene weekly reflector. 
• Atchison 1855-1858    Squatter sovereign. 
• Baxter Springs 1882-1919    Baxter Springs news. 
• Chanute 1897-1913    The Chanute times. 
• Colby 1885-1891    Thomas County cat. 
• Dodge City 1876-1892    Dodge City times. 
• Dodge City 1889-1910    The Globe-republican. 
• Emporia 1857-1859    The Kanzas news. 
• Emporia 1859-1881    The Emporia news. 
• Emporia 1881-1889    The Emporia weekly news. 
• Garnett 1890-1905    Kansas agitator. 
• Goodland 1891-1907    The Goodland republic. 
• Great Bend 1885-1915    Barton County democrat. 
• Hays 1888-1908    Free press. 
• Hays 1908-1924    The Hays free press. 
• Hutchinson 1895-1902    Hutchinson gazette. 
• Iola 1875-1902    The Iola register. 
• Junction City 1861-1864    The Smoky Hill and Republican union. 
• Kinsley 1890-1940    The Kinsley graphic. 
• Leavenworth 1854-1858    Kansas weekly herald. 
• Leavenworth 1870-1880    The Leavenworth weekly times. 
• Liberal 1911-1924    The Liberal democrat. 
• Marysville 1862-1866    The Big blue union. 
• Meade 1900-1918    Meade County news. 
• Medicine Lodge 1880-current    Barbour County index. 
• Meriden 1889-1892    The advocate. 
• Oskaloosa 1860-1874    The independent. 
• Phillipsburg 1882-1905    Phillipsburg herald. 
• Prairie City 185?-18??    Freeman's champion. 
• Salina 1871-1893    The Saline County journal. 
• Topeka 1892-1894    The advocate and Topeka tribune. 
• Topeka 1894-1897    The advocate. 
• Topeka 1897-1899    The Advocate and news. 
• Topeka, Kan., 1892-1980  The Topeka State journal. 
• Troy 1872-1918    The Weekly Kansas chief. 
• Wakarusa 1854-1860    The Kansas herald of freedom. 
• WaKeeney 1885-current    Western Kansas world. 
• Wellington 1890-1917    People's voice. 
• White Cloud 1857-1872    White Cloud Kansas chief. 
• Wichita 1872-1883    The Wichita city eagle. 
• Wichita 1883-1888    Wichita eagle. 
• Wichita 1884-1884    The daily eagle. 
• Wichita 1884-1886    Wichita daily eagle. 
• Wichita 1886-1890    Wichita eagle. 
• Wichita 1890-1906    The Wichita daily eagle. 

Belleville Public Library Newspaper Archives 1876-2005

• Belleville Agenda Times 
• Belleville Baptist Visitor 
• Belleville Christian 
• Belleville County Teacher 
• Belleville Democrat 
• Belleville Freeman 
• Belleville High School Booster 
• Belleville Kansas Enterprise 
• Belleville Republic 
• Belleville Republic County Democrat 
• Belleville Republic County Freeman 
• Belleville Republic County Press 
• Belleville Telescope 
• Belleville Telescope And Belleville Freeman 
• Belleville Weekly Record 
• Cuba Advocate 
• Cuba Alliance Sun 
• Cuba Daylight 
• Cuba Farmer Alliance 
• Cuba Pilot 
• Cuba Record 
• Cuba Republic County Pilot 
• Cuba Tribune 
• Cuba Union 
• Cuba Union Pilot 
• Elk Gods Messenger 
• Kackley Evangelistic War Cry 
• Kackley Herald Of Pentecost 
• Kackley Leader 
• Kackley Western Record 
• Munden Bulldogs Bark 
• Munden Press 
• Narka Bazoo 
• Narka News 
• Pentecostal Holiness Faith And Gods Messenger 
• Republic Advertiser 
• Republic City News 
• Republic County Chief 
• Republic County Independent 
• Republic County Journal 
• Republic County News 
• Scandia High News 
• Scandia Independent 
• Scandia Journal 
• Scandia Republic 
• Svenskens Rost 
• Warwick Leader 

County and Library Collections

Allen County
Humboldt Public Library

• Humboldt Union 
• Tri City Herald 
• Union 

Anderson County
Garnett Public Library

• Advocate 
• Advocate Community News 
• Advocate Free Press
• Advocate Free Press And Community News
• Anderson County Advocate 
• Anderson County Advocate And Community News 
• The Anderson County Review

Brown County
Morrill Public Library

• Brown County World 
• Daily Brown County World 
• Hiawatha Daily World 
• Hiawatha World 

Chase County
Chase County Historical Society

• Chase County Leader-News

Coffey County
Lebo Branch-Coffey County Library

• Allegre Rexall Capsule 
• Gridley Star 
• Halls Summit News 
• Hampden Expositor 
• Lebo Courier 
• Lebo Enterprise 
• Lebo Leader 
• Lebo Light 
• Lebo Star 

 
Cowley County
Arkansas City Public Library

• Arkansas City Traveler 
• Arkansas City Daily Traveler 
• Arkansas City Daily Republican 
• Daily Republican Traveler 
• Arkansas City Republican Traveler 

   
Franklin County
Ottawa University

• Tauy Talk 
• The Boxer
• The Ivy Leaf 
• The Le Loup News 
• The Mahsinegun 
• The Ottawa Bulletin 
• The Ottawa Campus 
• The Ottawan
• The Sagamore 

                        
Geary County
Dorothy Bramlage Public Library

• Daily Union 
• Daily Union 
• Daily Union 
• Union 
• Junction City Sunday Union 
• Junction City Daily Union 
• Junction City Union 
• Blue Jay 
• Conference Daily Tribune 
• Davis County Republican 
• Junction City Republican 
• Smoky Hill and Republican Union 
• Junction City Tribune 
• Daily Junction City Tribune 
• Junction City Weekly Union 
• Junction City News 

Gove County
Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center

• Golden Belt 
• Golden Belt Advance 
• Gove County Golden Belt 
• Gove County Record 
• Grainfield Cap Sheaf 
• Grainfield Record 
• Grainfield Republican 
• Grinnell Record 
• Grinnell Record Leader 
• Grinnell Town and Country 

• Hardware News 
• Record Leader 
• Smoky Globe 

Harvey County
Bethel College

• Christlicher Bundesbote 
• Evening Kansas-Republican 
• Newton Anzeiger 
• Newton Kansas 
• Newton Republican 
• The Halstead Independent 
• The Kansas Chronicle 
• The Newton Democrat 
• The Newton Republican 
• The Newton Weekly Journal 
• Zur Heimath 

Newton Public Library

• The Newton Kansan 
• Newton Kansan 
• Bancroft Register 
• Bayard News 
• Newton Kansan 

Logan County
Oakley Public Library

• Oakley Graphic 
• Logan County Clipper 
• Winona Clipper
• Graphic
• Logan Republican

Lyon County
Lyon County Library

• Admire City Free Press 
• Admire Free Press 
• Admire Independent 
• Admire Journal 
• Admire News 
• Advance 
• Allen Enterprise 
• Allen Herald 
• Allen Journal 
• Allen Tidings 
• Emporia Times 
• Lyon County Journal 
• Northern Lyon County Journal
• Northern Lyon County Journal 
• Northern Star 
• Tidings
• Tidings 
• Weekly Herald 

Marion County
Peabody Township Library

• Gazette Bulletin 
• Marion County Record 
• Marion County Record 
• Peabody Gazette 
• Peabody Gazette-Bulletin 
• The Peabody Gazette 
• The Peabody Gazette-Herald 
• The Peabody Herald 
• Warrior 

Marshall County
Waterville Public Library

• Waterville Telegraph
• Telegraph
• The Telegraph
• Parish Pages
• Blue Valley Telegraph 
• Frankfort Index 
• Blue Valley Clipper 
• Blue Rapids Times

Montgomery County
Independence Public Library

• Independence Daily Reporter 

Nemaha County
Mary Cotton Public Library

• Bern Gazette 
• Bern Press 
• Centralia High School Scoop 
• Centralia Scoop 
• Corning Chief
• Corning Clipper 
• Home Press 
• Nemaha County Republican 
• Sabetha Herald 

• Sabetha Republican Herald 
• Sabetha Weekly Herald 

Seneca Free Library

• Corning Gazette 
• Courier Democrat 
• Courier Tribune 
• Elk City Sun 
• Kansas Nemaha Courier 
• Semi Weekly Courier Tribune 
• Seneca Courier Democrat
• Seneca Tribune 
• Seneca Weekly Courier 
• Seneca Weekly Tribune 

• Thayer News 

Osborne County
Osborne Public Library

• The Alton Empire 
• The Osborne County Key 
• Western Empire 
• Bull City Post
• The Downs Chief 
• The Downs Daily Chief
• Downs Times 
• Natoma Independent 
• The Farmer's Aid 
• Downs Headlight
• Saturday Eve Lamp 
• The Downs World 
• The Downs Globe 
• The Natoma Courier 
• Osborne County Farmer 
• Our Messenger 
• Portis Independent 
• Portis Patriot 
• The Whisperer 
• The Rustler 
• The Downs Times 
• The Downs News 
• The Downs News and The Downs Times 
• Natoma Luray Independent
• Daily News 
• Osborne County Farmer 
• The Osborne County Farmer 
• Osborne County Journal 
• Osborne County News 
• Osborne Evening News 
• Osborne Farmer Journal 
• Osborne Journal 
• The Friend 
• The Kansas Prohibitionist 
• The Truth Teller 
• The Western Odd Fellow 
• Downs News And The Downs Times 
• Downs News 
• News And Times 
• Downs News And Times 
• Waverly Gazette 
• Downs News And Times 

Pawnee County
Jordaan Memorial Library

• The Tiller and Toiler 

Pottawatomie County
Wamego Public Library

• Wamego Reporter 
• Kansas Agriculturalist 
• Kansas Agriculturist 
• Wamego Times 
• Kansas Reporter 
• Louisville Lyre 
• Pottawatomie County Times 
• Pottawatomie Gazette 
• Wamego Blade 
• Kansas Reporter 
• Kansas Valley 
• Kansas Weekly Valley 
• Weekly Kansas Valley 
• Wamego Semi Weekly Tribune 
• Wamego Tribune 
• Tribune Extra 
• Wamego Weekly Tribune 
• Wamego Weekly Times 
• St George News

Rooks County
Plainville Memorial Library

• Plainville Times 
• Plainville Gazette 
• The Plainville Times
• The Plainville Gazette 
• Plainville Echo 
• The Plainville Press 
• The Plainville South Side Gazette
• Rooks County Record 
• Times 
• The Plainville Echo 

Russell County
Russell Public Library

• Russell County News 

Sedgewick County
Derby Public Library

• Derby Informer 
• Derby Reporter 
• The Derby Informer
• The Derby Reporter 
• The Derby Weekly Informer 
• The Informer 

Stevens County
Stevens County Library

• Dermot Enterprise 
• The Hugo Herald 
• The Hugo Weekly Herald 
• Hugoton Hermes 
• The Hermes 
• The Hugoton Hermes 
• The Hugo Hermes 
• The Hugoton Ad-Viser 
• The Morning Sun 
• The South-west Kansan 
• South-west Kansan 
• The Moscow Review 
• Moscow Review 
• The Vindicator
• The Voorhees Vindicator 
• Stevens County Sentinel 
• Stevens County Tribune 
• Stevens Eagle 
• The Woodsdale Times 
• Tribune-Sentinel 
• Woodsdale Democrat 
• Woodsdale Sentinel 

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Fort Hays State University Kansas Digital Newspapers

• Free Press
• Hays Free Press
• The Kinsley Graphic

Small Town Papers

• The Courtland Journal Courtland, Kansas
• The Johnson Pioneer Johnson, Kansas
• The Kiowa News Kiowa, Kansas
• The Osage County Herald-Chronicle Burlingame, Kansas
• The Oskaloosa Independent Valley Falls, Kansas
• The Prairie Post White City, Kansas
• The Vindicator Valley Falls, Kansas
• The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise Alma, Kansas
• Western Kansas World WaKeeney, Kansas
• The Western Star Coldwater, Kansas

Kansas Memory 1850-1987 (Clippings Only)

Kansas Digital Newspapers - collaboration with newspapers.com for Kansas residents only

The Olden Times - Kansas

Chase County Death and Obituary Index 1863-2005

Cherokee County Obituaries Index 1868-2007 

Crawford County - Pittsburg Morning Sun Obituaries Index 1975-2004

Harvey County - Bethel College Mennonite Library and Archives - Obituaries Indexes

Johnson County Obituaries and Cemeteries 

McPherson County - McPherson Public Library Obituary Index 1872-present

Norton County Obituaries Indexes

Osage City Library Obituaries Index

Rooks County: Obituary Index for the Plainville Times 1888-present

Rossville Community Library Obituary Collection

Rush County Obituaries Index, late 1800s to present 

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Obituaries Index 1906-present

​Other Free Sites:

Alma

• Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise 

Burlingame

• Osage County Chronicle 

Coldwater

• Western Star 

Courtland

• Courtland Journal 

Fort Scott

• Fort Scott Tribune

Johnson

• Johnson Pioneer 

Junction City

• Daily Union 
• Junction City Daily Union
• Junction City Sunday Union 
• Sunday Union 

Kiowa

• Kiowa News 

Lawrence

• Daily Herald and Tribune
• Daily Herald-Tribune 
• Daily Kansas Tribune 
• Daily Morning Tribune 
• Daily Record 
• Daily World 
• Indian Leader
• Jeffersonian Gazette 
• Kansas Daily Tribune 
• Kansas Weekly Gazette 
• Lawrence Daily Gazette 
• Lawrence Daily Journal 
• Lawrence Daily World 
• Lawrence Gazette 
• Lawrence Journal 
• Lawrence Journal-Tribune 
• Lawrence Journal-World 
• Lawrence Weekly Journal 
• Lawrence Weekly World 
• Republican Daily Journal 
• Weekly Record 
• Western Home Journal 

Mankato

• Jewell County Post 
• Jewell County Record 

Oskaloosa

• Oskaloosa Independent 

Valley Falls

• Farmers Vindicator 

WaKeeny

• Western Kansas World 

White City

• Prairie Post 

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 32 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Kansas Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 153 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Kansas Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 110 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Kansas

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 418 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Kansas. Also check out the Kansas Digital Newspapers site regarding the partnership with newspapers.com and those newspapers that are free to Kansas residents.


Links to Follow:

There are several ways to keep up with new collections as they are digitized and made available online. Two of my favorites:

• Historical Newspapers Online from the University of Pennsylvania
• Historical U.S. Newspapers Online from Bowling Green State University

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Kansas Digital Newspapers site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. 

Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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