Nebraska Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Nebraska is one of the states that does has a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently, Nebraska has several newspapers available on that site. There are many free online newspapers also available on other sites and there are 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 almost 4,000 newspapers that have been published in the Cornhusker State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Nebraska 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 February 2024; recently added links are in BOLD)

Nebraska Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Nebraska Newspapers

Google News Archive

Nebraska Newspapers

County and Library Collections

Antelope County
Neligh Public Library

  • Antelope Tribune 
  • Daily Neligh Leader 
  • Neligh Leader 
  • Neligh News 
  • Neligh News And Leader 
  • Neligh Republican
  • Neligh Weekly News 
  • News And Leader 

Orchard Historical

  • The Orchard News
  • The Orchard News And Antelope County News

Banner County

Banner County Historical Society

  • Banner County News
  • Daily Bumble Bee
  • Daily Telegraph
  • Freeport
  • Gretna Guide And News
  • Journal
  • Katholisches Wochenblatt Und Der Landmann
  • Nations Anchor
  • North Platte Telegraph
  • Plattsmouth Weekly Journal
  • South Sioux City Star
  • The Ashford Advocate
  • The Call
  • The Early Day
  • The Evening Shun
  • The Evening Telegraph
  • The Free Lance
  • The Genoa Leader
  • The Lincoln Daily Globe
  • The Mitchell Index
  • The National Soldier
  • The New Republic
  • The North Platte Tribune
  • The Platte Valley Independent
  • The Semi Weekly Telegraph
  • The Star Of Empire
  • The Voice
  • The Western Laborer

Boone County
Albion Public Library

  • Boone County News
  • Albion Semi Weekly News 
  • Albion Weekly News
  • Albion Argus 
  • Albion News

Brown County
Ainsworth Public Library

  • Ainsworth Star Journal
  • Brown County Democrat
  • Johnstown Enterprise
  • Ainsworth Star
  • Star Journal
  • Ainsworth Herald
  • Ainsworth Home Rule
  • Ainsworth Journal
  • Home Rule
  • Western News
  • Long Pine News
  • New Idea

Buffalo County

Gibbon Heritage Center

  • The Gibbon Reporter

Burt County

Burt County

  • Burt County Herald
  • Burt County Plaindealer
  • Nebraska Advocate
  • Tekamah Burtonian
  • Tekamah Journal
  • The Burt County Herald
  • The Burtonian
  • The Tekamah Journal
  • The Weekly Burtonian

Decatur

  • Decatur Herald
  • Decatur Advertiser
  • Decatur News
  • Vindicator

Lyons Public Library

  • Alliance Sun 
  • Lyons Mirror
  • Lyons Mirror Sun 
  • Lyons Sun 
  • Logan Valley Mirror 
  • Logan Valley Sun 
  • Lyons Weekly Sun 

Oakland Public Library

  • Craig News 
  • Oakland Independent 
  • Oakland Independent and Republican 
  • Oakland Mail 
  • Oakland Republican 
  • Republican 

Cass County
Cass County Nebraska

  • Alliance Junior Normal
  • Alliance News
  • Alliance Tribune
  • Antelope County Review
  • Axtell Times
  • Brownville Democrat
  • Capitol City News
  • Carroll Index
  • Cass County Sentinel
  • Cherry County Republican
  • Criterion
  • Daily Bulletin
  • Daily Democrat
  • Daily Evening Bulletin
  • Daily Evening Chief
  • Daily Neligh Leader
  • Daily State Democrat
  • Daily Wymorean
  • Dawson County Herald
  • Dawson County Pioneer
  • Die Bestliche Rundschau
  • Elm Creek Beacon
  • Elmwood Bulletin
  • Elmwood Echo
  • Elmwood Leader
  • Elmwood Leader Echo
  • Emerson Tri County Press
  • Evening Chronicle
  • Farmers Advocate
  • Farmers Labor Herald
  • Fillmore County Review
  • Fort Robinson Assembly
  • Free Press
  • Gazette Oakdale
  • Geneva Review
  • Grafton Gazette
  • Hemingford Ledger
  • Independent Eagle
  • Jewish Press
  • Lexington Clipper
  • Litchfield Monitor
  • Loup Valley Eagle
  • Loupe Valley Eagle
  • Mason City Transcript
  • McCook Democrat
  • Murray Weekly Journal
  • Nebraska Advertiser
  • Nebraska Atlas
  • Nebraska City Daily Times
  • Nebraska City News
  • Nebraska Democrat
  • Nebraska Endeavor News
  • Nebraska Register
  • Nebraskian
  • Neligh Times
  • Norfolk Anzeiger
  • Northwest News
  • Ogalalla Reflector
  • Omaha Daily Republican
  • Omaha Daily World Herald
  • Omaha Public Ledger
  • Omaha Tribune
  • Osceola Daily Record
  • Osceola Record
  • Our Independent
  • Pattsmouth Democrat
  • Peru Times
  • Platte Valley Herald
  • Plattsmouth Herald
  • Plattsmouth Jeffersonian
  • Plattsmouth Journal
  • Pleasant Dale News
  • Record
  • Republican
  • Richardson County Courier
  • Rulo Independent
  • Rulo Reporter
  • Rulo Times
  • Rulo Weekly Star
  • Sarpy County Sentinel
  • Sarpy Sentinel
  • Sartoria Independent
  • Seward County Independent
  • Shelton Clipper
  • Silver Creek Oriole
  • Spalding Enterprise
  • Spalding Grit
  • Sterling Press
  • Strang Reporter
  • Sumner News
  • Sunday Journal and Star
  • Sutton Advertiser
  • Thomas County Clipper
  • Thomas County Herald
  • Thomas County Herald Clipper
  • Tobias American
  • Tri State Bugle
  • Tribune Record
  • True Voice
  • Union Worker
  • University Place Service Mens Whos Who and Where
  • Venango Independent
  • Waco Star
  • Weekly Gazette
  • Weekly News Messenger
  • Weekly Observer
  • Weeks Review
  • Western Daily Wave
  • Western Round Up
  • York County Press
  • York Daily Press
  • York Independent

Weeping Water Public Library

  • Weeping Water Republican

Cheyenne County
Dalton Delegate

  • The Dalton Delegate

Sidney Public Library

  • Cheyenne County Record
  • Peoples Poniard
  • Plaindealer Telegraph
  • Potter Review
  • Sidney Daily Sun
  • Sidney News
  • Sidney Republican
  • Sidney Sun-Telegraph
  • Sidney Telegraph
  • Sidney Telegraph And The Peoples Poniard
  • Telegraph
  • Telegraph News

Colfax County

Howells Public Library

  • The Howells Journal
  • Howells Journal

Cuming County

John A Stahl Library

  • Cuming County Democrat
  • The Progress
  • The West Point Progress
  • West Point News
  • West Point Newspapers
  • West Point Republican
  • West Point Republican And Cuming County Advertiser

Custer County
Sargent Township Library

  • New Era
  • Sargent Echo
  • Sargent Leader
  • The Sargent Leader
  • West Union Gazette

Dawson County

Lexington Public Library

  • Lexington Clipper-Herald
  • The Lexington Clipper
  • The Overton Herald

Dixon County
Dixon County Archives

  • The Allen News
  • The Dixon Journal
  • Newcastle Times 
  • The Newcastle News
  • Emerson Cresent 
  • Dakota County Enterprise
  • Emerson Echo 
  • Emerson Era
  • Emerson Enterprise 
  • Emerson Times
  • Emerson Weekly Times
  • Emerson Tri County Press

Gardner Public Library

Ponca Carnegie Library

  • Dixon County Advocate
  • Ponca Gazette 
  • Northern Nebraska Journal 
  • Nebraska Journal Leader
  • Homer Star 
  • Wayne Herald 

Dodge County
North Bend Public Library

  • North Bend Argus
  • Eagle
  • North Bend Republican
  • Mors Bluf Orel 
  • Morse Bluff Eagle 

Scribner Public Library

  • Hooper Sentinel 
  • Rustler Sentinel 
  • Scribner Weekly News 
  • The Scribner News 
  • The Scribner Rustler 
  • The Snyder Banner

Douglas County
The Reader

  • The Reader

Catholic Voice

  • Our Sunday Visitor
  • The Catholic Voice Omaha Archdiocesian Newspaper
  • The True Voice

Jewish Federation of Omaha

  • Jewish Press

Fillmore County
Libraries of Fillmore County

  • Exeter Enterprise
  • Fairmont Bulletin
  • Fairmont Tribune
  • Fillmore Chronicle
  • Fillmore County Bulletin
  • Fillmore County Democrat
  • Fillmore County News
  • Fillmore County Republican
  • Fillmore County Review
  • Fillmore Weekly Chronicle
  • Friday Journal
  • Friday Journal and The Nebraska Signal
  • Geneva Gazette
  • Geneva Review
  • Grafton Bulletin
  • Grafton Clarion
  • Grafton Gazette
  • Grafton Leader
  • Grafton News
  • Grafton Sun
  • Herald Sentinel
  • Milligan Journal
  • Milligan Review
  • Milligan Times
  • Nebraska Bulletin
  • Nebraska Signal
  • Nebraska Weekly Bulletin
  • Ohiowa Advertiser
  • Ohiowa Ohiowan
  • Ohiowa Opinion
  • Ohiowa Spot Light
  • Ohiowan
  • Our Independent
  • Record
  • Republican Journal
  • Shickley Herald
  • Signal
  • Strang Reporter
  • Sutton Advertiser
  • The Nebraska Signal
  • Tuesday Journal
  • Tuesday Journal and The Nebraska Signal
  • Tuesday Republican

Furnas County
Arapahoe Public Library

  • Public Mirror
  • Holbrook Observer 
  • Edison Echo 
  • Arapahoe Pioneer 
  • Arapahoe Weekly Pioneer 
  • Edison News 
  • Holbrook Herald 
  • Edison Record 
  • Herald
  • Edison Record 

Butler Memorial Library

  • Cambridge Clarion
  • Cambridge Kaleidoscope
  • The Cambridge Kaleidoscope
  • Clarion 
  • Kaleidoscope 

Gage County
Hometown Adams

  • Adams Gazette
  • Adams Globe
  • Adams Weekly Globe
  • Alliance Times
  • Alma Daily Herald
  • Amherst Fairplay
  • Anselmo News
  • Ashby Argus
  • Atlanta Record
  • Barneston Star
  • Bassett Bulletin
  • Beatrice Courier
  • Beatrice Daily Express
  • Beatrice Illustrated
  • Beatrice Presse
  • Beaver City Weekly Times
  • Bellevue Enterprise
  • Bellevue Press
  • Bellevue Record
  • Benedict Gazette
  • Blaine County Democrat
  • Blair Republican
  • Blue Springs Motor
  • Bradshaw Express
  • Brady Review
  • Brainard Eagle
  • Bromfield Gazette
  • Brownlee Booster
  • Brownville Biograph
  • Brownville Courier
  • Brownville Letter
  • Brownville Record
  • Byron Gleaner
  • Capital Times
  • Carleton Weekly Reporter
  • Cedar Bluffs Opinion
  • Cortland Herald
  • Custer Leader
  • Daily Beatrice Republican
  • Daily Democrat
  • Daily Morning Republican
  • Daily Report
  • Daily Republican
  • Dundy Democrat
  • Elgin Advance
  • Era
  • Fairfield Auxiliary
  • Farnam Caprice
  • Free Lance
  • Garfield County Gazette
  • Journal And Star
  • Justice
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Kicker
  • Leader
  • Liberty Journal
  • Lincoln Monthly
  • Litchfield Monitor
  • Odell Enterprise
  • Omaha Guide
  • Omaha World Herald
  • Otoe Herald
  • Platte Valley Times
  • Saunders County Leader
  • Spalding Enterprise
  • St Edward Advance
  • Sugar Beet Era
  • Thedford Tribune
  • Twice A Week News
  • Unionist
  • War Whoop
  • Washington Pulse
  • Weekly Arbor State
  • Weekly Nebraska Times
  • Weekly Sentinel
  • West Beatrice News
  • Wheeler County News
  • Word
  • Wymore Union

Grant County

Grant County Library

  • Grant County News
  • Grant County Tribune
  • Grant County Tribune And Live Stock Journal
  • Whitman Sun

Greeley County
Scotia Public Library and Heritage Center

  • Greeley Citizen
  • Greeley Herald
  • Scotia Herald 
  • Scotia Register 

Hall County
Hall County

  • Arlington Defender
  • Banner
  • Battle Creek Enterprise
  • Beatrice Illustrated
  • Beatrice Presse
  • Blair Republican
  • Butler County Press
  • Centennial News
  • Central Nebraska Republican
  • Coplanter
  • Daily Evening Times
  • Daily Morning Republican
  • Danbury Topics
  • David City Tribune
  • Dawson County Pioneer
  • Decatur Advertiser
  • Deutsche Farmer-Zeitung
  • Die Nebraska Staats – Zeitung – Tribune
  • Die Nebraska Staats Zeitung Tribune
  • Doniphan Eagle
  • Dwight Doodles
  • Evening News
  • Fairbury Journal-News
  • Grand Island Anzeiger Un Herald
  • Grand Island Daily Press
  • Grand Island Daily Republican
  • Grand Island Herald
  • Grand Island independent
  • Grand Island Times
  • Grand Island Weekly Journal
  • Harlan County Times
  • Indianola Weekly Courier
  • Logan County Star
  • Madison Democrat
  • Meadow Grove Press
  • Morning Bulletion
  • Nebraska Chronicle
  • Nebraska City Daily Times
  • Nebraska Courier
  • North Platte Democrat
  • Omaha World-Herald Bilzzard of 1949
  • Palisade Pioneer Press
  • Peoples Banner
  • Platte Valley Independent
  • Republican Valley Sentinel
  • Rising City Independent
  • Shubert Gazette
  • Spalding Grit
  • Strictly GI
  • Syracuse Daily Journal
  • Syracuse Journal-Democrat
  • The Alma Herald
  • The Alma Weekly Tribune
  • The Anti-Monopolist
  • The Arlington Herald
  • The Barneston Star
  • The Beatrice Courier
  • The Bellevue Enterprise
  • The Bellwood Gazette
  • The Blue Springs Motor
  • The Brainard Clipper
  • The Brownlee Booster
  • The Buffalo County Beacon
  • The CAAPtion
  • The Cairo Farm Record
  • The Cairo Record
  • The Cairo Tribune
  • The Capital Times
  • The Central Star
  • The Cortland Herald
  • The Cowles Enterprise
  • The Culbertson
  • The Daily Democrat
  • The Daily Report
  • The Daily Republican
  • The Democrat
  • The Doniphan Enterprise
  • The Doniphan Herald
  • The Doniphan Index
  • The Elgin Advance
  • The Elkhorn Independent
  • The Elkhorn Leader
  • The Elmcreek Beacon
  • The Evening Times
  • The Fairfield Auxiliary
  • The Farnam Caprice
  • The Firth Weekly Times
  • The Free Press
  • The Friend Free Press
  • The Genoa Banner
  • The Gibbon Gazette
  • The Gibbon Journal
  • The Grand Island Daily Independent
  • The Grand Island Daily Press
  • The Grand Island Democrat
  • The Grand Island Herald
  • The Grand Island Herald Combined With The Grand Island Shopping News
  • The Harlan County Press
  • The Hitchcock County News
  • The Humboldt Sentinel
  • The Kangaroo
  • The Kearney Daily Hub
  • The Kearney Enterprise
  • The Kearney Junction Times
  • The Lexington Gazette
  • The Liberty Journal
  • The Lincoln Monthly
  • The Litchfield Monitor
  • The Loup County News
  • The Mead Advocate
  • The Morning Free Press
  • The Morning Herald
  • The Mullen Enquirer
  • The Nebraska Register
  • The Nebraska Wheat Grower
  • The Norfolk Herald
  • The Odell Enterprise
  • The Odell Oracle
  • The Omaha Guide
  • The Oshkosh Herald
  • The Peoples Banner and David City Tribune
  • The Peoples Defender
  • The Peoples Rip-Saw
  • The Platte Valley Independent
  • The Plattsmouth Journal
  • The Register
  • The Schuyler Sun
  • The Spalding Enterprise
  • The Spalding Sentinel
  • The St Edward Advance
  • The Stratton News
  • The Sugar Beet Era
  • The Sunbeam
  • The Suprise Gazette
  • The Syracuse Democrat
  • The Tank Buster
  • The Taylor Clarion
  • The Twice-A-Week News
  • The Union Weekly News
  • The Unionist
  • The Waterloo News
  • The Weekly Arbor State
  • The Weekly Sentinel
  • The West Nebraska Register
  • The Wood River Sunbeam
  • The Word
  • The Wymore Union
  • The York Monitor
  • Thedford Tribune
  • Valparaiso Hi-Lites
  • Waterloo Review
  • Weeping Water Herald
  • Wellfleet Argus
  • West Nebraska Register
  • West Point News
  • West Point Republican
  • Western Nebraskian
  • Wood River

Holt County
Atkinson Library

  • Atkinson Enterprise 
  • Atkinson Graphic 
  • Atkinson Plain Dealer 
  • Holt County Republican 
  • Republican
  • The Akinson Graphic

Howard County
Saint Paul Library

  • Dannebrog News 
  • Howard County Herald 
  • Phonograph 
  • Phonograph Herald 
  • Phonograph Press 
  • Press 
  • Republican 
  • Saint Paul Press 
  • Saint Paul Republican 
  • St. Paul Phonograph 
  • St. Paul Press 
  • St. Paul Republican 

Kearney County

Jensen Memorial Library

  • The Minden Courier
  • The Workman

Kimball County
Kimball Public Library

  • Western Nebraska Observer
  • Kearney Morning Times
  • Kimball Observer
  • Nebraska Observer
  • The Bushnell Record
  • The Western Nebraska Observer

Knox County
Creighton Public Library

  • Creighton Courier 
  • Creighton Liberal 
  • Creighton News 
  • Knox County News 
  • Nebraska Liberal 
  • Peoples News 
  • Surprise 
  • The Creighton News

Verdigre Public Library

  • Centennial
  • Centennial Addendum
  • Centennial Index
  • Verdigre Citizen
  • Verdigre Eagle
  • Verdigre Progress

Lincoln County
North Platte Genealogical Society

  • Current 
  • Daily Telegraph 
  • Enterprise 
  • Evening Telegraph 
  • Farmer Labor Herald 
  • Independent Democrat and Era 
  • Independent Era 
  • Lincoln County Advertiser 
  • Lincoln County Journal 
  • Lincoln County Tribune 
  • Nebraska Republican 
  • North Platte Daily Bulletin 
  • North Platte Daily Record 
  • North Platte Daily Telegraph 
  • North Platte Daily Telegraph Bulletin 
  • North Platte Democrat 
  • North Platte Enterprise 
  • North Platte Herald
  • North Platte Nebraskian 
  • North Platte Republican 
  • North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune 
  • North Platte Sunday Herald 
  • North Platte Telegraph 
  • North Platte Tribune 
  • Peoples Government 
  • Platte Valley Independent 
  • Saturday Record 
  • Semi Weekly Telegraph 
  • Telegraph 
  • Telegraph Bulletin 
  • Tribune 
  • Tribune Shopper 
  • Weekly Republican 
  • Western Nebraskian 

Madison County
Tilden Newspapers

  • Meadow Grove News
  • Meadow Grove Tribune
  • Tilden Citizen
  • Tilden Citizen Meadow Grove News

Norfolk Public Library

  • Norfolk Daily News
  • Special Editions
  • The Nebraska Press
  • The Norfolk Daily News
  • The Norfolk Merchants News
  • The Norfolk Sunday News
  • The Norfolk Weekly News
  • The Saturday Evening News

Merrick County
Central City Public Library

  • Central City Courier
  • Central City Democrat
  • Central City Nonpareil
  • Central City Record
  • Central City Record and Central City Democrat
  • Central City Republican
  • Central City Republican and Record
  • Central City Republican-Nonpareil
  • Clarks Enterprise
  • Clarks Leader
  • Clarks News
  • Enterprise
  • Lone Tree Courier
  • Madison County Chronicle
  • Madison County Review
  • Merrick County Item
  • Nonpareil
  • Palmer Express
  • Palmer Journal
  • Palmer Record
  • Silver Creek Sand
  • Silver Creek Times
  • The Clarks Enterprise
  • The Clarks News
  • The Palmer Journal
  • Twin City Post
  • Weekly Review

Morrill County

Bayard Public Library

  • The Bayard Transcript

Nuckolls County
Nelson Public Library

  • Hardy Herald
  • Nelson Gazette
  • Oak News
  • Ruskin Leader
  • Superior Express

Otoe County
Otoe County Archives

  • Burr Oak
  • Burr Star
  • Daily Nebraska City News
  • Douglas Enterprise
  • Dunbar Review
  • Enterprise
  • Items
  • Journal Democrat
  • McCook Daily Gazette
  • Nebraska Advertiser
  • Nebraska City Daily News
  • Nebraska City News
  • Nebraska City News Press
  • Nebraska City News-Press
  • Nebraska Daily News Press
  • Nebraska News
  • Otoe County Grit
  • Otoe Gazette
  • Otoe Optic
  • Otoe Union
  • Palmyra Bee
  • Palmyra Items
  • Syracuse Democrat
  • Syracuse Herald
  • Syracuse Journal
  • Syracuse Journal Democrat
  • Talmage Topics
  • Talmage Tribune
  • Times
  • Union
  • Volunteer Fire Dept
  • Wyoming Post
  • Wyoming Telescope
  • The News-Press
  • The Osceola Record

Perkins County
Hastings Memorial Library

  • Grant Tribune Sentinel 
  • Leader 
  • Madrid Era 
  • Madrid Herald 
  • Madrid News 
  • Perkins County Herald Sentinel 
  • Perkins County News 
  • Perkins County Newspaper 
  • Perkins County Pioneer
  • Perkins County Sentinel
  • Perkins County Tribune 
  • The Elsie Leader 
  • The Grant Tribune Sentinel 
  • Tribune Sentinel 
  • Venango Argus 
  • Venango Union 

Pierce County
Lied Pierce Public Library

  • Pierce County Call
  • Pierce County Leader 
  • The Pierce Times-Call

Plainview News

  • Plainview Gazette 
  • Plainview News 
  • Plainview Republican 
  • Republican 
  • Semi Weekly Republican 

Platte County
Humphrey Library

  • Cornlea Hustler
  • Creston News
  • Creston Statesman
  • Democrat
  • Humphrey Democrat
  • Humphrey Herald
  • Humphrey Independent
  • Lindsay Post
  • Lindsay Weekly Post
  • Platte County Leader
  • The Humphrey Democrat

Polk County
Polk County Historical Society 

  • Headlight 
  • Homesteader 
  • Osceola Record 
  • Polk County Democrat 
  • Polk County Farmers Advocate 
  • Polk County Independent 
  • Polk County News
  • Polk County Republican 
  • Polk Progress
  • Polking Around 
  • Shelby Sun 
  • Stromsburg News 
  • Stromsburg Republican 
  • Stromsburg Weekly News 
  • Sun 

Saline County
Crete Heritage Society

  • Crete Democrat
  • Crete Globe
  • Crete Herald
  • Crete News
  • Crete Vidette
  • Crete Vidette Herald
  • Saline County Post
  • Saline County Union
  • State Vidette
  • Vidette

Perkins College – Doane

  • Doane Owl
  • Owl
  • Doane Owl Daily

Scotts Bluff County
Mitchell Public Library

  • Index
  • Mitchell Index
  • The Mitchell Index
  • The Nebraska Homestead
  • The Voice News

Dvoracek Memorial Library

  • The Wilber Republican
  • The Saline County Democrat

Seward County
Seward Memorial Library

  • Beaver Crossing Bugle
  • Beaver Crossing Newsletter
  • Beaver Crossing Times
  • Bellevue Press
  • Blue Valley Blade
  • Blue Valley Record
  • Cass County Chronicle
  • Clay County Sun
  • Daily Helmet
  • Democrat
  • Deutsche Farmer Zeitung
  • Deutsches Journal
  • Echo
  • Farmer Patriot and Bugle Journal
  • Fort Calhoun Herald
  • Garland Herald
  • Germantown Gleaner
  • Goehner News
  • Gresham Review
  • Herman Advertiser
  • Hooker County Tribune
  • Independent
  • Independent
  • Independent Examiner
  • Kearney Hub Shopping News
  • Life
  • Lincoln Tribune
  • Litchfield Northwestern
  • Louisville Courier
  • Loup Valley Queen
  • Malmo Clipper
  • Mead Advocate
  • Metro Magazine
  • Milford Monitor
  • Milford Nebraskan
  • Milford Ozone
  • Milford Review
  • Milford Times
  • Milford Times And Continuing The Seward Citizen
  • Milford Weekly Nebraskan
  • Miller Sun
  • Morning Nation
  • Nebraska Advocate
  • Nebraska Deutsche Farmer Zeitung
  • Nebraska Guide
  • Nebraska Reporter
  • Nebraska Standard
  • Nebraska Weekly Reporter
  • New Era
  • New Era Review
  • Omaha Excelsior
  • Palmyra Pilot
  • Pilger Herald
  • Pleasant Dale Quiz
  • Pleasant Dale Quiz1
  • Pleasant Dale Quiz2
  • Pleasant Dale Quiz3
  • Polk Progress
  • Pride of Beaver Crossing
  • Pritel Lidu
  • Progress
  • Red Cloud Democrat
  • Rising City Independent
  • Seward Advocate
  • Seward Blue Valley Blade
  • Seward Citizen
  • Seward County Democrat
  • Seward County Independent
  • Seward County Tribune
  • Seward Daily News
  • Seward Independent
  • Seward Independent Democrat
  • Seward Journal
  • Seward Semi Weekly Reporter
  • Seward Weekly Reporter
  • Sherman County Homesteader
  • Silver Blade
  • Stanton Bugle
  • Stanton Index
  • Staplehurst Sentinel
  • Tamora Lyre
  • Tamora Register
  • Tamora Weekly Register
  • The Milford Times
  • Ulysses Monitor
  • Union Worker
  • Utica Record
  • Utica Sun
  • Utica Weekly Sun
  • Valley and Range
  • Wabash News
  • Wahoo Republican
  • Weekly Nebraskan
  • Weekly Review

Stanton County
Stanton Public Library

  • Stanton Register
  • Stanton Weekly Register
  • Weekly Stanton Register 
  • Register Stanton 

Valley County
North Loup Public Library

  • The North Loup Loyalist 
  • North Loup Loyalist
  • The Loyalist

Wheeler County
Village of Bartley

  • Bartley Inter-Ocean

Wayne Newspapers Online

  • Logan Valley Herald (1884)
  • Nebraska Democrat (1898-1938)
  • Wayne Democrat (1892-1897)
  • Wayne Herald (1888-2022)
  • Wayne Herald Tribune (1884-1885)
  • Wayne Journal (1892)
  • Wayne News (1938-1943)
  • Wayne Republican (1895-1903)
  • Wayne Review (1876)

Student Collections:

Benson High School – Omaha

Chadron State College – Chadron

Clarkson College – Omaha

Creighton University – Omaha

Doane University – Crete

Hastings College – Hastings

Holdrege High School – Holdredge

Midland University – Fremont

Nebraska Wesleyan University – Lincoln

Northwest High School – Grand Island

Omaha Central High School – Omaha

Peru State College – Peru

University of Nebraska – Kearney

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

University of Nebraska – Omaha

University of Nebraska Medical Center – Omaha

Wayne State College – Wayne

Westside High School – Omaha

York College – York

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1941

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020

Independent Voices – Alternative Press

  • Offul Times

Danish American Newspapers and Journals 

Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska Newspaper Collection

  • The Guardian
  • The Diocese of Nebraska

Small Town Papers

NE Newspaper Extraction Project (Index only)

Newspaper Abstracts – Nebraska

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Kearney

Lincoln

Omaha

Ord

Scottsbluff

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Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 34 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Nebraska Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 152 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Nebraska Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 149 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Nebraska

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 2,509 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Nebraska

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. 

Please note – even more may be available via a local or state 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.

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.


For all Free Nebraska Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Nebraska, and then click on the category of interest.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

20 replies on “Nebraska Online Historical Newspapers Summary”

Thank you for the list of Nebraska papers! I have a branch of the extended family that lived in Red Cloud. It is nice to know that the paper is now available on-line. 🙂

I love this. Thank you for finding all this information.
I put a link in the website space provided for the Newspaper Database offered by the Wayne City Library. The library site is a page from the Wayne City site.
It includes the Wayne Herald 1888-present as well as other Wayne Newspapers.

Thanks so much Kathy for the info regarding Wayne City. I will add it to the Nebraska link list son.

This is amazing! I have found so much on my family through this all the way back to the 1860s! Thank you for compiling this.

I would love to see the newspapers online for Sheridan County, Nebraska. Do you know if and when they might be completed?

Would also love to see the Sheridan County newspapers on-line. I have personally researched the old big, heavy newspaper books at the Sheridan County Museum in Rushville and the newspaper office in Gordon. So they are there, just need to be digitized I guess.

Thank you for the updates! Having the Sidney Telegraph searchable and online was the best New Years gift! I couldn’t step away when I found out! Many brick walls have been broken.

There are also some Western Nebraska newspapers available at the following web site, but there is a membership requirement, particularly Scottsbluff and Sioux counties for sure.
https://wnfrhc.org/

Would love to know if or when any newspapers from Thayer county would be available. Especially interested in Hebron, and surrounding areas i.e. Gilead. Thanks

Jan,
I don’t know when they might be available. I just track the links to online collections. I don’t get involved in the digitizing of newspapers for individual collections.

Thanks Laurene. Changes will be made. It was in Other Free Sites because it is a single title collection. I’ll move it. That change may not be made until the next update

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