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Newfoundland and Labrador Online Historical Newspapers Summary

1/7/2019

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Newfoundland/Labrador is one of the Canadian provinces that does not have a single central online repository for searching historical newspapers. However, there are a few good size collections of historical newspapers. Also, there are several free publications available on other sites and there are small collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

​So go for it - find your Newfoundland and Labrador 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 January, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Provincewide Collections:

Memorial University of Newfoundland: Newspapers
  • Adelphian (St. Bonaventure's College)
  • Atlantic Guardian magazine
  • The Daily News 1955-1963 
  • Decks Awash magazine
  • Digitized Articles from the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
  • Evening Telegram (1879-1899) 
  • Evening Telegram (1900-1918) 
  • Evening Telegram (1919-1926) 
  • The Fishermen's Advocate 
  • Le Gaboteur 1984-present 
  • Lung Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Publications, 1943-1986
  • Harbor Grace Standard 1859-1907  
  • Morning Courier 1845-1854 
  • The Morning Despatch (1892) 
  • MUN Gazette
  • The Muse
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association Publications, 1958-2008
  • Newfoundland Patriot (1839)
  • Newfoundland Quarterly
  • Newfoundland Yearbook and Almanac
  • Omphalina
  • Osprey
  • Periodical Accounts of the Moravian Missions
  • United Church Archives
  • Veteran​
  • Plaindealer (1907-1922)
  • St. John's Daily Star (1915-1921) 
  • Southern Gazette (1975) 
  • The Twillingate Sun 1880-1953 
  • The Western Star (1900-1952) 
  • The Confederate
  • The Independent
  • Newfoundland Mercantile Journal

Memorial University of Newfoundland - Newfoundland Newspapers
  • The Carbonear Sentinel And Conception Bay Advertiser July 27, 1837-Nov. 29, 1838. (26 issues)
  • The Sentinel and Conception Bay Advertiser, Oct. 27, 1836 - 19 Nov 1844. (148 Issues)
  • The Sentinel, Mar. 13-Oct. 30, 1845. (12 Issues)
  • The Conception-Bay Man 03 Sep 1856 - 16 Feb 1859 (100 issues)
  • The Confederate Volumes 1..14 for Apr. 7-July 16, 1948. (14 issues)
  • The Daily Tribune Title varies: Daily Tribune Nov. 4, 1892-Dec. 2, 1893; Tribune, Dec. 7-31, 1893. (267 issues)
  • The Enterprise 21 Oct 1896 - 03 Nov 1897 (103 issues)
  • Fishermen's Advocate Published Coakerville, St. John's and Port Union N.L 1910-1980 (5 issues)
  • The Independent Volumes 1..14 for Mar. 22-July 15, 1948 (14 issues)
  • The Mercury And General Advertiser 03 Feb 1846 to 15 Oct 1846 (28 issues)
  • Morning Advertiser and Shipping Gazette 1844-1845 (109 issues)
  • Morning Despatch. Published St. John's N.L. 1892-? (32 issues)
  • The Morning Herald 1879-1880 (54 issues)
  • The Newfoundland Commercial Journal 1855?-1892? (69 issues)
  • Newfoundland Mercantile Journal Earliest issue located:Sept. 11, 1816 (no. 108). - Last issue located: June 7, 1827 (1 issues)
  • Newfoundland Patriot Published St. John's N.L. 1833-1890 (1 issues)
  • The Newfoundland Times. 06 Sept 1941 to 20 Dec 1941 (8 issues)
  • The Newfoundland Vindicator 02 Jan 1841 - 14 May 1842 (69 issues)
  • The Newfoundlander. 06 Oct 1934 to 20 Dec 1934 (10 issues)
  • Our Country 25 Aug 1883 - 14 May 1885 (152 Issues)
  • The Plaindealer Published St. John's N.L. 1907 - June 1922 (29 Issues)
  • The Record 18 Jan 1862 - 29 Dec 1863 (94 Issues)
  • The Register 11 Sep 1880 - 16 Dec 1880 (70 Issues)
  • The Reporter 31 Jan 1856 - 25 Dec 1856 (47 Issues)
  • The Sentinel Mar. 13-Oct. 30, 1845 (12 issues)
  • The Star And Conception Bay Weekly Reporter 04 Fen 1874 - 06 May 1875 (39 Issues)
  • The Star And Newfoundland Advocate 14 Nov 1840 - 14 Jan 1847 (295 Issues)
  • The St. John's Free Press And Daily Advertiser, The St. John's Free Press And Semi-Weekly Advertiser 21 Apr 1877 - 22 Jul 1878 (82 Issues)
  • The Vindicator And Brigus Reporter Earliest issue located: May 4, 1898 (v. 1, no. 2). Ceased publication: Oct. 28, 1903 (14 Issues)
  • The Weekly Express Began publication: Jan. 6, 1858. - Latest issue located: Dec. 27, 1859 (102 Issues)
  • The Weekly News Began publication: Mar. 29, 1894. - Ceased publication: June 1906. (36 Issues)
  • The Weekly Herald And Conception-Bay General Advertiser Nov. 2, 1842(58) - June 28, 1854. (150 issues)
  • The Colonist 1886-1891 (1602 Issues)
  • The Newfoundland Colonist 1891-1892 (294 Issues)

Canadiana Online
  • Evening Advocate - St. Johns
  • Newfoundland Monthly Messenger - St. Johns
  • The Collegian - St. Johns
  • The Daily Mail - St. Johns
  • The Mail and Advocate - St. Johns
  • The Morning Advocate - St. Johns
  • The Star and Newfoundland Advocate - St. Johns

Digitized Periodicals from the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
  • The Cadet. Published 1914-1924
  • Christmas Annual.
  • Christmas Bells. Published 1892-19?
  • Christmastide. Published 1907-?
  • Colonial Commerce. Published 1915-1919
  • Commercial Annual. Published 1916-1921?
  • Curtis Academy Magazine. Published 1944-1956
  • The Distaff. Published 1916-1917
  • Easter Lily. Published 1917-?
  • Forward. June 1946
  • Imperial Oil Review. Vol. 25 No. 1 Spring 1941
  • Military Gazette. Vol. 60 No. 9 September 1945
  • Newfoundland News. Published 1939?-1945?
  • Newfoundland Magazine (1917). Published 1917-192?
  • New-land Magazine. Published 1962-1990/91
  • Parsons' Xmas Annual. Published 1899-1907?
  • The Record. Published 1898-?
  • Shortis Papers.
  • Spencerian. Published 1921-1959
  • Sports and Pastimes in Newfoundland. Published 1911?-1916?
  • TickleAce. Published 1977-2003.

Newfoundland Newspaper transcriptions
  • Notre Dame Bay
  • Conception Bay North
  • Conception Bay South
  • St. John's
  • Free Press
  • Daily News
  • Newfoundland Express
  • Newfoundland Quarterly
  • West Coast Newspapers

Transcriptions - Newfoundland Grand Banks

Student Collections:

Memorial University - St. Johns
  • The Muse

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

Other Free Sites:

Harbour Grace
  • The Standard 
St. Johns
  • Newfoundlander 
  • The Evening Telegram
  • The Newfoundland Express
  • The Newfoundlander
  • The Public Ledger
  • The Public Ledger and Newfoundland General Advertiser
  • The Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser
  • The Telegram

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There is currently 1 publication available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers

Paper of Record:

There are currently 2 publications available at this site. See the titles at Paper of Record - Newfoundland and Labrador

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 4 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Newfoundland and Labrador

And Finally:

You might want to check out the Memorial University's Digital Archives Initiative site from time to time to see what is available online or otherwise. 

Please note - even more may be available via a local or provincial 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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4 Comments
Bill Cribbs link
5/26/2016 10:09:30 pm

I appreciate this page! Right now, I'm building a site called CanadianObits.com and will make it interactive.
Hope to collaborate!

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Kenneth R Marks
5/28/2016 02:05:12 pm

Bill - Just checked it out. It looks like only recent obits are included. Do you have any plans to include older obits? Please email me at kenmarksology@gmail.com I would like to keep in touch. I will be focusing on obit links for the next 3 months so want to include what you are doing.

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laura fitt
11/27/2016 07:06:07 am

looking for info about a 3yr old boy that was dragged by a truck. kingspoint/ springdale area between 1974-1976. he was seriously injured and survived. any info would be appreciated!

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Cheryl sellenger imperial
7/25/2017 04:57:41 pm

Looking for any information on my ggfather John Albert William Sellenger married to Catherine Sampson

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