Alaska Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Alaska is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but now they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as a main site for searching old newspapers. There are several 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 750 newspapers that have been published in The Last Frontier - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Alaska 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, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Alaska

• Cordova, Alaska, 1914-1947 - The Cordova daily times.
• Douglas City, Alaska, 1898-1921 - Douglas Island news.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1910-1917 - The Alaska citizen.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1916-1920 - The daily Alaska citizen.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1917-1920 - The weekly Alaska citizen.
• Iditarod, Alaska, 1910-19?? - Iditarod pioneer.
• Juneau, Alaska, 1912-1926 - The Alaska daily empire.
• Juneau, Alaska, 1921-1931 - The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news.
• Seward, Alaska, 1918-1920 - The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post.
• Sitka, Alaska, 1908-1912 - The Thlinget.
• Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1899 - The daily Alaskan. [volume]
• Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1899 - The morning Alaskan.
• Skagway, Alaska, 1899-1904 - The daily morning Alaskan.
• Skagway, Alaska, 1904-1924 - The daily Alaskan.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1902-1908 - The Alaska prospector.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1911 - Daily prospector bulletin.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1918 - Valdez daily prospector.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1908-1912 - Valdez weekly prospector.

Google News Archive

• Prince of Wales Island  - Southeast Alaska's Island News

Alaska Newspapers Index (1901–1999)  (Index only)

• Alaska Citizen (1912–1920)
• Chena Herald (1904–1905)
• Fairbanks Daily News (1904–1975)
• Fairbanks Daily News Miner (3/23/1909)
• Fairbanks Daily Times (1904–1916)
• Fairbanks Weekly News (1903–1908)
• Hot Springs Echo (1907–1912)
• Juneau Empire (1992–1999)
• Nenana News (1916–1972)
• Northern Light (1906–1907)
• Rampart Miner (1901–1902)
• Tanana Daily Miner (1902–1906)
• Tanana Daily Star (1910–1915)
• Tanana Leader (1909–1910)
• Tanana Tribune (1907–1909)
• Yukon Press (1905–1906)

Alaska Newspaper Project

• Alaska Railroad Record, 1916-1920
• The Esquimaux, 1866-1867

County and Library Collections:

Petersburg Public Library (1913–1931)

• Petersburg Herald
• Petersburg Pilot
• Petersburg Press 
• Petersburg Weekly Report 
• The New Petersburg Press 
• The Petersburg Herald 
• The Petersburg Press 
• The Progressive

Student Collections:

A. J. Dimond High School - Anchorage

• Igaramkin

Matanuska-Susitna College - Palmer

• Mat-Su Monitor

University of Alaska - Anchorage

• Northern Light

​University of Alaska - Fairbanks

• The Sun Star

University of Alaska - Southeast

• Whalesong

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• Anchorage Troop
• The Green Machine

Small Town Papers

• Southeast Alaska's Island News Thorne Bay, Alaska

Newspaper Abstracts - Alaska

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

Anchorage

• Catholic Anchor 

Fairbanks​

• Alaskan Shepherd Newsletter - 2001-present
• Tundra Times

Juneau

• Southeast Alaska Catholic - 2007-2010, 2012-present

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 19 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Alaska Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 55 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Alaska Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 28 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Alaska

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 8 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Alaska. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Alaska 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.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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

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