For those of you who follow this site, The Ancestor Hunt, you know that I provide an extensive list of links to free online historical newspaper collections, some by state, province, or country.

For the state of Florida that is available at Florida Online Historical Newspapers Summary.

My updates are semi-annual or annual, depending on how much has been changed. For example, my most recent Florida update was in January, 2015.

I want to make you aware of a terrific resource for Florida historic newspapers that can help you.

The University of Florida has created an outstanding resource that is more frequently updated and has some nice features that can help you hone in on your newspaper of choice. And that is the Florida Digital Newspaper Library. It provides some of the historical newspapers for the state available online in a variety of collections (currently about 2 million newspaper pages). There also are a variety of features on the site that are very helpful for online searching.

The features include a map browse and map search capability, where one can select a geographical area from a map and search only the titles available in that selected area.  A very handy feature.

Additional sub-collections include:

• Digital Military Library
  
• Ethnic Newspapers from Florida
  
• Historic News Accounts
  
• Florida Jewish Newspapers
  
• Florida and Puerto Rico Project
  

The Florida Digital Newspaper Library from the University of Florida  is an excellent resource for finding articles about your Florida ancestors.It also has quite a few newspapers from other states as well. I heartily encourage you to make use of this wonderful site.

For free links for other states, please check out the Newspapers! Page on The Ancestor Hunt site.

For those of you who follow this site, The Ancestor Hunt, you know that I provide an extensive list of links to free online historical newspaper collections, some by state, province, or country.

For the state of Michigan that is available at Michigan Online Historical Newspapers Summary.

My updates are semi-annual or annual, depending on how much has been changed. For example, my most recent Michigan update was in November, 2014.

I want to make you aware of a terrific resource for Michigan historic newspapers that can help you.


Central Michigan University has created an outstanding resource that is more frequently updated and has some nice features that can help you hone in on your county or newspaper of choice.  It also has a very useful map of collections and where they are hosted .And that is the Michigan Digital Newspaper Portal. It provides a list of the online historical newspapers for the state available in a variety of collections (current total of titles about 250).

It lists available newspapers and their collection links alphabetically by county, and also indicates whether the collection is available for free or via a subscription

Furthermore, you can access the Library of Michigan's "family history" of a newspaper, as it's title and frequency may have changed over the years. This is displayed graphically, which is very easy to read. This is quite helpful.

The Michigan Digital Newspaper Portal from CMU is an outstanding resource for finding articles about your Michigan ancestors. I heartily encourage you to make use of this wonderful site.

For free links for other states, please check out the Newspapers! Page on The Ancestor Hunt site.

For those of you who follow this site, The Ancestor Hunt, you know that I provide an extensive list of links to free online historical newspaper collections, some by state, province, or country.

For the state of Ohio that is available at Ohio Online Historical Newspapers Summary.

My updates are semi-annual or annual, depending on how much has been changed. For example, my most recent Ohio update was in December, 2014.

I want to make you aware of a terrific resource for Ohio that can help you.


The state of Ohio has an outstanding resource that is more frequently updated and has some features that can help you hone in on your city or newspaper of choice.  And that is Ohio Memory. It provides the historical newspapers for the state available on Chronicling America, as well as the Ohio Memory collection.

You can sort by City, County, Region, Time Period, and "Special Press".  You can also search for words in the index to titles.  As I mentioned, I am certain that this database is more frequently updated than the articles and lists that I update from time to time.

Furthermore, in their FAQ section, you can download an Excel file that has a list (and links) of other newspapers from the state not available through Chronicling America or Ohio Memory. In total there are about 370 titles available for online research.

There are also lots of other useful resources on this site besides old newspapers.  I heartily encourage you to make use of this wonderful site.

Here is a snapshot of newspapers as they are displayed on the site:

Check out Ohio Memory - you will be glad that you did.

For free links for other states, please check out the Newspapers! Page on The Ancestor Hunt site.

If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and then updated it in December, 2014. The largest collection is Old Fulton New York Postcards which has significant updates every few months. I usually write an article alerting you to those updates as they are published.




There is another fast growing site for New York that you should be aware of.  And that is NY State Historic Newspapers.  In February, for my last statewide update as mentioned, there were 212 titles available.

NOW, there are over 300 available, almost 100 new titles in just a couple of months!  They are adding and updating titles at a very rapid rate and now have over 4 million pages available.

Over half of the counties in the state are now represented. It is brought to you by the Northern New York Library Network, but there are counties from all over the state, not just the northern ones. You should take advantage of this resource and check back often.

Here are the over 300 titles included, in order by city:

• Albion, N.Y., 1829-1943 Orleans Republican. 
  
• Altamont, N.Y., 1888-1892 The Enterprise. 
  
• Altamont, N.Y., 1892-1958 Altamont enterprise. 
  
• Altamont, N.Y., 1958-1983 Altamont enterprise and Albany County post. 
  
• Altamont, N.Y., 1983-2006 The Altamont enterprise. 
  
• Altamont, N.Y., 2006-current The Altamont enterprise and Albany County post. 
  
• Au Sable Forks, N.Y., 1908-1920 The Adirondack record. 
  
• Au Sable Forks, N.Y., 1920-1975 The Adirondack record-Elizabethtown post. 
  
• Auburn [N.Y.], 1838-18?? Voice of the people. 
  
• Auburn, Cayuga Co., N.Y., 1834-1848 Auburn journal and advertiser. 
  
• Auburn, N.Y., 1830-1833 Auburn free press. 
  
• Auburn, N.Y., 1839-18?? The corrector. 
  
• Auburn, N.Y., 1855-1859 Auburn weekly American. 
  
• Babylon, N.Y., 1869-192? South Side Signal. 
  
• Babylon, N.Y., 1966-1972 The Babylon beacon. 
  
• Bellmore, L.I., N.Y., 1908-19?? South Side messenger. 
  
• Bethpage, N.Y., 1966-current The Bethpage tribune. 
  
• Binghamton, N.Y., 1822-1862 Broome Republican. 
  
• Binghamton, N.Y., 1844-1849 Binghamton courier. 
  
• Brentwood, N.Y., 1962-current Islip Bulletin. 
  
• Brewster, N.Y., 1869-current The Brewster standard. 
  
• Brockport, N.Y., 1856-1925 The Brockport republic. 
  
• Brockport, N.Y., 1925-1955 Brockport republic and Brockport Democrat. 
  
• Brockport, N.Y., 1955-1974 Republic-democrat. 
  
• Brooklyn, N.Y., 1846-1849 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat. 
  
• Brooklyn, N.Y., 1849-1938 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 
  
• Brushton, N.Y., 1899-1905 Facts and fallacies and Brushtonian. 
  
• Brushton, N.Y., 1905-1952 Facts and fallacies. 
  
• Brushton, N.Y., 1953-19?? Facts & fallacies. 
  
• Buffalo, N.Y., 1866-1878 The Buffalo express. 
  
• Buffalo, N.Y., 1925-1973 The Buffalo Criterion. 
  
• Buffalo, N.Y., 1978-current The Buffalo Criterion. 
  
• Buffalo, N.Y., 1992-current Buffalo Irish Times. 
  
• Canandaigua, N.Y., 1803-1809 Western repository. 
  
• Canandaigua, N.Y., 1809-1811 Ontario repository. 
  
• Canandaigua, N.Y., 1836-1839 Ontario repository and freeman. 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1911-current Hill News. 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1915-1918 The Aggie Spirit. 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1923-1925 The Aggie Observer. 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1937-1937 NYSSA-News 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1956-1963 The A.T. Eye. 
  
• Canton, N.Y., 1970-1971 The A.T. See. 
  
• Cape Vincent, N.Y., 18??-188? The Democratic eagle. 
  
• Cape Vincent, N.Y., 1858-1862 The Cape-Vincent gazette. 
  
• Cape Vincent, N.Y., 1862-186? Frontier patriot. 
  
• Cape Vincent, N.Y., 1872-18?? Cape Vincent eagle. 
  
• Cape Vincent, N.Y., 188?-1951 Cape Vincent eagle. 
  
• Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., 189?-1976 Cattaraugus times. 
  
• Chateaugay, N.Y., 1878-189? Chateaugay record. 
  
• Chateaugay, N.Y., 189?-current Chateaugay record and Franklin County Democrat. 
  
• Chateaugay, N.Y., 1896-???? The Chateaugay journal. 
  
• Cooperstown [N.Y.], 1795-1805 The Otsego herald ; or, Western advertiser. 
  
• Cooperstown [N.Y.], 1809-1817 Cooperstown Federalist. 
  
• Cooperstown, N.Y., 1805-1821 Otsego herald. 
  
• Cooperstown, N.Y., 1808-1809 The impartial observer. 
  
• Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., 1819-1922 The freeman's journal. 
  
• Cortland, N.Y., 1892-1893 Cortland standard and weekly journal. 
  
• Cortland, N.Y., 1893-1919 Cortland standard. 
  
• Cutchogue, N.Y., 1871-1940 The Long Island traveler. 
  
• Delhi, N.Y., 1819-1915 Delaware gazette. 
  
• East Hampton, N.Y., 1885-current The East Hampton Star. 
  
• Echo P.O., Long Island, Port Jefferson N.Y., 1892-1931 The Port Jefferson echo. 
  
• Elizabethtown, N.Y., 1879-1884 The Elizabethtown post and gazette. 
  
• Elizabethtown, N.Y., 1884-1920 The Elizabethtown post. 
  
• Fairport, N.Y., 1873-1925 The Fairport herald. 
  
• Fairport, N.Y., 1880-1925 Monroe County mail. 
  
• Fairport, N.Y., 1962-1979 Herald-mail. 
  
• Fairport, N.Y., 1980-current Fairport-Perinton herald-mail. 
  
• Fort Covington, N.Y., 1837-1911 Franklin Gazette. 
  
• Fort Covington, N.Y., 1885-1934 The sun. 
  
• Fort Covington, N.Y., 1934-1993 Fort Covington sun. 
  
• Fort Edward, N.Y., 1857-1865 The Fort Edward ledger. 
  
• Freeport, N.Y., 1895-1898 Queens County review. 
  
• Freeport, N.Y., 1898-1921 Nassau County review. 
  
• Freeport, N.Y., 1914-1918 The Nassau post. 
  
• Freeport, N.Y., 1921-1926 The daily review. 
  
• Freeport, N.Y., 1987-current The Freeport Baldwin Leader. 
  
• Fulton, N.Y., 1892-current The Fulton patriot. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 18??-1??? Geneva daily gazette. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1806-1809 The expositor. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1809-1825 The Geneva gazette. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1816-1828 Geneva palladium. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1825-1829 The Geneva gazette, and general advertiser. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1829-1833 The Geneva gazette, and mercantile advertiser. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1831-1904 Geneva courier. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1833-1839 The Geneva gazette. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1841-1842 Geneva advertiser. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1880-1902 Geneva advertiser. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1895-1904 Geneva daily times. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1902-1917 Geneva advertiser-gazette. 
  
• Geneva, N.Y., 1911-1955 Geneva daily times. 
  
• Gilboa, N.Y., 1878-1918 The Gilboa monitor. 
  
• Glen's Falls, N.Y., 1843-1905 The Glen's Falls Republican. 
  
• Glens Falls, N.Y., 1909-1971 The post-star. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1864-1880 Gouverneur times. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1873-1880 The Gouverneur herald. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1880-1884 The Gouverneur herald, and the Gouverneur times. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1882-1929 Gouverneur free press. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1884-1892 Gouverneur herald-times. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1887-1892 Northern tribune. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1892-1895 Northern tribune and Gouverneur herald-times. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1895-1929 The Northern tribune. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1929-1959 The tribune-press. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1959-1973 The Gouverneur tribune-press. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1973-1990 Tribune-press. 
  
• Gouverneur, N.Y., 1990-current Gouverneur tribune-press. 
  
• Grand Island, N.Y., 1944-current Island dispatch. 
  
• Hammond, N.Y., 1886-19?? Hammond advertiser. 
  
• Heuvelton, N.Y., 1912-19?? The Bee. 
  
• Honeoye Falls [N.Y.], 1882-1886 Honeoye Falls weekly times. 
  
• Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1888-1888 The weekly times. 
  
• Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1888-1987 The Honeoye Falls times. 
  
• Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1987-1989 Honeoye Falls weekly times. 
  
• Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1989-current The Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima sentinel. 
  
• Hudson, N.Y., 1842-18?? The Columbia Washingtonian. 
  
• Huntington [N.Y.], 1839-current The Long-Islander. 
  
• Ithaca, County of Tompkins, N.Y., 1823-1825 Ithaca journal. 
  
• Ithaca, County of Tompkins, N.Y., 1825-182? Ithaca journal, literary gazette, and general advertiser. 
  
• Ithaca, N.Y., 1817-1823 American journal. 
  
• Ithaca, N.Y., 1872-1913 Ithaca daily journal. 
  
• Jamaica [N.Y.], 1826-1862 Long Island farmer, and Queens County advertiser. 
  
• Jamaica, N.Y., 1821-1825 The Long Island farmer. 
  
• Jamaica, N.Y., 1870-18?? Jamaica farmer. 
  
• Jamaica, N.Y., 1879-19?? The Long Island farmer. 
  
• Jamaica, Queens County, N.Y., 1862-1870 Long Island farmer. 
  
• Jeffersonville, N.Y., 187?-19?? Sullivan County record. 
  
• Jeffersonville, N.Y., 19??-1970 Sullivan County record Roscoe Rockland review. 
  
• Keeseville, N.Y., 1839-1989 Essex County Republican. 
  
• Knowersville, N.Y., 1884-1888 Knowersville enterprise. 
  
• Lake Placid, N.Y., 1905-current The Lake Placid news. 
  
• Little Valley, N.Y., 1877-19?? Cattaraugus Republican. 
  
• Livonia, N.Y., 1989-1989 Town & country gazette. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1856-1864 The Lewis County banner. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1860-1909 The journal and Republican. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1865-1910 Lewis County Democrat. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1876-1884 The Lowville times. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1884-189? The Lowville times and Lewis County independent. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 19??-1943 Black River Democrat. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1909-1929 The Journal and Republican and Lowville times. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1910-19?? The Lowville herald and Lewis County Democrat. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1929-current The journal and Republican. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1943-1953 The Lowville leader. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1953-19?? Lowville leader and Lyons-Leyden ledger. 
  
• Lowville, N.Y., 1992-2004 The Adirondack mountain sun. 
  
• Madrid, N.Y., 1904-1918 The Madrid herald. 
  
• Malone, N.Y., 18??-19?? The Malone farmer. 
  
• Malone, N.Y., 184?-1863 Frontier palladium. 
  
• Malone, N.Y., 1863-1909 The Malone palladium. 
  
• Margaretville, N.Y., 1902-current Catskill Mountain news. 
  
• Marion, N.Y., 1880-1939 The Marion enterprise. 
  
• Massena, N.Y., 1891-1897 The Northern observer. 
  
• Massena, N.Y., 191?-19?? The Massena press and Norfolk times. 
  
• Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., 1897-1989 The Massena observer. 
  
• Mattituck, N.Y., 1927-1937 The Watchman of the sunrise trail. 
  
• Mattituck, N.Y., 1937-1940 The watchman. 
  
• Mc'Grawville, Cortland County, N.Y., 1847-1849 McGrawville express. 
  
• Medford, N.Y., 1935-1941 The Mid-island mail. 
  
• Medina, N.Y., 1852-194? The Medina tribune. 
  
• Medina, N.Y., 1877-1931 The Medina Register. 
  
• Medina, N.Y., 1903-1932 The Medina Daily Journal. 
  
• Medina, N.Y., 1932-1970 The Medina daily journal and Medina register. 
  
• Mexico, N.Y., 1861-1872 Mexico independent. 
  
• Mexico, N.Y., 1872-1874 The Mexico independent and deaf-mutes' journal. 
  
• Mexico, N.Y., 1874-1972 Mexico independent. 
  
• M'Grawville, Cortland Co., N.Y., 1878-1887 The McGrawville sentinel. 
  
• New Paltz, N.Y., 1860-1919 New Paltz times. 
  
• New York [N.Y.], 1840-1870 National anti-slavery standard. 
  
• New York [N.Y.], 1860-1864 The Herald of progress. 
  
• New York [N.Y.], 1878-1951 The Irish world and American industrial liberator. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 18??-1941 The Newark courier. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1872-1872 The Newark Liberal campaign union. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1873-1908 Newark union. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1887-1906 The Arcadian weekly gazette. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1906-1908 The Newark gazette. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1908-1910 The Union-gazette. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1910-1939 The Newark-union gazette. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1939-1941 Newark union-gazette, the Marion enterprise. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1941-1947 The Newark courier-gazette, the Marion enterprise. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1947-1967 Newark courier-gazette, the Marion enterprise, Clifton Springs press. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1967-1968 Newark courier-gazette. 
  
• Newark, N.Y., 1968-current The courier-gazette. 
  
• New-York [N.Y.], 1852-1860 Spiritual telegraph. 
  
• None, 1964-1971 Entricy Herald. 
  
• None, 1969-1971 Old Weird Herald. 
  
• None, 1972-current The Spirit. 
  
• North Creek, N.Y., 1924-1938 North Creek enterprise. 
  
• North Creek, N.Y., 1938-current The North Creek news enterprise. 
  
• Norwood, N.Y., 1878-1941 Norwood news. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1867-1927 The Ogdensburg advance and St. Lawrence weekly Democrat. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1868-1916 The Ogdensburg journal. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1916-1932 The Republican-journal. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1927-1933 The Ogdensburg advance. St. Lawrence Sunday Democrat. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1932-1971 Ogdensburg journal. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1933-1935 The Advance-news. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1946-current North Country Catholic. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1967-current Advance news. 
  
• Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1971-current The journal. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1815-1830 St. Lawrence gazette. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1831-1833 St. Lawrence Republican, and general advertiser. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1831-1834 Northern light. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1833-1858 St. Lawrence Republican. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1847-1858 The Ogdensburgh sentinel. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1848-1848 Daily sentinel. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1855-1??? St. Lawrence American. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1857-1868 The daily journal. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, N.Y., 1861-1864 The advance. 
  
• Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., 1844-1847 Frontier sentinel. 
  
• Ontonta, N.Y., 189?-1??? Saturday critic. 
  
• Oswego, N.Y., 1935-current The Oswegonian. 
  
• Otego, N.Y., 18??-1937 Rural times. 
  
• Owego, N.Y., 1871-1907 Tioga County record. 
  
• Patchogue, N.Y., 1885-1961 The Patchogue advance. 
  
• Patchogue, N.Y., 1961-current The Long Island advance. 
  
• Penn Yan, N.Y., 1866-1926 Penn Yan express. 
  
• Penn-Yan, Ontario County, N.Y., 1822-1947 Penn-Yan Democrat. 
  
• Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., 1813-1916 Plattsburgh Republican. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1811-1813 Republican. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1861-1902 The Plattsburgh sentinel. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1895-1942 Plattsburgh daily press. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 190?-1931 The Plattsburgh sentinel. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1903-1905 The Plattsburgh sentinel and Clinton County farmer. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1916-1942 Plattsburgh daily Republican. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1940-current Cardinal Points. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1942-1966 Plattsburgh press-Republican. 
  
• Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1966-current Press-Republican. 
  
• Port Jefferson, N.Y., 1931-1935 Port Jefferson times-echo. 
  
• Potsdam Junction, N.Y., 1873-1958 Commercial advertiser. 
  
• Potsdam, N.Y., 1861-1989 Courier and freeman. 
  
• Potsdam, N.Y., 1878-1905 The St. Lawrence herald. 
  
• Potsdam, N.Y., 1920-current Clarkson Intregrator. 
  
• Potsdam, N.Y., 1927-current The Racquette. 
  
• Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., 1905-1949 The Potsdam herald-recorder. 
  
• Pulaski, N.Y., 1850-1853 Northern Democrat. 
  
• Pulaski, N.Y., 1853-1985 The Pulaski Democrat. 
  
• Pulaski, N.Y., 1985-1988 Banner times. 
  
• Pulaski, Oswego Co., N.Y., 1847-1850 Richland courier. 
  
• Pulaski, Richland, Oswego County, N.Y., 1830-183? The Pulaski banner. 
  
• Riverhead, N.Y., 1903-1950 The County review. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1865-18?? The Industrial School advocate, and soldiers' aid. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1889-1929 The Catholic Journal. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1929-1932 Catholic Courier and Journal. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1933-1945 The Catholic Courier. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1945-1968 The Catholic Courier Journal. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1968-current Courier-Journal. 
  
• Rochester, N.Y., 1989-current Catholic Courier. 
  
• Rome, N.Y., 18??-185? The Rome sentinel. 
  
• Rome, N.Y., 1881-1976 Rome daily sentinel. 
  
• Rooseveltown, N.Y., 1983-current Indian time. 
  
• Rouses Point, N.Y., 1928-current The North countryman. 
  
• Rush, N.Y., 1879-1881 The echo. 
  
• Sag-Harbor, N.Y., 1822-1911 The corrector. 
  
• Sag-Harbor, Suffolk County, N.Y., 1859-1921 Sag-Harbor express. 
  
• Sandy Creek, N.Y., 1862-1864 Sandy Creek times. 
  
• Sandy Creek, N.Y., 187?-1985 Sandy Creek news. 
  
• Saranac Lake, N.Y., 1927-current Adirondack daily enterprise. 
  
• Sayville, N.Y., 1885-1888 Sayville weekly news. 
  
• Sayville, N.Y., 1888-current The Suffolk County news. 
  
• Schenectady [N.Y.], 1824-1825 Mohawk sentinel. 
  
• Schenectady [N.Y.], 1824-1837 The Schenectady cabinet. 
  
• Schenectady, N.Y., 1837-1839 Freedom's sentinel. 
  
• Schenectady, N.Y., 1839-1849 The Schenectady cabinet, or, Freedom's sentinel. 
  
• Schenectady, N.Y., 1849-1857 The Schenectady cabinet. 
  
• Schenevus, N.Y., 1868-18?? Schenevus Valley news. 
  
• Schenevus, N.Y., 1870-18?? The Valley news. 
  
• Southold, Long Island, N.Y., 1975-1990 The Long Island traveler-watchman. 
  
• Southold, N.Y., 1940-1975 The Long Island traveler, Mattituck watchman. 
  
• St. Regis Falls, N.Y., 1887-1934 The Adirondack news. 
  
• Syracuse, N.Y., 1866-1941 Syracuse Union. 
  
• Syracuse, N.Y., 1906-???? La Gazzetta di Syracuse. 
  
• Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y., 188?-1982 Ticonderoga sentinel. 
  
• Ticonderoga, N.Y., 1874-1884 Ticonderoga sentinel. 
  
• Ticonderoga, N.Y., 1884-188? Ticonderoga sentinel and Ticonderogian. 
  
• Troy, N.Y., 1856-1895 The Troy weekly times. 
  
• Tupper Lake, N.Y., 1895-1924 The Tupper Lake herald. 
  
• Tupper Lake, N.Y., 1931-1937 Tupper Lake free press. 
  
• Tupper Lake, N.Y., 1937-current Tupper Lake free press and Tupper Lake herald. 
  
• Turin, N.Y., 1881-1886 The Turin gazette. 
  
• Village of Pulaski, Richland, Oswego Co., N.Y., 1836-1838 Pulaski advocate. 
  
• Waddington, N.Y., 1877-1??? The Waddington pioneer. 
  
• Waddington, N.Y., 1879-1??? Waddington reporter. 
  
• Waddington, N.Y., 1894-1??? Waddington recorder. 
  
• Warsaw, N.Y., 1876-197? Wyoming County times. 
  
• Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., 1886-191? The Watertown herald. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1846-1849 Northern state journal. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1849-1866 Northern New York journal. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1850-1867 The New York reformer. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 186?-186? Northern New York semi-weekly journal. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1866-1868 Northern New York weekly journal. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1866-1918 Watertown re-union. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1890-1894 Watertown times. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1964-1964 Jefferson Community News. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1965-1966 The Cannoneer. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1966-1989 The Word. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1991-1992 Jefferson Chronicle. 
  
• Watertown, N.Y., 1992-current The Cannon. 
  
• Webster, N.Y., 1899-current The Webster herald. 
  
• Westfield, Chautauqua County, N.Y., 1898-1??? Westfield critic. 
  
• Westfield, Chautauque Co., N.Y., 1851-1855 The Westfield transcript. 
  
• Westfield, N.Y., 1826-1828 The western star. 
  
• Westfield, N.Y., 1841-184? Westfield advocate. 
  
• Westfield, N.Y., 1841-1851 Westfield messenger. 
  
• Westfield, N.Y., 1855-current Westfield Republican. 
  
• Westfield, N.Y., 1857-185? The western Argus. 
  
• Youngstown, N.Y., 1886-1886 The Youngstown News and Niagara Free Press. 
  
• Youngstown, N.Y., 1886-19?? The Youngstown News. 
  
• Youngstown, N.Y., 1908-19?? Youngstown Times. 
  
• Youngstown, Niagara County, N.Y., 1881-1886 Niagara County News. 
  
• Youngsville, N.Y., 1868-187? Local record. 
  
• Youngsville, Sullivan Co., N.Y., 1868-1868 Callicoon local record. 
  

Good luck with your research!

For other states and additional Newspaper research resources, check out the Newspapers! page.

Memorial Day, initially called Decoration Day, was established in 1868 to create a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States.  "Happy" Memorial Day is not a phrase I would use, but maybe if you took a bit of time with the free links below you could find an article or two or five about your honored ancestor. That would make you happy!


Here are a couple of newspapers honoring this special day.

Historic newspapers are a crucial way of honoring all of our ancestors - on every day of the year.  But in all small and large towns and cities, I suspect that there was a newspaper article about almost all of those who served and paid the ultimate price for their service.

To assist you, here is a list of historic newspaper links for all the U.S. states (and DC) as well as some special collections. Please visit these links and find any and all of your ancestors and the stories of their lives.

• Alabama 
  
• Alaska 
  
• Arizona 
  
• Arkansas 
  
• California 
  
• Colorado 
  
• Connecticut 
  
• Delaware 
  
• District of Columbia 
  
• Florida 
  
• Georgia 
  
• Hawaii 
  
• Idaho 
  
• Illinois 
  
• Indiana 
  
• Iowa 
  
• Kansas 
  
• Kentucky 
  
• Louisiana 
  
• Maine 
  
• Maryland 
  
• Massachusetts 
  
• Michigan 
  
• Minnesota 
  
• Mississippi 
  
• Missouri 
  
• Montana 
  
• Nebraska 
  
• Nevada 
  
• New Hampshire 
  
• New Jersey 
  
• New Mexico 
  
• New York 
  
• North Carolina 
  
• North Dakota 
  
• Ohio 
  
• Oklahoma 
  
• Oregon 
  
• Pennsylvania 
  
• Rhode Island 
  
• South Carolina 
  
• South Dakota 
  
• Tennessee 
  
• Texas 
  
• Utah 
  
• Vermont 
  
• Virginia 
  
• Washington 
  
• West Virginia 
  
• Wisconsin 
  
• Wyoming 

• African-American Online Historical Newspapers Summary - UPDATED 2015
• Farming Newspapers 
  
• Irish-American Historical Newspapers Summary 
  
• Jewish-American Historical Newspapers Summary 

It is always interesting to look at statistics of one's website.  I have done so recently and the results are not too surprising, but there are interesting results as well.

Two assumptions that many people make about genealogy and family history researchers are that they are old and they are female.

Let's take a look at the stats from this website for a time period and see what they show.  I am assuming that this website has a representative set of demographics to others in the industry.

Age

Yep, the visitors are indeed "older." About 71% are 55 or older. I am a bit surprised at this actually.  My guess would have been that the percentage of "younger" enthusiasts would have been a bit higher.

But look at Pages/Session and Average Session Duration - the numbers diminish as the visitors are younger. Are they not as interested (those who do visit) - or is their attention span less or are they just too busy?

Gender

No real surprise here - although I would have guessed 75-25 rather than 66-34.  And the Pages/Session and Session Duration differences are negligible.The women tend to spend a bit more time on the site - so maybe their attention span is a bit better.

What are your thoughts?  Are you surprised at all? I know that there are efforts to get more "younger" folks interested in genealogy,

Hopefully that will happen before no one is able to read cursive writing, and under-stated challenge for the genealogy community in years to come.

Please weigh in in the comments section.

Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.




Here are the added and updated collections for May 1 - 15, 2015:

• Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• Bronx County, New York, Divorce and Civil Case Records, 1914-1995 
  
• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current 
  
• Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current 
  
• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current 
  
• Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 
  
• Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• Missouri, Passenger Lists, 1958-1963
  
• Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• Ohio, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1952-1963
  
• Oregon, Motor Vehicle Registrations, 1911-1946
  
• Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869
  
• Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 
  
• Poland, Łódź Ghetto Register Books, 1939-1944 (USHMM) (in German) 
  
• Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current 
  
• U.S. Virgin Islands, Passenger Lists, 1885-1962
  
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current 
  
• U.S., Passenger and Crew Lists for U.S.-Bound Vessels Arriving in Canada, 1912-1939 and 1953-1962
  
• UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current 
  
• UK, Popular Edition Maps, 1919-1926
  
• Virginia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1963
  
• West Yorkshire, England, Alehouse Licences, 1771-1962
  
• West Yorkshire, England, Occupation Records, 1793-1930
  
• West Yorkshire, England, Select Apprenticeship Records, 1627-1894
  

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.

For the period of of May 1-15, 2015 the added/updated collections are:

• Australia, New South Wales, Census (fragment), 1841 
  
• Australia, Tasmania, Correspondence of the Immigration Office Concerning the Nomination, Arrival and Settlement of Migrants, 1920-1943 
  
• Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925 
  
• Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961 
  
• Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922 
  
• China Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2014 
  
• England, Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1535-1984 
  
• Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1939 
  
• Germany, Hesse, Stadtkreis Darmstadt, Darmstadt District, Civil Registration, 1876-1925 
  
• Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994 
  
• India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records, 1194-2015 
  
• Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 
  
• Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973 
  
• Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 
  
• Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 
  
• Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 
  
• Missouri, Deaths, 1835-1976 
  
• Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893 
  
• Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005 
  
• Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 
  
• Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 
  
• Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005 
  
• Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 
  
• Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 
  
• Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005 
  
• Philippines, Eastern Samar, Roman Catholic Diocese of Borongan, Parish Registers, 1842-1984 
  
• Saskatchewan, Catholic Church Records, 1846-1957 
  
• United States Census, 1790 
  
• United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925 
  
• United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932 
  
• Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals, 1905-1912 
  
• Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005 
  
• Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 
  
• Wisconsin, Milwaukee Petitions to Naturalization, 1848-1991 
  

For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to 

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.



Here are the added and updated collections from April, 2015:

• 1871 Census of Canada 
  
• 1891 Census of Canada 
  
• Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities, 1919-1921 
  
• Cluj, Romania, Kolozsvár Jewish High School Students, 1940-1944 
  
• Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 
  
• Georgia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1962 
  
• London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930 
  
• Lübeck, Germany, Neuengamme Victims, 1945 
  
• Minnesota, Indian Allotment Records, 1888-1919 
  
• New Mexico, World War II Records, 1941-1945 
  
• New York, Veterans' Home Resident Case Files, 1897-1963 
  
• New Zealand, Sheep Returns, Owners and Officers, 1879-1889 
  
• New Zealand, Teacher and Civil Service Examinations and Licenses, 1880-1920 
  
• Oklahoma, Creek Equalization Records, 1912-1921 
  
• Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 
  
• Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962 
  
• Serbia, Jews Murdered Near Sabac, 1941 
  
• Sweden, Selected Indexed Death Records, 1899-1941 (in Swedish) 
  
• Texas, Passenger Lists, 1893-1963 
  
• U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918 
  
• U.S., Select Crew Lists and Manifests, 1890-1963 
  
• UK, Select Cemetery Registers, 1873-2014 
  
• UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 
  
• UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 
  
• UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920 
  
• UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916 
  
• Utah, Select Union Pacific Railroad Personnel Records, 1890-1965 
  
• Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 
  
• Web: Canada, Manitoba, Birth Index, 1866-1912 
  
• Web: Gloucestershire, England, Gaol Registers, 1815-1879 
  
• Web: Preble County, Ohio, Death Index, 1835-2010 
  
• Web: Preble County, Ohio, Marriage Index, 1808-2000 
  
• West Yorkshire, England, Select Rate Books, Accounts and Censuses, 1705–1893 
  

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection.

Here are the updated titles for April, 2015.  Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 54 in total from 10 different states: (Please note that some newspapers are listed multiple times because they were updated more than once by the Library of Congress during the month)






Connecticut

• Updated content for The Bridgeport evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.)
  

Florida

• Updated content for The Punta Gorda herald. (Punta Gorda, Fla.)
  
• Updated content for The Palatka news. (Palatka, Fla.)
  
• Updated content for The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.
  

Idaho

• Updated content for The Idaho recorder. (Salmon City, Idaho)
  
• Updated content for Camas Prairie chronicle. (Cottonwood, Idaho)
  
• Updated content for Cottonwood chronicle. (Cottonwood, Idaho)
  
• Updated content for Cottonwood report. (Cottonwood, Idaho)
  

Illinois

• Updated content for The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.)
  
• Updated content for Free trader=journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.)
  

Kansas

• Updated content for The Topeka State journal. (Topeka, Kan.)
  

Louisiana

• Updated content for The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.)
  
• Updated content for The New Orleans bulletin. (New Orleans [La.])
  
• Updated content for Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.)
  
• Updated content for The St. Charles herald. (Hahnville, La.)
  

Mississippi

• Updated content for Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Whig Republican. (Lexington, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Ripley transcript. (Ripley, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
  
• Updated content for The Patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss)
  
• Updated content for The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Panola Miss. lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
  
• Updated content for Liberty advocate. (Liberty, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Weekly register. (Ponola [sic] Panola, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Southern star. (Panola, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Southern marksman. (Clinton, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Southern standard. (Columbus, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Panola lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
  
• Updated content for The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Whig creed. (Carrollton, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
  
• Updated content for Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. (Liberty, Miss.)
  
• Updated content for The Ripley advertiser. (Ripley, Miss.)
  

Montana

• Updated content for The Daily enterprise. (Livingston, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for Yellowstone monitor. (Glendive, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The Livingston enterprise. (Livingston, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The Roundup record. (Roundup, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for Helena weekly herald. (Helena, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The Billings herald. (Billings, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The river press. (Fort Benton, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The Western news. (Stevensville, Mont) 
  

Oregon

• Updated content for East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.)
  
• Updated content for Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.)
  
• Updated content for Capital journal. (Salem, Or.)
  
• Updated content for The State rights democrat. (Albany, Or.)
  

West Virginia

• Updated content for The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.)
  

Good luck and happy hunting!

For more links for these states and others - please see the Newspapers! page on this website.