FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
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For the period of June 1-30, 2019,  the added/updated collections are:​​​​​​​​
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• Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842
• Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912
• Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913
• Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600-1913
• Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration, 1798-1906
• Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912
• BillionGraves Index
• Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996
• Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965
• California, Church Records, 1864-1985
• California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records, 1857-1973
• California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985
• Colorado, Church Records, 1692-1942
• Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850
• England and Wales Census, 1911
• England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
• England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
• England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912
• Find A Grave Index
• Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990
• Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920
• Germany, Baden, Stebbach, Church Book Extracts, 1675-1951
• Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt, Civil Registration, 1874-1982
• Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Urbino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1942
• Kansas State Census, 1905
• Kansas, Swedish Church Records, 1861-1918
• Lesotho, Evangelical Church Records, 1828-2005
• Liberia, Marriage Records, 1912-2015
• Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Conveyances, 1770-1957
• Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941
• Massachusetts, City of Boston Voter Registers, 1857-1920
• Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929
• Michigan, Church Records, 1819-1991
• Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records
• Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001
• Montana, Flathead County Records, 1871-2007
• Nebraska, Box Butte County, Funeral Home Records, 1919-1976
• Nebraska, Church Records, 1875-1899
• New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903
• New York State Census, 1855
• New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965
• New York, Staten Island, Moravian Cemetery, Interment Records, 1866-1967
• Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013
• North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000
• North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999
• North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953
• Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877
• Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918
• Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936
• Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-20135,090,217Jun 11, 2019
• Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958
• Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory Burial Records, 1887-1979
• Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Jim Thorpe, Cemetery Records, 1747-2007
• Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Delayed Birth Records, 1800-1935
• Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1935-1999
• Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005
• Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013
• Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952
• Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1984
• Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966
• Russia, Samara Church Books 1748-1934
• Scotland Census, 1901
• Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990
• South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989
• South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954
• Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934
• Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860
• Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927
• Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio Cemetery Records, 1893-2007
• Texas, El Paso, Applications for Non-Resident Aliens Border Crossing Identification Cards, 1945-1952
• United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968
• United States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888
• United States, Cemetery Abstracts
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
• United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948
• Utah, Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860-1937

​For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list
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I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

450 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid-Atlantic States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in June, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. For all 8 states, the total number of links is 5,277.  Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.
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• Delaware Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• District of Columbia Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Maryland Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Pennsylvania Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Virginia Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• West Virginia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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​ I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

If you are interested in link lists to other state's free online newspapers, click on Newspaper Links and select your state.​

If you are like me, you belong to several Facebook groups, and/or you use Reddit or Genealogy Stack Exchange or others to ask questions intended to help you research an ancestor. What do they have in common? About half of the questions are inadequate at best, and frankly maddening. I get questions like "Could you help me find my great grandfather Joe Schmoe"?  What am I supposed to do with that? Some are better in that they include a location and dates, but many are woefully incomplete.

Jan Murphy, who is a Moderator Pro Tempore for the Genealogy and Family History community on Stack Exchange deals with these questions all the time. I have asked her to offer us some tips on how to write a great research question for any platform, so that possible respondents have the detail to actually help. She is also going to enlighten all of us about the Genealogy Stack Exchange community and how to make best use of it:


If you’ve been on genealogy forums, message boards, or in Facebook groups, you’ve probably seen them — posts where people have asked a question, and the answer was — crickets. Here are some tips on how to make your question one that people will want to answer.

• Follow the community guidelines. People don’t write them to make you do homework or to be mean to newcomers — they want your question to be successful.  
• Consider the scope of your question and the size of your audience. "I want to know everything about my family!" is a goal that many of us share -- but it's too broad to be a good question.  Specific questions attract better answers, and asking one question at a time makes it easier for people to answer.  Asking "Does anyone know this family?" limits your audience to those who have already done research on that line, and excludes researchers familiar with the locality, who might be able to help you even if they don't know your family. 
• Start a conversation. Asking “What helped you in your own research?” invites people to answer -- to share sources you might not know about, research guides or finding aids you haven’t seen, or methodologies and search strategies you might not have tried.  
• Include time and place. Give your best information about where your research subjects were and when they were there as you frame a research question. It’s okay to guess if you have to — but let your audience know how you know.  
• Show your research effort. A brief summary of what you’ve already done will help the community get a head start on answering your question instead of re-doing searches you’ve already made. Show how you know the information in your question. If you list your sources, the community can point out clues that you might have missed. ​
• Focus on the problem, not the individual person. Many genealogists are puzzle-lovers and problem-solvers. Put yourself in the audience’s place and ask yourself -- what questions make YOU eager to answer them? What questions make you say “YES! I can answer that!” Unless the site guidelines specifically tell you otherwise, state the problem first, along with the geographic location and time frame, and your question will be more attractive than a simple ‘cousin-bait’ post which starts with your research subject’s name.   Using all of these tips will help you write a tight, sharp, question that a puzzler won’t be able to resist answering.

About Genealogy and Family History Stack Exchange

Stack Exchange sites are designed around a question-and-answer format. At Genealogy & Family History SE, our goal is to create a repository of questions and answers which can help more than just the original person who asked the question. We expect our audience to read them as case studies and apply the information and techniques in the answers to solve their own problems, just as we would read a case study in a genealogical periodical to see how a professional researches and solves a problem.  Thinking about the problem first, and how the questions and answers might benefit more than just the single person asking the question, gives us a fresh perspective on doing research. Some community members find that reviewing their prior work, and writing up a question for the site, leads them to say “wait, I know how I can answer this question!” Stack Exchange encourages us to write self-answered questions in cases like this so the entire community can benefit from what we’ve learned. The quick tour shows how the site works.  Join us, and see how specific, answerable questions can help you become a better researcher. 

Links
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• For one of G&FH.SE’s best self-answered questions, see "What “hidden” clues" are there in the GRO Indexes of births and deaths? https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/10355
• G&FH.SE Tour: https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/tour
• G&FH.SE Help Center: https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/help
• G&FH.SE Meta (a separate area for questions about the site itself): https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/

​Thanks, Jan for taking the time to help all of us be better questioners. Follow Jan on Twitter or visit Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange.

245 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in June, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. The new total is 1,622 titles for all 6 states. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

• Connecticut Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Maine Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Massachusetts Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• New Hampshire Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Rhode Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Vermont Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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​​​ I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

If you are interested in link lists to other state's free online newspapers, click on Newspaper Links and select your state.

My friend Lukas Stockburger from Instarestoration.com in Schweinfurt, Germany is providing us with some outstanding advice regarding scanning, handling, improving, and fixing photos that we wish to save in electronic form for our relatives and ancestors. 

Here is just one of his very useful tips:

What to consider while scanning your old photographs

Whether you are scanning to archive your photos or for possible restoration, there are certain adjustments you can easily apply to your scan which help you create the best possible outcome.

In this tutorial, we show you how to set up your scanner on both MacOS and Windows 10. This works with all manufacturers. For example, Epson, Brother, Kodak, Canon and so on


7 things to remember for scanning damaged photographs

1. Make sure your scanner is clean from dust and grease 

2. Make sure your photograph is clean from dust 

3. Make sure your photograph is being fully scanned 

4. Try to avoid reflections while scanning

5. Always scan with at least 300 dpi, but preferably higher

6. Always scan in 8 bit color mode (photo mode) 

7. Name your files according to what is on the photograph so you can easily find them in the future


Make sure your scanner is clean from dust and grease

In the very beginning check the glass surface of your scanner. Particles and fingerprints can create optical aberration or even hide details. So if it is dusty or greasy clean it. Use a microfibre cloth and glass cleaning detergent. Always let it dry before you put on your photograph. 

Make sure your photograph is clean from dust

The same goes for the  photograph you like to scan. Dust or particles can hide important information while scanning the photograph. Only use a soft brush to clean it. Never use any force or detergent as this may result in damages in the emulsion of the photograph. 

Make sure your photograph is being fully scanned

If you are scanning multiple photographs or pieces of one damaged photograph make sure they are not overlapping or being partially scanned. You can easily see how your scan will turn out be taking a look at the preview section.

Try to avoid reflection while scanning

Wrapped, torn or damaged photographs often cause reflections during the scan process. These reflections can hide details of important parts of the photograph. There are two ways to approach that problem. The first option is to flatten the old photograph. You can try to do that with weights and books. Simply put your damaged photograph in between two heavy books and wait for a day or two. The second option is to put weight on the top of your scanner. This way the vintage photograph gets pressed on the scanner surface. Both options help to minimize the reflections while scanning. 

Always scan with at least 300 dpi or higher if possible

We as a professional photo restoration service need data that is at least scanned with 300 dpi. This way we can guarantee you that you can print your reproduced and restored photograph with the same size as the original one. If you wish to enlarge the photograph please scan with 600 dpi. 

Always scan in 8-bit color mode (photo mode)

Always scan your vintage photograph in 8-bit color mode, even if it is a black and white photograph. This setting creates the best quality images and enables us as a professional photo restoration service to deliver the best results. Check the video below to see how it's done.


Name your files according to what is on the photograph so you can find them easily in the future

This is a very simple but important bit of advice. This ensures that you will find your photographs in the future. 

​Thanks, Lukas. Lukas has a series of photo tips that I will be posting over the next couple of months, so stay tuned.

And if you are looking for free Photo Archives to search online, check out the Photos page on this website!

​Disclaimer: I have no financial or other relationship with Instarestoration.

Delaware is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for historical newspapers, but do they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main sites for searching old newspapers. There are a few 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 about 300 newspapers that have been published in the The First State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Delaware 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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America: Delaware Newspapers

• Clayton, Del., 1867-1870 - Clayton herald.
• Clayton, Del., 188?-189? - The Clayton call.
• Delaware City, Del., 188?-18?? - The Delaware City news.
• Delaware City, Del., 1913-19?? - Delaware City press.
• Delmar, Del., 1904-19?? - The Delmar news.
• Dover, Del., 1800-18?? - The Dover herald.
• Dover, Del., 1804-18?? - The Dover argus and Delaware advertiser.
• Dover, Del., 1853-1859 - Delaware State reporter.
• Dover, Del., 1859-1927 - The Delawarean.
• Faulkland, Del., 1892-18?? - The Faulkland quiz
• Georgetown, Del., 1838-18?? - The Sussex gazette.
• Georgetown, Del., 1858-18?? - The Messenger.
• Georgetown, Del., 1863-1866 - The Union.
• Georgetown, Del., 1882-1905 - The Delaware Democrat.
• Georgetown, Del., 1888-1933 - The Sussex Republican.
• Georgetown, Del., 189?-19?? - The Union Republican.
• Holly Oak, Del., 1889-1??? - Holly Oak journal.
• Laurel, Del., 189?-19?? - The Sussex Countian and Laurel gazette.
• Laurel, Del., 191?-19?? - The Delaware leader.
• Middletown, Del., 1868-current - Middletown transcript.
• Middletown, Del., 188?-18?? - The New era.
• Milford, Del., 1848-1855 - Milford beacon.
• Milford, Del., 1855-1859 - The Diamond state.
• Milford, Del., 1872-1904 - Peninsular news and advertiser.
• Newark, Del., 18??-1??? - The Newark ledger.
• Newark, Del., 1876-1876 - Saturday visitor.
• Newark, Del., 1879-19?? - The Delaware ledger.
• Newark, Del., 1910-1969 - Newark post.
• Newport [Del.], 1889-1??? - Newport enterprise.
• Odessa, Del., 1888-1892 - The Odessa herald.
• Odessa, Del., 1892-18?? - The Odessa leader.
• Smyrna, Del., 1849-1850 - The Smyrna telegraph.
• Smyrna, Del., 1850-1854 - The Delaware herald.
• Smyrna, Del., 1870-1871 - The Herald.
• Smyrna, Del., 1897-19?? - The Smyrna call.
• Wilmington [Del., 1854-1855 - The statesman & blue hen's chicken.
• Wilmington [Del.], 1827-1832 - Delaware journal.
• Wilmington, [Del.], 1809-1810 - The Delaware gazette.
• Wilmington, Del., 1798-1798 - The Wilmington mercury.
• Wilmington, Del., 1799-1806 - Mirror of the times & general advertiser.
• Wilmington, Del., 18??-18?? - Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman.
• Wilmington, Del., 18??-186? - Blue hen's chicken and commonwealth.
• Wilmington, Del., 18??-19?? - The Wilmington Democrat.
• Wilmington, Del., 1800-1801 - The Monitor & Wilmington repository.
• Wilmington, Del., 1801-1802 - The Monitor, or, Delaware Federalist. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1804-1806 - Museum of Delaware. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1807-1809 - The Museum of Delaware & general advertiser. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1814-1820 - Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1814-1822 - American watchman.
• Wilmington, Del., 1822-1828 - American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1823-1824 - The Wilmingtonian.
• Wilmington, Del., 1824-1825 - The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.
• Wilmington, Del., 1825-1827 - The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser.
• Wilmington, Del., 1827-1828 - Delaware weekly advertiser and farmer's journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1828-1828 - Delaware patriot & American watchman.
• Wilmington, Del., 1828-1829 - The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' and mechanics' advocate.
• Wilmington, Del., 1828-1831 - Delaware advertiser and farmer's journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1828-1837 - Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 183?-18?? - The Delawarean, and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser.
• Wilmington, Del., 1831-18?? - Wilmington expositor.
• Wilmington, Del., 1832-18?? - Delaware advertiser & star.
• Wilmington, Del., 1832-1833 - Delaware State journal, advertiser and star.
• Wilmington, Del., 1837-1883 - Delaware gazette.
• Wilmington, Del., 184?-18?? - Independent Delawarian.
• Wilmington, Del., 1841-1843 - Delaware Republican, and farmers', manufacturers' and mechanics' advocate.
• Wilmington, Del., 1841-188? - Delaware weekly Republican.
• Wilmington, Del., 1843-1874 - Delaware Republican.
• Wilmington, Del., 1845-1848 - Blue hens chicken & Delaware Democratic Whig.
• Wilmington, Del., 1847-18?? - The Delaware abolitionist.
• Wilmington, Del., 1848-1854 - Blue hen's chicken.
• Wilmington, Del., 1855-18?? - Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken.
• Wilmington, Del., 1855-1870 - Delaware State journal and statesman.
• Wilmington, Del., 1857-1858 - Delaware Democrat.
• Wilmington, Del., 1858-18?? - The commonwealth.
• Wilmington, Del., 1858-18?? - Daily enterprise.
• Wilmington, Del., 1858-18?? - Grimshaw's messenger.
• Wilmington, Del., 1859-18?? - Delaware inquirer.
• Wilmington, Del., 1866-1877 - Wilmington daily commercial. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1867-1877 - Delaware tribune.
• Wilmington, Del., 1870-1883 - Delaware state journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1872-18?? - Delaware straight-out truth teller.
• Wilmington, Del., 1872-1874 - Wilmington daily gazette.
• Wilmington, Del., 1874-1883 - The daily gazette.
• Wilmington, Del., 1874-1890 - Daily Republican.
• Wilmington, Del., 1875-1880 - The Morning herald.
• Wilmington, Del., 1876-18?? - The Business index.
• Wilmington, Del., 1877-18?? - Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1878-1928 - Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial.
• Wilmington, Del., 1879-18?? - The advertiser.
• Wilmington, Del., 1879-1879 - The advertiser. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1879-1879 - Holiday journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1880-18?? - The Sunday mirror.
• Wilmington, Del., 1880-18?? - Wilmington argus.
• Wilmington, Del., 1882-188? - The Wilmingtonian.
• Wilmington, Del., 1883-18?? - The Society news.
• Wilmington, Del., 1883-19?? - The Sunday critic.
• Wilmington, Del., 1883-1902 - Delaware gazette and state journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1885-19?? - Delaware farm and home.
• Wilmington, Del., 1886-18?? - The Weekly times.
• Wilmington, Del., 1888-1932 - Evening journal.
• Wilmington, Del., 1889-1??? - Weekly post. [volume]
• Wilmington, Del., 1890-1902 - The Wilmington daily Republican.
• Wilmington, Del., 1897-19?? - The sun.
• Wilmington, Del., 1899-19?? - The advance.
• Wilmington, Del., 19??-19?? - Wilmington lokal-anzeiger und Wilmington freie presse.
• Wilmington, Del., 1902-19?? - The daily Republican.
• Wilmington, Del., 1902-1902 - The evening Republican.

Google News Archive

• Lewes - Cape Gazette 
• Wilmington - Sunday Morning Star
• Wilmington - Wilmington Sunday Star 
• Wilmington - The Star
• Wilmington - Sunday Star

County and Library Collections:

New Castle Public Library Newspapers

• New Castle Gazette
• New Castle Weekly
• New Castle Eagle
• Weekly
• New Castle County Gazette
• Gazette

Student Collections:

Delaware State University - Dover

• Echo
• The Hornet

Delaware Tech - multiple campuses

• Delaware Tech Magazine
• Delaware Tech News

Goldey–Beacom College - Pike Creek Valley

• Reflections

University of Delaware - Newark

• Review

Wesley College - Dover

• Whetstone

Widener University Delaware Law School - Wilmington

• News

Wilmington University - New Castle

• WILMU

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Old Fulton Postcards

• Wilmington DE American Watchman 1809-1817

Small Town Papers

• Cape Gazette Lewes, Delaware

Southern School News Archive 

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

Other Free Sites:

Newark

• Newark Post

Wilmington​

• Hellcat News
• Delaware Advertiser and Farmer's Journal
• Delaware Weekly Advertiser and Farmer's Journal
• The Dialog

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Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 11 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Delaware Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 110 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Delaware Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 7 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Delaware

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 12 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Delaware. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Delaware Digital Newspaper Project site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects and also where some microfilmed newspapers are available in the state. 

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!

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

​Rhode Island is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, nor do they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are some 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 about 750 newspapers that have been published in the Ocean State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Rhode Island 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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Google News Archive

• Hope Valley - Hope Valley Advertiser
• Newport - Weekly Companion and the Commercial Centinel
• Newport - Rhode-Island Republican
• Newport - The Guardian of Liberty
• Olneyville - Providence County Times
• Pawtucket - Pawtucket Evening Tribune
• Pawtucket - Evening Tribune 
• Pawtucket - Pawtucket Tribune
• Phenix - Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner
• Providence - The American Journal
• Providence - The Evening Tribune and Telegram
• Providence - Manufacturers'& Farmers' Journal
• Providence - The Providence Journal
• Providence - Manufacturers and Farmers Journal
• Providence - The Morning Star
• Providence - Evening Telegram 
• Providence - Sunday Telegram
• Providence - The News-Tribune
• Providence - The Providence Evening Press
• Providence - The News-Democrat
• Providence - The Providence Sunday Star
• Providence - Providencer Anzeiger
• Providence - Providence Morning Herald
• Providence - The Morning Herald
• Providence - The Impartial Observer
• Providence - Providence Daily Post
• Providence - Corbett's Herald
• Providence - Providence News
• Providence - The Providence Morning Star
• Providence - The Providence Gazette
• Providence - The Providence Gazette and Country Journal
• Providence - The Sunday Tribune
• Warren - Bristol County Register
  
• Woonsocket - La Cloche du Dimanche
• Woonsocket - La Tribune de Woonsocket

County and Library Collections:

Bristol County
The Bristol Phoenix 

• Bristol Phoenix
• Bristol Phenix
• The Phoenix
• Bristol Gazette and Family Companion
• Bristol Gazette

Kent County
East Greenwich Free Library 

• Rhode Island Pendulum
• Warwick Beacon
• East Greenwich Pendulum
• The Weekly Pendulum
• The Rhode Island Pendulum 

West Warwick Public Library

• Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner

Newport County
Jamestown Philomenian Library 

• Jamestown Press

Providence County
Cranston Public Library

• Cranston City Times
• Cranston Herald
• Cranston Herald News
• Cranston Herald Today
• Cranston Leader
• Cranston News
• Cranston Today
• Herald News
• Howard Times
• Neighborhood News

Pawtucket Public Library

• Pawtucket Times
• Evening Times
• Pawtucket Evening Times

Washington County
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library 

• Narragansett Times

North Kingstown Library

• Standard Times
• Timeout
• Standard
• Wickford Standard
• Time Out
• North Kingstown Standard

Island Free Library​

• Block Island Fly 
• Block Island Hooter 
• Block Island Newsletter 
• Block Island Cemetery Records
• Block Island History
• Way It Is
• Historic and Architectural Resources of Block Island Rhode Island
• Block Island
• Block Island Reporter 
• Block Island Times 
• Ebb Tide 
• Manisses Journal 
• Ocean View 

Student Collections:

Brown University - Providence

• Brown Daily Herald 
• Pembroke Record

Bryant College - Smithfield

• ​Bryant Archway

Johnson and Wales University - Providence

• Campus Herald

Providence College - Providence

• Accent
• Black and White
• Congress Connect
• History Alive
• Scholarly Friar
• Student Voice
• The Cowl
• The Entropy
• The Free Press
• The Misinformer
• What on Earth

Rhode Island College - Providence

• Anchor

Rhode Island School of Design - Providence

• Mixed Media
• Your Name Here
• Juice
• RISD Voice
• Incorporated Press, Inc
• Express-O
• RISD press
• Montage
• RISD Rag

Roger Williams University - Bristol

• Hawk's Eye
• Hawk's Herald
• The Messenger
• The Quill

Salve Regina University - Newport

• Ebb Tide
• Nautilus

University of Rhode island - Kingston

• The Good 5 Cent Cigar

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• All hands abandon ship
  

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Fort Adams - Sad Day (Company 150)
• Pawtuxet - Nooseneck Tattler (Company 195)
• West Glocester - Washingtonian (Company 142)
• Westerly - Burlingame Beacon (Company 141)
• Westerly - Wa-Hoo (Company 141)

The Olden Times - Rhode Island

Newspaper Abstracts - Rhode Island

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

Other Free Sites:

Newport

• French Gazette 
• Gazette Francoise ​

Pawtuxet Village

• The Bridge

Providence

• Christian Telescope
• Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany
• Rhode Island Catholic

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 16 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Rhode island Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 78 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Rhode island Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 9 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Rhode island

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 4 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Rhode island. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Rhode Island Historical Society site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. The Brown University and Providence College libraries are also good sites to visit.

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!

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

The District of Columbia does not have a single central online repository for searching 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 almost 800 newspapers that have been published in "DC" - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your District of Columbia 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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - District of Columbia

• Alexandria, D.C., 1834-1974 - Alexandria gazette.
• Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C., 1909-19?? - The weekly news.
• Barre, Vt., 1903-1920 - Cronaca sovversiva.
• City of Washington [D.C.], 1853-1856 - Washington sentinel.
• City of Washington [D.C.], 1857-1859 - The Washington union.
• Washington [D.C., 1850-1852 - The southern press.
• Washington [D.C.], 1841-1869 - Weekly national intelligencer.
• Washington [D.C.], 1845-1857 - The daily union.
• Washington [D.C.], 1847-1860 - The national era.
• Washington [D.C.], 1849-1853 - The republic. volume
• Washington [D.C.], 1851-1851 - American telegraph.
• Washington [D.C.], 1851-1852 - Daily American telegraph.
• Washington [D.C.], 1852-1854 - Daily evening star.
• Washington [D.C.], 1853-1855 - Washington sentinel.
• Washington [D.C.], 1857-1857 - The American.
• Washington [D.C.], 1866-1887 - The Sunday herald.
• Washington [D.C.], 1887-1896 - The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer.
• Washington [D.C.], 1897-1901 - The times.
• Washington [D.C.], 1901-1902 - The Washington times.
• Washington [D.C.], 1902-1939 - The Washington times.
• Washington City (D.C.), 1872-1888 - National Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1800-1810 - The National intelligencer and Washington advertiser.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1837-1845 - The Madisonian.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1866-1870 - The national Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1870-1872 - Daily national Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1873-1910 - Washington sentinel.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C., 1850-1852 - The southern press.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.], 1837-1840 - The native American.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.], 1837-1845 - The Madisonian.
• Washington City [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1841-1845 - The daily Madisonian.
• Washington City, D.C., 1890-1890 - The Washington critic.
• Washington City, D.C., 1890-1890 - The daily critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1843-1844 - The Whig standard.
• Washington, D.C., 1845-1845 - The Washingtonian.
• Washington, D.C., 1845-1846 - The Columbian fountain. volume
• Washington, D.C., 1847-1847 - The national whig.
• Washington, D.C., 1847-1849 - The daily national Whig.
• Washington, D.C., 1853-1853 - The daily republic.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1854 - Daily national era.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1856 - Daily American organ.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1972 - Evening star.
• Washington, D.C., 1858-1858 - Weekly American.
• Washington, D.C., 1860-1862 - The national Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1862-1866 - Daily national Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1870-1870 - New era.
• Washington, D.C., 1870-1874 - New national era.
• Washington, D.C., 1872-1881 - Daily critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1877-1917 - The National tribune.
• Washington, D.C., 1878-1916 - The Washington weekly post.
• Washington, D.C., 1881-1885 - The Evening critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1882-1884 - The bee.
• Washington, D.C., 1883-19?? - The hatchet.
• Washington, D.C., 1884-1922 - The Washington bee. volume
• Washington, D.C., 1885-18?? - The National Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1885-1888 - The Washington critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1888-1889 - The Evening post.
• Washington, D.C., 1889-1889 - The Washington critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1890-1891 - The critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1891-1896 - The Critic and record.
• Washington, D.C., 1891-1902 - The suburban citizen.
• Washington, D.C., 1893-19?? - The colored American.
• Washington, D.C., 1894-1895 - The Washington times.
• Washington, D.C., 1895-1897 - The morning times.
• Washington, D.C., 1895-1902 - The evening times.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-???? - Sunday Washington globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-1901 - The Sunday globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-1901 - Sunday morning globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1906-1939 - The Washington herald.
• Washington, D.C., 1910-19?? - The national forum.

Google News Archive

• Washington - The National Era
• Washington - Washington Afro-American Red Star Edition
• Washington - National Intelligencer
• Washington - Daily Evening Star
• Washington - Daily National Intelligencer
• Washington - Washington Afro-American

Civil War Washington - 1864-1865

• Armory Square Hospital Gazette
• The Cripple
• The Soldiers' Journal

Student Collections:

American University - Washington​

• Eagle 
• The College Grit (Law School)

Catholic University - Washington​

• The Tower

Gallaudet University - Washington​

• Buff and Blue
• Buff and Blue

​Georgetown University - Washington​

• Hoya 

​​George Washington University - Washington

• Hatchet
• GW Hatchet

Howard University - Washington

• Hilltop
• Hilltop

National Intelligence University - Washington

• News

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• Aegis
• COMmon sense
• FAAR News
• Feminist Alliance Against Rape
• Furies, The
• GI Alliance Newsletter
• Kourier
• May Day (May Flowers)
• Motive
• Motive (gay issue)
• Motive (lesbian issue)
• off our backs
• OM
• Open Sights
• Quest/a feminist quarterly
• The Furies

Southern School News Archive 

Old Fulton Postcards

• Washington DC American Spectator
• Washington DC Evening Star
• Washington DC National Era
• Washington DC National Intelligencer

Newspaper Abstracts - District of Columbia

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

Other Free Sites:

• Black News Digest 
• Catholic Advocate - 2009-present
• Catholic News Service - Vatican II: 50 Years Ago Today: The Council Daybooks
• Catholic News Service Blog - 2007-present
• Catholic News Service Top Stories 2015-present
• Catholic News Service - 1920-present
• Catholic Standard - 1980-present
• Christian Examiner 2003-2017
• Colored American
• Daily Morning Chronicle
• El Pregonero - 1980-present
• Extra Globe  ​
• Gay Blade
• May Day (May Flowers)
• New National Era 
• Quicksilver Times 
• The Capital 
• The Express
• The Globe
• The In-Towner
• The Machinist Newspaper 
• The Sisyphus Papers
• The Stars and Stripes
• The Suffragist
• Unicorn Times 
• Washington Blade
• Washington Evening Star
• Washington Free Press, 1967-1969
• Weekly Globe

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 12 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - District of Columbia Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 157 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - District of Columbia Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 6 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - District of Columbia

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 44 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - District of Columbia. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the DC Library site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the city with regard to online and other newspaper format newspaper availability.

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!

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

Vermont is one of the states that does not have 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 Vermont has the majority of its newspapers available on that site. There are 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 about 1,100 newspapers that have been published in the Green Mountain State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Vermont 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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Vermont Newspapers

• Barre, Vt., 1897-1959 - The Barre daily times.
• Barre, Vt., 1898-1898 - Barre evening enterprise.
• Barre, Vt., 1898-19?? - Barre evening telegram.
• Barre, Vt., 1903-1920 - Cronaca sovversiva.
• Barton, Vt., 1872-1953 - Orleans County monitor.
• Battleboro, Vt., 1876-1897 - The Windham County reformer.
• Bellows Falls, Vt., 1856-1965 - Bellows Falls times.
• Bennington, Vt., 1858-1894 - The Bennington banner.
• Bennington, Vt., 1877-1877 - The Bennington daily banner.
• Bennington, Vt., 1891-1891 - The daily banner.
• Bennington, Vt., 1894-1902 - Bennington semi-weekly banner.
• Bennington, Vt., 19??-1961 - The Bennington evening banner.
• Bennington, Vt., 1903-19?? - Bennington banner and reformer.
• Bradford, Vt., 1865-1874 - National opinion.
• Bradford, Vt., 1874-1881 - Bradford opinion.
• Bradford, Vt., 1881-1970 - The united opinion.
• Brandon [Vt.], 1828-1843 - Vermont telegraph.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1834-1955 - Vermont phœnix.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1836-1853 - Windham County Democrat.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1897-1901 - Semi-weekly Windham County reformer.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1901-1906 - Windham County reformer.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1907-1912 - The Brattleboro reformer.
• Brattleboro, Vt., 1913-1955 - The Brattleboro daily reformer.
• Burlington, Vt., 1827-1865 - Burlington free press.
• Burlington, Vt., 1839-1840 - Le Patriote canadien.
• Burlington, Vt., 1866-1928 - Burlington weekly free press.
• Guildhall, Vt., 1873-1964 - Essex County herald.
• Hyde Park, Vt., 1860-1877 - Lamoille newsdealer. volume
• Hyde Park, Vt., 1877-1881 - The Lamoille news.
• Irasburgh, Vt., 1856-1871 - Orleans independent standard.
• Manchester, Vt., 1861-current - The Manchester journal.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1836-1838 - The People's press, and anti-masonic Democrat.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1838-1841 - The people's press, and Addison County Democrat.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1841-1843 - The Middlebury people's press.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1843-1844 - The Northern galaxy, and Middlebury people's press.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1844-1848 - The northern galaxy.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1848-1850 - The Middlebury galaxy.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1850-1882 - The Middlebury register.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1883-1885 - The Middlebury register and Addison County journal.
• Middlebury, Vt., 1886-1937 - Middlebury register.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1831-1836 - State journal.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1836-1883 - Vermont watchman and State journal.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1842-1843 - The Vermont freeman.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1844-1884 - Green-Mountain freeman.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1861-1865 - The daily Green Mountain freeman.
• Montpelier, Vt., 1883-1911 - The Vermont watchman.
• Morrisville, Vt. ;, 1881-current - News and citizen.
• Newport, Orleans County, Vt., 1870-1877 - Vermont farmer.
• None, 1839-1848 - The voice of freedom. volume
• Rutland, Vt., 1823-1847 - Rutland herald.
• Rutland, Vt., 1848-1850 - Rutland County herald.
• Rutland, Vt., 1850-1852 - The Rutland herald.
• Rutland, Vt., 1852-1855 - The Rutland County herald.
• Rutland, Vt., 1859-1877 - Rutland weekly herald.
• Rutland, Vt., 1873-1877 - The Rutland daily globe.
• Rutland, Vt., 1873-1877 - The Rutland weekly globe.
• South Londonderry, Vt., 1883-19?? - The Londonderry sifter.
• St. Albans, Vt., 1864-1870 - The Vermont transcript.
• St. Albans, Vt., 1868-1870 - Vermont daily transcript.
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1837-1867 - The Caledonian.
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1867-1919 - St. Johnsbury Caledonian. volume
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1918-1920 - The evening Caledonian.
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1919-1920 - Weekly Caledonian.
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1920-1920 - St. Johnsbury Caledonian.
• St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1920-current - The Caledonian-record.
• Swanton, Vt., 1839-1841 - North American.
• West Randolph, Vt., 1878-1943 - Herald and news.
• Woodstock, Vt., 1840-1844 - The spirit of the age.
• Woodstock, Vt., 1844-1845 - The Woodstock age.
• Woodstock, Vt., 1845-1913 - Spirit of the age. volume

Google News Archive

• Bradford - Journal Opinion
• Newport - Express and Standard

County and Library Collections:

Chittenden County
Charlotte News Archive

• The Charlotte News
• Charlotte News

Franklin County
Arvin A. Brown Public Library

• Journal Gazette
• Richford Gazette
• Richford Journal 
• Richford Journal and Gazette

​Lamoille County
Stowe Free Library

• ​News and Citizen 
• Stowe Journal 
• Stowe Reporter 

Student Collections:

Bennington College - Bennington

• Before the End of the World 2007
• Bennington Today 1986
• Bennington Weekly  1950 - 1952
• Latest Dope  1986
• Pastiche 1968 - 1969
• Snap  2002-2003
• The Beacon  1947 - 1949
• The Bennington Biweekly  1952-1954
• The Bennington Free Press  2007-present
• The Bennington Voice 1992
• The Bugler 1954
• The Collective 1982
• The Commons 1988-1989
• The New Paper 1976 - 1978
• Tool & Die April 13, 1983 to
• Vanguard 1978-1979

Castleton University - Castleton

• Birdseye
• Spartan
• Cairn

Johnson State College - Johnson

• Basement Medicine

Lyndon State College - Lyndonville

• ​Critic

Middlebury College - Middlebury

• The Middlebury Campus
• The Undergraduate
• The Campus
• Riddleybum Scaump
• College Newsletter

Norwich University - Northfield

• Norwich University Record
• Norwich Guidon
• Reveille
• University Regulator
• University Owl

Saint Michael's College - Colchester

• Defender

University of Vermont - Burlington

• The Vermont Cynic
• The Alumnus
• Alumni Magazine
• UVM Notes
• Vermont Alumni News
• Vermont Alumni Weekly
• Vermont Alumnus

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Bellows Falls - Wah Hoo Blues (Company 119)
• Marshfield - Groton Camp Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield - Groton Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield - Groton Forest Camp Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield - Groton Forest Crier (Company 146)
• Peru - Peru Eagle (Company 166)
• Plymouth - Coolidge Rambler (Company 145)
• Readsboro - Lookout (Company 124)
• Sharon - Apple-Knocker (Company 199)
• Waterbury - Camel'S Hump Barracks Bag (Company 191)
• Waterbury - See-See-See (Company 191)
• West Burke - Willoughby Whisper (Company 121)
• Windsor - Ascutney Spark (Company 129)
• Windsor - Okemo Life (Company 129)
• Windsor - The Bunk (Company 129)
• Yorktown - Ye Olde York Times (Company 323)

Small Town Papers

• Journal Opinion Bradford, Vermont

Old Fulton Postcards

• Bennington VT Evening Banner

Newspaper Abstracts - Vermont

The Olden Times - Vermont

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

Other Free Sites:

Barre/Montpelier

• The Times Argus

Brattleboro

• Brattleboro Reformer 
• Tariff Reform Record

Burlington

• Burlington Free Press/Rutland Herald Newspaper Index  (Index)
• Vermont Catholic - July 2009-present
• Seven Days

Hinesburg

• Out In The Mountains

Middlebury

• Addison County Independent 

Montpelier

• Universalist Watchman and Christian Repository

St. Albans

• Messenger

St. Johnsbury

• The Caledonian-Record 

Stowe

• The Stowe Reporter 

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 11 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Vermont Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 183 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Vermont

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 7 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archives - Vermont

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 431 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Vermont.  Please note that through the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont residents can access for free the state's newspapers that are part of newspapers dot com's collection.

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Vermont 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 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.​

​New Jersey is one of the states who do not have a central online 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. New Jersey just starting adding digitized titles to that site. The online newspaper titles are available from several different sites, many free and some require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are around 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Garden State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find your New Jersey 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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - New Jersey

• Bridgeton, N.J., 1884-1919 - Bridgeton pioneer.
• Bridgeton, N.J., 1851-1884 - West-Jersey pioneer.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1889-1906 - The Jersey City news.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1886-1891 - The Sunday morning news.
• Perth Amboy, N.J., 1903-1959 - Perth Amboy evening news. 

Google News Archive

• Bayonne City - The Bayonne Herald
• Camden - Camden Democrat
• Newark - The Sunday Call
• Newark - Newark Sunday Call
• New Brunswick - Political Intelligence and New-Jersey Advertiser
• Paterson - Paterson Daily Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Weekly Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Press
• Trenton - Evening True American
• Trenton - Trenton True American
• Trenton - Daily True American

New Jersey Historical Portal

• Asbury Park
• Belmar Twp.
• Bernardsville News
• Boonton
• Caldwell
• Carlstadt
• Chatham
• Cliffside
• Cranbury
• Cranford
• Dover
• Glen Ridge
• Haddonfield
• Hightstown
• Hillside
• Hoboken
• Home News Tribune
• Jersey City
• Lake Hopatcong
• Long Branch
• Maplewood
• Matawan
• Metuchen
• Montclair
• Morristown
• New Brunswick
• Nutley
• Ocean City
• Ocean Grove
• Plainfield
• Rahway
• Red Bank
• Ringwood
• Secaucus
• Somerville
• Spring Lake
• Summit
• Tuckerton
• Washington
• Watertown
• Westfield
• Woodbridge

New Jersey Digital Highway - Newspapers

New Jersey Media Group Archives (index; articles must pay)

• The Record
• Herald News

County and Library Collections:

Asbury Park Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal

Atlantic County Digitized Newspapers

• Atlantic Journal     1860
• Hammonton Farmer     1863 and 1866
• South Jersey Republican     1863-1923
• Atlantic Democrat and Cape May County Register     1864-1865
• Atlantic Democrat and Cumberland County Patriot     1866
• Atlantic Democrat   1867-1868
• Hammonton Item     1872-1877
• Mays Landing Record     1877-1906
• Atlantic County Record     1908-1917
• South Jersey Star     1917-1923

Belmar Newspapers

• The Crab
• Coast Advertiser
• Ocean Grove Times
• Coast Echo

Burlington County Newspapers

• Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index   
• Batsto Citizens Gazette   
• Bordentown Register/Register News   
• Central Record   
• New Jersey Mirror   
• Times-Advertiser/Community News Index 

Cape May Court House Library (in library access only)

• Cape May County Gazette
• Cape May County Herald
• Cape May County Times
• Cape May Daily Herald
• Cape May Daily Star
• Cape May Herald
• Cape May Ocean Wave
• Daily Cape May Wave
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Star of the Cape

Chatham Newspapers

• Chatham Courier
• Chatham News
• Chatham Press

Cherry Hills Public Library

• Cherry Hill News
• Cherry Hill News Suburban
• Delaware Township News
• Cherry Hill And Delaware Township News
• Delaware Township News ​

Chester Library

• Observer-Tribune 
• The Mendham-Chester Tribune

Clark Public Library Historical Newspapers 

• Clark Patriot 
• The Eagle 
• Union County Local Source

Cranbury Public Library

• Cranbury Press

Cranford Public Library

• Cranford Chronicle 
• Cranford Citizen & Chronicle
• Cranford Citizen 

Elizabeth Public Library

• Elizabeth Daily Journal

Englewood Public Library Newspapers

• Englewood Press
• Press Journal

Fanwood Memorial Library & Scotch Plains Public Library

• The Scotch Plains - Fanwood Times Newspaper

Franklin Township (Library access only)

• Record (1948-1958)
• Franklin News (1954-1958)
• Franklin News-Record (1958-1998)
• Franklin Focus (1989-1997)
• Spectator (1992-1998)
• Strictly Somerset (1994-1997)

Hightstown Newspapers

• Excelsior
• Hightstown Gazette
• Village Record
• Daily Graphic
• Independent
• Independent Weekly
• Reporter

Hillside Public Library Newspapers

• Local Source
• Leader
• Times

Lake Hopatcong Newspapers

• The Angular
• The Breeze

Lyndhurst Public Library

• Leader

Maplewood Public Library

• News Record

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Matawan Aberdeen Public Library

• Home News Tribune
• Matawan Independent 
• Matawan Journal 

Metuchen Public Library

• Metuchen Recorder
• Metuche Review

Millburn Archives

• The Alert
• The Budget
• The Item of Millburn & Short Hills
• The Thistle
• The Township Tattle

New Brunswick Public Library​

• Daily Home News 1887, 1889, 1903-1926
• Daily Times 1871-1916

Newark Public Library Digitized Newspapers

• After Hours Magazine (1949-1986)
• Black Mirror News (1998-2011)
• City News (1990-2002)
• Grafrica (1981-1982) 
• Information/Informacion (1972-1979) 
• Ironbound Voices (1978-2001) 
• La Tribuna De New Jersey (1975-2011)
• New Community Clarion (1983-1994)
• New Community Douglass-Harrison News Highlights (1997-1998)
• New Community Intercom (1996-2014) 
• Newark Herald 
• PREA Collection Newspapers
• Tenant Action News (1990-2001) 
• Trend Magazine (1957-1959) 
• Urban League of Essex Co. (1971-1972)
• La Hispanidad Newsletter Collection 
  

Ocean City Free Public Library Newspaper Archive

• Daily Sentinel (in library)
• Daily Reporter (in library)
• Ledger (in library)
• Ocean City News (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel (in library)
• Cape May County Gazette (in library)
• Somers Point Herald (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel Ledger (in library)

Ocean City Newspapers

• ​Cape May County Gazette
• Daily Reporter
• Ledger
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Sentinel Ledger

Ocean County Library

• Tuckerton Beacon
• New Jersey Courier

Ocean Grove Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal
• Ocean Grove Times

Paterson Newspaper Archive​

• East Paterson News-Record
• Eastside Criterion

Plainfield Historical Newspaper Collection

• Central New Jersey Times
• The Constitutionalist
• Plainfield Courier-News 
• Daily Press
• Plainfield Daily Press
• Evening News
• Plainfield Evening News
• North Plainfield Weekly Review
• Plainfield Gazette
• Plainfield Record
• Plainfield Union, various names
• The Suburbanite
• The Voice
• Plainfield Courier
• Mid-State Press

Princeton University Library

• Princeton Herald
• Princeton Recollector

​Rahway Newspapers

• Clark Patriot
• The Daily Record
• National Democrat
• News Herald
• News Record
• Rahway Advocate
• Rahway Progess
• The Rahway Record
• The Weekly Advocate and Times

Red Bank Public Library​

• Daily Register
• Echo Express
• Red Bank Register

Riverton Historical Newspapers

• The New Era
• The Palmyra Record
• The Riverton Journal
• The Weekly News

Rockaway Township Free Public Library

• Iron Era
• Record

Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library

• Sayreville Times
• South Amboy Citizen

South Brunswick Public Library

• South Brunswick Forum

South Plainfield Collection

• The Chronicle (2003 - 2007)
• Observer (1997 - 2002)
• Observer (2003 - 2008)
• Observer (2009 - 2012)
• The Reporter (1990-1994, 2003)

Spring Lake Newspapers

• Asbury Park Journal
• Coast Echo
• Coast Star
• Manasquan Seaside

Summit Free Public Library Historical Newspapers

• Herald
• Observer
• Dispatch
• Herald-Dispatch
• Union County Local Source
• Record

Watertown Newspapers

• Post
• Post Boy
• Sunday Republican
• Watertown Journal
• Watertown News

Westfield Memorial Library Newspapers

• The Westfield Leader
• The Westfield Record Press
• Union County Standard

Woodbridge Township Historic Newspapers

• Avenel Bulletin - 1922 - 1923
• Carteret Press - 1925 - 1965
• Fords Beacon - 1936 - 1960
• Independent Leader - 1940 - 1965
• Leader Journal - 1934 - 1939
• Leader Press - 1967 - 1970
• The Independent Hour - 1876 - 1877
• The Weekly Register - 1898 - 1902
• The Woodbridge Leader - 1926 - 1931
• The Woodbridge News - 1899 - 1902
• Woodbridge Independent - 1919 - 1939
• Woodbridge Leader - 1931 - 1934

Student Collections:

Bergen Community College - Paramus

• Monitor
• Torch

Bordentown Manual Training School - Bordentown

• Ironsides Echo

College of New Jersey - Ewing

• The Signal

Drew University - Madison

• Acorn

Essex County College - Newark

• The Drum
• Ecco

Farleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck

• Bulletin
• Equinox
• Gauntler
• Tarrevir

Farleigh Dickinson University - Florham

• Bulletin
• Metropolitan
• Pillar

Highland Park High School - Highland Park

• The Highland Fling

John P Stevens High School - Edison Township

• The Hawkeye

Kean University - Union

• Reflector
• Independent
• Tower

Montclair State University - Montclair

• Montclarion

New Jersey City University - Jersey City

• Gothic Times

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark

• Vector

New Jersey School for the Deaf - Ewing Township

• Silent Worker  

North Plainfield High School - North Plainfield

• Tunlaw

Princeton University - Princeton

• Local Express

• Nassau Lit

• Princeton University Weekly Bulletin

• The Daily Princetonian
• Town Topics

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

• Daily Targum

Summit High School - Summit

• Verve

Seton Hall University - South Orange

•  Seton Hall Setonian 

St. Peters University - Jersey City

• Pauw Wow

Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken

• Stute

The College of New Jersey - Ewing Township

• Signal

Thomas Edison State University - Trenton

• Invention
• Signals

West Essex Regional High School - North Caldwell

• Wessev Wire

William Paterson University - Wayne

• Beacon
• Pioneer Times

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Press

• Fort Dix 38 speak Out
• Fragging Action
• Shakedown
• New Directions for Women
• New Directions for Women in New Jersey

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Branchville - Camp Paper (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Campus 57 Echoes (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Kittinews (Company 218)
• Branchville - S-71 Weekly (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Stoker (Company 218)
• Branchville - Trail Blazer (Company 218)
• Branchville - Two Eighteen Times (Company 218)
• Butler - 239Ers (Company 239)
• Fort Hancock - Bugler (Company 288)
• Freehold - Monmouth Monitor (Company 259)
• Mays Landing - 265Th Woodsmen (Company 265)
• Mays Landing - Happy Landing (Company 265)
• Morristown - Fort Nonsense News (Company 241)
• Morristown - Jockey Hollow Chips (Company 241)
• Orange - Mountain-Ear (Company 1281)
• Sussex - High Pointer (Company 216)
• Tuckerton - Bass River Log (Company 225)
• Woodbine - Camp Bulletin (Company 242)

Old Fulton Postcards

• Bloomfield NJ Citizen
• Bloomfield NJ Independient Press
• Bloomfield NJ Record
• Clifton NJ Jewish Community News
• Fair Lawn NJ Israelight
• Hackettstown NJ Forum
• Hackettstown NJ Gazette
• Hackettstown NJ Gazetteold
• Hackettstown NJ Warren Republican
• Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard
• Little Falls NJ Herald
• Little Falls NJ Passaic Valley Journal
• Little Falls NJ Reporter
• Little Falls NJ Times Herald
• Paterson NJ Evening News
• Paterson NJ Morning Call
• Paterson NJ Sunday Call
• Paterson NJ The Jewish Post
• Pattern NJ Federation News (Patterson}
• Peterson NJ Daily Gardian
• Peterson NJ Evening News
• Red Bank NJ Register
• Wayne NJ Passaic Valley Today

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Small Town Papers

• Bernardsville News Bernardsville

The Olden Times - New Jersey

Newspaper Abstracts - New Jersey

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

Other Free Sites:

Bernardsville

• Bernardsville News (in library only)

Boonton

• The Weekly Bulletin

Burlington

• Rural Visiter 

Caldwell

• Caldwell News

Camden

• Catholic Star Herald -

Carlstadt

• Free Press (Freie Presse) 

Clifton

• The Beacon - 2014-present
• Post Eagle 2012-

Dover​

• Dover Advance

Fort Dix

• Camp Dix News

Haddonfield

• The Haddonfield Basket

Hoboken

• Hoboken Advisor

Lawrenceville

• Hellcat News

Long Branch

• Daily Record

Maplewood

• Home News

Matawan

• Journal

Metuchen

• The Catholic Spirit - 2014-present

Montclair

• Montclair Times

Morristown

• Morristown Topics

Newark

• The Catholic Advocate 1958-1964
• The Jewish News
  

New Brunswick

• Daily Times

Nutley

• The Nutley Sun

Parsippany

• Svoboda (Freedom)

Passaic

• Catholic Falcon / Katoli Cky Sobol 

Plainfield

• Constitution

Princeton

• Town Topics

Secaucus

• Secaucus News

Trenton

• True American (index)
• New Jersey Catholic Journal
• Peces - 2014-present

Washington

• Washington Star 

Woodland Park

• Eastern Catholic Life - 2012-present

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 20 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - New Jersey Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 235 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - New Jersey Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 14 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - New Jersey

Newspapers.com:
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There are currently 121 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - New Jersey 

And Finally:

You also need to check out the New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to the newspapers that have been digitized and are becoming available via microfilm or online. 

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!

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