Arizona is one of the states that has a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers and it also has free content with the Library of Congress Chronicling America site. There are many free online newspapers as well 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 1,700 newspapers that have been published in the Grand Canyon 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 Arizona 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 December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Arizona Newspapers
- Arizola, Ariz., 1893-1920 The oasis.
- Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1872-1911 - The Arizona sentinel.
- Benson, Cochise County, Ariz., 1915-1921 - The Benson signal.
- Bisbee, Ariz., 1898-1900 The Arizona daily orb.
- Bisbee, Ariz., 1900-1901 Cochise review and Arizona daily orb.
- Bisbee, Ariz., 1900-1901 Cochise review.
- Bisbee, Ariz., 1901-1971 Bisbee daily review.
- Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz. Territory, 1896-1900 The Weekly orb.
- Clifton, Ariz., 1911-1929 The copper era and Morenci leader.
- Clifton, Graham County, A.T., Ariz., 1883-1889 The Clifton clarion.
- Clifton, Graham County, Ariz., 1899-1911 The Copper era.
- Coolidge, Ariz., 1930-current - The Coolidge examiner.
- Douglas, Ariz., 1903-1961 - Douglas daily dispatch.
- Duncan, Greenlee County, Ariz., 1908-1915 - Duncan Arizonian.
- Flagstaff, Ariz., 1891-1891 The Coconino sun.
- Flagstaff, Ariz., 1891-1896 The Coconino weekly sun.
- Flagstaff, Ariz., 1896-1897 The Flagstaff sun-democrat.
- Flagstaff, Ariz., 1897-1898 The Skylight kicker.
- Flagstaff, Ariz., 1898-197? The Coconino sun [microform].
- Florence, Ariz, 1892-1901 The Florence tribune.
- Florence, Pinal County, Arizona Territory, 1881-1893 Arizona weekly enterprise.
- Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1944-1945 - Post script.
- Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1945-1946 - Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume]
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1943-1945 - The Apache sentinel.
- Fort Whipple, Ariz., 1864-1868 Arizona miner.
- Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz., 1878-19?? Arizona silver belt.
- Globe, Gila County, Ariz., 1906-1929 Daily Arizona silver belt.
- Holbrook, Ariz., 1895-1900 The argus.
- Holbrook, Ariz., 1900-1913 Holbrook argus.
- Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.], 1909-1923 The Holbrook news.
- Kingman, Ariz., 1918-1922 Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth.
- Mesa, Ariz., 1892-1901 - Mesa free press.
- Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.], 1882-1918 Mohave County miner.
- Nogales, Ariz., 1894-1934 The border vidette.
- Nogales, Ariz., 1917-1920 - The Daily morning oasis.
- Nogales, Ariz., 1925-1926 - International.
- Nogales, Ariz., 1926-1979 - Nogales international.
- Parker, Ariz., 1910-1918 - The Parker post.
- Peach Springs, Mohave County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1883-1891 The Arizona champion.
- Phoenix [Ariz.], 1891-1892 The weekly Republican.
- Phoenix [Ariz.], 1943-???? - Adahooniłigii. [volume]
- Phoenix, 1948-1983 - The Phoenix Jewish news.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 189?-189? - El Observador mexicano.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1890-1930 Arizona republican.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1892-1899 Arizona weekly republican.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1918-193? - Phoenix tribune.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1925-1945 - El mensajero.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1929-193? - The Arizona gleam.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 193?-19?? - The Phoenix index.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1937-19?? - El imparcial. [volume]
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1939-1981 - El sol.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1942-196? - Arizona sun.
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-19?? - El imparcial. [volume]
- Phoenix, Ariz., 1958-197? - Arizona tribune.
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1879-1882 The Phoenix herald.
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.], 1882-1896 Weekly Phoenix herald.
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory, 1896-1899 Phoenix weekly herald.
- Phoenix, Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1878-1879 Salt River herald.
- Prescott, Ariz, 1877-1885 The weekly Arizona miner.
- Prescott, Ariz., 1868-1873 The weekly Arizona miner.
- Prescott, Ariz., 1874-1877 Arizona weekly miner.
- Prescott, Ariz., 1885-1903 Arizona weekly journal-miner.
- Prescott, Ariz., 1903-1908 Weekly Arizona journal-miner.
- Prescott, Ariz., 1908-1929 Weekly journal-miner.
- Ray, Ariz., 1910-1920 - The Arizona copper camp. [volume]
- Safford, Ariz., 1895-1923 Graham guardian.
- Safford, Ariz., 1896-189? Safford rattler.
- San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz., 196?-19?? - Apache drum beat.
- Sells, Ariz., 1954-19?? - Papago Indian news.
- Snowflake, Ariz., 1913-1969 - The Snowflake herald.
- St. Johns, Apache Co., Ariz., 1905-1917 St. Johns herald and Apache news.
- St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., 1917-1938 The St. Johns herald.
- St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.], 1885-1903 The St. Johns herald.
- St. Johns, Ariz., 1901-1903 Snips.
- St. Johns, Ariz., 1903-1905 Snips and the St. Johns herald.
- Supai, Ariz., 195?-195? - The Supai weekly news.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1880-1882 The Tombstone epitaph.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1882-1885 The Tombstone.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1882-1887 Tombstone weekly epitaph.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1885-1886 The Daily Tombstone.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1885-1887 Daily Tombstone epitaph.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-1890 Tombstone daily epitaph.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-1891 Tombstone daily prospector.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-current Tombstone epitaph.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1891-1914 Tombstone prospector.
- Tombstone, Ariz., 1893-1913 The Arizona kicker.
- Tombstone, Pima County, Ariz., 1880-1882 The Tombstone epitaph.
- Tubac, Ariz., 1859-18?? The weekly Arizonian.
- Tucson, A.T. [Ariz.], 1868-1871 The Weekly Arizonian.
- Tucson, Ariz, 1880-1901 Arizona weekly citizen.
- Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.], 1884-1901 - Arizona daily citizen.
- Tucson, Ariz., 1878-193? El fronterizo. volume
- Tucson, Ariz., 1880-1880 Weekly Arizona citizen.
- Tucson, Ariz., 1901-1928 - The Tucson citizen.
- Tucson, Ariz., 191?-19?? - El mosquito.
- Tucson, Ariz., 1915-1957 - El Tucsonense.
- Tucson, Ariz., 1946-1990 - The Arizona post.
- Tucson, Arizona, 1922-19?? - El fronterizo. [volume]
- Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.], 1870-1880 Arizona citizen.
- Whiteriver, Ariz., 1962-current - The Fort Apache scout. [volume]
- Wickenburg, Ariz., 1901-1907 - The news-herald. [volume]
- Wickenburg, Ariz., 1919-1927 - Arizona state miner. [volume]
- Williams, Ariz., 1891-19?? Williams news [microform].
- Window Rock, Ariz., 1959-1960 - The Navajo times.
- Window Rock, Ariz., 1960-1984 - Navajo times.
- Winslow, Ariz., 1893-1926 - The Winslow mail.
- Winslow, Navajo County, Ariz., 1926-1932 - Winslow daily mail.
- Yuma, Ariz., 1911-1915 Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner.
- Yuma, Ariz., 1915-1916 Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest.
- Yuma, Ariz., 1916-1918 Arizona sentinel.
Google News Archive
- Ajo - Ajo Copper News
- Benson - San Pedro Valley News-Sun
- Black Canyon City - Canyon Country News
- Camp Verde - The Camp Verde Journal
- Chino Valley - Chino Valley Review
- Chino Valley - Review
- Cottonwood - Cottonwood Journal Extra
- Hayden - Copper Basin News
- Kingman - Mohave Daily Miner
- Kingman - Kingman Daily Miner
- Lake Havasu - News Herald
- Lake Havasu - Today's News-Herald
- Lordsburg - Hidalgo County Herald
- Mayer - Big Bug News
- Mayer - The Prescott Valley Tribune
- Parker - Parker Pioneer
- Phoenix - The Phoenix Gazette
- Prescott - Arizona Daily Journal-Miner
- Prescott - Arizona Journal-Miner
- Prescott - Arizona Miner
- Prescott - Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner
- Prescott - The Arizona Weekly Miner.
- Prescott - The Courier
- Prescott - The Daily Courier
- Prescott - The Evening Courier
- Prescott - Journal Miner
- Prescott - The Prescott Courier
- Prescott - Prescott Evening Courier
- Prescott - Prescott Journal Miner
- Prescott - Prescott Sunday Courier
- Prescott - Prescott Weekly Courier
- Prescott - The Sunday Courier
- Prescott - Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner
- Prescott - The Weekly Arizona Miner
- Prescott - Weekly Journal Miner
- Prescott Valley - The Tribune
- San Manuel - San Manuel Miner
- Sedona - Sedona Red Rock News
- Superior - The Superior Sun
- Willcox - Arizona Range News
- Willcox - Range News
Arizona Digital Newspaper Program 1850's-1920's
- 92d Buffalo
- 93d Blue Helmet
- Ádahooníłígíí
- Apache Drum Beat
- Apache Sentinel and Post Script of the Apache Sentinel
- Arizona Citizen
- Arizona Copper Camp
- Arizona Daily Citizen
- Arizona Miner
- Arizona Republican
- Arizona Sentinel
- Arizona Sentinel and Yuma Weekly Examiner
- Arizona Sentinel Yuma Southwest
- Arizona Silver Belt
- Arizona State Miner
- Arizona Sun
- Arizona Tribune
- Arizona Weekly Citizen
- Arizona Weekly Enterprise
- Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner
- Arizona Weekly Miner
- Arizona Weekly Republican
- Arizona’s Negro Journal
- Bisbee Daily Review
- Cochise Review
- Cochise Review and Arizona Daily Orb
- Daily Arizona Silver Belt
- Daily Morning Oasis
- Daily Tombstone Epitaph
- Douglas Daily Dispatch
- Duncan Arizonian
- El Fronterizo
- El Imparcial
- El Mensajero
- El Mensajero
- El Mosquito
- El Observador Mexicano
- El Saguaro
- El Sol
- El Tucsonense
- Florence Tribune
- Graham Guardian
- Holbrook Argus
- Maricopa Stake News
- Mesa Free Press
- Mohave County Miner
- Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth
- Navajo Times
- Nogales International
- Papago Indian News
- Phoenix Tribune
- Phoenix Weekly Herald
- Safford Rattler
- Salt River Herald
- Snips
- Snips and the St. Johns Herald
- St. Johns Herald and Apache News
- Supai Weekly News
- The Argus
- The Arizona Champion
- The Arizona Daily Orb
- The Arizona Gleam
- The Arizona Kicker
- The Arizona Post
- The Arizona Sentinel
- The Arizona Times
- The Benson Signal
- The Border Vidette
- The Bullet
- The Clifton Clarion
- The Coconino Sun (1891-1891)
- The Coconino Sun (1898-1922)
- The Coconino Sun (1898-1927)
- The Coconino Weekly Sun
- The Coolidge Examiner
- The Copper Era
- The Copper Era and Morenci Leader
- The Daily Tombstone
- The Desert Press
- The Flagstaff Sun-Democrat
- The Fort Apache Scout
- The Holbrook News
- The International
- The News-Herald
- The Oasis
- The Parker Post
- The Phoenix Herald
- The Phoenix Index
- The Phoenix Jewish News
- The Skylight Kicker
- The Snowflake Herald
- The St. Johns Herald
- The St. Johns Herald (1917-1922)
- The Tombstone
- The Tombstone Epitaph (Daily)
- The Tombstone Epitaph (Weekly)
- The Tucson Citizen
- The Weekly Arizona Miner (1868-1873)
- The Weekly Arizona Miner (1877-1885)
- The Weekly Arizonian (1859)
- The Weekly Arizonian (1868-1871)
- The Weekly Orb
- The Weekly Republican
- The Williams News
- The Winslow Mail
- Tombstone Daily Epitaph
- Tombstone Daily Prospector
- Tombstone Epitaph
- Tombstone Prospector
- Tombstone Weekly Epitaph
- Weekly Arizona Citizen
- Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner
- Weekly Journal-Miner
- Weekly Phoenix Herald
County and Library Collections:
Casa Grande Public Library Archives (1912–2007)
Casa Grande Public Library
- Bulletin
- Casa Grande Dispatch
- Casa Grande Times
- Cotton and Agriculture
- Tri Valley Dispatch
- Wampum Saver
Eloy Santa Cruz Library
- Aqui Y Alli En El Condado De Pinal
- Devils Call
- El Heraldo
- El Heraldo Anteriormente Aqui Y Alli
- El Heraldo En El Condado De Pinal
- Eloy Enterprise
- Enterprise
- Florence Reminder And Blade Tribune
- Memories
- Prom A Success
- Star Crazy
Window Rock Newspaper Archives
- Navajo Times (1963 - 2000)
- Navajo Times Today (1984 - 1987)
- Navapache (1984)
- White Mountain Navapache Independent (1984)
- Window Rock Navajo Times (1959 - 2016)
Student Collections:
Arizona State University - Tempe Chandler-Gilbert Community College - Chandler Corona del Sol High School - Tempe Deer Valley High School - Glendale Glendale Community College - Glendale Grand Canyon University - Phoenix Little Cowpuncher Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona 1934-1943 - Southern Arizona
- REDINGTON SCHOOL
- BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL - POSO NUEVO RANCH
- BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL - ESPINOSA RANCH
- BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL - PALO ALTO RANCH
- SASCO RANCH SCHOOL - RED ROCK
- SAN FERNANDO SCHOOL - SASABE
- SOPORI SCHOOL
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press
- Americas 2001 1987 – 1988
- Basta Ya! 1970 – 1972
- Boletin Oficial 1855 – 1876
- Corazon del Aztlan 1981 – 1982
- El Coraje 1969
- El Fronterizo 1882 – ’84; 1887 – ’97; 1904 – ‘08
- El Fronterizo 1926 – 1929
- El Hijo de el Fronterizo 1912
- El Independiente 1985 – 1986; 1988 – 2004
- El Mosquito 1919 – 1923; 1925
- El Paso Morning Times (English) 1913 – 1918
- El Paso Morning Times (Spanish) 1914 – 1918
- El Pueblo 1968
- El Tucsonense 1924 – 1959
- Hispano America 1918 – 1934
- La Constitucion 1880 – 1910
- La Cronica 1914 – 1917
- La Estrella Occidente 1855 – 1876
- La Prensa 1970
- La Raza 1967 – 1970
- Regeneracion 1970
- South Tucson's El Independiente 1976 – 1984
Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers
- Druid Free Press
- El Paisano
- From A Window
- Huachuca Hard Times
- Ironwood
- Rebirth
- Where Are We?
- Keeping The Record Straight
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Flagstaff - Eight Holer (Company 311)
- Grand Canyon - Call Of The Kaibab (Company 818)
- Kaibab Forest - Kaibab (Company 818)
- Kaibab Forest - Keystone Cry
- Kingman - Cattle Guard News (Company 340)
- Kingman - Cattle Guard News (Company 340)
- Kingman - CGN (Company 340)
- Phoenix - Desert Sentinel (Company 818)
- Safford - Desert Sun (Company 368)
- Tucson - Eastern Cry
Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942 to 1946
- Poston Chronicle (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
- Gila News-Courier (Rivers, Arizona) 1942 to 1945
- Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
- Official Daily Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
- Official Information Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
- Gila Bulletin ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1945 to 1945
- Gila Co-Op News ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943 to 1945
- Relocator News Week ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943-194?
- Poston Christian Church (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
- Gila News-Courier
- Poston Chronicle
- Gila River Relocation Center: Gila Co-Op News 1943-1945
- Gila River Relocation Center: Gila News-Courier 1943-1945
- Gila River Relocation Center: Relocator News Week 1943-1944
- Gila River War Relocation Center: Gila Bulletin 1943-1945
- Poston War Relocation Center: Poston Chronicle 1942-1945
- Poston War Relocation Center: Press Bulletin 1942-1945
Small Town Papers
- Ajo Copper News Ajo, Arizona
- Arizona Range News Willcox, Arizona
- The Camp Verde Journal Camp Verde, Arizona
- Copper Basin News Kearny , Arizona
- Cottonwood Journal Extra Cottonwood, Arizona
- San Manuel Miner San Manuel, Arizona
- San Pedro Valley News-Sun Benson, Arizona
- Sedona Red Rock News Sedona, Arizona
- The Superior Sun Keamy, Arizona
Newspaper Abstracts - Arizona
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Kingman Phoenix Tucson
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 30 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Arizona Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 166 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Arizona Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 136 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Arizona
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 63 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Arizona
And Finally:
You also need to visit the Arizona Digital Newspapers Program site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects.
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!
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