Illinois Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Illinois is one of the states that does 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. Illinois does have several online newspapers available on that site. Illinois currently has its online availability from many different websites and a few of them house many newspapers. Many are free and many require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are over 8.000 newspapers that have been published in the Prairie 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 Illinois 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, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Illinois Newspapers 

• Cairo, Ill., 1???-1928 - The Cairo bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1865-1866 - Cairo evening times.
• Cairo, Ill., 1868-1870 - The Cairo evening bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1870-1872 - The Cairo daily bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1872-1878 - The Cairo bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1878-1??? - The daily Cairo bulletin.
• Chicago [Ill., 1892-1??? - Týdenní hlasatel.
• Chicago [Ill.], 1890-1971 - Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1858-1859 - Chicago daily press and tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1859-1860 - The press and tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1860-1864 - Chicago daily tribune. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1864-1872 - Chicago tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1867-1878 - Pokrok. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1872-1963 - Chicago daily tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1874-1924 - Vorbote.
• Chicago, Ill., 1889-19?? - Chicago eagle.
• Chicago, Ill., 1891-198? - Hlasatel.
• Chicago, Ill., 1892-19?? - Telegraf.
• Chicago, Ill., 1892-1920 - Lietuva.
• Chicago, Ill., 1899-1923 - Dziennik narodowy.
• Chicago, Ill., 1900-1913 - Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-1913 - Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-1931 - Glas svobode.
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-current - Głos polek. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1906-19?? - Proletarec.
• Chicago, Ill., 1911-1917 - The day book.
• Chicago, Ill., 1917-current - Draugas.
• Chicago, Illinois., 1914-current - Zgoda = Unity. [volume]
• Juliet [i.e., Joliet], Ill., 1844-1??? - Juliet signal.
• Milwaukee, Wis., 1881-1901 - Zgoda = Unity. [volume]
• Ottawa, Ill., 1840-1841 - The Illinois free trader.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1841-1843 - The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1843-1916 - The Ottawa free trader.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1916-1920 - Free trader-journal.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1920-1927 - Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1861-1871 - The evening Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1871-1872 - Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1872-1873 - The Rock Island daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1873-1877 - The daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1877-1885 - The Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1885-1886 - The Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1886-1893 - Rock Island daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1893-1920 - Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1920-1923 - The Rock Island Argus and daily union.
• Saint Paul, Minn. ;, 1889-19?? - The Appeal.
• Saint Paul, Minn., 1885-18?? - Western appeal.
• Salt Lake City, Utah, 1895-19?? - The broad ax.
• Toledo, Ohio, 1902-1971 - Ameryka echo.

Google News Archive

• Arthur - Arthur Graphic-Clarion
• Aurora - Aurora Daily Star
• Aurora - The World
• Aurora - Aurora Daily Express
• Elgin - The Elgin Democrat
• Jacksonville - The Jacksonville Sentinel
• Jacksonville - The Jacksonville Weekly Sentinel
• Joliet - The True Democrat
• Mt Zion - The Mt. Zion Region News
• Mt Zion - The News-Record
• Mt. Pulaski - Times
• Mt. Zion - Region News
• Ottawa - The Ottawa Free Trader
• Ottawa - The Illinois Free Trader
• Robinson - Robinson Constitution
• Robinson - The Constitution

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection

• The Advertiser (Collinsville, Ill., 1918-1922)
• Albion Journal (Albion, Ill., 1884-1900)
• Aledo Press (1894-1896)
• American Eagle (Washington, D.C., 1925-1996)
• The Arsenal Record (Rock Island, Ill., 1918-1919)
• The Ashton Gazette (Ashton, Ill., 1904-1922)
• Banker Farmer (Champaign, Ill., 1913-1927)
• Berkshire World and Cornbelt Stockman (Springfield, Ill., 1910-1926)
• Better Farming (Chicago, Ill., 1913-1925)
• Blue Mound Leader (1894-1899)
• The Bowen Chronicle (Bowen, Ill., 1900-1917)
• The Broad Ax (Chicago, Ill., 1895-1922)
• Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Ill., 1892-1922)
• The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill., 1868-1922)
• The Champaign County News (1903-1916)
• The Champaign Daily News (1895-1919)
• Chicago Eagle (Chicago, Ill., 1892-1920)
• Chicago Examiner (1911-1914)
• Chicago Livestock World (Chicago, Ill., 1902-1917)
• Chicago Packer (Chicago, Ill., 1907-1939)
• Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Ill., 1881-1885)
• Collyer's Eye (1918-1922)
• Daily Illini (Urbana, Ill., 1874-1975)
• The Daily National Hotel Reporter (Chicago, Ill., 1918-1922)
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter (East St. Louis, Ill., 1916-1918)
• Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill., 1901)
• The Day Book (Chicago, Ill., 1911-1917)
• The De Pue Leader (De Pue, Ill., 1917-1918)
• The Deer Creek Progress (Deer Creek, Ill., 1919-1921)
• The DeKalb Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1918-1930)
• The DeKalb Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1894-1895)
• Draugas (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922)
• Dundee Weekly (1871-1872)
• Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago, Ill., 1890-1899)
• Dziennik narodowy (Chicago, Ill., 1900-1918)
• Dziennik Zwiazkowy Zgoda (Chicago, Ill., 1908)
• The Evening Gazette (Monmouth, Ill., 1883-1887)
• Express (Tallula, Ill., 1895-1896)
• F&M College Reporter (Lancaster, Pa., 1964-1987)
• Farm Home (Springfield, Ill., 1899-1920)
• Farm Press (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1913)
• Farm, Field, and Fireside (Chicago, Ill., 1884-1906)
• Farm, Field, and Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1885-1887)
• Farmer's Wife (St. Paul, Minn., 1906-1939)
• Farmers Gazette (Sterling, Ill., 1883-1884)
• Farmers Voice (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1913)
• Farmers' Review (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1918)
• Farmers' Weekly Review (Joliet, Ill., 1929-2011)
• Ford County Journal (Paxton, Ill., 1859-1860)
• Franklin Reporter (1878-1922)
• Galena Gazette (Galena, Ill., 1876-1889)
• The Galena Tribune (Galena, Ill., 1905-1906)
• Gallatin Democrat (Shawneetown, Ill., 1906)
• Glas Svobode (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922)
• Goreville Record (Goreville, Ill., 1905-1906)
• Great Lakes Bulletin (Great Lakes, Ill., 1918-1919)
• Głos polek (Chicago, Ill., 1915-1922)
• The Henry Republican (Henry, Ill., 1901-1921)
• Hlasatel (Berwyn, Ill., 1920)
• Hillsboro Journal (Hillsboro, Ill., 1886-1891)
• Hoya (Washington, D.C., 1959-1980)
• Hutsonville Herald (Hutsonville, Ill., 1905)
• Hyde Park News (Chicago, Ill., 1886-1889)
• Illinois Farmer (Springfield, Ill., 1856-1864)
• The Illinois Issue (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1912)
• The Illinois Star (1935-1941)
• The Industry Press (Industry, Ill., 1916-1921)
• The Irish Republic (1867-1868)
• Ithacan (Ithaca, N.Y., 1926-2002)
• Joliet Signal (Joliet, Ill., 1846-1864)
• The Lacon Home Journal (Lacon, Ill., 1910-1921)
• Lancaster Farming (Lancaster, Pa., 1955-1983)
• Lawrence County News (Lawrenceville, Ill., 1909-1922)
• Lee County Farm News (Amboy, Ill., 1922)
• Lietuva (Chicago, Ill., 1913-1920)
• Lincoln News (Lincoln University, Pa., 1925-1932)
• Lincolnian (Lincoln University, Pa., 1933-2003)
• Local Record (1878-1892)
• The Macomb Daily By-stander (Macomb, Ill., 1920-1922)
• The Macomb Journal (Macomb, Ill., 1861-1909)
• Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (Marion, Ill., 1921-1922)
• Mason City Journal (Mason City, Ill., 1875-1876)
• The Merchants Telegram (Chicago, Ill., 1919-1920)
• The Monmouth Daily Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1905-1922)
• The National Prohibitionist (1907-1910)
• National Rural and Family Magazine (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1900)
• New York Clipper (New York, N.Y., 1853-1924)
• The News-Herald (Chicago, Ill., 1889)
• Ohio Farmer (Cleveland, Ohio, 1907-1922)
• The Old Soldier (Springfield, Ill., 1840)
• The Ottawa Free Trader (Ottawa, Ill., 1840-1890)
• The Patoka register (Patoka, Ill., 1907-1912)
• Player (New York, N.Y., 1911-1913)
• Prairie Farmer (Chicago, Ill., 1841-1941)
• Proletarec (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1918)
• The Quill (La Harpe, Ill., 1892-1922)
• The Republican-Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1895-1913)
• Reynolds Press (1896)
• The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1889-1915)
• Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Ill., 1831-1865)
• The Saturday Blade (Chicago, Ill., 1905-1919)
• Sidney Times (Sidney, Ill., 1908-1910)
• St. Anne Record (St. Anne, Ill., 1905-1923)
• Sycamore Tribune (1944-1964)
• Tampico Tornado (1876-1892)
• Telegraf (Chicago, Ill., 1892-1901)
• Toluca Star-Herald (Toluca, Ill., 1913-1920)
• True Republican (Sycamore, Ill., 1869-1968)
• Týdenní hlasatel (Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893)
• The Universalist (1886-1897)
• Urbana Daily Courier (Urbana, Ill., 1903-1935)
• Vaudeville News (New York, N.Y., 1920-1929)
• Vorbote (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1920)
• Wallace's Farmer (Des Moines, Iowa, 1898-1950)
• Warren County Democrat (Monmouth, Ill., 1887-1913)
• Weekly Gettysburgian (Gettysburg, Pa., 1897-2004)
• Weekly Pantagraph (1883-1916)
• Western Railroad Gazette (Chicago, Ill., 1856-1870)
• Western Rural and American Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1894)
• Western Rural and Livestock Weekly (Chicago, Ill., 1896-1898)
• Western Rural (Chicago, Ill., 1868-1883)
• Whiteside Chronicle (Sterling, Ill., 1870-1871)
• Zgoda - Unity (Milwaukee, Wi. Chicago, Ill., 1893-1901)
• Zgoda - Unity (Chicago, Ill., 1914-1922)
• Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast (Chicago, Ill., 1910-1912)
• Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn (Chicago, Ill., 1910-1913)
• The Zion Banner (Zion, Ill., 1901-1903)
• The Zion City Independent (Zion, Ill., 1910-1917)
• The Zion Herald (Zion, Ill., 1907-1910)

Farm, Field and Fireside Collection - University of Illinois 

• Banker Farmer 1 December 1913 - 1 February 1927 (158 issues)
• Berkshire World and Cornbelt Stockman 1 January 1910 - 1 January 1926 (197 issues)
• Better Farming 1 May 1913 - 1 March 1925 (136 issues)
• Chicago Livestock World 1 January 1902 - 22 June 1917 (4716 issues)
• Chicago Packer 13 April 1907 - 17 June 1939 (1621 issues)
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter 1 December 1916 - 28 February 1918 (380 issues)
• Farmers' Review 1 September 1879 - 25 May 1918 (1907 issues)
• Farmers Voice 1 January 1898 - 15 May 1913 (423 issues)
• Farmers' Weekly Review 24 April 1929 - 31 March 2011 (4240 issues)
• Farmer's Wife 1 January 1906 - 1 April 1939 (399 issues)
• Farm, Field, and Fireside 1 February 1884 - 22 September 1906 (559 issues)
• Farm, Field, and Stockman 1 January 1885 - 26 November 1887 (106 issues)
• Farmers Gazette 1 December 1883 - 1 December 1884 (13 issues)
• Farm Home 1 August 1899 - 1 June 1920 (190 issues)
• Farm Press 1 October 1906 - 1 April 1913 (70 issues)
• Illinois Farmer 1 January 1856 - 1 October 1864 (102 issues)
• Ohio Farmer 5 January 1907 - 30 December 1922 (835 issues)
• Lancaster Farming 4 November 1955 - 29 October 1983 (1382 issues)
• Lee County Farm News 6 June 1922 - 19 December 1922 (11 issues)
• National Rural and Family Magazine 3 November 1898 - 22 February 1900 (69 issues)
• Prairie Farmer 1 January 1841 - 11 January 1941 (2476 issues)
• Wallace's Farmer 7 January 1898 - 16 December 1950 (2189 issues)
• Western Rural 4 January 1868 - 15 September 1883 (575 issues)
• Western Rural and American Stockman 25 September 1879 - 2 August 1894 (240 issues)
• Western Rural and Livestock Weekly 2 January 1896 - 27 October 1898 (147 issues)

Illinois Civil War Newspapers

• Cairo City Weekly Gazette
• Cairo War Eagle
• Daily Illinois State Journal
• Daily Whig and Republican
• Illinois Daily State Journal
• Illinois State Journal
• Illinois State Register
• Jonesboro Weekly Gazette
• Quincy Daily Whig and Republican
• Rock Island Argus
• The Jonesboro Gazette

County and Library Collections:

Adams County
Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive

• Quincy Daily Journal
• Quincy Daily Whig
• Quincy Daily Herald 
• Quincy Morning Whig
• Illinois Bounty Land Register
• Quincy Whig 
• Quincy Herald 
• Quincy Whig-Republican

Brown County
Brown County Public Library 

• Brown County Democrat 
• Brown County Democrat Message
• Brown County Republican 
• Democrat Message 
• Examiner
• Illinois Weekly Message 
• The Brown County Democrat Message

Cass County
Beardstown Houston Memorial Library

• Illinoian Star 
• The Illinoian-Star 
• Illinoian Star Daily 
• Cass County Star Gazette
• Morning Enterprise 
• Beardstown Daily Illinoian Star
• Beardstown Semi-Weekly Illinoian 
• Central Illinoian 
• Tri-Weekly Beardstown Enterprise 
• Evening Star
• Beardstown Illinoian 
• Alton Spectator 
• Illinoian Democrat 
• Quincy Herald Whig And The Quincy Journal 
• Weekly Enterprise 
• Barrington Review
• Democrat News
• Beardstown Chronicle And Illinois Military Bounty Land Advertiser 
• Weekly Transcript 
• Centreville News 
• Daily Register 
• Batavia Bulletin Record 
• Edgewater Uptown News
• Beardstown Gazette 
• Beardstown Democrat 
• Alton Daily Telegraph
• Alton Telegraph
• Alton Weekly Telegraph
• Beardstown Enterprise 
• Cass County Messenger 
• Gazette
• Beardstown Champion
• Labor News Review 
• Bennington Banner
• Cincinnati Commercial 
• Times 
• Cass County Democrat 
• Reporter 
• Edinburg Herald 
• Rochester Weekly Item
• Star of the West
• Steeleville Ledger 
• Taylorville Journal 
• Western Argus 
• News And Record 
• Daily Alton Telegraph 
• Mt. Auburn Tribune
• Palmyra Courier  
• Alton Telegraph And Democratic Review 
• Avon Sentinel 
• Calhoun Herald 
• Campaign Republican 
• Quincy Herald 
• Weekly Central Illinoian 
• Western Cumberland Presbyterian
• Alton Telegraph And Madison County Record 
• Illinois State Journal 
• Alton Telegraph And Madison Record 

Clark County
Marshall Public Library

• Marshall Independent
• Clark County Democrat 
• Clark County Herald 
• Clark County Daily Chronicle 
• Independent Choice
• The Marshall Herald
• Independent Choice 
• Marshall Herald
• Marshall Advocate 
• Marshall Choice 
• The Clark County Herald 
• Marshall Messenger 
• The Marshall Republican 
• Marshall Independent Choice 
• The Marshall Weekly Messenger
• Flag of Our Union 
• The Manteno News 
• The McLeansboro Times
• Macomb Eagle 
• The Woodford Sentinel
• The Maroa Times 
• Mason City Journal 
• Marshall Telegraph 
• Illinois State Democrat 
• The Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Hornet
• The Macomb Journal 
• The Egyptian Press 
• The Leader 
• The Massac Journal
• Marion Intelligencer 
• Massac Journal 
• Semi-Weekly Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Minonk News
• Marion Evening Post 
• The Promulgator
• Metropolis Democrat 
• The Marion Post
• The Marion Flag 
• Daily Clark County Herald 
• Mason City Banner
• Mattoon Commercial Star 
• Metamora Sentinel 
• The Mason City Times
• Our Flag 
• Review Dispatch
• Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Union Eagle 
• M'Donough Independent
• Menard Time
• Mason City Banner Times 
• Metropolis Weekly Sentinel
• The Milford Herald 
• The Marion Weekly Flag
• Macomb Daily Journal 
• Marion Monitor
• Mascoutah Herald 
• Massac Journal Republican 
• Medora Messenger 
• Metropolis Times
• The Acorn
• The Illinois State Democrat
• The Massac Journal Republican 
• The Mattoon Star 
• The Metamora Herald
• The Moline Review 
• The Illinois By-Stander
• The Marion Daily Republican
• The People's Friend 
• Metropolis Register
• Clark County Telegraph 
• M'Donough Democrat
• M'Donough Independent And Democratic Review
• Marion Independent 
• Mascoutah Anzeiger
• Middletown Ledger 
• The Illinois Granger 
• The Mattoon Journal
• The Metropolis City Item 
• The Metropolis Herald 
• The Metropolis Register
• The Metropolitan
• The Woodford County Argus 
• Woodford Co. Visitor
• Martinsville Planet

Cook County
Bellwood Public Library

• Bellwood History 1900-1975
• Franklin Park Star Sentinel
• Golden Jubilee 1900-1950
• Maywood Star Sentinel
• Melrose Park Star Sentinel
• Northlake Star Sentinel
• Proviso Star Sentinel
• Star Sentinel
• The Star Progress
• West Proviso Herald

Forest Park Public Library

• Forest Park Review
• Review and Forest Parker 
• Forest Parker

Forest Park Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Forest Parker
• Forest Park Review
• Review and Forest Parker

Midlothian Public Library

• Midlothian-Bremen Messenger
• Midlothian Bremen Messenger 
• Bremen Township News Record 
• Bremen Township Rooster 
• Posen Times
• Midlothian Messenger 

Park Ridge Library​ (in library)

• Park Ridge Advocate 
• Park Ridge Herald 
• Park Ridge Herald Advocate 
• Park Ridge Times Herald 

River Forest Public Library

• Forest Leaves 
• Oak Leaves 
• River Forest Forest Leaves 

DeKalb County
Hinckley Historical Society

• Country Courier
• Hinckley Review
• Review
• Waterman Leader

Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum

• Compton Record 
• Dekalb County Express 
• Evening Times 
• Lee County Times 
• Paw Paw News
• Shabbona Express 

DeWitt County
Farmer City Public Library

• Farmer City Journal
• Farmer City Journal And Mansfield Express
• Leroy Journal 
• Public Reaper 
• Peoples Press 
• Forreston Weekly Journal
• De Witt County Tribune 
• Forreston Journal 
• Weekly Reaper 
• Weekly Transcript 
• Wayne County Record 
• Atlas of DeWitt Co and The State of Illinois
• Clinton Tribune 
• Daily Independent
• Farmer City Republican 
• Standard Atlas of DeWitt County 
• Chicago Tribune 
• Wayne County Press 
• Southern Illinois Journal 
• Chicago Daily Tribune 
• Times 
• Advance 
• Chicago Times 
• Western Plowman and South and West 
• Egyptoglyph 
• Journal 
• Fairfield Independent Press 
• South End Reporter 
• Farmer City Weekly Republican
• Fairfield Weekly Democrat 
• Independent Press
• Forreston Herald 
• War Democrat 
• Wayne County Herald
• Farmington Bugle 
• Fernwood News 
• Weekly Journal 
• Peoples Journal 
• Sun 
• Fairbury Journal 
• Freeport Daily Journal
• Press and Tribune 
• Fairfield Weekly News 
• Lebanon Advertiser 
• Blooming Press 
• DeWitt County Observer 
• Farmer City Reporter 
• Greenup Press 
• Hennepin Journal 
• Normalite 
• Prairie Pioneer 
• Fisher Reporter 
• Jacksonville Tribune 
• Illinois Gazette 
• Murphysboro Daily Independent 
• Galena Sentinel 
• Riverside Press 
• Illinois Patriot 
• Restitution 
• Danville Republican And Chronotype 
• Greenville Advocate 
• Leroy Free Press
• Brown County Democrat
• Daily Republican Era

DuPage County
Addison Public Library

• Press and Tribune 
• Addison Press

St. Charles Public Library

• Elgin Daily Courier
• Kane County Chronicle
• Savanna Times-Journal
• St Charles Chronicle
• St Charles Leader
• St Charles Patriot
• St Charles Weekly Argus
• St. Charles Patriot And Fox River Advocate
• The Saint Charles Review
• The St. Charles Chronicle
• The Valley Chronicle
• Valley Chronicle

Hancock County
Warsaw Public Library 

• Daily Warsaw Bulletin 
• Daily Warsaw City Bulletin 
• Hamilton Pilot 
• Hancock County Journal 
• Hancock County Journal Pilot 
• Hancock County Pilot 
• Hancock Democrat 
• Hancock Eagle Extra 
• Hancock New Era 
• The Mississippi Pilot 

• Warsaw Bulletin 
• Warsaw City Bulletin 
• Warsaw Commercial Journal 
• Warsaw Express 
• Warsaw Message 
• Warsaw Signal 
• Warsaw Signal Extra
• Warsaw Weekly Express 
• Western World 

Henry County
Cambridge Library

• Cambridge Chronicle
• Cambridge Democrat
• Chronicle
• Daily Chronicle
• Fair Budget
• Fulton County
• Henry County Chronicle
• Henry County Dial
• Henry County Gazette
• Prairie Chief

Clover Public Library District

• Wrova Reporter 
• Galva News
• Woodhull Dispatch
• The Woodhull Dispatch

Galva Public Library

• The Galva News
• Galva Weekly News 
• The Galva Standard
• Galva News 
• Galva Semi-Weekly News 

Geneseo Public Library

• Geneseo Republic
• The Geneseo Republic
• The Henry County News 
• Geneseo Republic And Henry County News
• The Union Advocate
• Henry County News
• The Sun
• Geneseo Weekly Sun 
• The Geneseo Journal 
• The Geneseo News
• The Geneseo Enterprise 
• Republic
• The Henry County Arena
• The People's Union Mission
• Geneseo Daily Arena
• The Standard

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Kewanee Public Library District

• Daily Independent 
• Independent 
• Kewanee Advertiser 
• Kewanee Courier 
• Kewanee Daily Star Courier 
• Kewanee Independent 
• Kewanee Star Courier 
• Kewanee Weekly Star Courier 
• Star Courier
• Atkinson Annawan News

Western District Library (Orion)

• Orion Vidette 
• The Orion Times 
• The Liberator And Times 
• Orion Times 
• The New Orion Times 
• Orion Gazette 
• Gazette 

Kane County
Town and Country Public Library District 

• Elburn Enterprise 
• Elburn Herald 
• Elburn Weekly Record 

LaSalle County
Earlville Library

• The Earlville Leader
• The Earlville Post
• Earlville Leader 
• The Earlville Gazette 
• Earlville Gazette 
• LaSalle County Gazette Express

Lawrence County
Lawrence Public Library

• American Banner
• Birds Review
• Campaign Republican
• Clay County Herald
• Clay County Tribune
• Clay County Union
• Daily Advocate
• Daily News
• Daily Record
• Democratic Herald
• Elks New Home Booster
• Fulton Advocate
• Fulton Banner
• Fulton Democrat
• Fulton Gazette
• Fulton Republican
• Golden Era
• Hamilton County Express
• Hamilton County Herald
• Hamilton Democrat
• Hamilton Express
• Hamilton Sucker
• Herald
• Illinois Christian Advocate
• Illinois Gazette
• Illinois Public Ledger
• Illinois Son of Temperance
• Kickapoo Press
• Knox County Republican
• Knox Republican
• La Harpe Leader
• La Rose Vidette
• La Salle Journal
• Lacon Herald
• Lacon Intelligencer
• Lake County Times
• Lake Forest Era
• Lake Villa Advocate
• Lake Zurich Independent
• Lake Zurich News
• Lawrence County Courier
• Lawrence County Democrat
• Lawrence County Journal
• Lawrence County News
• Lawrence County Press
• Lawrenceville Banner
• Lawrenceville Republican
• Le Roy Eagle
• Le Roy Exchange
• Le Roy Free Press
• Le Roy Weekly Exchange
• Lebanon Journal
• Lebanon Leader
• Lena Daily Star
• Lerna Weekly Eagle
• Lewistown Democrat
• Lewistown Lance
• Lewistown News
• Lewistown Union
• Lincoln Evening Star
• Lincoln Herald
• Lincoln Times
• Lincoln Weekly Herald
• Litchfield Advocate
• Litchfield Union Monitor
• Little Rock Press
• Local Reporter
• Lockport Telegraph
• Logan Courier
• Lomax Herald
• Louisville Ledger
• Louisville Ledger Democrat
• Louisville Visitor
• Louisville Weekly Democrat
• Lyons Herald
• Mammoth
• Marshall County Democrat
• Marshall County Sentinel
• McLeansboro Times
• Montgomery Democrat
• Mouser
• Quill
• Rural Republican
• Sentimentalist
• Star
• Star Spangled Banner
• Sumner Advocate
• Sumner Democrat
• Sumner Press
• Voice of the People
• Wauconda Independent
• Weekly Herald
• Western Globe
• Wheeling Independent

Logan County
Atlanta Public Library and Museum  

• Argus 
• Atlanta Argus 
• Atlanta Argus And The Armington Helper 
• Atlanta Argus Lens
• Atlanta Daily Argus
• McLean County News 
• McLean Lens 

Madison County 
Hayner Library Newspaper Archives

• Alton Daily Telegraph
• Alton Observer
• Telegraph Sunday
• Alton Evening Telegraph
• Alton Telegraph
• Alton Weekly Courier

Tri-Township Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Troy Call
• Troy Tribune
• Commercial Bulletin
• Troy Monitor
• Troy Record
• Troy Star
• Weekly Bulletin
• Troy Times
• Troy Times Tribune
• Weekly Call
• Troy Weekly Call

Marshall County
Henry Public Library

• Henry News-Republican 
• Henry News Republican 
• Henry Republican 
• The Henry Republican 
• Marshall County Republican 
• Henry Current News 
• Henry Weekly Courier 
• Marshall County Telegraph
• Henry Courier

McHenry County
Harvard Diggins Library

• Harvard Herald
• Harvard Herald Independent 
• The Harvard Herald and Independent
• Harvard Independent 
• The Harvard Independent 
• The Harvard Herald
• The News Bulletin

Ogle County
Byron Public Library

• Airship Log
• Altamont News
• Alton Daily Times
• Arcola Record
• Arlington Heights Herald
• Arthur Graphic Clarion
• Atwood Herald
• Avon Sentinel
• Barrington Review
• Belleville Daily News Democrat
• Belleville Morning Record
• Belleville News Democrat
• Benld Enterprise
• Berwyn Beacon
• Bethany Echo
• Blandinsville Star Gazette
• Bloomington Commonwealth and the Sunday Record
• Bloomington Record
• Boone County Courier
• Broadlands News
• Brookfield Enterprise
• Brookport Independent
• Buda Plain Dealer
• Bushnell Market Reporter
• Byron Express
• Byron News
• Byron Record
• Byron Times
• Byron Tribune
• Carlyle Democrat
• Casey Banner Times
• Casey Daily Reporter
• Centralia Daily Democrat
• Cerro Gordo News
• Chadwick Clarion
• Chapin News
• Chenoa Clipper
• Chester Press
• Community Courier
• Daily Advocate
• Greene County Farm Bureau News Letter
• Journal Illinois Sportsman
• McLean County Farm and Home Bureau News
• Prairie State Tribune
• Tempo
• Times
• Verdurette​

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Polo Public Library 

• Ogle County Press 
• Tri County Press 

Peoria County
Brimfield Public Library

• The Brimfield News
• The Princeville Telephone
• The Telephone
• The Brimfield Gazette

Peoria Heights Public Library

• The Heights Herald 

Rock Island County
Moline Public Library

• Moline Daily Dispatch 
• Daily Dispatch
• Moline Daily Journal
• Daily Journal 
• Evening Mail 
• Sunday Mail 
• Moline Evening Mail And Journal 
• Moline Sunday Mail And Journal
• Moline Mail And Journal 
• Moline Independent 
• Moline Review
• Review Dispatch 
• Moline Review Dispatch 
• Moline Weekly Journal 
• Weekly Mail 
• Moline Weekly Mail 
• Moline Workman 

Schuyler County
Rushville Illinois

• Rushville Times
• Schuyler Citizen
• Rushville Times and Schuyler County Herald
• Jersey County Journal
• Prairie Telegraph
• Rushville Journal

Stark County
Bradford Public Library District

• Bradford Republican
• Bradford Stark County Republican
• Stark County Republican
• Bradford Independent
• Bradford Weekly Independent
• Bradford Daily Revivalist 
• Cambridge Chronicle

Toulon Public Library

• Goreville Record
• Molly Daily Stark
• Molly Tri Weekly Stark
• Prairie Times
• Red Bud Pilgrim
• Stark County News
• Stark County Sentinel
• Stark County Union
• The Piatt County Republican
• The Sunday Herald
• Tri Weekly Call

Wyoming Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Wyoming Journal
• Wyoming Post Herald
• Wyoming Post
• Wyoming Daily Post Herald

St. Clair County
Freeburg Area Library District

• Freeburg Tribune 

New Athens District Library

• Journal Messenger 
• Journal Press 
• New Athens Journal 
• New Athens Journal Press 
• Whistle 

Tazewell County
Morton Public Library

• Tazewell News
• Tazewell County News
• Morton Times News
• The Morton News
• Morton Courier
• Cauldron
• Courier
• The Tazewell News

Whiteside County
Sterling Public Library

• Evening Gazette
• Sterling Gazette
• Sterling Standard
• Sterling Daily Standard
• Sterling Evening Gazette
• Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette 
• Sterling Daily Gazette
• Daily Gazette 
• Republican and Gazette 
• Fulton Journal 

• Sterling Republic 
• Sterling Daily Gazette And Daily Standard

​Sterling Newspaper Archive

• Daily Gazette
• Evening Gazette
• Republican and Gazette
• Sauk Valley Sunday
• Sterling Daily Gazette
• Sterling Evening Gazette
• Sterling Gazette
• Sterling Great Northwestern Fair
• Sterling Republican Gazette
• Sterling Standard
• Sterling Times
• Telegraph

Erie Illinois Public Library 

• Erie Independent 
• Review 

Will County
Plainfield Public Library

• Enterprise 

Winnebago County
Talcott Free Library

• Rockton Herald
• The Rockton Herald
• Rockton-Roscoe Herald 
• North Suburban Herald 
• Rockton Roscoe Herald 
• Herald

Woodford County​
Illinois Prairie District Public Library

• Herald
• Hornet
• Illinois State Democrat
• Marshall Messenger
• Marshall Telegraph
• Marshall Weekly Messenger
• Mascoutah Anzeiger
• Mascoutah Herald
• Mason City Banner
• Mason City Banner Times
• Mason City Journal
• Mason City Times
• Massac Journal
• Massac Journal Republican
• Mattoon Commercial Star
• Mattoon Journal
• Mattoon Star
• Medora Messenger
• Menard Time
• Metamora Herald
• Metamora Sentinel
• Metropolis City Item
• Metropolis Democrat
• Metropolis Herald
• Metropolis Register
• Metropolis Times
• Metropolis Weekly Sentinel
• Metropolitan
• Middletown Ledger
• Milford Herald
• Minonk News
• Moline Review
• Promulgator
• Review Dispatch
• Roanoke Review
• Semi Weekly Eastern Illinoisan
• Varna Leader
• Washburn Leader
• Woodford Co Visitor
• Woodford County Argus
• Woodford Sentinel

Algonquin Area Local Newspapers

• Algonquin Countryside
• Algonquin Township Life
• Cardunal Free Press
• Courier News
• Daily Herald
• Lake in the Hills Countryside
• Northwest Herald

Cook County Memorial Public Library District Newspapers

• Lake County Independent
• Waukegan Weekly Sun (1906-1916)
• Libertyville Independent

​Elgin Area Newspapers

• The Elgin Advocate 
• The Elgin Business Mirror
• The Elgin Courier
• The Elgin Daily News
• The Elgin Gazette
• Fox River Courier
• Illinois Weekly Palladium
• Second District Democrat
• Valley Chronicle 
• Weekly Gazette

Flora Public Library Digital Newspapers 

• Southern Illinois Journal & Weekly Journal
• Southern Illinois Journal
• Southern Illinois Record
• Flora Record
• Flora Journal Record

Highland Park Local Newspapers

• Highland Park News
• Highland Park Press
• Sheridan Road News-Letter
• Highland Park News-Letter
• North Shore News-Letter

Libertyville Local Newspapers

• Waukegan Weekly Sun
• Libertyville Independent
• Independent Register
• Southwest News Sun (Waukegan)
• Waukegan News Sun
• Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun
• Lake County Independent
• Libertyville Review
• Libertyville Independent Register

Wilmette Public Library Newspapers

• Wilmette Life
• Lake Shore News
• Wilmette Beacon

Student Collections:

Antioch Community High School - Antioch

• Tom Tom

Augustana College - Rock Island 

• Augustana Observer

Benedictine University - Lisle

• The Candor

Bradley University - Peoria

• Scout

Columbia College - Chicago

• Columbia Chronicle

DePaul University - Chicago

• DePaul Poll Parrot
• DePaulia
• The Altheia

Eastern Illinois University - Charleston

• Daily Eastern News

Elmhurst College - Elmhurst

• Leader

Glenbard West High School - Glen Ellyn

• The Glen Bard

Governors State University - University Park

• Innovator

Granite High School - Granite City

• Granite High World

Illinois Central College - East Peoria

• Harbinger

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago

• TechNews
• Technology News
• Armour News
• Armour Tech News

Illinois State University - Normal

• Vidette

Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington

• Alumni Journal (1870–1877)
• Argus (1894– )
• Athenian (1890)
• Avenger (1888)
• College Herald (1881–1882)
• Elite Journal (1887–1892)
• The Oracle (1888)
• Students' Journal (1877–1885)
• Ventilator (1872)
• Wesleyan Bee (1882–1887)
• Wesleyan Echo (1890–1894)

Illinois Woman's College - Jacksonville

• College Greetings

Joliet Junior College - Joliet

• The Blazer

Lake Forest College - Lake Forest

• Stentor

Lake Land College- Mattoon

• Navigator

Loyola University - Chicago

• Loyola News
• Loyola Phoenix
• Blackacre

Marist High School - Chicago

• The Sentinel

Millikin University - Decatur

• Decaturian

Monmouth College - Monmouth

• Annex
• Newspaper Clipper
• Newspaper Courier
• Oracle
• Collegian

Mundelein College - Chicago

• The Skyscraper - 1931-1969

New Trier High School - Winnetka

• New Trier News

Niles Township High School - Skokie

• NileHiLite

Niles West High School - Skokie

• West Word

North Central College - Naperville

• North Central College Chronicle

North Park University - Chicago

• North Park Press

Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago

• Independent

Northwestern University - Evansville

• Daily Northwestern (may be restricted)

Northern Illinois University - De Kalb

• Northern Star

Saint Viator High School - Arlington Heights

• Viator Voice

Saint Xavier University - Chicago

• Xavierite

South Suburban College - South Holland

• Thornton Courier

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

• Daily Egyptian (1888-1989)
• Daily Egyptian (more current)

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

• Shurtleff Pioneer

University High School, Midway - Chicago

• The U-High Midway

University of Chicago - Chicago

• Daily Maroon (1902-1939)

University of Illinois - Urbana

• Daily Illini 

University of St. Francis - Joliet

• Encounter 
• Interlude 

Vienna High School - Vienna

• Talon

Western Illinois University - Macomb

• Western Courier

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• 2 3 Many
• A Four-year bummer
• Action Bulletin
• Ad Hoc Bulletin (Marxist-Lenninist
• Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion
• Black Maria
• Blazing Star
• But We Didn't Know
• CWLU News
• Dull Brass
• Feminist Voice
• Fight Back!
• GI News
• Great Lakes Torpedo
• Harass the Brass
• Inside-Out
• Kaleidoscope Chicago
• Korea free press
• Lavender Woman
• Living Hand
• Logistic, The
• Milk Quarterly
• Mother-country
• Movement for Democratic Military
• Navy Times Are Changin'
• Operation County fair Newsletter
• Other Half, The
• Rag, The
• Rising Up Angry
• Secret Storm
• Seed, The
• Spokeswoman, The
• Student Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam
• Vet Cong
• Veteran, The (Chicago)
• Veterans stars And stripes For Peace
• Vietnam GI
• Vietnam GI (Stateside Edition)Y
• Vietnam Veterans Against the War
• Voices of the Women’s Liberation Movement
• War Bulletin
• Wildcat
• Winter soldier

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942​

• Aledo - Camp Aledo Speaks (Company 2665)
• Aledo - Keyhole (Company 2665)
• Anna - Camp Gossip (Company 625)
• Annawan - Flash (Company 3682)
• Charleston - Charleston Echo (Company 627)
• Eddyville - Eddy-Tor (Company 623)
• Galena - Camp Galena News (Company 1628)
• Galena - Chatterbox (Company 1628)
• Glenview - Chatterbox Of Co. 634 (Company 634)
• Glenview - Co. 634'S Chatterbox (Company 634)
• Glenview - Feeler (Company 639)
• Grafton - Graham Holler (Company 633)
• Hinsdale - Fullersburg Beacon (Company 1668)
• Hinsdale - The Fullersburg Grit (Company 1668)
• Joliet - Brandon-Morris Bulletin (Company 630)
• Joliet - Camp Brandon-Morris Bulletin (Company 630)
• Jonesboro - Echo (Company 1621)
• Lockport - C.C.C. Romeo Rag (Company 631)
• Lockport - Lemont-Brandon Eagle (Company 631)
• McClure - Delta Outpost (Company 637)
• Mt. Carroll - Camp Carroll Volcano (Company 2664)
• Murphysboro - Austin Holler (Company 614)
• Naperville - Barracks Bag (Company 2612)
• Naperville - Mcdowell Messenger (Company 1668)
• Norris City - 619Th Co. Bull-Etin (Company 619)
• Norris City - Leader (Company 619)
• Ottawa - Echo (Company 628)
• Palatine - Deer Grove Ledger (Company 605)
• Tuseda - March Of Youth (Company 2618)
• Waterloo - Evergreen Times (Company 1628)
• Waterloo - Waterloo Evergreen Times (Company 1628)
• West Chicago - The Vet'S Gazette (Company 1668)
• Willow Springs - Beacon (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Chicago-Lemont Extra (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Chicago-Lemont Special (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Hilltop Beacon (Company 612)

Illinois Swedish Language Newspapers

• Facklan 
• Gamla och nya hemlandet 
• Hemlandet det gamla och det nya
• Justitia 
• Ny tid
• Nya svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren hemlandet 
• Svenska socialisten
• Svenska tribunen 
• Svenska tribunen-nyheter 

Small Town Papers

• The Arthur Graphic-Clarion Arthur, Illinois
• The Atwood Herald Atwood, Illinois
• Mt. Zion Region News Mt. Zion, Illinois
• The News Record Cerro Gordo, Illinois
• The Sun Trenton, Illinois
• Times Mt. Pulaski, Illinois
• The Observer Rockford
• Prairie Post Mt. Pulaski

Old Fulton Postcards

• Antioch IL News 
• Carlinville IL Conservative
• Carlinville IL Daily Enquirer
• Carlinville IL Democrat
• Carlinville IL Free Democrat
• Carlinville IL Macoupin County Argus
• Carlinville IL Macoupin County Herald
• Carlinville IL Spectator
• Carrol County IL Republican
• Chathan IL Clarion
• Chicago IL American
• Chicago IL Daily Press Tribune
• Chicago IL Daily Trubine
• Chicago IL Daily Worker
• Chicago IL Draugas
• Chicago IL Tribune
• Chicago IL Daily Inter Ocean
• Chicago IL Draugas Daily Friend
• Mt. Olive IL Herald
• Staunton IL Star Times
• Urbana IL Daily Courier
• Virden IL Recorder

The Olden Times - Illinois

Newspaper Abstracts - Illinois

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

Other Free Sites:

Antioch

• Antioch News 

Aurora​

• Beacon-News Then and Now Index

Barrington

• Barrington Courier-Review  (index)
• Barrington Review 

Belleville

• The Messenger - 2007-present

Chicago

• American Appeal 
• American Appeal
• American Jewess
• Amerikanski Slovenec
• Chicago Examiner
• Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
• Chicago Herald
• Chicago Times 
• Chicago Tribune Archives​ 
• Chicago Tribune 
• The Communist 
• Communist 
• Communist 
• Chicago daily drovers journal
• Edinost 
• Epworth Herald
• Gazeta Robotnicza: organ Związku Robotników Polskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki Północnej (1891-1893, 1894-1895)
• Gazeta Chicagowska (Dziennik Polski) (1896)
• Illinois Fiery Cross
• Klan Kourier
• Illinois Kourier
• Industrial Union Bulletin
• Jewish Sentinel
• Labor Unity
• Muhammad Speaks
• Naród Polski: pismo tygodniowe dla Polaków w Ameryce (1897-1914)
• New Majority
• Standard 
• Svornost
• Syndicalist 
• The Chicagoan magazine
• The Advance
• The Interior
• The Sentinel
• Our youth, a paper for young people and their teachers
• Chicago Catholic
• Chicago Catolico - 2004-present
• Katolik: w Archidiecezji Chicago - 2011-2013
• The Daily Racing Form
• American Socialist
• Industrial Worker

Downers Grove

• Downers Grove Reporter

Edwardsville

• Edwardsville Intelligencer

Galesburg

• Illinois Star

Huntley

• Huntley Farmside

Hyde Park

• Hyde Park Herald 

Joliet

• Christ Is Our Hope - 2008-present

Lake Forest

• Lake Forester 

McHenry

• McHenry Plaindealer

Mt. Carroll

• Carroll County Republican

Niles

• Niles Bugle
• Niles Herald-Spectator

Nokomis

• Deutsch-Amerikaner 

Oak Park

• Irish American News

Peoria

• The Catholic Post - 2008-present

Proviso

• Proviso Township Herald

Rockford

• The Observer - 1935-present

Skokie

• Skokie Local Newspapers Newspaper Index

Springfield

• The State Capital
• Catholic Times 

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 103 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Illinois Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 532 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Illinois Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently about 300 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Illinois

Newspapers.com:
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There are currently 280 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Illinois 

And Finally:

You also need to check out the University of Illinois Newspapers Database site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to all the newspapers that are listed in the database and whether they are available via paper, microfilm, and/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.

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