Tom Tryniski, the man behind the Fulton Postcards Old Newspaper site, has exceeded 47 million pages on his site and continues to add more newspapers to search for free.
Tom's site originally started with just New York newspapers. But in recent years he has digitized and made available for searching and browsing, old newspapers from 35 states from the U.S.
Below is the list of the North Carolina newspapers available, with the city, newspaper title, and years available in the collection. The majority of the titles have been added in the past year.
You can search the newspapers by going HERE, or browse through the titles by going HERE
- Asheboro NC Courier (1884-1906)
- Asheville NC Courier (1907-1917)
- Bibical Recorder NC (1890-1917 )
- Charlotte NC News (1911)
- Charlotte NC Post (1971-1996)
- Columbus NC Polk County News (1902-1915)
- Concorde NC Concord Standard (1895-97)
- Dunn NC Dispatch (1914-1923)
- Durham NC Carolina Times (1937-1979)
- Elizabeth City NC Daily Advance (1923)
- Fayetteville NC Observer (1851-1865)
- Franklin NC Press and Highlands Maconian (1929-1935, 1960)
- Gastonia NC Gazette ()
- Gastonia NC Gazette (1893-1909)
- Hamlet NC News Messenger (1928-1990)
- Lewisburg NC Franklin Times (1910-22,1968-69)
- Marshall NC News Record (1912,1960-62.,70-77,88)
- Monroe NC Journal (1925)
- Morehead City NC Carteret County News Times (1948-1960)
- New Bern NC Mirror (1958-1974)
- North Wilkesboro NC Journal Patriot (1933)
- Plymouth NC Roanoke Beacon (1899-1911,1918)
- Raeford NC News Journal (1946-1976)
- Rockham NC Spirit Of The South (1873-1892)
- Rockingham NC Angio Saxon (1899-1908)
- Rockingham NC Daily Journal (1942-2015)
- Rockingham NC Post Dispatch (1915-1965)
- Rockingham NC Richmond County Journal (1934-1998)
- Rockingham NC Rocket (1884-1897)
- Rocky Mount NC Wesleyan Decree (1961-1988,2012)
- Southern Pines NC Piolt (1920-21,1929-41)
- Tryon NC Polk County News (1920-1926)
- Vass NC Pilot (1941-1965)
- Warrington NC Record (1929,37,77,89)
- Warsaw NC Delton Times (1935,37,49-51,61-62)
- Washington NC Daily News (1909,15-16,1933-40)
- Waynesville NC Mountaineer (1925-26,31-36,49-51,55-56)
- Williamston NC Enterprise (1901,1939-1942)
- Wilmington NC Daily Review (1877)
- Wilmington NC Dispatch (1916)
- Winston Salem NC Chronicle (1974-1968,2016)
Remember, you can find links to all other free online historical newspaper collections at North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!