Pennsylvania is one of the states that has several central state-wide online repositories for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main online site for searching old newspapers. Pennsylvania does have many online newspapers available on that site. Pennsylvania currently also has its online availability from different websites and they house hundreds of 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 almost 8.000 newspapers that have been published in the Keystone 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 Pennsylvania 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 November, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Pennsylvania
- Allegheny, Pa., 1894-current - Zajedničar = Fraternalist.
- Allentaun, Pa., 183?-1839 - Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Caunty wöchentlicher Anzeiger.
- Allentaun, Pa., 1839-1848 - Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat.
- Allentaun, Pa., 1840-1847 - Der friedens=bote und Lecha, Northampton, Bucks, Berks und Montgomery Caunties Anzeiger.
- Allentaun, Pa., 1848-1859 - Der lecha patriot.
- Allentaun, Pa., 1859-1872 - Der Lecha Caunty patriot. [volume]
- Bedford, Pa., 1805-current - The Bedford gazette.
- Bedford, Pa., 1854-1857 - Bedford inquirer and chronicle.
- Bedford, Pa., 1857-1884 - Bedford inquirer.
- Bellefonte, Pa., 1848-1989 - Centre Democrat.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1837-1850 - The Columbia Democrat.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1849-1866 - The star of the north.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1850-1866 - Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1866-1866 - The campaign.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1866-1867 - Columbia democrat and star of the north.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1866-1910 - The Columbian.
- Bloomsburg, Pa., 1867-1869 - Bloomsburg democrat.
- Butler, Butler County, Pa., 1863-1872 - American citizen.
- Butler, Pa., 1877-1922 - Butler citizen.
- Centre Hall, Pa., 1868-1871 - Centre Hall reporter.
- Centre Hall, Pa., 1871-1940 - The Centre reporter.
- Chicago [Ill.], 1864-1877 - The workingman's advocate. [volume]
- Chicago, Ill., 1902-current - Głos polek. [volume]
- Clearfield, Pa., 1851-1937 - Clearfield Republican.
- Clearfield, Pa., 1854-1948 - Raftsman's journal.
- Coudersport, Pa., 1850-1857 - The people's journal.
- Coudersport, Pa., 1857-1872 - The Potter journal.
- Coudersport, Pa., 1872-1874 - The Potter journal and news item.
- Danville, Pa., 1859-1907 - Danville intelligencer.
- Danville, Pa., 1866-1920 - Montour American.
- Ebensburg, Pa., 1844-1853 - The mountain sentinel.
- Ebensburg, Pa., 1853-1866 - Democrat and sentinel.
- Ebensburg, Pa., 1859-1865 - The Alleghanian.
- Ebensburg, Pa., 1865-1871 - The Ebensburg Alleghanian.
- Ebensburg, Pa., 1867-1938 - The Cambria freeman.
- Emporium, Cameron County, Pa., 1866-1922 - Cameron County press.
- Freeland, Pa., 1888-1921 - Freeland tribune.
- Harrisburg, Pa., 1843-1887 - Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume]
- Harrisburg, Pa., 1879-1948 - Harrisburg telegraph.
- Harrisburg, Pa., 1904-1917 - The star-independent.
- Honesdale, Pa., 1873-1908 - The Honesdale citizen.
- Honesdale, Pa., 1908-1914 - The citizen.
- Indiana, Pa., 1914-1955 - The patriot. [volume]
- Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., 1889-1916 - Johnstown weekly Democrat.
- Lancaster, Pa., 1864-1928 - Lancaster daily intelligencer.
- Laport, Pa., 1896-19?? - Republican news item.
- Laporte, Pa., 1883-1896 - Sullivan republican.
- Lehighton, Pa., 1872-1924 - The Carbon advocate.
- Lewisburg, Pa., 1849-1849 - Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer.
- Lewisburg, Pa., 1850-1850 - Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer.
- Lewisburg, Pa., 1850-1859 - Lewisburg chronicle.
- Lewisburg, Pa., 1859-1864 - Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle.
- Lewistown, Pa., 1843-1944 - Lewistown gazette.
- McConnellsburg, Pa., 1899-current - The Fulton County news.
- Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa., 1864-1883 - The post.
- Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa., 1883-1916 - The Middleburgh post.
- Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa., 1873-1955 - Juniata sentinel and Republican.
- Mifflintown, Pa., 1846-1873 - Juniata sentinel.
- Milford, Pa., 1895-1925 - Pike County press.
- Millheim, Pa., 1876-1984 - Millheim Journal. [volume]
- New Bloomfield, Pa., 1867-187? - The Bloomfield times.
- New Bloomfield, Pa., 1877-188? - The New Bloomfield, Pa. times.
- New-York [N.Y.], 1789-1793 - Gazette of the United-States.
- Petroleum Center, Pa., 1868-1873 - The Petroleum Centre daily record.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1791-1793 - National gazette.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-1794 - Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-1795 - Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1795-1796 - Gazette of the United States.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1796-1800 - Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1800-1801 - Gazette of the United States, & daily advertiser.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1864-1918 - The evening telegraph.
- Philadelphia [Pa.], 1914-1942 - Evening public ledger.
- Philadelphia, Pa., 1917-???? - La ragione.
- Philadelphia, Pa., 1917-???? - La rassegna. [volume]
- Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-1969 - La libera parola. [volume]
- Pittsburg [Pa.], 1880-1923 - Pittsburg dispatch.
- Reading, Pa., 1839-1864 - Der liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties allgemeine anzeiger.
- Reynoldsville, Pa., 1892-1946 - The star.
- Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa., 186?-1868 - The Elk advocate.
- Ridgway, Pa., 1868-1883 - The Elk County advocate.
- Scranton, Pa., 1865-1918 - Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume]
- Scranton, Pa., 1884-18?? - Fest-Zeitung.
- Scranton, Pa., 1891-1910 - The Scranton tribune.
- Shenandoah, Pa., 1891-1966 - The evening herald.
- Somerset, Pa., 18??-???? - Somerset herald.
- Somerset, Pa., 183?-1852 - The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register.
- Somerset, Pa., 1870-1936 - The Somerset herald.
- Stroudsburg, Pa., 1840-1853 - Jeffersonian Republican.
- Stroudsburg, Pa., 1853-1911 - The Jeffersonian.
- Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa., 1840-1848 - Sunbury American and Shamokin journal.
- Sunbury, Pa., 1848-1879 - Sunbury American.
- Tionesta, Pa., 1869-1952 - The Forest Republican.
- Towanda, Pa., 1844-1884 - Bradford reporter.
- Towanda, Pa., 1879-1921 - Towanda daily review.
- Tunkhannock, Pa., 1854-1867 - North Branch democrat.
- Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa., 1867-1940 - Wyoming democrat.
- Waynesburg, Pa., 185?-1867 - The Greene County Republican.
- Waynesburg, Pa., 1867-18?? - The Waynesburg Republican.
Google News Archive
- Beaver - The Daily Times
- Beaver - Beaver Valley Times
- Beaver - Allegheny Times
- Beaver - Saturday Times
- Beaver - The Beaver Times
- Beaver - The Daily Times
- Beaver - Beaver County Times
- Beaver Falls - Beaver Falls Tribune
- Butler - The Butler Times
- Easton - The Easton Daily Free Press
- Easton - The Daily Free Press
- Easton - Free Press
- Easton - Free Daily Press
- Easton - Easton Free Press
- Gettysburg - Gettysburg Times
- Gettysburg - The Gettysburg Gazette
- Gettysburg - Adams County News
- Gettysburg - The Star and Banner
- Gettysburg - Gettysburg Compiler
- Gettysburg - The Star and Sentinel
- Gettysburg - The Sprig of Liberty
- Gettysburg - The People's Press
- Gettysburg - The Republican Compiler
- Gettysburg - The Adams Centinel
- Gettysburg - The Centinel
- Gettysburg - The Star and Republican Banner
- Gettysburg - The Compiler
- Greensburg - The Daily Tribune
- Greensburg - Greensburg Morning Review
- Greensburg - Greensburg Daily Tribune
- Jeannette - The Jeannette News
- Jeannette - The News-Dispatch
- Jeannette - Jeannette Daily Dispatch
- Jeannette - The Jeannette Dispatch
- Jeannette - The Weekly News-Dispatch
- Lock Haven - The Clinton County Times
- Lock Haven - Clinton County Weekly
- Mifflinburg - Mifflinburg Telegraph
- Milton - Milton Evening Standard
- Milton - The Milton Standard
- New Oxford - New Oxford Item
- Philadelphia - The Record
- Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Record
- Philadelphia - General Advertiser
- Philadelphia - Public Record
- Philadelphia - Aurora General Advertiser
- Pittsburgh - The Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights News
- Pittsburgh - The Mount Washington News
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Press
- Pittsburgh - The Gazette Times
- Pittsburgh - Das Volksblatt
- Pittsburgh - Volksblatt Und Freiheits Freund
- Pittsburgh - Freiheits-Freund
- Pittsburgh - Freiheits Freund Und Pittsburger Courier
- Pittsburgh - Der Freiheits-Freund
- Pittsburgh - Printer's Labor Tribune
- Pittsburgh - National Labor Tribune
- Pittsburgh - The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Sun-Telegraph
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Daily Gazette
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser
- Pittsburgh - Post-Gazette and Sun-Telegraph
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Commercial
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Gazette
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburger Volksblatt
- Reading - Reading Eagle
- Reading - Reading Eagle Reading Times A.m. Berks
- Rochester - Rochester and Beaver the Daily Times
- Sheffield - The Sheffield Observer
- Washington - The Reporter
- Washington - The Daily Evening Reporter
- Washington - The Washington Semi-Weekly Reporter
- Washington - Washington Daily Reporter
- Washington - The Washington Weekly Reporter
- Washington - Observer-Reporter
- Washington - Washington Daily News
- Washington - The Washington Observer
- Washington - The Reporter and Tribune
- Washington - The Washington Reporter
- Williamsport - Gazette and Bulletin
Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
- Aaronsburg - Berichter und Anzeiger. volume
- Aaronsburg - Democratischer Berichter und Centre County Anzeiger. volume
- Aaronsburg - Der Centre Berichter. volume
- Aaronsburg - Der Democratische Berichter.
- Allentown - Der friedens=bote und Lecha, Northampton, Bucks, Berks und Montgomery Caunties Anzeiger.
- Allentown - Der Lecha Caunty patriot.
- Allentown - Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Caunty wöchentlicher Anzeiger.
- Allentown - Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat.
- Allentown - Der lecha patriot.
- Allentown - The Lehigh register.
- Altoona - The Altoona tribune.
- Barnesboro - The Barnesboro star. volume
- Beaver - The Argus and radical.
- Beaver - The Beaver Argus.
- Beaver - The Beaver County Argus.
- Beaver - The Beaver radical.
- Beaver - The Beaver weekly argus.
- Bedford - Bedford inquirer and chronicle.
- Bedford - Bedford inquirer.
- Bedford - The Bedford gazette.
- Bellefonte - American patriot. volume
- Bellefonte - Bellefonte patriot. volume
- Bellefonte - Centre Democrat.
- Bellefonte - Centre farmer. volume
- Bellefonte - Democratic watchman.
- Bellefonte - Democratic watchman. volume
- Bellefonte - The Bellefonte national.
- Bellefonte - The Bellefonte Republican.
- Bellefonte - The Central press.
- Bloomsburg - Bloomsburg democrat.
- Bloomsburg - Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser.
- Bloomsburg - Columbia democrat and star of the north.
- Bloomsburg - The campaign.
- Bloomsburg - The Columbia Democrat.
- Bloomsburg - The Columbian.
- Bloomsburg - The star of the north.
- Butler - American citizen.
- Butler - Butler citizen.
- Butler - The Democratic herald.
- Carbondale - The Carbondale weekly advance.
- Carlisle - American volunteer.
- Carlisle - Carlisle herald and expositor.
- Carlisle - Carlisle herald.
- Centre Hall - Centre Hall reporter.
- Centre Hall - The Centre reporter.
- Chambersburg - The Franklin repository.
- Clearfield - Clearfield Republican.
- Clearfield - Democratic banner.
- Clearfield - Raftsman's journal.
- Clearfield - The Country dollar.
- Columbia - The Columbia spy and Lancaster and York County record.
- Columbia - The Columbia spy.
- Columbia - The Columbia spy. and literary register.
- Coudersport - The people's journal.
- Coudersport - The Potter journal and news item.
- Coudersport - The Potter journal.
- Dallas - The Dallas post.
- Danville - Danville intelligencer.
- Danville - Montour American.
- East Stroudsburg - Jeffersonian Republican.
- Ebensburg - Democrat and sentinel.
- Ebensburg - The Alleghanian.
- Ebensburg - The Cambria freeman.
- Ebensburg - The Ebensburg Alleghanian.
- Ebensburg - The mountain sentinel.
- Elk Lick - The Somerset County star. volume
- Emporium - Cameron County press.
- Erie - Behrend collegian.
- Erie - Erie observer.
- Erie - Erie weekly observer.
- Erie - The Behrend beacon.
- Erie - The Behrend College collegian.
- Erie - The Collegian : the weekly newspaper of Behrend College.
- Erie - The Erie observer.
- Erie - The Nittany cub.
- Florin - The weekly bulletin.
- Freeland - Freeland tribune.
- Gettysburg - Gettysburg compiler.
- Gettysburg - Star and banner.
- Gettysburg - The compiler.
- Gettysburg - The Republican compiler.
- Gettysburg - The Star and Republican banner.
- Gettysburg - The star and sentinel.
- Gettysburg - The star, and Adams County Republican banner.
- Gettysburg - The star.
- Greencastle - The pilot.
- Harrisburg - Daily patriot and union.
- Harrisburg - Evening telegraph.
- Harrisburg - Harrisburg telegraph.
- Harrisburg - Pennsylvania daily telegraph.
- Harrisburg - Pennsylvania telegraph.
- Harrisburg - Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung.
- Harrisburg - The star-independent.
- Hazleton - Hazleton collegian.
- Hazleton - The Highacres collegian.
- Honesdale - The citizen.
- Honesdale - The Honesdale citizen.
- Huntingdon - Huntingdon globe.
- Huntingdon - Huntingdon journal.
- Huntingdon - Huntingdon journal.
- Huntingdon - The globe.
- Huntingdon - The Huntingdon journal.
- Huntingdon - The journal.
- Indiana - The patriot.
- Johnstown - Johnstown weekly Democrat.
- Lancaster - Lancaster daily intelligencer.
- Lancaster - Lancaster farming.
- Lancaster - Lancaster intelligencer.
- Laporte - Republican news item.
- Laporte - Sullivan republican.
- Lebanon - The Lebanon advertiser.
- Lehighton - The Carbon advocate.
- Lewisburg - Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer.
- Lewisburg - Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer.
- Lewisburg - Lewisburg chronicle.
- Lewisburg - Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle.
- Lewistown - Lewistown gazette.
- Marietta - Susquehanna times & the Mount Joy bulletin.
- Marietta - Susquehanna times.
- Marietta - The Mariettian.
- Marietta - The Weekly Mariettian.
- McConnellsburg - The Fulton County news.
- Meyersdale - The Meyersdale commercial. volume
- Middleburg - The Middleburgh post.
- Middleburg - The post.
- Middletown - C.C. reader.
- Middletown - Capitol times.
- Middletown - The capitolist.
- Mifflintown - Juniata sentinel and Republican.
- Mifflintown - Juniata sentinel.
- Milford - Pike County press.
- Millheim - Der Centre Berichter. volume
- Millheim - Millheim Journal.
- Montrose - Independent Republican.
- Montrose - Northern democrat.
- Montrose - The Democrat.
- Montrose - The Montrose Democrat.
- Montrose - The Montrose democrat.
- Montrose - The people's advocate.
- Montrose - The Susquehanna register.
- Mount Joy - The Mount Joy bulletin.
- Mount Joy - The Mount Joy star and news.
- New Berlin - Unabhangiger Correspondent. volume
- New Bloomfield - The Bloomfield times.
- New Bloomfield - The New Bloomfield, Pa. times.
- Patton - The Patton courier.
- Patton - Union press-courier.
- Petroleum Center - The Petroleum Centre daily record.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United-States.
- Philadelphia - Daily evening bulletin.
- Philadelphia - Evening public ledger.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United States, & daily advertiser.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United States.
- Philadelphia - Gazette of the United-States.
- Philadelphia - La libera parola.
- Philadelphia - La ragione.
- Philadelphia - La rassegna.
- Philadelphia - Our daily fare.
- Philadelphia - The American Presbyterian almanac and family register, for the year of our Lord ...
- Philadelphia - The American Presbyterian.
- Philadelphia - The evening telegraph.
- Philadelphia - The press.
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh daily gazette and advertiser.
- Pittsburgh - The daily morning post.
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh daily gazette.
- Pittsburgh - Daily morning post.
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburg dispatch.
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh daily gazette and advertiser.
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh morning post.
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh morning post.
- Pittsburgh - Presbyterian banner & advocate.
- Pittsburgh - Presbyterian banner.
- Pittsburgh - The daily morning post.
- Pittsburgh - The Daily Pittsburgh gazette and commercial journal.
- Pittsburgh - The daily Pittsburgh gazette.
- Pittsburgh - The daily Pittsburgh gazette.
- Pittsburgh - The mystery.
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh daily gazette.
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh gazette.
- Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh post.
- Pottsville - The miners' journal, and Pottsville general advertiser.
- Pottsville - The miners' journal.
- Pottsville - The miners' journal.
- Reading - Der liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties allgemeine anzeiger.
- Reading - Father Abraham.
- Reading - Reading daily eagle.
- Reading - Reading gazette and Democrat.
- Reynoldsville - The star.
- Ridgway - The Elk advocate.
- Ridgway - The Elk County advocate.
- Scranton - Fest-Zeitung.
- Scranton - Scranton Wochenblatt.
- Scranton - The Scranton tribune.
- Shenandoah - The evening herald.
- Smethport - M'Kean County Democrat.
- Snow Shoe - Snow Shoe times. volume
- Somerset - Somerset herald.
- Somerset - The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register.
- Somerset - The Somerset herald.
- Somerset - Somerset vedette. volume
- State College - Penn State collegian.
- State College - State collegian.
- State college - The Free lance.
- Stroudsburg - The Jeffersonian.
- Sunbury - Sunbury American and Shamokin journal.
- Sunbury - Sunbury American.
- Tionesta - The Forest Republican.
- Towanda - Bradford reporter.
- Towanda - Bradford Republican.
- Towanda - The Bradford Porter.
- Towanda - Towanda daily review.
- Tunkhannock - North Branch democrat.
- Tunkhannock - The Wyoming Democrat.
- Tunkhannock - Wyoming County Whig.
- Tunkhannock - Wyoming democrat.
- University Park - The daily collegian.
- Waynesboro - The Waynesboro' village record.
- Waynesboro - Village record.
- Waynesburg - The Greene County Republican.
- Waynesburg - The Waynesburg messenger.
- Waynesburg - The Waynesburg Republican.
- Wellsboro - The agitator.
- Wellsboro - The Tioga County agitator.
- Wellsboro - The Wellsborough advertiser.
- Wellsboro - Wellsboro agitator.
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers 1831-1877
Altoona
- Altoona Tribune 2/4/1858 - 3/11/1865
- Bellefonte National - 9/4/1868 - 12/25/1868
- Bellefonte Republican - 1/6/1869 - 6/30/1869; 7/14/1869 - 12/22/1869
- Central Press - 9/24/1858 - 8/11/1859; 9/20/1860 - 8/16/1861; 2/28/1862 - 8/30/1867; 1/10/1868 - 8/21/1868
- Democratic Watchman 11/28/1855 - 10/27/1871
- Franklin Repository 7/8/1863 - 12/27/1865
- Democratic Banner 10/9/1845 - 2/14/1849
- Country Dollar 6/20/1849 - 7/26/1850
- Clearfield Republican 11/14/1851 – 12/30/1854; 4/7/1858 - 7/5/1865
- Columbia Spy 7/17/1847 - 12/31/1870
- Erie Weekly Observer 4/18/1853 - 3/5/1859
- Erie Observer 3/12/1859 - 5/27/1869
- Star 2/23/1831 - 9/27/1831
- Star and Adams County Republican Banner 10/4/1831 - 4/3/1832
- Star and Republican Banner 12/23/1834 - 5/14/1847
- Star and Banner 5/28/1847 - 5/8/1857
- Star and Sentinal 5/29/1867 - 3/17/1871
- Republican Compiler 9/11/1854 - 5/1/1857
- Compiler 5/18/1857 - 5/14/1866
- Gettysburg Compiler 5/21/1866 - 12/25/1868
- Pilot 2/3/1863 - 7/26/1864*
- Daily Patriot and Union 10/15/1860 - 10/31/1863*
- Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph 1/21/1859 - 11/26/1862*
- Evening Telegraph 11/28/1862 - 3/11/1864*
- Pennsylvania Telegraph 3/12/1864 - 12/31/1864
- Huntingdon Globe 1/8/1855 - 6/18/1856
- Huntingdon Journal 10/3/1838 - 8/27/1880
- Globe 6/25/1856 - 12/13/1870
- Father Abraham 6/12/1868 - 4/29/1870; 10/25/1872 - 12/13/1872
- Lancaster Intelligencer 12/28/1847 - 12/27/1871
- Lebanon Advertiser 6/24/1857 - 9/13/1865*
- Lehigh Register 1/4/1849 - 12/25/1872
- Weekly Mariettian 7/21/1860 - 7/20/1861
- Mariettian 8/3/1861 - 8/3/1867*
- American Presbyterian 1/5/1860 - 12/30/1869*
- Daily Evening Bulletin 2/2/1864 - 10/8/1870
- Our Daily Fare 6/8 - 21/1864; 9/11/1865
- Press 8/1/1857 - 7/30/1864; 2/22/1858-10/14/1865*
- Daily Morning Post 9/10/1842 - 7/28/1843
- The Mystery 4/16/1845
- Pittsburgh Morning Post 7/29/1843 - 9/16/1846
- Daily Morning Post 9/17/1846 - 11/24/1855
- Pittsburgh Morning Post 11/26/1855 - 2/19/1859
- Pittsburgh Post 2/21/1859 - 1/17/1860
- Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser 3/29/1847 - 3/31/1847
- Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 4/1/1847 - 1/8/1851
- Daily Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial Journal 5/9/1861 - 5/20/1863
- Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 5/21/1863 - 1/6/1866
- Pittsburgh Gazette 1/8/1866 – 7/30/1870
- Presbyterian Banner and Advocate 9/27/1856 - 3/3/1860*
- Presbyterian Banner 3/10/1860 - 9/14/1864*
- Reading Eagle 8/20/1868 - 3/22/1869
- Reading Gazette and Democrat 5/24/1862; 1/3/1863 - 12/26/1863
- Village Record 1/3/1862 - 6/15/1871
- Waynesboro Village Record 6/29/1871 - 12/31/1874
- Waynesburg Messenger - 8/21/1861 - 3/22/1865
- Agitator 7/13/1854 - 11/22/1865
- Tioga County Agitator 11/29/1865 - 12/20/1871
- Wellsboro Agitator 1/3/1872 - 11/25/1873
POWER Library
- Albright College - The Seminary Guard Newspaper
- Ambler Gazette Collection – Wissahickon Valley Public Library
- Ambler Gazette Newspaper
- Bellwood Bulletin
- Christian Observer (Philadelphia) 1840-1850
- Conshohocken Recorder Collection
- Elizabethville Echo Newspaper
- Elk Enterprise Newspaper
- Harrisburg Whig State Journal Newspaper
- Hourglass Newspaper Collection
- Huntingdon County Historical Newspapers
- Indian Craftsman
- Keystone Gazette Newspaper
- Kiski School Digital Collection
- Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1834-1854 Collection
- Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1855-1872 Collection
- Lancaster Intelligencer 1833-1852
- Lebanon Advertiser Newspaper
- Lewistown Republican 1840-1844
- Lititz Newspaper Collection
- Lycoming College Student Newspapers (1856-present)
- Mansfield Advertiser 1911-1929
- Mapleton Advertiser Newspaper
- Mapleton Item Newspaper
- Marietta Advocate and Farmers and Mechanics Intelligencer Newspaper
- Marietta Pioneer Newspaper
- Marietta Register Newspaper
- Mariettian Newspaper
- Mengle Memorial Library Jefferson County Punxsutawney Spirit Collection
- Mercer Dispatch Newspaper
- Milton Hershey School Hershey News Collection
- Milton Hershey School Hershey Press Collection
- Montgazette (Montgomery County Community College student newspaper)
- Mt. Pleasant Journal Newspaper
- Nazareth Area World War II Scrapbook
- Nazareth Item
- Pennsylvania Conservation and Science
- Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers
- Pennsylvania Native Americans Collection
- Philadelphia Christian Observer Newspaper
- Philadelphia Daily Chronicle Newspaper
- Philadelphia Sun Newspaper
- Philadelphia Sunday-school Times Newspaper
- Pioneer and County Advertiser 9/27/1826 - 2/2/1827
- Pittston Gazette (1850-1907)
- Potter County Journal Newspaper
- Punxsutawney Spirit
- Redman
- Saint Francis University Student Newspapers
- Sewickley Herald
- Sewickley Herald Collection
- State’s Advocate Newspaper
- Sun (Philadelphia) 9/11/1844, June-August 1847
- Sunday-school times (Philadelphia; 1862-1868)
- The Ambler Gazette (Montgomery County; 1886-1944)
- The Baldwin School Hourglass Newspaper Collection
- The Campus (Allegheny College student newspaper)
- The Colonization Herald and General Register Newspaper
- The Conshohocken Recorder
- The New Holland Clarion 1873-1890 Collection
- The New Holland Clarion 1891-1910 Collection
- The New Holland Clarion 1911-1950 Collection
- The Seminary Guard Newspaper
- The Swarthmorean & the Swarthmore News
- Titusville Courier Newspaper
- Titusville Herald Newspaper
- Whig State Journal (Harrisburg) 5/20/1851
- Wilkes-Barre Daily Newspaper
- Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent
County and Library Collections:
Allegheny County
Oakmont Carnegie Library
- Advance Leader
- Verona Leader
- Allegheny Valley Advance
- Leader
- Advance
Chester County
Spoke Newspaper
- Conestoga Spoke
- Conestoga Spook
- Eastfrin Echoes
- Spoke
Franklin County
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library
- Record Herald
- Village Record
- Waynesboro Record
- Blue Ridge Zephyr
- Daily Record
- Evening Review
Columbia County Local Newspapers Collection
- Columbia County Republican: 1857-1915 (complete 1875-94, 1901-02, 1914)
- Bloomsburg Daily: 1892-1904, 1906-08 (complete February 1892 - February 1902)
- Daily Mail: August 1908 - January 1909
- Democratic Sentinel: 1872-1912 (complete 1885, 1890-91, April 1901 - June 1910)
Delaware County Newspaper Archives
- Chester Daily Times
- Chester Evening Times
- Chester Reporter
- Chester Times
- Daily Times
- Delaware County Daily Times
Green Free Library Newspaper Archives
- Alleganian
- Allegany County Reporter
- Allegany County Republican
- Allegany Democrat
- Allegany Federal Census
- Bradford County Republican
- Tioga County Agitator
- Tioga Eagle
- Wellsboro Agitator
- Wellsboro Gazette
- Wellsboro Tioga County Agitator
- Wellsboro Agitator
- Wellsville Allegany County Democrat
- Wellsville Allegany County Reporter
- Wellsville Allegany County Republican
- Wellsville Daily Reporter
- Wellsville Free Press
- Wellsville Genesee Valley Free Press
- Wellsville Seventh Census
- Wellsville Times
Greenville Newspaper Archives 1869-2007
- Advance Argus
- Greenville Advance
- Greenville Advance Argus
- Greenville Argus
- Greenville Evening Record
- Greenville News
- Greenville Record Argus
- Greenville Shenango Valley Argus
- Greenville Shenango Valley News
- Shenango Valley News
James V Brown Public Library
- Daily Banner
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- Daily Morning Standard
- Gazette And Bulletin
- Grit
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- Industrial Union
- Lycoming Daily Gazette
- Lycoming Gazette
- Lycoming Recorder
- Marriage Licenses
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- News-Mirror
- Pennsylvania Grit
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- The Daily Truth
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- The Grip
- The Holiday Grit
- The Item
- The Labor Record
- The Luminary
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- The Lycoming Gazette And Chronicle
- The Morning News
- The Muncy Luminary And Lycoming County Advertiser
- The Port Byron Chronicle
- The Times
- The West Branch Bulletin
- The Williamsport Examiner
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- The Williamsport Sun
- The Williamsport Sun And Banner
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- The Williamsport Times
- Tri-Weekly Gazette And Bulletin
- Weekly Democratic Banner
- Weekly Sun And Banner
- West Branch Beobachter
- West Branch Republican
- West-Branch Democrat
- Williamsport Daily Standard
- Williamsport Meginnes Diaries
- Williamsport Morning Standard
- Williamsport Republican
Lancaster County Digitization Project
- Columbia Spy (1830-1889)
- F&M Student Newspaper Collection (1873-2011)
- Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (1880-1890)
- Lancaster Examiner and Herald (1834-1872)
- The Lancaster Farmer (1869-1884)
- Lancaster Journal (Weekly) (1816-1836)
- Lancaster Intelligencer (1847-1871)
- Lititz Newspaper Collection
- Millersville University Snapper (1925-2005)
- New Holland Clarion (1873-1950)
Smethport Archives
- McKean Citizen
- McKean County Democrat
- McKean County Journal
- McKean County Miner
- McKean Democrat
- McKean Orbit
- McKean Yeoman
- Settler And Pennon
- Smethport Citizen
- Smethport Forester and Smethport Register
- Smethport M Kean County Miner
- Smethport M Kean Miner
- Smethport McKean Citizen
- Smethport McKean Democrat
- Smethport McKean Miner
Tyrone Newspaper Archive
Student Collections:
Allegheny College - Meadville Arcadia University - Glenside
- Campus Crier 1926 - 1930
- The Beaver News 1935 - 1986
- The Periscope 1925 - 1926
- The Tower 1987 - 2013
- Bloom-In-News 1924
- Hill Top News and Views 1923
- Maroon and Gold 1924-1974
- The Campus Voice 1975-1983
- The Voice 1983-
- College Days (1873-1876, 1878-1879)
- The F&M Weekly (1891-1915)
- The Student Weekly (1915-1964)
- College Reporter (1964-2011)
- THE ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE 1853
- THE STAR OF LITERATURE 1853-1858
- THE BOUQUET AND OFFERING 1856
- THE DICKINSON LIBERAL 1878-1895
- THE DICKINSON SEMINARY JOURNAL 1890-1895
- THE DICKINSON UNION 1895-1947
- THE BLANKET 1941-1942
- THE CAMPUS OFFICER 1944-45
- THE TOWER 1947
- THE CARPET 1949
- LYCOMING COURIER 1947-1957
- THE BELL 1957-1973
- THE VACANT LOT 1968-1969
- THE COMMUNICATOR 1970-1971
- THE LYCO CHRONICLE 1974
- THE SPECTATOR 1975-1980
- THE LYCOMING ADVOCATE 1981
- THE PETRI DISH 1982-1984
- LYCOMING LEDGER 1984-1987
- THE LYCOURIER 1989-present
- Free Lance (monthly) - 1887 - 1904
- State Collegian (weekly) - 1904 - 1911
- Penn State Collegian 1911-1940
- The Daily Collegian (daily) - 1940 - present
Miscellaneous Collections:
Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
- Jewish Criterion (1895-1962)
- American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962)
- Jewish Chronicle (1962-present)
- Y-JCC series (1926-1975).
Radnor Historical Society Newspaper Collection
- Wayne Weekly Gazette
- The Wayne Signal
- Suburban and Wayne Times
Valley of the Shadow: Civil War Era Newspapers
- Republican Vindicator
- Franklin Repository and Transcript
- Staunton Spectator
- Valley Spirit
Villanova University Digital Library
- Clan-na-Gael Journal [Philadelphia] (13 issues between 1902-1918)
- Irish Press [Philadelphia] (1918-1922)
- Pennsylvanische Staats-Gazette
- The Constitutional diary and Philadelphia evening advertiser
Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers
- April Action
- Damascus Road
- Dandelion
- Destroyer, The
- Gay Alternative
- Mothball Blues
- MOTHER (Pittsburgh)
- New Gay Life
- Paper Air
- Philadelphia Gay News
- Tell-a-Woman
- Ultimate Weapon, The
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Analomink - Ear Bender Of Laurel Run (Company 302)
- Analomink - Laurel Run Ear Bender (Company 302)
- Anderson Creek - Plateau Enterprise (Company 331)
- Benezette - Iris Of Progress (Company 303)
- Benton - Between Men (Company 341)
- Benton - Camp Morton News (Company 341)
- Benton - Free-For-All (Company 341)
- Canadensis - Timberline (Company 337)
- Cedar Run - Camp S-90 Bulletin (Company 328)
- Clearfield - Clearfield Gazette (Company 303)
- Clearfield - Nursery Camp News (Company 331)
- Clearfield - Nursery Camp Times (Company 331)
- Clearfield - Nursery News (Company 331)
- Clearfield - Nursery Times (Company 331)
- Coudersport - Moore'S Run Bugler (Company 380)
- Coudersport - Moore'S Run Commander (Company 380)
- Coudersport - Daily News (Company 380)
- Cross Fork - Ole Bull-Etin (Company 346)
- Elimsport - Laurel (Company 366)
- Elimsport - White Deer Rattler (Company 366)
- Emporium - North Creek Call (Company 321)
- Galeton - Cherry Springs Herald (Company 343)
- Galeton - Lyman Run Ripples (Company 342)
- Gettysburg - Renaissance News (Company 385)
- Glen Rock - Glenview News (Company 367)
- Glen Rock - Hill Top Hi-Hatter (Company 367)
- Glen Rock - Hilltop Hitter (Company 307)
- Grantville - Indiantown Echo (Company 336)
- Grantville - Indiantown Gap's Echo (Company 336)
- Hicks Run - Elk-Cam Gobbler (Company 370)
- Kane - ANF Camp News (Company 1319)
- Kane - Builder (Company 1319)
- Kato - Katonian (Company 347)
- Laporte - Jakersville Echo (Company 383)
- Laporte - Whirl'S End Echo (Company 383)
- Laquin - Laquin News (Company 387)
- Leetonia - Rattler (Company 328)
- Loganton - Long Run Tribune (Company 306)
- Masten - Bag Puncher (Company 301)
- Mifflin - Licking Creek Pioneer (Company 2333)
- Mifflinburg - Halfway Herald (Company 340)
- Montoursville - Little Bear News (Company 367)
- Morris - Woodland Whispers (Company 384)
- Mount Union - Camp S-56 Bulletin (Company 314) (AA)
- Neff's Mills - Owl'S Gap (Company 399)
- Neff's Mills - Owl'S Gap Hoot 'N Howl (Company 399)
- North Bend - Single Branch Times (Company 311)
- Philipsburg - Pride Of '71 (Company 359)
- Philipsburg - Wolf Rock Echo (Company 373)
- Pigeon - Spring Creek Murmurs (Company 318)
- Pine Grove Furnace - Bunker Hill Bunk (Company 329)
- Redbridge - Od Gazette (Company 320)
- Reedsville - Chip Chop Chats (Company 388)
- Renovo - Voice Of The Fork (Company 348)
- Richmond Furnace - 305Th Co. Journal (Company 305)
- Richmond Furnace - Cowan'S Gap News (Company 305)
- Richmond Furnace - Fox News (Company 305)
- Richmond Furnace - Gloom Chaser (Company 305)
- Richmond Furnace - Gloom Chaser (Company 305)
- Ridgway - Echo (Company 321)
- Rockwood - Blue Hole Voice Of Youth (Company 344)
- Shawville - Bucks Camp (Company 330)
- Shawville - Top (Company 330)
- Sigel - Clear Creek Capers (Company 353)
- Slate Run - Black Forest News (Company 364)
- Sligo - Sligo Flyer (Company 2323)
- Sligo - The Sligo Flyer (Company 2323)
- Sligo - The Sligo Flyer News (Company 2323)
- Thornhurst - Mountain Torch (Company 382)
- Trout Run - New Deal (Company 367)
- Tyler - Empire Builder (Company 309)
- Waterville - Blatherskite (Company 386)
- Waterville - Green Guardsman (Company 312)
- Waynesboro - Pioneer (Company 307)
- Waynesboro - Pioneer Weekly (Company 307)
- Wilcox - Straight Camp Herald (Company 316) (AA)
Small Town Papers
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You also need to visit the Pennsylvania Digital Newspaper Program site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. The site also has additional resources that help you find online and microfilm resources in the state.
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