The United States Newspaper collection provides links to digital newspapers which can be found online from the historical to modern day. While most of these are free to view and download, some may not. In this case we try to provide a $ sign after the link to let you know the newspaper is found on a subscription website. We also feature transcriptions from historical newspapers when available. Also see our United States obituary collections.
During the New Deal Era, workers of Annals of Cleveland staff summarized and indexed material from early Cleveland newspapers, beginning with the inaugural issue of the city’s first paper, the July 31, 1818 Cleaveland Gazette and Commercial Register. The project provided jobs for unemployed white-collar workers during the Depression of the 1930s and created an important record of early life and thought in the city of Cleveland.
Hosted at Wilcox County, USGenWeb Archives Project Excerpts Of Interest From “Southern Plantation,” January – March 1875, Montgomery, Alabama A Tribute To The Memory Of Maj. S. A. Barnett June 23 1904 Mr. John Mcduffie, Sr. Killed June 30 1904 Prominent Man Killed September 8 1904 Jim Andrews And Wife Killed December 22 1904 Wagon
The Winchester Star is the paper of record for the town of Winchester, Massachusetts and was a weekly publication, coming out on Friday of each week. These files presently contain digital images of the Star from January 4, 1901 through December 28, 1972. The Winchester Star liked to publish items of an historical nature, from biographies of leading citizens (past and present) to items of history in reference to events which occurred in the past in Winchester. The publisher also filled his pages with photographs, and it’s possible that you may find your Winchester ancestors photo within it’s pages, albeit, a paper photograph, while not ideal, may be the only likeness you have for an ancestor.
The 135 issues of the Stillwater Messenger placed online by the Minnesota Historical Society comprise of 1 issue per week (multiple issues are present in each film) of a period from 1 Jan 1861 – 4 Dec 1874. There is a gap in the issues here presented, and that is from 11 Mar 1868 – 09 Dec 1870. This is the period of time in which the Stillwater Messenger was published as the Stillwater Republican.
This page provides links to all available South Dakota historical newspaper images and transcriptions found online by AccessGenealogy. Organized alphabetically by town or city.
Small Town Papers gives you free access to the people, places and events recorded in real time over the decades or even centuries! Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition! Their archives contain millions of names of ancestors not found anywhere else. Enhance your Ancestry research with their high resolution scanned newspaper archive. Find distant relatives and discover your ethnic heritage by reading the articles about family and friends written back in the day.
The University of Massachusetts at Lowell digitized 23 bound volumes of the Rogers Hall School Splinters monthly literary magazine, for the years of 1900-1969. Each volume contains several years of the Rogers Hall school papers. School papers often provide a window into student life. From sports teams to clubs, fashions to hairstyles, these volumes document the changing attitudes and culture of high school students year by year.
Hosted at Randolph County, USGenWeb Archives Project Articles about Churches Articles on the History of Some Organizations Estate Notices Other Individual Articles The Randolph Leader Abstracts: 1896-1899 The Randolph Leader Abstracts: 1900-1904 The Randolph Leader Abstracts: 1905 – 1909 The Randolph Leader Abstracts: 1910 – 1914 The Randolph Leader Abstracts: 1915 – 1919 The Randolph
Hosted at Pike County, USGenWeb Archives Project Newspapers – Anderson, Run Away Slave – Pike Co., Al Newspapers – Largest Apple! – Pike Co., Al Confederate Mothers Yet Living – Pike Co., Al The Past! The Dead! July 11 1872 Sharon Church — Ordination Of Deacons. July 11 1872 Robert Elmer (Elmo) Phelps September 19
A large collection of freely available newspapers online for the state of North Dakota, both historical and current. These listings are provided by town/city of publication, and years available.
Hosted at Montgomery County, USGenWeb Archives Project Excerpts Of Interest From The Montgomery Daily Advertiser – 1866, Montgomery, Alabama Excerpts Of Interest From The Montgomery Daily Advertiser: 1871 – 1872, Montgomery, Alabama Excerpts Of Interest From “Southern Plantation,” January – March 1875, Montgomery, Alabama Interments Reported January 1, 1881, Montgomery, Alabama Interments Reported January 20,
The following digitized newspapers are provided by University of Massachusetts at Lowell. They cover various newspapers published in Lowell Massachusetts during the years of 1837-1893 and under the banners of “The Lowell Courier”, “The Lowell Daily Courier”, “Lowell Daily Journal and Courier”, and the “Lowell Advertiser.” Lacking issues, mutilated and missing pages. At this time
Lowell Massachusetts Newspaper Archives 1837-1893 Read More »
The Lincoln County New Mexico online archives contains pdf’s of all remaining copies of the El Farol Newspaper of Capitan NM, but doesn’t have an index to the newspaper. C. W. Barnum, an active member of AHGP, and state coordinator for the New Mexico AHGP recently invested his time and energy into providing an every person index to the various extant issues. He has shared this wonderful index with AccessGenealogy in hopes that it will reach a wider audience. Enjoy!
Index to Articles found in the El Farol Newspaper 1905-1906 Read More »
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has digitized over 200,000 pages of 131 pre-1922 (out of copyright) historically significant newspapers. Newspapers digitized as part of this program are also included in the Library of Congress Chronicling America collection. Their current list (as of post update) are below. Titles Currently Available: The Advertiser 2 March
A history of the Lowell Massachusetts Daily Courier newspaper and the people who built it over the years.
History of the Courier Newspaper – Lowell Massachusetts Read More »
These historical California newspapers were placed online in digital format by a variety of sources and are here collected for convenient usage. These papers are listed in alphabetical order and you will need to know the specific newspaper you are looking for.
This page represents 37 free historical newspapers spread out over the state of Missouri since its founding into the 1900’s. All of them have at least a partial online representation.
Hosted at Dale County, USGenWeb Archives Project Abstracts From The Banner Newspaper, December 1, 1892, Dale, Alabama Abstracts From The Banner Newspaper, December 8, 1892, Dale, Alabama Abstracts From The Banner Newspaper, December 15, 1892, Dale, Alabama Abstracts From The Banner Newspaper, December 29, 1892, Dale, Alabama Abstracts From The Banner Newspaper, June 30, 1892,
Hosted at Coosa County, USGenWeb Archives Project Archie Hendrix Darden Visits The Chronicle Marriage Of Ben Carden And Laura Lessley, Coosa, Alabama Big Turkey Dinner (H.W. Pond) – Coosa, Al Bugs In The Corn, Coosa, Al New Coosa County Officers Of 1936, Coosa, Alabama E. E. Calloway Enters Law School, Coosa, Alabama Hotel At Equality
Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories.
