General Resources: Historical Newspapers & Publications

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (LOC)
The Chronicling America project has digitized many of America’s historic newspapers from 1836-1922. The images are free online and are ...

FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch is the premiere free source for genealogy documents. With millions of records from around the world, its collections cover ...

Genealogy Bank
Fee-based historical newspaper archive with searchable text

Making of America Archive
Digitized documents from American history from Cornell University

Newspaper Links from The Ancestor Hunt
AncestorHunt’s newspaper page includes links to resources for improving your newspaper research skills as well as pages for each state ...

Newspapers by State
This database on viewshare.org is searchable or browseable with filters by state or audience.

Online Historical Newspapers Site
Listings for where you can access historical newspapers by country and state, including which years are held at each repository
Location-Specific Resources: Historical Newspapers & Publications

Michigan: Monroe County Library Newspaper Holdings
A list of the titles and dates of the historical newspapers held at the Ellis Library & Reference Center of ...

Michigan Digital Newspaper Portal
Listing of historical newspapers in Michigan that have been digitized with information about access; includes both free and fee-based repositories

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
45 Illinois newspaper titles dating from 1831-2011 that have been digitized and are available for free on the site

Virginia: Library of Virginia Newspaper Holdings
For some reason, the Library of Virginia website makes it almost impossible to find a list of their newspaper holdings. ...

Georgia: Athens Historic Newspaper Archive (GA)
Historical newspapers archive for Athens, Georgia (courtesy of Georgia’s Galileo system)

Georgia: Athens/Clarke County Library Heritage Room
Genealogy research room in the Athens, Georgia, library system

Georgia: Augusta Chronicle Archives
Subscription-based availability of archives from 1790-2003 (with a few exceptions)

Oklahoma: Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contains Oklahoma Newspapers from the 1840’s to the 1920’s

Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index
The Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index references obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical ...

Ohio: RB Hayes Ohio Obituary Index
An index to 3,000,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices & other sources from Ohio from the 1810s to the present ...