61 Tennessee Newspapers Now Online for Your Genealogy Research

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Dolly Parton’s powerful country song “My Tennessee Mountain Home” evokes the quiet days of her childhood growing up in Tennessee:

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by…

Photo: Dolly Parton. Credit: Alan Light.

If you have Tennessee roots like Dolly does, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s Tennessee newspaper archives: 61 online news titles to help you search for your family history in “The Volunteer State.”

Dig in and search for obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors in these recent and historical TN newspapers online:

Search Tennessee Newspaper Archives (1793 – 1969)

Search Tennessee Recent Obituaries (1990 – Current)

Here is our complete list of online Tennessee newspapers. Each news title is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more.

City	Newspaper	Date Range	Collection
Athens	Daily Post-Athenian	3/28/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Carthage	Carthage Gazette	8/13/1808 – 7/1/1817	Newspaper Archives
Carthage	Western Express	11/21/1808 – 11/21/1808	Newspaper Archives
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Courier	2/10/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Daily Rebel	8/9/1862 – 4/27/1865	Newspaper Archives
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Times Free Press	4/1/1995 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Chattanooga	Justice	12/24/1887 – 12/24/1887	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Clarksville Gazette	11/21/1819 – 12/23/1820	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Tennessee Weekly Chronicle	1/27/1819 – 6/7/1819	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Town Gazette	7/5/1819 – 11/8/1819	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Weekly Chronicle	2/18/1818 – 9/16/1818	Newspaper Archives
Cleveland	Cleveland Daily Banner	10/15/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbia	Daily Herald	10/12/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Cookeville	Herald-Citizen	4/12/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Crossville	Crossville Chronicle	9/1/1996 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Crossville	Glade Sun	6/2/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Dayton	Herald-News	1/6/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Greeneville	Greeneville Sun	9/14/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Jackson Headlight	1/27/1900 – 1/27/1900	Newspaper Archives
Kingston	Roane County News	1/14/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune	4/1/1888 – 12/31/1896	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Knoxville Enlightener	1/31/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Knoxville Gazette	12/7/1793 – 10/29/1806	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Knoxville News Sentinel	1/4/1991 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Negro World	10/15/1887 – 11/26/1887	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette	9/1/1818 – 9/1/1818	Newspaper Archives
Lafayette	Macon County Times	10/8/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
LaFollette	LaFollette Press	11/21/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lenoir City	News-Herald	9/27/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Maryville	Blount Today	2/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Maryville	Daily Times	12/12/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Memphis	Commercial Appeal	1/1/1968 – 12/31/1969	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Commercial Appeal	6/27/1990 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Memphis	Commercial Appeal, The: Web Edition Articles	11/14/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Memphis	Memphis Daily Avalanche	1/1/1866 – 4/30/1869	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Memphis Triangle	11/17/1928 – 7/27/1929	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Tri-State Defender	2/3/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro Union	6/6/1939 – 6/6/1939	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Colored Tennessean	8/12/1865 – 7/18/1866	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Impartial Review	1/18/1806 – 8/16/1806	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Murfreesboro Vision	1/15/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	Nashville Clarion	2/6/1821 – 8/29/1821	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Nashville Gazette	5/26/1819 – 2/14/1827	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Nashville Post	1/21/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	Nashville Pride	1/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	Nashville Republican	8/7/1824 – 1/16/1835	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Nashville Scene	11/23/1995 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	National Banner and Nashville Whig	1/1/1834 – 12/30/1836	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Review	11/10/1809 – 5/3/1811	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Tennessee Gazette	2/25/1800 – 5/30/1807	Newspaper Archives
Newport	Newport Plain Talk	7/1/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Oak Ridge	Oak Ridger	2/17/1997 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Paris	Paris Post-Intelligencer	7/5/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rogersville	Rogersville Review	12/16/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rogersville	Western Pilot	8/19/1815 – 8/19/1815	Newspaper Archives
Sevierville	Mountain Press	10/3/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Shelbyville	Tennessee Herald	12/19/1817 – 3/8/1820	Newspaper Archives
Spring Hill	Advertiser News	5/14/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sweetwater	Advocate and Democrat	6/12/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Tazewell	Claiborne Progress	11/18/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Wartburg	Morgan County News	12/19/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries

List of 50+ Mississippi Newspapers Online

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Mississippi is in the heart of the Old South. Today there are three million Mississippians living in the Magnolia State—and millions more have lived in the Delta area since its first settlement over 300 years ago.

With more than 50 Mississippi newspapers currently online and growing, GenealogyBank’s historical archives are your starting place for researching your family tree—dating back to the American Colonial period up to modern times—in this old Southern state.

Photo: Meridian, Mississippi. Credit: Wikipedia.

Here is the list of the Mississippi newspapers currently available in our online archives:

City	Title	Date Range*	Collection
Biloxi	Biloxi Herald	1/14/1888 – 11/26/1898	Newspaper Archives
Biloxi	Daily Herald	3/31/1888 – 12/31/1909	Newspaper Archives
Biloxi	Sun Herald	2/12/1994 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Brandon	Free State	1/20/1900 – 1/20/1900	Newspaper Archives
Clarksdale	Clarksdale Press Register	4/20/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Cleveland	Bolivar Commercial	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbia	Columbian-Progress	11/3/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbus	Columbus Packet	12/12/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbus	Commercial Dispatch	5/7/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Corinth	Daily Corinthian	6/12/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Eupora	Webster Progress-Times	3/25/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Forest	Scott County Times	8/5/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gautier	Mississippi Press	8/15/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gautier	Mississippi Press, The: Web Edition Articles	10/18/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Greenville	Delta Democrat Times	1/8/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Greenwood	Greenwood Commonwealth	5/29/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gulfport	Daily Herald	1/1/1910 – 12/30/1922	Newspaper Archives
Hattiesburg	Lamar Times	4/21/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hattiesburg	Petal News	4/21/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Indianola	Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin	9/16/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Clarion	1/6/1886 – 1/11/1888	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Clarion Ledger	1/19/1888 – 3/6/1890	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Jackson Advocate	2/23/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Mississippi Free Press	12/16/1961 – 8/1/1964	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Mississippi Link	2/17/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Mississippi Weekly	5/18/1935 – 5/18/1935	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Northside Sun	7/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kosciusko	Star Herald	1/7/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Laurel	Laurel Leader-Call	5/2/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Louisville	Choctaw Plaindealer	11/10/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Louisville	Winston County Journal	3/25/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Magee	Magee Courier, The & Simpson County News	1/3/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
McComb	Enterprise-Journal	12/24/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Meridian	Meridian Star	2/17/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Mound Bayou	Mound Bayou News-Digest	5/13/1950 – 5/13/1950	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Ariel	7/20/1825 – 7/19/1828	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Mississippi Free Trader	11/20/1844 – 3/28/1854	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Mississippi State Gazette	3/6/1818 – 5/14/1825	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Southern Clarion	5/13/1831 – 11/18/1831	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Southern Galaxy	5/22/1828 – 3/18/1830	Newspaper Archives
Natchez	Statesman and Gazette	5/18/1825 – 10/24/1832	Newspaper Archives
New Albany	New Albany Gazette	11/20/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Olive Branch	DeSoto Times-Tribune	3/25/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Oxford	Oxford Eagle	2/9/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Picayune	Picayune Item	2/5/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Starkville	Starkville Daily News	3/9/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Vicksburg	Daily Commercial	3/21/1877 – 12/28/1882	Newspaper Archives
Vicksburg	Golden Rule	1/27/1900 – 1/27/1900	Newspaper Archives
Vicksburg	Light	1/18/1900 – 1/18/1900	Newspaper Archives
West Point	Daily Times Leader	3/27/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Winona	Winona Times & Conservative	4/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries

50 Tennessee Newspapers Online for Your Genealogy Research

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank has put more than 50 Tennessee newspapers online making it even easier for genealogists to find their old family stories and detailed information for their family tree.

Search millions of Tennessee newspaper articles in our online TN newspaper archives, including birth announcements, marriage notices, obituaries, and local news stories, to find out more about your ancestors from “The Volunteer State.”

Collage of the Tennessee state seal and the Tennessee Herald masthead

Click and start researching your ancestry now (each title is a link that will take you directly to that newspaper’s search page):

City	Newspaper	Date Range	Collection
Athens	Daily Post-Athenian	1/11/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Carthage	Carthage Gazette	8/13/1808 – 7/1/1817	Newspaper Archives
Carthage	Western Express	11/21/1808 – 11/21/1808	Newspaper Archives
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Courier	2/10/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Daily Rebel	8/9/1862 – 4/27/1865	Newspaper Archives
Chattanooga	Chattanooga Times Free Press	4/1/1995 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Chattanooga	Justice	12/24/1887 – 12/24/1887	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Clarksville Gazette	11/21/1819 – 12/23/1820	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Tennessee Weekly Chronicle	1/27/1819 – 6/7/1819	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Town Gazette	7/5/1819 – 11/8/1819	Newspaper Archives
Clarksville	Weekly Chronicle	2/18/1818 – 9/16/1818	Newspaper Archives
Cleveland	Cleveland Daily Banner	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbia	Daily Herald	1/8/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Cookeville	Herald-Citizen	4/12/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Crossville	Crossville Chronicle	9/1/1996 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Crossville	Glade Sun	6/2/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Dayton	Herald-News	1/6/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Greeneville	Greeneville Sun	9/14/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Jackson Headlight	1/27/1900 – 1/27/1900	Newspaper Archives
Kingston	Roane County News	1/14/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune	4/1/1888 – 12/31/1896	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Knoxville Enlightener	1/31/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Knoxville Gazette	12/7/1793 – 10/29/1806	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Knoxville News Sentinel	1/4/1991 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Knoxville	Negro World	10/15/1887 – 11/26/1887	Newspaper Archives
Knoxville	Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette	9/1/1818 – 9/1/1818	Newspaper Archives
Lafayette	Macon County Times	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
LaFollette	LaFollette Press	11/21/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lenoir City	News-Herald	9/27/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Maryville	Blount Today	2/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Maryville	Daily Times	1/1/1997 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Memphis	Commercial Appeal	1/1/1968 – 12/31/1969	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Commercial Appeal	6/27/1990 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Memphis	Memphis Daily Avalanche	1/1/1866 – 4/30/1869	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Memphis Triangle	11/17/1928 – 7/27/1929	Newspaper Archives
Memphis	Tri-State Defender	2/3/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro Union	6/6/1939 – 6/6/1939	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Colored Tennessean	8/12/1865 – 7/18/1866	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Impartial Review	1/18/1806 – 8/16/1806	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Nashville Gazette	5/26/1819 – 2/14/1827	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Nashville Post	1/21/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	Nashville Scene	11/23/1995 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nashville	National Banner and Nashville Whig	1/1/1834 – 12/30/1836	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Review	11/10/1809 – 5/3/1811	Newspaper Archives
Nashville	Tennessee Gazette	2/25/1800 – 5/30/1807	Newspaper Archives
Newport	Newport Plain Talk	7/1/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Oak Ridge	Oak Ridger	2/17/1997 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Paris	Paris Post-Intelligencer	7/5/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rogersville	Rogersville Review	12/16/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rogersville	Western Pilot	8/19/1815 – 8/19/1815	Newspaper Archives
Sevierville	Mountain Press	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Shelbyville	Tennessee Herald	12/19/1817 – 3/8/1820	Newspaper Archives
Sweetwater	Advocate and Democrat	6/12/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Tazewell	Claiborne Progress	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Wartburg	Morgan County News	12/19/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries

Michigan Newspaper Archives: Search 120+ MI Newspapers Online

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Tom Kemp

Read the history of your ancestors from “The Wolverine State” as they lived it, day by day. Dig into GenealogyBank’s deep newspaper archives of old Michigan newspapers from 1837 to today. Read about Michigan’s history from the exploits of Father Marquette to current news. Our Michigan newspaper archives contain over 30 million articles—just click and start reading!

Collage of Michigan newspapers and state flag

City	Newspaper	Date Range	Collection
Adrian	Daily Telegram	1/3/1893 – 12/28/1922	Newspaper Archives
Adrian	Daily Telegram	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor News	1/2/1909 – 12/30/1922	Newspaper Archives
Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor News	7/1/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ann Arbor	AnnArbor.com	7/25/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Bad Axe	Huron Daily Tribune	12/17/2001 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Baldwin	Lake County Star	1/1/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Bay City	Bay City Times	1/2/1889 – 12/30/1922	Newspaper Archives
Bay City	Bay City Times	9/3/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Bay City	Bay City Times, The: Web Edition Articles	10/22/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Big Rapids	Pioneer	4/2/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Bronson	Bronson Journal	3/3/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Charlevoix	Charlevoix Courier	1/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Cheboygan	Cheboygan Daily Tribune	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Coldwater	Coldwater Daily Reporter	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Dearborn	Arab American News	10/27/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Associated Newspapers of Michigan	7/20/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Detroit Independent	1/13/1923 – 1/13/1923	Newspaper Archives
Detroit	Detroit Informer	1/13/1900 – 1/13/1900	Newspaper Archives
Detroit	Detroit News	1/1/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Detroit News, The: Web Edition Articles	10/28/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Michigan Chronicle	8/2/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Plaindealer	9/20/1889 – 5/19/1893	Newspaper Archives
Detroit	South End, The: Wayne State University	5/5/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Detroit	Weekly Detroit Free Press and Supp.. The Household	1/2/1886 – 6/4/1887	Newspaper Archives
Fenton	Tri-County Times	3/23/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Burton News	8/14/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Clio Messenger	4/20/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Davison Flagstaff	6/13/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Fenton Press	7/24/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Flint Journal	1/3/1898 – 12/31/1922	Newspaper Archives
Flint	Flint Journal	4/3/1995 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Flint Journal, The: Web Edition Articles	10/15/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Flint Township News	3/21/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Flushing Observer	10/12/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Grand Blanc News	6/12/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Flint	Swartz Creek News	4/20/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Frankfort	Benzie County Record Patriot	6/24/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Fraser	Fraser-Clinton Township Chronicle	2/23/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gaylord	Gaylord Herald Times	1/1/2001 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gladwin	Record & Clarion	10/6/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Grand Rapids	Afro-American Gazette	1/1/1991 – 8/7/1995	Newspaper Archives
Grand Rapids	Cadence Advance	10/10/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids Herald	1/1/1898 – 12/31/1900	Newspaper Archives
Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids Press	1/11/1893 – 12/30/1922	Newspaper Archives
Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids Press	7/25/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids Press, The: Web Edition Articles	10/18/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Grosse Pointe	Grosse Pointe Times	1/30/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hart	Oceana’s Herald-Journal	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hastings	Hastings Banner	7/7/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hastings	Lakewood News	7/9/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hastings	Maple Valley News	7/9/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hastings	Sun & News	7/16/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hillsdale	Hillsdale Daily News	2/28/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Holland	Holland Sentinel	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Holland	myZeeland	11/3/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Homer	Homer Index	5/2/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hudsonville	Grand Valley Advance	11/19/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ionia	Sentinel-Standard	10/14/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Jackson Citizen	8/15/1849 – 10/16/1903	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Jackson Citizen Patriot	6/23/1859 – 12/31/1922	Newspaper Archives
Jackson	Jackson Citizen Patriot	1/1/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jackson	Jackson Citizen Patriot: Web Edition Articles	10/22/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jenison	On-the-Town	12/1/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Jonesville	Jonesville Independent	4/8/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kalamazoo	Hometown Gazette	3/26/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Gazette	1/23/1837 – 12/31/1922	Newspaper Archives
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Gazette	1/1/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Gazette: Web Edition Articles	10/19/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kalamazoo	Western Herald	9/14/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kentwood	Southeast Advance	9/30/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lansing	Lansing City Pulse	3/3/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lansing	New Citizens Press	7/9/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lowell	Lowell Ledger	7/6/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ludington	Ludington Daily News	2/5/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Macomb	Macomb Township Chronicle	3/24/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Madison	Madison-Park News	3/9/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Manistee	Manistee News Advocate	3/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Marlette	Marlette Leader	3/2/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Midland	Midland Daily News	6/20/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Monroe	Monroe Evening News	10/31/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Mount Pleasant	Morning Sun	7/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Muskegon	Muskegon Chronicle	1/30/1869 – 12/30/1922	Newspaper Archives
Muskegon	Muskegon Chronicle	1/3/1997 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Muskegon	Muskegon Chronicle, The: Web Edition Articles	10/17/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
New Buffalo	Harbor Country News	4/8/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ontonagon	Lake Superior Miner	10/6/1855 – 9/10/1870	Newspaper Archives
Owosso	Argus-Press	2/9/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Petoskey	Petoskey News-Review	4/16/2001 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Pontiac	Oakland Press	8/8/2004 – 1/28/2011	Recent Obituaries
Portage	Portage Gazette	2/12/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Reed City	Herald Review	4/4/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Reed City	Pioneer – Osceola Edition	6/6/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rochester	Rochester Post	6/21/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Rockford	Northeast Advance	10/15/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Royal Oak	Royal Oak Review	10/8/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Saginaw	Saginaw News	5/2/1881 – 12/31/1922	Newspaper Archives
Saginaw	Saginaw News	11/16/1998 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Saginaw	Saginaw News: Web Edition Articles	10/22/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sault Ste. Marie	Evening News	1/26/1901 – 1/10/1923	Newspaper Archives
Sault Ste. Marie	Evening News	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sault Ste. Marie	Sault Ste. Marie News	5/12/1887 – 12/29/1900	Newspaper Archives
Shelby, Utica	Shelby-Utica News	10/7/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Southfield	Detroit Jewish News	2/23/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Southfield	Southfield Sun	8/4/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sparta, Kent City	Northwest Advance	8/18/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
St. Clair Shores	St. Clair Shores Sentinel	1/23/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
St. James	Northern Islander	12/12/1850 – 6/20/1856	Newspaper Archives
St. Joseph	Herald-Palladium	4/1/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
State-Wide County	mlive.com: Blogs	8/5/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sterling Heights	Sterling Heights Sentry	2/5/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Sturgis	Sturgis Journal	10/2/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Temperance	Bedford Now	8/3/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Traverse City	Grand Traverse Herald	2/19/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Traverse City	Traverse City Record-Eagle	10/4/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Troy	Troy Times	6/4/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Vassar	Vassar Pioneer Times	3/9/2005 – 3/16/2011	Recent Obituaries
Vicksburg	Commercial-Express	1/22/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	Advertiser Times	8/4/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle	2/9/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	C&G Newspapers Web Exclusive Articles	1/13/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	Mount Clemens-Clinton-Harrison Journal	3/2/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	Roseville-Eastpointe Eastsider	9/4/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Warren	Warren Weekly	5/15/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Wayland	Penasee Globe	12/17/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Whitehall	White Lake Beacon	10/13/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Woodward	Woodward Talk	5/19/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Wyoming	Southwest Advance	12/16/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ypsilanti	Eastern Echo: Eastern Michigan University	11/7/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries

GenealogyBank Is Growing Rapidly!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Tom Kemp

Every day we add more newspapers to GenealogyBank’s online newspaper archives, updating our coverage for more than 3,000 newspapers.

Rain, snow, it doesn’t matter—we digitize and post daily papers published today across America, as well as newspapers published 300 years ago. Millions of records are added every month to our archives.

We add new titles and expand the date ranges of newspapers already in our collection.

When we add a back run of a newspaper we may not yet have tracked down every issue ever published by that newspaper. However, we digitize and put online all the issues we can find, while continuing to track back issues with the goal of someday getting every possible issue online.

Here is just a partial list of what we have been working on in the past few weeks. I think it will give you a sense of the enormous scale of the service that GenealogyBank is bringing to genealogists online. Notice that we found one more issue of the Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia) and over 1,500 issues of the American & Commercial Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, Maryland): as we find back issues we digitize and index them, then put them online.

It’s a great day for genealogy.

Location	Newspaper	Issues	Pages	Start	End
Albany, NY	Albany Evening Journal	51	209	1856-01-29	1875-03-03
Annapolis, MD	Maryland Gazette	6	25	1824-03-11	1829-01-15
Augusta, GA	Augusta Chronicle	1	3	1792-01-07
Baltimore, MD	American and Commercial Daily Advertiser	1,518	6,220	1844-06-10	1853-12-31
Baltimore, MD	Baltimore American	9	130	1903-04-18	1911-05-03
Bangor, ME	Bangor Weekly Register	1	5	1831-06-21
Beaumont, TX	Beaumont Enterprise	6	123	1906-05-04	1910-04-26
Beaumont, TX	Beaumont Journal	1	28	1910-09-11
Bellows Falls, VT	Bellows Falls Gazette	21	87	1841-01-30	1851-03-28
Benicia, CA	California Gazette	1	4	1852-02-07
Bennington, VT	Vermont Gazette	1	4	1874-09-05
Biddeford, ME	Justice de Biddeford	18	122	1896-08-06	1905-04-06
Boston, MA	American Traveller	24	98	1825-07-26	1835-12-29
Boston, MA	Boston Courier	1	4	1845-05-05
Boston, MA	Boston Daily Advertiser	1	4	1874-01-22
Boston, MA	Boston Herald	5	96	1864-04-28	1897-03-14
Boston, MA	Boston Post	6	24	1858-07-12	1865-09-28
Boston, MA	Repertory	4	16	1822-01-22	1823-03-15
Boston, MA	Weekly Messenger	4	19	1829-01-15	1831-03-31
Brattleboro, VT	Vermont Phoenix	1	4	1866-09-28
Camden, SC	Camden Journal	4	16	1841-03-24	1841-09-08
Charleston, SC	Charleston Courier	3	12	1808-01-23	1808-10-24
Charleston, SC	Charleston News and Courier	552	2,271	1873-03-20	1886-04-10
Charleston, SC	South-Carolina State-Gazette	6	48	1801-10-22	1801-12-31
Cherry Valley, NY	Cherry-Valley Gazette	42	191	1821-01-02	1825-07-12
Chillicothe, OH	Scioto Gazette	103	429	1835-04-29	1837-12-14
Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Daily Times	162	654	1875-11-02	1876-12-30
Columbia, SC	South Carolina State Gazette	4	17	1823-11-28	1829-02-28
Concord, NH	New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette	2	12	1879-10-09	1888-04-05
Egg Harbor City, NJ	Egg Harbor Pilot	480	2,777	1872-08-03	1904-12-24
Emporia, KS	Emporia Gazette	104	653	1912-06-01	1912-09-30
Exeter, NH	Freeman’s Oracle	25	140	1786-08-29	1789-08-04
Frankfort, KY	Guardian Of Freedom	5	22	1798-06-19	1804-05-26
Galveston, TX	Galveston Weekly News	1	8	1881-10-13
Grand Rapids, MI	Grand Rapids Press	11	226	1901-02-26	1922-12-07
Hallowell, ME	Hallowell Gazette	2	9	1860-11-03	1861-04-06
Harrisburg, PA	Patriot	11	104	1885-02-21	1917-01-16
Harrisburg, PA	Unparteyische Harrisburg Morgenroethe Zeitung	926	3,794	1799-03-12	1840-11-05
Hartford, CT	Connecticut Courant	79	326	1851-01-04	1876-12-21
Hartford, CT	Connecticut Courant	6	24	1842-01-15	1843-09-16
Jackson, MI	Jackson Citizen Patriot	9	158	1903-10-31	1922-08-02
Jonesboro, AR	Jonesboro Daily Tribune	1	8	1921-03-02
Jonesboro, AR	Jonesboro Evening Sun	2	12	1905-12-16	1921-04-23
Lancaster, PA	Lancaster Journal	17	69	1817-11-03	1817-12-10
Litchfield, CT	Litchfield Republican	11	44	1855-06-07	1856-06-13
Miami, OK	Miami District Daily News	180	1,444	1917-09-05	1923-01-12
Morristown, NJ	Genius of Liberty	136	552	1798-05-31	1801-03-26
Natchez, MS	Ariel	1	8	1826-09-29
Nebraska City, NB	Daily Nebraska Press	3	12	1873-12-03	1875-10-27
New Bern, NC	North Carolina Sentinel	7	28	1827-07-14	1830-10-16
New Haven, CT	Columbian Register	71	286	1826-02-11	1874-02-21
New Haven, CT	Connecticut Herald	2	8	1831-06-21	1832-09-04
New Orleans, LA	Courrier de la Louisiane	1	4	1823-12-08
New Orleans, LA	Times-Picayune	5	132	1907-03-20	1914-01-23
New York, NY	Commercial Advertiser	4	16	1843-05-29	1848-12-29
New York, NY	Courrier des Etats-Unis	702	3,308	1876-07-09	1891-03-31
New York, NY	Evening Post	62	267	1821-01-02	1874-05-30
New York, NY	Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper	71	1,156	1867-07-13	1869-03-13
New York, NY	Morning Telegraph	1	8	1872-11-17
New York, NY	National Advocate	9	36	1822-01-01	1826-08-15
New York, NY	New York Herald	1	12	1875-08-10
New York, NY	New York Herald-Tribune	51	514	1874-11-19	1896-05-09
New York, NY	Statesman	2	8	1824-04-23	1824-06-29
Newark, NJ	Centinel Of Freedom	2	8	1863-01-13	1869-08-24
Newark, NJ	Newark Daily Advertiser	2,143	8,729	1850-01-02	1857-12-31
Northampton, MA	Hampshire Gazette	165	670	1830-03-10	1843-12-26
Norwich, CT	Norwich Courier	448	1,849	1834-01-08	1876-08-16
Pensacola, FL	Pensacola Gazette	6	24	1829-11-21	1840-12-19
Philadelphia, PA	National Gazette	2	8	1831-11-08	1840-11-10
Philadelphia, PA	Public Ledger	4	16	1859-07-19	1859-11-15
Pittsburg, PA	Commonwealth	33	135	1805-09-14	1808-03-02
Portland, ME	Portland Advertiser	3	12	1833-10-22	1834-10-25
Portland, ME	Portland Daily Press	22	88	1872-02-07	1882-02-09
Portland, OR	Daily Oregon Herald	23	92	1871-02-12	1872-10-09
Providence, RI	Manufacturers’ and Farmers’ Journal	2	12	1869-01-28	1869-05-13
Richmond, VA	Richmond Times Dispatch	1	50	1921-07-10
Richmond, VA	Richmond Whig	3	17	1864-06-21	1872-06-07
Richmond, VA	Virginia Patriot	2	8	1815-06-14	1815-10-25
Salem, MA	Salem Observer	784	3,204	1824-01-03	1874-01-10
Salem, MA	Salem Register	6	24	1853-11-07	1873-03-10
Salem, NJ	Salem Standard and Jerseyman	6	24	1821-10-10	1829-03-11
Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake Telegram	752	8,358	1902-01-30	1922-01-29
San Francisco, CA	Weekly Pacific News	2	8	1850-03-01	1851-02-01
Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Sentinel	1	5	1829-01-27
Savannah, GA	Georgian	1	4	1822-05-04
Schenectady, NY	Cabinet	8	32	1818-09-23	1819-12-01
St. Albans, VT	St. Albans Advertiser	1	4	1875-08-03
St. Albans, VT	St. Albans Daily Messenger	44	346	1879-07-19	1922-05-31
St. Albans, VT	St. Albans Messenger	3	16	1848-01-26	1891-11-12
St. Augustine, FL	Florida Herald and Southern Democrat	7	28	1829-07-15	1839-05-09
Steubenville, OH	Steubenville Herald	2	8	1816-06-21	1817-07-04
Trenton, NJ	Trenton Evening Times	136	3,350	1902-06-22	1922-12-31
Trenton, NJ	True American	1	4	1808-12-12
Tulsa, OK	Tulsa World	1	20	1922-05-17
Utica, NY	Columbian Gazette	4	16	1807-08-18	1811-05-14
Washington, DC	Washington Sentinel	101	431	1853-10-02	1854-02-09
Washington, PA	Washington Reporter	4	16	1847-05-01	1863-05-27
Washington, PA	Washington Review and Examiner	1	4	1853-09-17
Waterford, NY	Waterford Gazette	2	8	1804-04-03	1804-04-24
West Springfield, MA	American Intelligencer	13	52	1796-05-10	1797-06-27
Wilmington, DE	Delaware and Eastern-Shore Advertiser	1	4	1795-04-25
Wilmington, DE	Mirror of the Times, and General Advertiser	2	8	1800-02-05	1800-02-08
Worcester, MA	National Aegis	1	16	1873-08-23

Recent Obituaries Coming Online for 25 Newspapers!

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank is constantly expanding, putting more newspaper records online to help with your family history research.

Screenshot of GenealogyBank home page showing link to obituaries search form

Over the next week we will be adding more coverage from 11 states, with 25 titles ranging from Alaska to Florida, adding these newspapers to our Recent Obituaries collection. Michigan will expand by a whopping 8 new newspaper titles and Pennsylvania by 6 titles, significantly increasing our obituary coverage for genealogy researchers exploring their ancestry in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. Here are the details of our recent obituaries additions:

Cordova Times (Cordova, AK)

Obituaries: 04/27/2011 – Current

Juneau Empire (Juneau, AK)

Death Notices: 03/03/2011 – Current

St. Augustine Record (St. Augustine, FL)

Death Notices: 02/16/2002 – Current

Chicago Journal (Chicago, IL)

Obituaries: 09/30/2009 – Current

South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)

Obituaries: 1/1/1994 – 1/1/2006

AnnArbor.com (Ann Arbor, MI)

Death Notices: 08/05/2012 – Current

Bay City Times (Bay City, MI)

Death Notices: 7/17/2007 – 1/31/2012; 8/10/2012 – Current

Flint Journal (Flint, MI)

Death Notices: 9/5/2007 – 1/31/2012; 8/5/2012 – Current

Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI)

Death Notices: 5/12/2010 – 2/1/2012; 8/2/2012 – Current

Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI)

Death Notices: 9/11/2007 – 2/1/2012; 8/5/2012 – Current

Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, MI)

Death Notices: 08/05/2012 – Current

Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, MI)

Death Notices: 08/07/2012 – Current

Saginaw News (Saginaw, MI)

Death Notices: 7/30/2007 – 1/31/2012; 8/8/2012 – Current

Columbus Packet (Columbus, MS)

Obituaries: 12/12/2010 – Current

Citizen (Auburn, NY)

Obituaries: 07/09/2002 – Current

Daily Reporter (Columbus, OH)

Obituaries: 01/09/2002 – Current

Bridgeville Area News (Monroeville, PA)

Obituaries: 09/06/2012 – Current

Murrysville Star (Monroeville, PA)

Obituaries: 09/20/2012 – Current

Norwin Star (Monroeville, PA)

Obituaries: 09/20/2012 – Current

Penn Trafford Star (Monroeville, PA)

Obituaries: 09/13/2012 – Current

Sewickley Herald (Sewickley, PA)

Obituaries: 09/13/2012 – Current

Signal Item (Carnegie, PA)

Obituaries: 09/19/2012 – Current

Valley Voice (Hellertown, PA)

Obituaries: 07/13/2012 – Current

Uintah Basin Standard (Roosevelt, UT)

Death Notices: 04/03/2009 – Current

Bainbridge Islander (Bainbridge Island, WA)

Obituaries: 11/11/2006 – Current

Monthly Update: GenealogyBank Just Added 24 Million More Records!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tom Kemp

Every day, GenealogyBank is working hard to digitize more newspapers and obituaries, expanding our collection to give you the largest newspaper archives for family history research available online. We just completed adding 24 million more U.S. genealogy records, vastly increasing our content coverage from coast to coast!

Here are some of the details about our most recent U.S. newspaper additions (we actually added new content to thousands of newspaper titles, but the following is a representative sample):

A total of 152 newspaper titles from 42 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
Newspaper titles marked with an asterisk (*) are new to our online archive
We’ve shown the newspaper issue date ranges so that you can determine if the newly added content is relevant to your personal genealogy research

If a recent addition to our archive interests you, simply click on that newspaper’s title: it is an active link leading to that paper’s search form on GenealogyBank.

State	City	Title	Date Range	Collection
Alabama	Mobile	Mobile Register	11/19/1862–12/02/1869	Historical Newspapers
Arkansas	Little Rock	Arkansas Gazette	11/30/1882–10/20/1899	Historical Newspapers
Arkansas	Little Rock	Arkansas State Press	06/25/1943–10/04/1957	Historical Newspapers
California	Riverside	Press and Horticulturist*	1/31/1880–8/26/1902	Historical Newspapers
California	Riverside	Riverside Daily Press	06/10/1886–12/30/1922	Historical Newspapers
California	Riverside	Riverside Independent Enterprise	03/03/1891–12/31/1922	Historical Newspapers
California	San Diego	Evening Tribune	12/04/1895–12/30/1922	Historical Newspapers
California	San Diego	San Diego Union	7/1/1898–11/26/1983	Historical Newspapers
California	San Francisco	San Francisco Abend Post	11/02/1871–08/14/1873	Historical Newspapers
Colorado	Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs Gazette	10/11/1915–10/11/1915	Historical Newspapers
Connecticut	Norwich	Norwich Aurora	08/11/1866–08/11/1866	Historical Newspapers
Delaware	Wilmington	Advance*	09/22/1900–09/22/1900	Historical Newspapers
District of Columbia	Washington	Washington Bee	12/26/1885–11/23/1889	Historical Newspapers
District of Columbia	Washington	Evening Star	3/2/1857–10/15/1880	Historical Newspapers
Florida	Tampa	Tampa Tribune	01/02/1895–12/29/1922	Historical Newspapers
Georgia	Augusta	Augusta Chronicle	08/16/1794–01/04/1860	Historical Newspapers
Georgia	Marietta	Marietta Journal	04/07/1892–03/02/1922	Historical Newspapers
Georgia	Savannah	Georgian*	06/12/1823–11/24/1830	Historical Newspapers
Idaho	Idaho Falls	Idaho Falls Times	6/9/1892–6/9/1892	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Chicago	Broad Axe	09/21/1901–02/20/1904	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	East Moline	Common Bond	03/16/1978–10/12/1978	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Highland	Highland Union	01/24/1873–09/09/1910	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Crusader	10/07/1955–03/03/1971	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Daily Register	01/06/1873–01/30/1891	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Daily Register-Gazette	1/31/1891–6/27/1930	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Morning Star	3/20/1888–1/1/1979	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Register Star	12/2/1979–7/27/1992	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Register-Republic	6/11/1948–9/20/1963	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Rockford	Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette*	5/5/1866–5/13/1871	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Springfield	Daily Illinois State Journal	1/26/1872–12/31/1922	Historical Newspapers
Illinois	Springfield	Daily Illinois State Register	4/25/1849–6/30/1908	Historical Newspapers
Indiana	Indianapolis	Freeman	02/09/1889–02/09/1889	Historical Newspapers
Indiana	Indianapolis	Recorder	01/27/1900–01/27/1900	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Coffeyville	Vindicator	11/10/1905–11/10/1905	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Kansas City	American Citizen	08/31/1900–08/31/1900	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Kansas City	Kansas Elevator	03/25/1916–09/02/1916	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Lawrence	For Our People*	09/08/1971–09/08/1971	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Salina	Salina Enterprise	12/24/1908–01/28/1909	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Topeka	Herald of Kansas	01/30/1880–01/30/1880	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Topeka	Kansas State Tribune*	10/06/1881–10/06/1881	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Weir City	Weir City Eagle	03/16/1900–03/16/1900	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Wichita	Kansas Weekly Journal	02/05/1981–02/05/1981	Historical Newspapers
Kansas	Wichita	Wichita Times	08/24/1972–11/20/1975	Historical Newspapers
Kentucky	Frankfort	Frankfort Argus	11/16/1831–11/16/1831	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Daily Advocate	1/2/1854–10/31/1906	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Daily State	08/01/1906–07/16/1910	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	State Times Advocate	1/1/1909–2/28/1967	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Weekly Advocate	12/24/1845–10/31/1903	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	New Orleans	Courrier de la Louisiane	10/15/1823–01/05/1824	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	New Orleans	New Orleans Tribune	04/11/1865–04/11/1865	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	New Orleans	Times-Picayune	02/18/1906–02/18/1906	Historical Newspapers
Louisiana	New Orleans	Weekly Pelican	11/26/1887–11/26/1887	Historical Newspapers
Maryland	Baltimore	Afro-American	12/14/1895–12/14/1895	Historical Newspapers
Maine	Hallowell	Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette	09/25/1841–09/03/1842	Historical Newspapers
Maryland	Bel Air	National American	09/05/1856–08/10/1866	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Herald	7/2/1855–10/31/1932	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Post	04/29/1861–02/14/1870	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Nantucket	Nantucket Inquirer	11/07/1838–11/28/1840	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	New Bedford	New-Bedford Mercury	10/26/1866–04/23/1869	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	New Bedford	Whaleman’s Shipping List and Merchants’ Transcript*	05/16/1843–10/23/1849	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Newburyport	Newburyport Herald	05/31/1836–05/31/1836	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Quincy	Patriot Ledger*	7/2/1917–12/29/1922	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Springfield	Springfield Republican	01/01/1911–12/31/1922	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Springfield	Springfield Union	1/4/1864–12/18/1987	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Worcester	Massachusetts Spy	10/21/1870–12/29/1876	Historical Newspapers
Massachusetts	Worcester	National Aegis	12/13/1862–12/13/1862	Historical Newspapers
Michigan	Adrian	Daily Telegram	2/1/1904–12/22/1913	Historical Newspapers
Michigan	Bay City	Bay City Times	01/02/1889–12/30/1922	Historical Newspapers
Michigan	Detroit	Plaindealer*	01/13/1893–05/19/1893	Historical Newspapers
Michigan	Jackson	Jackson Citizen Patriot	07/11/1882–03/17/1902	Historical Newspapers
Michigan	Sault Ste. Marie	Evening News*	6/8/1907–12/28/1921	Historical Newspapers
Missouri	Kansas City	Rising Son	11/18/1904–08/09/1906	Historical Newspapers
Missouri	Sedalia	Sedalia Times	05/09/1903–05/09/1903	Historical Newspapers
Missouri	St. Louis	Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser	10/5/1808–3/27/1813	Historical Newspapers
Montana	Helena	Helena Weekly Herald*	12/06/1866–11/25/1869	Historical Newspapers
Nebraska	Omaha	Omaha World Herald	11/16/1887–12/30/1941	Historical Newspapers
New Hampshire	Dover	Sun	10/26/1796–9/10/1808	Historical Newspapers
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	New-Hampshire Gazette	4/6/1847–4/6/1847	Historical Newspapers
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics	05/14/1864–05/27/1876	Historical Newspapers
New Jersey	Newark	New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung	04/26/1880–10/14/1889	Historical Newspapers
New Jersey	Trenton	Sentinel	06/17/1882–11/13/1882	Historical Newspapers
New Jersey	Trenton	Trenton Evening Times	01/10/1884–08/20/1891	Historical Newspapers
New York	Albany	Albany Argus	11/21/1872–11/29/1886	Historical Newspapers
New York	Auburn	Auburn Journal and Advertiser	02/14/1840–07/12/1843	Historical Newspapers
New York	Auburn	Cayuga Republican*	03/31/1819–01/16/1833	Historical Newspapers
New York	New York	Commercial Advertiser	03/04/1861–03/04/1861	Historical Newspapers
New York	New York	Evening Post*	01/02/1823–12/31/1823	Historical Newspapers
New York	New York	New York Age	08/30/1890–03/07/1891	Historical Newspapers
New York	New York	New York Freeman	04/24/1886–01/29/1887	Historical Newspapers
New York	Schenectady	Cabinet*	01/20/1824–12/26/1854	Historical Newspapers
New York	Utica	Columbian Gazette	1/7/1805–2/28/1815	Historical Newspapers
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Daily News	6/1/1906–9/30/1906	Historical Newspapers
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Record	1/16/1923–6/30/1930	Historical Newspapers
North Carolina	Hillsborough	Hillsborough Recorder*	03/10/1824–05/10/1865	Historical Newspapers
North Carolina	Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem Journal	08/30/1898–09/30/1921	Historical Newspapers
Ohio	Canton	Canton Repository*	7/3/1884–12/28/1905	Historical Newspapers
Ohio	Canton	Repository	1/31/1898–5/19/1925	Historical Newspapers
Ohio	Cleveland	Cleveland Gazette	05/09/1885–11/25/1944	Historical Newspapers
Ohio	Cleveland	Plain Dealer	12/28/1883–03/24/1912	Historical Newspapers
Ohio	Wooster	Wooster Republican	08/06/1857–08/06/1857	Historical Newspapers
Oklahoma	Langston	Langston City Herald	04/30/1892–04/30/1892	Historical Newspapers
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Guide	03/30/1899–09/19/1901	Historical Newspapers
Oregon	Portland	Oregonian	09/15/1907–09/15/1907	Historical Newspapers
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Patriot	12/08/1903–12/29/1922	Historical Newspapers
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Illustrated New Age	6/25/1864–6/25/1864	Historical Newspapers
Pennsylvania	Washington	Washington Reporter	08/23/1848–12/20/1876	Historical Newspapers
Pennsylvania	Washington	Washington Review and Examiner	06/28/1823–06/28/1823	Historical Newspapers
Rhode Island	Newport	Newport Mercury	08/24/1872–12/07/1872	Historical Newspapers
Rhode Island	Providence	Providence Evening Press	09/19/1872–12/24/1872	Historical Newspapers
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston Courier	01/01/1833–11/27/1858	Historical Newspapers
Texas	Austin	Austin City Gazette	08/25/1841–08/25/1841	Historical Newspapers
Texas	Clarksville	Standard	1/8/1852–10/2/1852	Historical Newspapers
Texas	Dallas	Dallas Morning News	4/5/1984–9/19/1984	Historical Newspapers
Utah	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake Telegram	08/12/1902–11/20/1914	Historical Newspapers
Vermont	St. Albans	St. Albans Daily Messenger	10/25/1872–10/07/1922	Historical Newspapers
Vermont	St. Albans	St. Albans Messenger	08/29/1918–08/29/1918	Historical Newspapers
Vermont	Windsor	Vermont Republican	03/05/1821–07/23/1821	Historical Newspapers
Virginia	Alexandria	Alexandria Gazette	02/03/1873–12/31/1875	Historical Newspapers
Virginia	Norfolk	Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger	11/09/1808–06/09/1813	Historical Newspapers
Virginia	Richmond	Enquirer	12/09/1873–08/22/1876	Historical Newspapers
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Times Dispatch	1/27/1903–2/28/1943	Historical Newspapers
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Whig	11/13/1840–09/05/1856	Historical Newspapers
Alaska	Nome	Nome Nugget, The*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Arkansas	Farmington	Washington County Enterprise-Leader*	02/15/2012–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Arkansas	Gravette	Westside Eagle Observer*	02/15/2012–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Arkansas	Pea Ridge	Times of Northeast Benton County, The*	02/15/2012–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
California	Cupertino	La Voz Weekly: De Anza College*	05/15/2000–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Florida	Lakeland	Ledger, The: Blogs*	07/17/2007–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Georgia	Woodstock	Cherokee Ledger-News, The*	08/18/2010–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Massachusetts	Jamaica Plain	Mission Hill Gazette*	01/16/2009–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Michigan	Detroit	Detroit News, The: Web Edition Articles*	11/17/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Mississippi	Oxford	Oxford Eagle, The*	02/09/2012–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Missouri	Noel, Lanagan	McDonald County Press, The*	11/12/2009–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
National	National	Christian Science Monitor, The*	05/07/1987–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Carolina	Mount Olive	Mount Olive Tribune*	10/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Beulah	Beulah Beacon*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Center	Center Republican*	01/27/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Garrison	McLean County Independent*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Hazen	Hazen Star*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	McClusky	McClusky Gazette*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	New Town	New Town News*	01/07/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Parshall	Mountrail County Record*	01/07/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Turtle Lake	McLean County Journal*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Underwood	Underwood News*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Velva	Velva Area Voice*	01/20/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
North Dakota	Washburn	Leader-News, The*	01/06/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Ohio	Bluffton	Bluffton News*	12/30/2010–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Ohio	North Baltimore	North Baltimore News*	08/25/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga Times Free Press*	04/01/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Texas	Irving	Irving Rambler, The*	07/02/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Wisconsin	Brookfield	Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW: Blogs*	01/14/2010–Current	Newspaper Obituaries
Wisconsin	Hartland	Living Lake Country: Blogs*	01/10/2011–Current	Newspaper Obituaries

31 Million Records Added to Our Archives in February!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Tom Kemp

Every day, GenealogyBank is working hard to digitize more newspapers and obituaries, expanding our online collections to give you the largest newspaper archives for family history research available anywhere. In fact, we’ve already added 31 million new genealogy records to our historical newspaper archives and obituary archives this February 2012 and we’re just getting started!

Here are some details about our most recent newspaper content additions (we actually added new content to thousands of newspaper titles, but the following is a representative sample):

A total of 120 newspaper titles from 30 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia
Newspaper titles marked with an asterisk (*) are obituaries only and are new to our obituary archives
Newspaper titles marked with a plus sign (+) are historical newspapers new to our historical newspaper archives
We’ve shown the newspaper date ranges so that you can determine if the new content is relevant to your genealogy research

If a recent newspaper addition to our online archives interests you, simply click on that newspaper’s title: it is an active link leading to that paper’s search form.

State	City	Newspaper Title	Start Date	End Date
AK	Bethel	Delta Discovery*	2011	Current
AL	Mobile	Mobile Register	1858	1869
AR	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Daily News	1909	1909
AR	Little Rock	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette*	2011	Current
AR	Little Rock	Arkansas Gazette	1819	1908
AR	Sil. Springs	Siloam Sp. Herald-Leader*	2011	Current
AR	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Evening Sun	1906	1922
AR	Jonesboro	Jo. Weekly Times-Enterprise	1906	1906
AR	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Weekly Sun	1922	1922
CA	San Diego	San Diego Union	1912	1965
CA	San Diego	Evening Tribune	1900	1932
CA	Riverside	Riverside Daily Press	1939	1949
CA	El Centro	Imperial Valley Press*	2001	Current
CO	Denver	Den. Rocky Mountain News	1880	1922
CO	Denver	Denver Post	1906	1906
CO	Denver	Rocky Mountain News	1859	1862
CT	Hartford	Connecticut Courant	1842	1843
CT	Hartford	Times	1836	1837
CT	Hartford	American Mercury	1830	1833
CT	Norwich	Norwich Aurora	1858	1873
CT	New Haven	Columbian Register	1831	1851
CT	Litchfield	Litchfield Republican	1848	1855
DC	Washington	United States Telegraph	1827	1829
DE	Wilmington	Delaware Gazette	1787	1787
FL	Tampa	Tampa Tribune	1929	1931
FL	Pensacola	Pensacola Gazette+	1843	1848
GA	Marietta	Marietta Journal	1979	1985
GA	Augusta	Daily Constitutionalist+	1840	1861
GA	Milledgeville	Georgia Journal	1822	1832
GA	Savannah	Daily Georgian	1826	1832
GA	Augusta	Augusta Chronicle	1792	1922
IA	Forest City	Britt News Tribune*	2003	Current
ID	Idaho Falls	Idaho Register	1892	1892
ID	Twin Falls	Twin Falls News	1920	1920
IL	Rockford	Register-Republic	1957	1957
IL	Rockford	Register Star	2007	2007
IL	Shorewood	Shorewood Sentinel*	2011	Current
IL	Springfield	Illinois State Register+	1840	1844
IL	Niles	Bugle*	2011	Current
KY	Maysville	Ledger Independent*	2002	Current
LA	New Orleans	Courrier de la Louisiane	1823	1824
LA	New Orleans	Times-Picayune	1901	1914
LA	Baton Rouge	Advocate	1945	1985
LA	Baton Rouge	Daily Advocate	1869	1883
LA	Baton Rouge	State Times Advocate	1922	1922
MA	Boston	Weekly Messenger	1831	1831
MA	Northampton	Hampshire Gazette	1826	1840
MA	Worcester	National Aegis	1822	1876
MA	Boston	Repertory	1821	1821
MA	Newburyport	Newburyport Herald	1834	1837
MA	Boston	Boston Commercial Gazette	1835	1840
MA	Worcester	Massachusetts Spy	1821	1869
MA	W. Springfield	American Intelligencer	1796	1796
MA	Springfield	Hampden Whig	1830	1837
MA	Springfield	Springfield Union	1913	1915
MA	Boston	Sat. Morning Transcript+	1835	1838
MA	Nantucket	Nantucket Inquirer	1826	1841
MA	Boston	Boston Herald	1893	1907
MA	New Bedford	New-Bedford Mercury	1857	1869
MA	Salem	Salem Register	1841	1856
MA	Boston	Boston Courier	1845	1845
MI	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Gazette	1876	1876
MI	Petoskey	Petoskey News-Review*	2001	Current
MI	Charlevoix	Charlevoix Courier*	2009	Current
MI	Jackson	Jackson Citizen	1897	1897
MN	Winona	Winona Daily News*	2001	Current
NC	Cary	Cary News*	2011	Current
NC	Wins.-Salem	Winston-Salem Journal	1917	1928
NC	Smithfield	Smithfield Herald*	2011	Current
NC	Zebulon	Eastern Wake News*	2011	Current
NC	Fayetteville	Carolina Observer+	1824	1830
NE	Omaha	Omaha World Herald	1957	1983
NE	Beatrice	Beatrice Daily Sun*	2002	Current
NH	Portsmouth	P. Jrnl. of Lit. and Politics	1860	1872
NH	Concord	New-Hampshire Patriot	1861	1861
NJ	Trenton	True American	1801	1812
NJ	Morristown	Genius of Liberty	1798	1805
NJ	Trenton	Trenton Evening Times	1916	1916
NY	Cazenovia	Pilot	1818	1822
NY	New York	Spectator	1842	1851
NY	Sara. Springs	Saratoga Sentinel	1826	1837
NY	New York	New York Herald-Tribune	1887	1887
NY	New York	New-York Gazette	1803	1803
NY	New York	Commercial Advertiser	1821	1876
NY	Auburn	Aub. Journal and Advertiser+	1837	1846
NY	New York	Weekly Visitor	1822	1823
NY	Syracuse	Post-Standard: Blogs*	2011	Current
NY	New York	New York Herald	1876	1876
NY	Albany	Albany Argus	1823	1869
OH	Chillicothe	Supporter & Scioto Gazette+	1821	1827
OH	Cleveland	Plain Dealer	1847	1922
OH	Canton	Repository	1939	1939
OR	Portland	Oregonian	1904	1904
PA	Somerset	Daily American*	2011	Current
PA	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Inquirer	1830	1859
PA	Washington	Washington Reporter	1821	1869
PA	Philadelphia	National Gazette	1827	1835
PA	Harrisburg	Patriot	1866	1912
PA	Pittsburgh	Tree of Liberty	1801	1802
PA	Harrisburg	Harrisburg Republican	1816	1818
SC	Charleston	Charleston Courier	1822	1872
SC	Charleston	South-Carolina State-Gazette	1801	1801
SC	Charleston	Charleston Mercury	1860	1868
TX	Dallas	Dallas Morning News	1983	1984
TX	Marble Falls	River Cities Daily Tribune*	2010	Current
TX	Lexington	Lexington Leader*	2009	Current
TX	Texarkana	Texarkana Gazette*	2011	Current
VA	Richmond	Virginia Patriot	1814	1814
VA	Richmond	Richmond Times Dispatch	1929	1930
VA	Richmond	Richmond Enquirer	1867	1870
VA	Norfolk	N. Gazette & Publick Ledger	1804	1816
VA	Alexandria	Alexandria Gazette	1823	1870
VA	Richmond	Richmond Whig	1833	1874
VT	St. Albans	St. Albans Daily Messenger	1861	1872
VT	St. Albans	St. Albans Transcript+	1873	1873
VT	St. Albans	St. Albans Messenger	1850	1921
VT	Windsor	Vermont Journal	1862	1862
VT	Windsor	Vermont Republican	1821	1828
VT	Brattleboro	Vermont Phoenix	1866	1866
WI	Chip. Falls	Chippewa Herald*	1999	Current

You can also view our complete title list of U.S. newspapers by state.

Millions of New Newspaper Records Added in January

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank adds new content daily to its U.S. newspaper archives, an expansive online collection of 5,850 newspapers and more than one billion articles and records—and growing!

January 2012 was one of our best months ever: GenealogyBank added 31 million digitized records with newspapers from 31 states to our archives for you to search online. Here is a listing of all of January’s newspaper content additions.

State	City	Title	Coverage
Alabama	Mobile	Mobile Register	07/01/1858–10/31/1869
Alaska	Bethel	Delta Discovery, The*	07/15/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Arkansas	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Daily News	01/07/1909–04/08/1909
Arkansas	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Evening Sun	12/08/1906–12/23/1922
Arkansas	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Weekly Sun	05/31/1922–05/31/1922
Arkansas	Jonesboro	Jonesboro Weekly Times-Enterprise	05/10/1906–05/10/1906
Arkansas	Little Rock	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette*	10/30/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Arkansas	Little Rock	Arkansas Gazette	11/20/1819–11/01/1908
Arkansas	Siloam Springs	Siloam Springs Herald-Leader, The*	11/16/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
California	El Centro	Imperial Valley Press*	01/02/2001–Current	Obituaries Only
California	Riverside	Riverside Daily Press	7/1/1939–2/8/1949
California	San Diego	Evening Tribune	1/1/1900–10/24/1932
California	San Diego	San Diego Union	4/3/1912–6/30/1965
Colorado	Denver	Denver Post	3/8/1906–3/8/1906
Colorado	Denver	Denver Rocky Mountain News	10/2/1880–12/25/1922
Colorado	Denver	Rocky Mountain News	4/23/1859–4/19/1862
Connecticut	Hartford	American Mercury	01/19/1830–06/25/1833
Connecticut	Hartford	Connecticut Courant	02/19/1842–12/23/1843
Connecticut	Hartford	Times	2/27/1836–8/5/1837
Connecticut	Litchfield	Litchfield Republican	05/04/1848–09/28/1855
Connecticut	New Haven	Columbian Register	01/08/1831–09/13/1851
Connecticut	Norwich	Norwich Aurora	01/02/1858–12/24/1873
Delaware	Wilmington	Delaware Gazette	04/11/1787–10/31/1787
District of Columbia	Washington	United States Telegraph	05/21/1827–07/07/1829
Florida	Pensacola	Pensacola Gazette*	01/14/1843–03/25/1848
Florida	Tampa	Tampa Tribune	3/17/1929–10/7/1931
Georgia	Augusta	Augusta Chronicle	01/21/1792–12/31/1922
Georgia	Augusta	Daily Constitutionalist*	05/14/1840–04/09/1861
Georgia	Marietta	Marietta Journal	10/14/1979–9/9/1985
Georgia	Milledgeville	Georgia Journal	07/02/1822–03/08/1832
Georgia	Savannah	Daily Georgian	09/16/1826–07/19/1832
Idaho	Idaho Falls	Idaho Register	08/05/1892–08/05/1892
Idaho	Twin Falls	Twin Falls News	09/17/1920–09/17/1920
Illinois	Niles	Bugle, The*	08/18/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Illinois	Rockford	Register Star	3/31/2007–5/30/2007
Illinois	Rockford	Register-Republic	6/21/1957–6/21/1957
Illinois	Shorewood	Shorewood Sentinel, The*	06/13/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Illinois	Springfield	Illinois State Register*	11/13/1840–12/27/1844
Iowa	Forest City	Britt News Tribune*	03/20/2003–Current	Obituaries Only
Kentucky	Maysville	Ledger Independent, The*	07/11/2002–Current	Obituaries Only
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Advocate	6/29/1945–12/31/1985
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Daily Advocate	9/8/1869–3/27/1883
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	State Times Advocate	1/7/1922–8/25/1922
Louisiana	New Orleans	Courrier de la Louisiane	01/06/1823–01/14/1824
Louisiana	New Orleans	Times-Picayune	04/26/1901–05/21/1914
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Commercial Gazette	04/16/1835–01/23/1840
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Courier	1/2/1845–7/17/1845
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Herald	7/4/1893–12/6/1907
Massachusetts	Boston	Repertory	1/11/1821–3/27/1821
Massachusetts	Boston	Saturday Morning Transcript*	02/07/1835–12/29/1838
Massachusetts	Boston	Weekly Messenger	03/03/1831–03/03/1831
Massachusetts	Nantucket	Nantucket Inquirer	04/22/1826–12/04/1841
Massachusetts	New Bedford	New-Bedford Mercury	01/02/1857–12/31/1869
Massachusetts	Newburyport	Newburyport Herald	02/07/1834–01/03/1837
Massachusetts	Northampton	Hampshire Gazette	01/04/1826–09/02/1840
Massachusetts	Salem	Salem Register	11/18/1841–8/4/1856
Massachusetts	Springfield	Hampden Whig	02/24/1830–09/27/1837
Massachusetts	Springfield	Springfield Union	1/1/1913–3/31/1915
Massachusetts	West Springfield	American Intelligencer	08/09/1796–08/09/1796
Massachusetts	Worcester	Massachusetts Spy	03/14/1821–12/31/1869
Massachusetts	Worcester	National Aegis	10/23/1822–12/23/1876
Michigan	Charlevoix	Charlevoix Courier*	01/02/2009–Current	Obituaries Only
Michigan	Jackson	Jackson Citizen	01/08/1897–04/23/1897
Michigan	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Gazette	07/21/1876–07/21/1876
Michigan	Petoskey	Petoskey News-Review*	04/16/2001–Current	Obituaries Only
Minnesota	Winona	Winona Daily News*	05/15/2001–Current	Obituaries Only
Nebraska	Beatrice	Beatrice Daily Sun*	06/10/2002–Current	Obituaries Only
Nebraska	Omaha	Omaha World Herald	12/15/1957–12/25/1983
New Hampshire	Concord	New-Hampshire Patriot	2/20/1861–2/20/1861
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics	01/07/1860–09/28/1872
New Jersey	Morristown	Genius of Liberty	10/25/1798–04/11/1805
New Jersey	Trenton	Trenton Evening Times	03/14/1916–06/29/1916
New Jersey	Trenton	True American	12/29/1801–12/14/1812
New York	Albany	Albany Argus	01/03/1823–04/30/1869
New York	Auburn	Auburn Journal and Advertiser*	05/31/1837–12/30/1846
New York	Cazenovia	Pilot	05/13/1818–11/28/1822
New York	New York	Commercial Advertiser	04/04/1821–11/21/1876
New York	New York	New York Herald	4/14/1876–4/14/1876
New York	New York	New York Herald-Tribune	12/24/1887–12/24/1887
New York	New York	New-York Gazette	03/03/1803–03/04/1803
New York	New York	Spectator	04/30/1842–08/18/1851
New York	New York	Weekly Visitor	11/03/1822–04/26/1823
New York	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga Sentinel	5/9/1826–3/14/1837
New York	Syracuse	Post-Standard, The: Blogs*	02/18/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
North Carolina	Cary	Cary News, The*	02/13/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
North Carolina	Fayetteville	Carolina Observer*	12/09/1824–11/04/1830
North Carolina	Smithfield	Smithfield Herald, The*	01/19/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
North Carolina	Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem Journal	5/30/1917–4/28/1928
North Carolina	Zebulon	Eastern Wake News*	01/19/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Ohio	Canton	Repository	9/1/1939–9/22/1939
Ohio	Chillicothe	Supporter and Scioto Gazette*	02/21/1821–02/08/1827
Ohio	Cleveland	Plain Dealer	07/23/1847–11/05/1922
Oregon	Portland	Oregonian	08/04/1904–08/04/1904
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Harrisburg Republican	12/17/1816–07/17/1818
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Patriot	01/01/1866–12/19/1912
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	National Gazette	9/20/1827–6/9/1835
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Inquirer	02/04/1830–05/28/1859
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	Tree of Liberty	02/22/1801–10/16/1802
Pennsylvania	Somerset	Daily American, The*	01/12/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Pennsylvania	Washington	Washington Reporter	01/01/1821–06/16/1869
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston Courier	07/08/1822–04/25/1872
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston Mercury	04/18/1860–07/11/1868
South Carolina	Charleston	South-Carolina State-Gazette	9/24/1801–9/24/1801
Texas	Dallas	Dallas Morning News	11/16/1983–4/20/1984
Texas	Lexington	Lexington Leader*	04/09/2009–Current	Obituaries Only
Texas	Marble Falls	River Cities Daily Tribune, The*	02/25/2010–Current	Obituaries Only
Texas	Texarkana	Texarkana Gazette*	10/28/2011–Current	Obituaries Only
Vermont	Brattleboro	Vermont Phoenix	2/23/1866–12/14/1866
Vermont	St. Albans	St. Albans Daily Messenger	04/24/1861–10/23/1872
Vermont	St. Albans	St. Albans Messenger	10/10/1850–09/29/1921
Vermont	St. Albans	St. Albans Transcript*	04/05/1873–04/05/1873
Vermont	Windsor	Vermont Journal	02/15/1862–02/15/1862
Vermont	Windsor	Vermont Republican	01/01/1821–05/10/1828
Virginia	Alexandria	Alexandria Gazette	01/02/1823–03/31/1870
Virginia	Norfolk	Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger	07/17/1804–09/17/1816
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Enquirer	07/29/1867–04/28/1870
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Times Dispatch	9/15/1929–3/3/1930
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Whig	02/16/1833–12/29/1874
Virginia	Richmond	Virginia Patriot	04/27/1814–04/27/1814
Wisconsin	Chippewa Falls	Chippewa Herald, The*	01/30/1999–Current	Obituaries Only

The Story of Perkins Swain: A Genealogist’s Online Research Discoveries

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tom Kemp

Online genealogy research is endlessly fascinating—you never know what you will find. I was doing some family history research in GenealogyBank’s newspaper archive when this double obituary caught my eye. Baltimore Patriot (Baltimore, Maryland), 25 July 1834, page 3.

Just a short, simple notice, 4½ lines long—and yet what a sad story it tells.

Sally Swain, 27-year-old wife of Perkins Swain, died on 17 June 1834 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Her husband, Perkins Swain, age 37, “was in [his] usual health at the funeral of his deceased wife”—but abruptly died seven days later. No doubt, of a broken heart.

Can you imagine the grief of the pallbearers? They were probably family members, or at least friends and neighbors, who sadly carried the body of young Sally Swain to her grave on June 17th while her grieving yet healthy husband, Perkins, stood nearby. And then suddenly, just seven days later, those same pallbearers were carrying the body of her husband to join Sally’s gravesite.

Who were this couple struck down by tragedy? This story of a perfectly-healthy husband dying seven days after his young wife’s funeral made me want to research more about them and learn about their lives.

Digging deeper into my genealogy research online, I found a marriage announcement that Perkins Swain married Sally Weymouth in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in a November 1823 newspaper. Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 15 November 1823, page 3.

Looking at the free collection of New Hampshire marriage certificates online at FamilySearch, I quickly found their marriage certificate. They were married on 23 October 1823 by the Rev. William Blaisdell. FamilySearch.org is a handy genealogy site. It has put up the entire U.S. Census, as well as birth and marriage certificates from all 50 states and many foreign countries. This free website by the Family History Library is well worth a visit to find great genealogical information that can aid in your research. Checking further in GenealogyBank, I found a newspaper probate article showing that Perkins Swain had known tragedy earlier in his life, when he and his brother Gorham were orphaned at age 5 and 4 respectively. The Sun (Dover Gazette & County Advertiser) (Dover, New Hampshire), 21 December 1805, page 4.
Enlarging the first paragraph, we find some interesting details about Perkins Swain’s life. In this probate notice, Thomas Balch is acting as guardian for the young orphans. We discover that their father was William Swain, “late of Gilmanton,” a tailor who died without leaving a will. Did he die unexpectedly? And why is there no mention of the mother? These are tantalizing questions that require further family history research.

This probate notice also tells us that the two young boys have inherited an estate of 100 acres in Gilmanton.

Continuing to look further in GenealogyBank’s newspaper archive for details about Perkins Swain, I found this public auction notice that perhaps completes the story of his life.
New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire), 19 October 1835, page 3.

A year after his death, the homestead farm of Perkins Swain is being publicly auctioned on Nov. 2, 1835. This farm is a 100-acre parcel in Gilmanton, New Hampshire—the same piece of land we learned about in the probate notice of 1805.

Isn’t it amazing how many details we’ve found out about Perkins Swain, who died in 1834? We have found his marriage and death notices, his marriage certificate, the probate notice when he was orphaned at age 5, and the public auction notice of his farm after his death. With more online genealogy research, we could no doubt uncover even more details about Perkins Swain and his family.

There are so many digitized newspaper articles, historical documents and government records available online today—terrific research resources for genealogists.

This is a great day for genealogy.

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