38 Nebraska Newspapers Now Online in Our Archives

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Searching for your ancestors in Nebraska? GenealogyBank has 38 Nebraska newspapers online in its newspaper archives, to help you research your family history in the “Cornhusker State.”

photo of 19th century Nebraska homesteaders

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Hey, is that Uncle Willie on the left?

Use these two links to search for your ancestors in all of our Nebraska newspaper archives, or click on an individual title in the below table to use that newspaper’s individual search form:

Search Nebraska Newspaper Archives (1868 – 1983)

Search Nebraska Recent Obituaries (1996 – Current)

City	Newspaper	Date Range	Collection
Ashland	Ashland Gazette	2/3/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Beatrice	Beatrice Daily Sun	6/10/2002 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Bellevue	Bellevue Leader	2/27/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Broken Bow	Custer County Chief	10/4/2010 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Chadron	Chadron Record	4/12/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Columbus	Columbus Telegram	9/19/1999 – Current	Recent Obituaries
David City	David City Banner-Press	9/13/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Fremont	Fremont Tribune	8/16/2000 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gering	Gering Courier	11/6/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Grand Island	Grand Island Independent	9/14/2006 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Gretna	Gretna Breeze	2/23/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Hemingford	Hemingford Ledger	11/7/2008 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Kearney	Kearney Hub	5/30/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lexington	Lexington Clipper-Herald	6/23/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lincoln	Lincoln Journal Star	6/1/1996 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Lincoln	Lincoln Journal Star: Web Edition Articles	11/4/2003 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Nebraska City	Daily Nebraska Press	8/6/1868 – 12/28/1876	Newspaper Archives
Nebraska City	Nebraska City News-Press	2/9/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
North Platte	North Platte Telegraph	5/3/2004 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Omaha	Afro-American Sentinel	2/22/1896 – 3/25/1899	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Danske Pioneer	10/17/1895 – 10/10/1901	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Enterprise	8/10/1895 – 7/3/1897	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Omaha Herald	10/30/1878 – 6/30/1889	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Omaha Morning Bee-News	9/9/1935 – 9/9/1935	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Omaha Star	1/7/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Omaha	Omaha World Herald	8/24/1885 – 12/31/1983	Newspaper Archives
Omaha	Omaha World-Herald	1/10/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Omaha	Progress	3/22/1890 – 3/7/1891	Newspaper Archives
Papillion	Papillion Times	1/27/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Papillion	Suburban Newspapers	6/29/2005 – 1/29/2009	Recent Obituaries
Plattsmouth	Plattsmouth Journal	5/2/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Ralston	Ralston Recorder	5/6/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Schuyler	Schuyler Sun	10/20/2011 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Scottsbluff	Star-Herald	4/20/2005 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Syracuse	Syracuse Journal-Democrat	3/6/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Wahoo	Wahoo Newspaper	2/1/2007 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Waverly	Waverly News	4/21/2009 – Current	Recent Obituaries
York	York News-Times	3/8/2000 – 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

6 More Newspapers Being Added to Recent Obituaries Collection

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Here’s a look ahead at six of the new newspapers we are adding to our “Recent Obituaries” online collection in April. This is just a snapshot of the millions of obituary records that we add every month to GenealogyBank to help you find your ancestors and trace your family tree.

GenealogyBank’s “Recent Newspaper Obituaries” search box

These recent obituaries are from five states and the District of Columbia: California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, and Haymarket, D.C.

You can view our entire Recent Obituaries archives online: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries/

Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley News Journal (Pasadena, CA)

Obituaries: 02/25/2009 – Current

Asian Fortune (Haymarket, DC)

Obituaries: 06/01/2000 – Current

Miami Herald, The: Blogs (Miami, FL)

Obituaries: 03/10/2008 – Current

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Obituaries: 08/04/1999 – Current

Horse News (Flemington, NJ)

Obituaries: 06/30/1994 – Current
Note: missing 2/2003-12/2003

Powhatan Today (Powhatan, VA)

Obituaries: 04/02/2008 – Current

23 Million Newspaper Records for all 50 U.S. States Just Added!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Did you realize that every day GenealogyBank adds more records from over 3,000 newspapers from all 50 states? Our archivists and digital experts are gathering and digitizing more of America’s newspapers and putting them online continuously.

In the past month alone we added over 23 million newspaper records—that is more than 5 million records every week!

Here is a glimpse of just some of the new newspaper content that has recently been added to GenealogyBank. Since we can’t list all 3,000 newspapers here, we have selected a representative sample to give you a sense of GenealogyBank’s dynamic growth. Dig into our rapidly expanding newspaper archives and uncover your family history now!

Newspapers marked with an asterisk (*) are new to GenealogyBank.

State	City	Newspapers	Date Range	Collection
Alaska	Anchorage	Anchorage Daily News	1/2/1971–12/30/1972	Newspaper Archives
California	San Diego	Evening Tribune	9/2/1912–9/29/1936	Newspaper Archives
California	San Diego	San Diego Union	4/20/1881–12/23/1930	Newspaper Archives
California	San Francisco	Bay Citizen, The*	06/01/2010–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Denver	Denver Post	7/4/1903–5/22/1917	Newspaper Archives
Colorado	Denver	Denver Rocky Mountain News	11/30/1890–10/1/1898	Newspaper Archives
Colorado	Golden	Arvada Press*	08/30/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Golden	Golden Transcript*	06/07/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Golden	Wheat Ridge Transcript*	05/12/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Lakewood	Lakewood Sentinel*	05/18/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Thornton	Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel*	05/18/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Colorado	Westminster	Westminster Window*	05/18/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
District of Columbia	Washington	Daily Union	05/01/1845–12/31/1853	Newspaper Archives
District of Columbia	Washington (DC)	Evening Star	4/11/1877–12/31/1922	Newspaper Archives
Georgia	Marietta	Marietta Journal	1/15/1961–12/8/1978	Newspaper Archives
Idaho	Idaho Falls	Post Register*	01/24/2013–Current	Recent Obituaries
Illinois	Belleville	Belleville News-Democrat: Blogs*	05/22/2009–Current	Recent Obituaries
Illinois	Chicago	Chicago Sun-Times: Blogs*	02/20/2008–Current	Recent Obituaries
Illinois	Elburn	Elburn Herald*	10/09/2008–Current	Recent Obituaries
Illinois	Springfield	Daily Illinois State Register	1/1/1856–1/14/1892	Newspaper Archives
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	Advocate	10/1/1943–5/15/1958	Newspaper Archives
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	State Times Advocate	3/3/1933–9/15/1969	Newspaper Archives
Louisiana	New Orleans	NOLA Defender*	03/13/2010–Current	Recent Obituaries
Maryland	Baltimore	Sun	8/9/1922–9/3/1922	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Herald	7/2/1855–9/19/1972	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Herald: Blogs*	10/28/2006–Current	Recent Obituaries
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Traveler	9/1/1855–8/7/1951	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Springfield	Republican, The: Web Edition Articles*	11/16/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Massachusetts	Springfield	Springfield Daily News	1/24/1914–11/6/1919	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Springfield	Springfield Republican	01/18/1920–01/18/1920	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Westfield	Westfield News, The*	12/13/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor Daily Argus	11/17/1898–12/31/1906	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor Daily Times	10/5/1907–4/7/1908	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan Argus	10/31/1879–12/20/1907	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti Commercial	3/11/1864–8/18/1898	Newspaper Archives
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	Petal News, The*	04/21/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Nebraska	Omaha	Omaha Star*	01/07/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Nebraska	Omaha	Omaha World Herald	11/1/1981–11/30/1983	Newspaper Archives
Nevada	Boulder City	Boulder City Review*	11/05/2009–Current	Recent Obituaries
New Jersey	Leonia	Leonia Life*	01/22/2010–Current	Recent Obituaries
New York	Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry	Rivertowns Daily Voice*	08/02/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
New York	New York	Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper	04/01/1871–10/21/1871	Newspaper Archives
New York	New York	New Yorker Volkszeitung	02/18/1894–02/28/1900	Newspaper Archives
New York	Westchester County	Newsday: Westchester County Edition*	05/02/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
North Carolina	Charlotte	Charlotte Observer, The: Blogs*	11/09/2006–Current	Recent Obituaries
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Daily News	4/14/1945–9/30/1977	Newspaper Archives
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Record	2/22/1950–4/10/1981	Newspaper Archives
North Carolina	Reidsville	Eden Daily News, The*	02/13/2013–Current	Recent Obituaries
Ohio	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Post	1/7/1886–6/4/1920	Newspaper Archives
Oregon	Hood River	Hood River News*	08/09/2001–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Philadelphia City Paper*	06/29/2006–Current	Recent Obituaries
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston Courier*	8/14/1860–2/15/1861	Newspaper Archives
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston News and Courier	11/04/1897–07/16/1913	Newspaper Archives
South Carolina	Charleston	Evening Post	9/29/1914–8/29/1921	Newspaper Archives
Texas	Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post*	08/07/2002–Current	Recent Obituaries
Vermont	Middlebury	Addison County Independent*	12/27/2006–Current	Recent Obituaries
Vermont	St. Johnsbury	Caledonian	8/12/1854–6/25/1897	Newspaper Archives
Vermont	St. Johnsbury	Caledonian-Record	11/25/1908–1/14/1925	Newspaper Archives
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Times Dispatch	2/1/1948–12/31/1986	Newspaper Archives
Washington	Bellingham	Bellingham Herald, The: Blogs*	01/15/2008–Current	Recent Obituaries
Washington	Forks	Forks Forum*	12/15/2010–Current	Recent Obituaries
Wisconsin	Chippewa Falls	Chippewa Herald, The: Blogs*	06/21/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wahrheit	09/05/1896–09/05/1896	Newspaper Archives

Thousands More Recent Obituaries from 13 States Coming Soon!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank is adding 21 new newspapers with thousands more obituaries to its Recent Obituaries archives to help with your family history research.

GenealogyBank’s search form for Recent Newspaper Obituaries

These newspapers are from 13 states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

You can view our entire Recent Obituaries archives here: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries/

These newspapers will be added in the next few weeks.

Bay Citizen (San Francisco, CA)

Obituaries: 06/01/2010 – Current

Arvada Press (Golden, CO)

Obituaries: 08/30/2012 – Current

Golden Transcript (Golden, CO)

Obituaries: 06/07/2012 – Current

Lakewood Sentinel (Lakewood, CO)

Obituaries: 05/18/2012 – Current

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel (Thornton, CO)

Obituaries: 05/18/2012 – Current

Westminster Window (Westminster, CO)

Obituaries: 05/18/2012 – Current

Wheat Ridge Transcript (Golden, CO)

Obituaries: 05/12/2012 – Current

Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID)

Obituaries: 01/24/2013 – Current

Belleville News-Democrat: Blogs (Belleville, IL)

Obituaries: 05/22/2009 – Current

Chicago Sun-Times: Blogs (Chicago, IL)

Obituaries: 02/20/2008 – Current

Elburn Herald (Elburn, IL)

Obituaries: 10/09/2008 – Current

Boston Herald: Blogs (Boston, MA)

Obituaries: 10/28/2006 – Current

Boulder City Review (Boulder City, NV)

Obituaries: 11/26/2009 – Current

Newsday: Westchester County Edition (NY)

Obituaries: 05/02/2012 – Current

Charlotte Observer: Blogs (Charlotte, NC)

Obituaries: 11/09/2006 – Current

Eden Daily News (Reidsville, NC)

Obituaries: 02/13/2013 – Current

Hood River News (Hood River, OR)

Obituaries: 08/09/2001 – Current

Philadelphia City Paper (Philadelphia, PA)

Obituaries: 06/29/2006 – Current

Addison County Independent (Middlebury, VT)

Obituaries: 12/27/2006 – Current

Bellingham Herald: Blogs (Bellingham, WA)

Obituaries: 01/15/2008 – Current

Chippewa Herald: Blogs (Chippewa Falls, WI)

Obituaries: 06/21/2012 – Current

9 More Recent Newspaper Obituary Collections Coming Soon!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank will soon be adding nine more newspapers to its Recent Obituaries Collection dating from 2002 to today.

GenealogyBank Recent Obituaries Search Results

GenealogyBank is constantly expanding its online archives to offer you more records for your family history research. These upcoming additions provide expanded obituaries coverage for the following 8 U.S. States: Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Washington.

Here is the list of the recent obituaries coming online:

NOLA Defender (New Orleans, LA)

Obituaries: 03/13/2010 – Current

Republican: Web Edition Articles (Springfield, MA)

Obituaries: 11/16/2012 – Current

Westfield News (Westfield, MA)

Obituaries: 12/13/2011 – Current

Petal News (Hattiesburg, MS)

Obituaries: 04/28/2011 – Current

Omaha Star (Omaha, NE)

Obituaries: 01/07/2011 – Current

Leonia Life (Leonia, NJ)

Obituaries: 01/22/2010 – 11/18/2011
Notes: Missing June 2010 through September 2011

Rivertowns Daily Voice (Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, NY)

Obituaries: 08/02/2011 – Current

Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post (Fredericksburg, TX)

Obituaries: 08/07/2002 – Current

Forks Forum (Forks, WA)

Obituaries: 12/15/2010 – Current

Macon, Georgia, Genealogy Resources Online

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Tom Kemp

Are you researching your family history from Georgia? If you have ancestors from the “Peach State,” a good place to start looking is the city of Macon, located right near the geographic center of Georgia.

Photo: Macon, Georgia. Credit: Wikipedia.

GenealogyBank’s online newspaper archives have Macon, Georgia, covered from 1826 to today. That is well over 2.5 million articles about your Southern American ancestors. That’s a lot of birth, marriage and obituary newspaper articles—with the genealogical details about your ancestry you are looking for. There are also many local news stories in the newspapers that you can read to find out more about your ancestors’ lives and the times they lived in.

Here is the list of Macon, GA, newspapers currently available for researching in GenealogyBank:

Newspapers	Coverage	Collection
Macon Daily Herald	5/8/1865 – 5/8/1865	Newspaper Archives
Macon Sentinel	1/27/1900 – 1/27/1900	Newspaper Archives
Macon Telegraph	2/1/1860 – 3/11/1923	Newspaper Archives
Macon Telegraph	8/18/1994 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Macon Weekly Telegraph	11/1/1826 – 6/3/1895	Newspaper Archives

In addition to the newspaper archives that GenealogyBank has put online, FamilySearch.org has put some of Georgia’s vital records online including:

Births

Georgia, Births and Christenings, 1754-1960 Index only

Marriages

Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967 Index only

Deaths

Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927 Index and images

Georgia, Deaths 1928-1930 Index and images

Georgia, Death Index, 1933-1998 Index only

3,000+ U.S. Newspaper Archives Just Got More Content!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Tom Kemp

It is another busy year for the GenealogyBank team as we continue to rapidly grow our online archives to offer you the best U.S. newspaper coverage for your genealogy research. We are pleased to announce that we recently added more back issues and articles to more than 3,000 newspapers from all 50 U.S. states! Now you can enjoy even more content to investigate your family history with our expanded newspaper coverage across the entire United States.

It would be too lengthy to list them all, but here is a partial list of the new newspapers we added, and the expansion to some of our existing titles: over 60 newspapers from 11 states. This gives you just a taste of the rapid growth of GenealogyBank’s online U.S. newspaper archives!

In fact, we are adding more newspapers right now, as we do each and every day to help you do better genealogy research.

Dig in and tell us what you find.

State	City	Newspaper	Coverae	Collection
Alabama	Mobile	Alabama Staats-Zeitung	02/08/1917–02/08/1917	Newspaper Archives
California	Martinez	Martinez News-Gazette*	01/06/2009–Current	Recent Obituaries
California	San Diego	Evening Tribune	9/29/1908–12/31/1914	Newspaper Archives
California	San Diego	San Diego Union	05/12/1871–07/17/1905	Newspaper Archives
District of Columbia	Washington	Daily Union	01/02/1846–12/31/1850	Newspaper Archives
District of Columbia	Washington	Evening Star	3/7/1913–2/9/1921	Newspaper Archives
Illinois	Chicago	Chicago Crusader*	11/26/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Illinois	Peoria	Journal Star	4/1/1951–3/31/1953	Newspaper Archives
Illinois	Springfield	Daily Illinois State Journal	1/9/1907–3/23/1913	Newspaper Archives
Illinois	Springfield	Daily Illinois State Register	4/1/1915–12/3/1922	Newspaper Archives
Indiana	Gary	Gary Crusader*	12/03/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	State Times Advocate	3/1/1933–7/30/1975	Newspaper Archives
Louisiana	New Orleans	Advocate, The: New Orleans Edition*	10/22/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Maine	Biddeford	Justice de Biddeford	09/16/1897–03/02/1950	Newspaper Archives
Maine	Sanford	Justice de Sanford	04/29/1926–12/06/1928	Newspaper Archives
Maryland	Baltimore	American and Commercial Daily Advertiser	12/28/1850–06/30/1853	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	American Traveller*	05/02/1862–10/21/1862	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Herald	1/1/1851–12/30/1972	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Traveller	10/1/1945–12/31/1951	Newspaper Archives
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Traveller*	10/02/1854–03/31/1864	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor Daily Argus*	11/16/1898–6/24/1907	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor Daily Times	10/15/1903–5/2/1908	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor Daily Times*	9/1/1903–12/29/1906	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor News-Argus*	6/25/1907–5/2/1908	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan Argus*	10/17/1879–12/27/1907	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ann Arbor	True Democrat*	12/19/1845–3/8/1849	Newspaper Archives
Michigan	Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti Commercial*	4/17/1869–8/25/1898	Newspaper Archives
New Jersey	Collingswood	Retrospect, The*	01/06/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
New Jersey	Egg Harbor City	Egg Harbor Pilot	10/17/1908–02/20/1915	Newspaper Archives
New Jersey	Newark	Newark Daily Advertiser	12/28/1864–12/29/1866	Newspaper Archives
New York	New York	Courrier des Etats-Unis	11/17/1859–01/26/1885	Newspaper Archives
New York	New York	Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper	06/04/1870–10/28/1871	Newspaper Archives
New York	New York	New Yorker Volkszeitung*	01/14/1894–02/27/1898	Newspaper Archives
New York	Plattsburgh	Burgh, The*	08/05/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
New York	Skaneateles	Skaneateles Press*	08/04/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Daily News	7/30/1939–2/12/1973	Newspaper Archives
North Carolina	Greensboro	Greensboro Record	9/13/1946–7/14/1964	Newspaper Archives
Ohio	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Post	6/17/1885–6/26/1897	Newspaper Archives
Oklahoma	Bethany	Bethany Tribune*	12/07/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Oklahoma	Fairland	American, The*	10/04/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Oklahoma	Nowata	Nowata Star*	10/03/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Oklahoma	Perry	Perry Daily Journal*	12/04/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Oklahoma	Vinita	Vinita Daily Journal, The*	11/10/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Oklahoma	Weatherford	Weatherford Daily News*	11/27/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Erie	Erie Tageblatt	03/07/1899–04/20/1903	Newspaper Archives
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Unparteyische Harrisburg Morgenroethe Zeitung	02/03/1831–02/03/1831	Newspaper Archives
Pennsylvania	Jeannette	Jeannette Spirit, The*	11/15/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Ligonier	Ligonier Echo, The*	04/21/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Monroeville	North Journal*	04/12/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Monroeville	Times Express, The*	04/14/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Penn Hills	Plum Advance Leader*	11/08/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	Druid	01/15/1929–03/01/1929	Newspaper Archives
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	National Labor Tribune	01/11/1941–08/18/1945	Newspaper Archives
Pennsylvania	Scottdale	Independent-Observer, The*	04/21/2011–Current	Recent Obituaries
Pennsylvania	South Hills	South Hills Record*	11/07/2012–Current	Recent Obituaries
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston News and Courier	2/21/1895–4/13/1910	Newspaper Archives
South Carolina	Charleston	Evening Post	5/26/1899–6/20/1922	Newspaper Archives
Tennessee	Spring Hill	Advertiser News, The*	05/14/2007–Current	Recent Obituaries
Texas	Jasper	Jasper Newsboy, The*	12/28/2005–Current	Recent Obituaries
Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Times Dispatch	6/11/1944–9/15/1986	Newspaper Archives
Washington	Ocean Shores	North Coast News, The*	03/24/2009–03/23/2012	Recent Obituaries
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wahrheit	12/22/1906–06/25/1910	Newspaper Archives

Our United States Recent Obituary Collection Keeps Growing…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Tom Kemp

In the next two weeks GenealogyBank will expand our online U.S. Recent Obituaries collection by adding content from 14 newspapers from 12 states: California, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Some of these newspaper titles are brand new to our recent obituary collection; in other cases, we’ve added more obituaries to existing newspaper titles.

It’s a great day for genealogy!

Here is the list of U.S. newspaper obituaries that will be added or expanded in our online archives soon:

Martinez News-Gazette (Martinez, CA)

Obituaries: 01/06/2009 – Current

Daytona Beach News-Journal (Daytona Beach, FL)

Death Notices: 01/01/2005 – Current; scattered 2000 data also available

Harrisburg Daily Register (Harrisburg, IL)

Obituaries: added 11/4/1996 – 10/5/2009 to existing collection
Death Notices: added 12/10/1996 – 3/10/2010 to existing collection

Kearney Hub (Kearney, NE)

Death Notices: 12/19/2006 – Current

Wahoo Newspaper (Wahoo, NE)

Death Notices: 02/01/2007 – Current

Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ)

Obituaries: added 1/16/1999 – 6/20/2003 to existing collection

Burgh (Plattsburgh, NY)

Obituaries: 08/05/2011 – Current

Skaneateles Press (Skaneateles, NY)

Obituaries: 08/04/2011 – Current

Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)

Death Notices: 01/11/2012 – Current

Jeannette Spirit (Jeannette, PA) – this title’s search form is still being set up

Obituaries: 11/15/2012 – Current

Advertiser News (Spring Hill, TN)

Obituaries: 05/19/2007 – Current

Jasper Newsboy (Jasper, TX)

Obituaries: 07/25/2007 – Current; scattered earlier data also available

News & Messenger (Manassas, VA)

Obituaries: added 5/02/2008 – 1/21/2011 to existing collection

North Coast News (Ocean Shores, WA)

Obituaries: 03/24/2009 – 03/23/2012

Historical Cleveland, Ohio, Newspapers from 1800s-Today Online!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Tom Kemp

GenealogyBank has Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers online, dating back to 1845 and right up to today, to help you with your family research in “The Buckeye State.” That is more than a century and a half of content to help you uncover your family history and discover interesting facts about Cleveland’s past! Research thousands old news articles, obituaries, pictures and more to trace back your ancestry.

“The Forest City” was settled in 1796 and incorporated in 1814. Wherever American settlers went newspapers were sure to follow, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s first issue rolled off the press on 7 April 1845.

masthead, Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper 7 April 1845

Masthead, Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 7 April 1845

Here is a quick list to help you research your genealogy in the back files of Cleveland’s historical newspapers online:

Newspaper	Coverage	Collection
Aliened American	4/9/1853 – 4/9/1853	Newspaper Archives
Cleveland Gazette	8/25/1883 – 5/20/1945	Newspaper Archives
Plain Dealer	4/7/1845 – 5/31/1991	Newspaper Archives
Plain Dealer	8/2/1991 – Current	Recent Obituaries
Plain Dealer, The: Web Edition Articles	10/15/2012 – Current	Recent Obituaries