Alaska Archives: 178 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Alaska, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online AK newspaper archives: 178 titles to help you search your family history in the “Last Frontier,” providing coverage from 1869 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Alaska newspaper archives!

Photo: a lake in the Eagle River Valley, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Credit: Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC BY-SA; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: a lake in the Eagle River Valley, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Credit: Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC BY-SA; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Alaska in these newspapers. Our AK newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

  • Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
  • Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)

Search Alaska Newspaper Archives (1869 – 2018)

Search Alaska Obituaries (1946 – Today)

Illustration: Alaska state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: Alaska state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of Alaska newspapers in the online archives. Each newspaper title in this list 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. The AK newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Adak Adak daily sun 01/23/1953 – 01/23/1953 1 Newspaper Archives
Adak Adak sun 02/13/1956 – 05/20/1963 184 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Alaska Dispatch 10/15/2009 – 07/07/2014 Obituaries
Anchorage Alaska Dispatch News 07/08/2014 – 11/16/2017 Obituaries
Anchorage Anchorage Daily News 10/03/1985 – Current Obituaries
Anchorage Anchorage Daily News: Web Edition Articles 12/17/2007 – 06/28/2014 Obituaries
Anchorage Arctic Sounder 06/28/2013 – Current Obituaries
Anchorage Arctic Warrior, The: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 06/03/2011 – 04/12/2019 Obituaries
Anchorage Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman 06/07/2013 – Current Obituaries
Anchorage Alaska Spotlight 07/28/1956 – 11/30/1968 12 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage Daily News 01/27/1946 – 12/31/2018 23439 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage Gazette 12/01/1992 – 01/01/1993 2 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage Daily Times 05/01/1916 – 06/03/1992 23927 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Alaska Journal of Commerce 02/19/2005 – Current Obituaries
Anchorage Anchorage Daily News: Blogs 01/31/2007 – 02/14/2014 Obituaries
Anchorage NBC – 2 KTUU 07/13/2010 – Current Obituaries
Anchorage Anchorage daily times and Cook Inlet pioneer 05/24/1916 – 05/28/1917 304 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage weekly times and Alaska labor news 07/14/1917 – 08/15/1918 37 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage weekly times and Cook Inlet pioneer 06/17/1916 – 09/16/1916 14 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Cook Inlet pioneer 10/23/1915 – 05/23/1916 28 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Cook Inlet pioneer and Knik news 06/05/1915 – 06/03/1916 45 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage CBS – 11 KTVA 04/26/2002 – 01/24/2011 Obituaries
Anchorage Tundra times 10/01/1962 – 12/23/1963 30 Newspaper Archives
Anchorage Anchorage Weekly Times 06/13/1918 – 10/06/1938 30 Newspaper Archives
Bethel Delta Discovery 07/15/2011 – Current Obituaries
Bethel Tundra Drums 11/28/2011 – 02/18/2016 Obituaries
Cape Prince of Wales Eskimo bulletin 05/01/1893 – 05/01/1902 5 Newspaper Archives
Cape Prince of Wales Midnight sun 06/01/1905 – 12/01/1905 3 Newspaper Archives
Chitina Ghost town gazette 07/16/1956 – 10/01/1959 34 Newspaper Archives
Chitina Chitina leader 09/24/1910 – 12/21/1915 254 Newspaper Archives
Chitina Weekly herald 01/18/1931 – 01/22/1933 105 Newspaper Archives
Cordova Cordova Times 04/27/2011 – 12/15/2017 Obituaries
Cordova Cordova daily times 12/02/1914 – 04/14/1923 2385 Newspaper Archives
County Mushing Magazine 05/01/2019 – 09/01/2021 Obituaries
County Alaska Beacon 09/13/2023 – Current Obituaries
Dillingham Beacon Dillingham news 04/13/1950 – 10/28/1950 3 Newspaper Archives
Dillingham Beacon of Dillingham 03/12/1952 – 07/20/1955 53 Newspaper Archives
Douglas Douglas Island news 11/23/1898 – 06/10/1921 1152 Newspaper Archives
Douglas Alaska sourdough 09/01/1911 – 12/26/1911 17 Newspaper Archives
Douglas Douglas miner 08/26/1896 – 02/03/1897 9 Newspaper Archives
Douglas Alaska Juneau-Douglas Island news 09/01/1918 – 01/15/1919 10 Newspaper Archives
Eagle River Chugiak-Eagle River Star 03/22/2012 – 03/05/2020 Obituaries
Fairbanks Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 09/17/2001 – Current Obituaries
Fairbanks Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 11/29/1917 – 02/12/1960 205 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Alaska citizen 04/09/1910 – 10/01/1917 385 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Daily Alaska citizen 04/30/1918 – 01/30/1920 168 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Weekly Alaska citizen 10/08/1917 – 01/26/1920 116 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Sun Star, The: University of Alaska – Fairbanks 11/08/2011 – 12/08/2014 Obituaries
Fairbanks Jessen’s Weekly 07/07/1955 – 08/04/1955 5 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Tanana Valley socialist 10/15/1912 – 10/15/1912 1 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Alaska socialist 09/29/1913 – 02/24/1915 22 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Fairbanks herald 07/04/1915 – 08/08/1915 5 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Free press 03/28/1914 – 04/23/1914 4 Newspaper Archives
Fairbanks Socialist press 06/20/1914 – 09/18/1915 37 Newspaper Archives
Fort Adams Yukon Press 05/01/1894 – 05/01/1894 1 Newspaper Archives
Glennallen Copper River current 06/21/1962 – 12/19/1963 39 Newspaper Archives
Haines Chilkat post 03/03/1922 – 12/22/1922 19 Newspaper Archives
Haines Chilkoot post 01/12/1923 – 06/25/1926 135 Newspaper Archives
Haines Fort Seward news 12/16/1921 – 02/17/1922 6 Newspaper Archives
Healy Aurora Borealis 12/31/1898 – 03/01/1899 3 Newspaper Archives
Homer Homer News 10/04/2012 – Current Obituaries
Homer Homer Tribune 05/31/2019 – 10/03/2019 Obituaries
Homer Homer news 05/20/1950 – 08/11/1955 63 Newspaper Archives
Homer Kenai Peninsula pioneer 08/19/1955 – 02/27/1956 10 Newspaper Archives
Homer Homer homesteader 07/22/1946 – 12/26/1949 97 Newspaper Archives
Hot Springs Hot Springs post 10/01/1908 – 05/15/1909 33 Newspaper Archives
Hydaburg New native 01/16/1919 – 03/12/1920 14 Newspaper Archives
Hyder Hyder Alaska miner 10/24/1919 – 03/28/1923 170 Newspaper Archives
Hyder Hyder weekly herald 09/08/1924 – 12/29/1934 526 Newspaper Archives
Hyder Hyder weekly miner 10/27/1923 – 04/07/1924 20 Newspaper Archives
Iditarod Iditarod pioneer 07/10/1910 – 11/22/1919 426 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Juneau Empire 01/02/1998 – Current Obituaries
Juneau Alaska Mining Record 03/26/1891 – 12/27/1899 46 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Daily Alaska Dispatch 01/20/1900 – 09/28/1919 5723 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Daily Record-Miner 02/23/1903 – 05/08/1911 1607 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Capital City Weekly 03/02/2005 – Current Obituaries
Juneau Alaska daily empire 11/02/1912 – 12/07/1926 4237 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Stroller’s weekly and Douglas Island news 07/09/1921 – 12/30/1922 78 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Daily Alaska empire 12/08/1926 – 12/29/1951 7716 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Juneau Empire 02/17/1961 – 03/31/1961 37 Newspaper Archives
Juneau J bird 12/17/1932 – 05/16/1936 88 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Alaska fisherman 05/15/1923 – 09/15/1932 96 Newspaper Archives
Juneau Gleam 10/08/1916 – 12/17/1916 8 Newspaper Archives
Kenai Peninsula Clarion 03/08/2000 – Current Obituaries
Kenai Kenai Peninsula cheechako news 02/17/1961 – 06/14/1963 68 Newspaper Archives
Kennicott Kennecott star 11/29/1937 – 05/19/1938 6 Newspaper Archives
Ketchikan Ketchikan miner 03/16/1907 – 09/16/1915 322 Newspaper Archives
Ketchikan Daily progressive-miner 09/23/1915 – 04/30/1919 1039 Newspaper Archives
Ketchikan Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle 01/03/1955 – 03/05/1955 53 Newspaper Archives
Ketchikan Ketchikan Daily News 04/13/1955 – 09/16/1958 224 Newspaper Archives
Ketchikan Ketchikan mining news 01/18/1907 – 03/08/1907 7 Newspaper Archives
Knik Knik news 01/09/1915 – 05/01/1915 5 Newspaper Archives
Knik Sunny Knik news 08/01/1917 – 08/01/1917 1 Newspaper Archives
Knik Wasilla news 10/01/1917 – 11/01/1921 10 Newspaper Archives
Kodiak Kodiak Daily Mirror 01/10/2011 – Current Obituaries
Kodiak Kodiak mirror 06/15/1940 – 12/20/1963 996 Newspaper Archives
Kodiak News letter 10/01/1907 – 03/01/1922 96 Newspaper Archives
McCarthy McCarthy weekly news 11/03/1917 – 04/30/1927 484 Newspaper Archives
McCarthy Avalanch 08/05/1916 – 10/28/1916 11 Newspaper Archives
McCarthy Copper bee 02/19/1916 – 03/11/1916 4 Newspaper Archives
Moose Pass Moose Pass miner 01/14/1939 – 03/10/1942 60 Newspaper Archives
Nenana Nenana daily news 04/01/1918 – 04/02/1921 804 Newspaper Archives
Nenana Nenana news 04/05/1921 – 07/31/1923 327 Newspaper Archives
Nenana Nenana news 09/23/1916 – 03/30/1918 77 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome Nugget 01/06/2011 – Current Obituaries
Nome Nome Gold Digger 10/24/1900 – 10/24/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome daily nugget 06/05/1906 – 04/30/1918 2458 Newspaper Archives
Nome Federal Emergency Relief Administration bulletin 09/22/1934 – 10/18/1934 24 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome nugget 10/19/1934 – 11/06/1934 16 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome tri-weekly nugget 05/01/1918 – 10/29/1919 208 Newspaper Archives
Nome Daily Nome industrial worker 08/15/1913 – 04/30/1918 743 Newspaper Archives
Nome Tri-weekly Nome industrial worker 05/02/1918 – 11/02/1918 70 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome tri-weekly nugget 10/31/1905 – 06/02/1906 95 Newspaper Archives
Nome Mining-dredging edition Nome daily nugget 10/01/1910 – 10/01/1916 7 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome daily gold digger 06/28/1906 – 07/19/1909 14 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome daily nugget 11/08/1934 – 12/31/1937 927 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome Gold Digger 03/25/1903 – 09/23/1905 2 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome industrial worker 02/14/1908 – 10/04/1910 14 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome nugget 07/09/1901 – 06/25/1904 297 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome nugget mining edition 06/11/1906 – 06/01/1908 2 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome semi-weekly nugget 06/29/1904 – 10/28/1905 141 Newspaper Archives
Nome Nome weekly Nugget 06/19/1909 – 08/16/1913 3 Newspaper Archives
Nome Weekly Nome industrial worker 11/16/1918 – 06/28/1919 33 Newspaper Archives
Palmer Valley settler 12/09/1937 – 02/22/1952 715 Newspaper Archives
Palmer Valley frontiersman 09/20/1947 – 05/08/1952 255 Newspaper Archives
Palmer Matanuska Valley pioneer 08/22/1935 – 12/19/1936 54 Newspaper Archives
Petersburg Petersburg Press 09/26/1958 – 12/26/1958 14 Newspaper Archives
Rampart Alaska Forum 10/25/1900 – 10/25/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Rampart Alaska Forum 09/27/1900 – 08/04/1906 153 Newspaper Archives
Rampart Yukon Valley news 08/03/1904 – 08/07/1907 151 Newspaper Archives
Rampart Yukon Valley news 07/06/1909 – 07/13/1909 2 Newspaper Archives
Rampart Yukon Valley news 09/22/1910 – 01/11/1913 22 Newspaper Archives
Saint Michael Northern light 08/01/1913 – 05/01/1917 36 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward Phoenix LOG 08/25/2011 – 10/06/2016 Obituaries
Seward Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post 01/18/1918 – 11/27/1920 828 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward daily gateway 11/23/1905 – 09/02/1908 9 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway 11/29/1920 – 02/09/1923 426 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway 08/19/1904 – 11/18/1905 19 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway 07/22/1914 – 01/31/1917 761 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post 02/01/1917 – 01/17/1918 283 Newspaper Archives
Seward Daily gateway 08/07/1905 – 11/22/1905 76 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward daily gateway 02/10/1923 – 09/16/1933 3204 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway 09/19/1933 – 10/31/1933 18 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward seaport record 09/25/1948 – 01/28/1955 473 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news 01/03/1948 – 09/22/1948 71 Newspaper Archives
Seward Seward gateway 08/19/1904 – 11/18/1905 19 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Daily Sitka Sentinel 01/09/2008 – Current Obituaries
Sitka Alaska Herald 09/26/1892 – 07/21/1894 2 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Alaska Times 11/06/1869 – 12/25/1869 4 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Alaskan 11/07/1885 – 08/02/1893 50 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Thlinget 08/01/1908 – 06/01/1912 47 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Sitka Post 04/20/1877 – 04/20/1877 1 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Daily Sitka Sentinel 07/01/1957 – 12/31/1959 238 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Alaskan 07/16/1926 – 09/30/1932 320 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Baranof banner 04/10/1958 – 10/02/1958 12 Newspaper Archives
Sitka Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press 08/23/1955 – 12/30/1955 90 Newspaper Archives
Skagway Daily Alaskan 07/02/1898 – 02/03/1899 12 Newspaper Archives
Skagway Daily morning Alaskan 02/21/1899 – 02/28/1904 1126 Newspaper Archives
Skagway Morning Alaskan 02/01/1898 – 02/01/1898 1 Newspaper Archives
Skagway Skaguay News 04/05/1898 – 04/05/1898 1 Newspaper Archives
Skagway Daily Alaskan 03/01/1904 – 12/30/1922 4943 Newspaper Archives
Tanana Tanana leader 07/01/1909 – 08/25/1910 53 Newspaper Archives
Teller Teller News 04/11/1901 – 04/11/1901 1 Newspaper Archives
Valdez Alaska prospector 02/13/1902 – 08/13/1908 337 Newspaper Archives
Valdez Valdez daily prospector 07/18/1908 – 05/07/1918 1726 Newspaper Archives
Valdez Valdez weekly prospector 08/20/1908 – 02/25/1909 26 Newspaper Archives
Valdez Daily prospector bulletin 11/14/1907 – 11/14/1907 1 Newspaper Archives
Valdez Valdez news 03/10/1950 – 01/12/1951 17 Newspaper Archives
Wasilla Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman 09/13/2002 – Current Obituaries
Wasilla Frontiersman 05/15/1952 – 12/26/1963 431 Newspaper Archives
Wasilla Frontiersman 11/20/1946 – 10/08/1947 92 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Glacier 02/01/1887 – 02/01/1887 1 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Stikeen River Journal 01/01/1898 – 01/01/1898 1 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Alaska sentinel 11/20/1902 – 02/11/1909 183 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Fort Wrangel news 06/08/1898 – 10/26/1898 21 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Stikeen River Journal 01/22/1898 – 11/11/1899 74 Newspaper Archives
Wrangell Wrangell sentinel 06/03/1909 – 12/28/1956 2382 Newspaper Archives

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