July 13, 2023
If you are researching your ancestry from Arizona, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online AZ newspaper archives: 170 titles to help you search your family history in the “Grand Canyon State,” providing coverage from 1859 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Arizona newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Arizona in these newspapers. Our AZ 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 Arizona Newspaper Archives (1859 – 1977)
Search Arizona Obituaries (1991 – Today)
Here is the complete list of Arizona 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 AZ newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Apache Junction | Apache Junction-Gold Canyon Independent | 11/13/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Apache Junction | Chandler Independent | 10/20/2010 – 03/30/2011 | – | Obituaries |
| Apache Junction | Mesa Independent | 11/13/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Apache Junction | Queen Creek Independent | 01/30/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Arizola | Oasis | 05/11/1893 – 12/28/1912 | 955 | Newspaper Archives |
| Arizona City | Arizona City Independent | 05/31/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Benson | San Pedro Valley News-Sun | 01/27/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Benson | Benson signal | 07/10/1915 – 04/17/1920 | 238 | Newspaper Archives |
| Benson | Benson Weekly Herald | 12/20/1884 – 12/20/1884 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bisbee | Arizona daily orb | 07/15/1899 – 12/31/1922 | 6495 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bisbee | Weekly orb | 04/10/1898 – 09/24/1899 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bullhead City | Mohave Valley Daily News | 10/16/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Casa Grande | Casa Grande Dispatch | 05/13/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Casa Grande | Tri-Valley Dispatch | 11/15/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Casa Grande | Casa Grande Dispatch: Web Edition Articles | 04/01/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Cave Creek | Sonoran News | 09/01/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Clifton | Copper Era | 05/02/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Clifton | Copper era | 06/01/1899 – 11/24/1911 | 543 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clifton | Copper era and Morenci leader | 12/01/1911 – 12/29/1922 | 562 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clifton | Clifton clarion | 01/21/1885 – 08/28/1889 | 180 | Newspaper Archives |
| Coolidge | Coolidge Examiner | 01/09/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Coolidge | Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune | 06/14/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Coolidge | Coolidge examiner | 03/07/1930 – 12/27/1946 | 874 | Newspaper Archives |
| County | Center Square Arizona | 05/01/2022 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Douglas | Douglas Dispatch | 09/24/1998 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Douglas | Douglas daily dispatch | 01/01/1926 – 03/31/1928 | 703 | Newspaper Archives |
| Duncan | Duncan Arizonian | 04/05/1911 – 11/05/1913 | 122 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eloy | Eloy Enterprise | 01/09/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Flagstaff | Arizona Daily Sun | 05/01/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Flagstaff | Flagstaff Live! | 01/28/2016 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Flagstaff | Arizona champion | 10/06/1883 – 11/25/1927 | 2157 | Newspaper Archives |
| Flagstaff | Skylight kicker | 11/25/1897 – 12/30/1897 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Florence | Florence tribune | 08/25/1892 – 12/28/1901 | 236 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Huachuca | Apache sentinel | 07/16/1943 – 04/27/1945 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Huachuca | Post script | 09/29/1944 – 06/15/1945 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Whipple | Arizona miner | 03/09/1864 – 12/27/1922 | 2685 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gilbert | Gilbert Independent | 10/20/2010 – 07/06/2011 | – | Obituaries |
| Glendale | Glendale Star | 12/13/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Glendale | Peoria Times | 01/17/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Glendale | Voice, The: Glendale Community College | 05/05/2010 – 09/07/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Globe | Arizona Silver Belt | 01/10/1879 – 01/31/1879 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Globe | Arizona Silver Belt | 05/09/1878 – 09/01/1907 | 1319 | Newspaper Archives |
| Globe | Daily Arizona silver belt | 01/02/1907 – 05/26/1910 | 1002 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Valley | Green Valley News & Sun | 05/09/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Green Valley | Sahuarita Sun | 02/08/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Green Valley | Santa Cruz Valley Sun | 02/26/2009 – 06/12/2013 | – | Obituaries |
| Holbrook | Argus | 12/12/1895 – 05/05/1900 | 220 | Newspaper Archives |
| Holbrook | Holbrook argus | 05/12/1900 – 02/04/1913 | 618 | Newspaper Archives |
| Holbrook | Holbrook news | 05/14/1909 – 12/29/1922 | 703 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kearny | Copper Basin News | 09/12/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Kingman | Mohave County Miner | 10/30/1897 – 10/30/1897 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingman | Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth | 11/05/1882 – 12/01/1922 | 1993 | Newspaper Archives |
| Little Rock | Prescott Weekly Courier | 03/28/1890 – 03/28/1890 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Marana | Marana News | 12/24/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Maricopa | Communicator | 10/17/2009 – 02/09/2013 | – | Obituaries |
| Maricopa | Maricopa Monitor | 12/23/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Mesa | Mesa free press | 07/06/1893 – 03/22/1901 | 383 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nogales | Nogales International | 12/18/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Nogales | Monitor | 09/05/1890 – 09/05/1890 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nogales | Border vidette | 05/15/1897 – 07/07/1934 | 1621 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nogales | Daily morning oasis | 12/01/1917 – 12/30/1920 | 904 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nogales | International | 05/25/1925 – 07/04/1926 | 54 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nogales | Nogales international | 07/11/1926 – 06/27/1947 | 1356 | Newspaper Archives |
| Parker | Parker post | 07/01/1911 – 11/09/1918 | 362 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona Informant | 05/04/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Scottsdale Independent | 01/16/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Phoenix New Times | 01/29/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Town of Paradise Valley Independent | 01/16/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Phoenix Daily Herald | 10/02/1879 – 11/09/1882 | 729 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Weekly Phoenix Herald | 01/26/1878 – 06/22/1899 | 487 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Weekly Republican | 06/29/1899 – 03/07/1901 | 80 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona Capitol Times | 06/27/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Arizona republican | 05/19/1890 – 06/29/1922 | 10610 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona weekly republican | 05/19/1892 – 02/23/1893 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Yellow Sheet Report | 08/03/2018 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | El sol | 01/23/1942 – 12/28/1962 | 1097 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona gleam | 12/15/1929 – 11/26/1937 | 106 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona sun | 07/07/1944 – 12/27/1963 | 792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Arizona tribune | 07/25/1958 – 12/27/1963 | 275 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Phoenix index | 08/12/1939 – 08/29/1942 | 120 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Phoenix tribune | 08/03/1918 – 03/01/1931 | 282 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Phoenix Gazette | 08/01/1893 – 10/25/1893 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | El mensajero | 08/12/1933 – 01/01/1945 | 311 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | El Observador mexicano | 10/02/1897 – 10/22/1898 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Phoenix Jewish news | 12/31/1948 – 12/27/1963 | 318 | Newspaper Archives |
| Phoenix | Independent – 3 KTVK | 08/15/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Phoenix | Phoenix New Times: Blogs | 03/27/2013 – 05/05/2015 | – | Obituaries |
| Pinal City | Drill | 05/29/1880 – 08/14/1880 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Poston | Poston Chronicle | 12/22/1942 – 10/23/1945 | 464 | Newspaper Archives |
| Prescott | Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner | 01/10/1866 – 12/26/1900 | 1372 | Newspaper Archives |
| Prescott | Daily Arizona Miner | 12/01/1873 – 12/21/1874 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Prescott | Prescott Morning Courier | 02/23/1885 – 06/30/1908 | 2175 | Newspaper Archives |
| Queen Creek | Southeast Valley Ledger | 01/29/2013 – 05/04/2016 | – | Obituaries |
| Rivers | Gila News Courier | 09/12/1942 – 09/05/1945 | 404 | Newspaper Archives |
| Safford | Eastern Arizona Courier | 02/27/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Safford | Graham guardian | 03/09/1895 – 12/26/1922 | 1306 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Johns | Snips | 12/18/1902 – 12/18/1902 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Johns | Snips and the St Johns herald | 03/19/1903 – 12/31/1904 | 75 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Johns | St Johns herald | 02/12/1885 – 02/22/1902 | 834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Johns | St Johns herald and Apache news | 10/11/1906 – 03/22/1917 | 484 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Johns | St Johns herald | 03/29/1917 – 12/28/1922 | 260 | Newspaper Archives |
| San Manuel | Pinal Nugget | 03/05/2013 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| San Manuel | San Manuel Miner | 03/26/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Scottsdale | Chronicle: Scottsdale Community College | 09/30/2008 – 11/21/2013 | – | Obituaries |
| Sells | Papago Indian news | 06/01/1954 – 12/01/1963 | 108 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sierra Vista | Sierra Vista Herald | 04/11/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Snowflake | Snowflake herald | 06/27/1913 – 06/29/1923 | 522 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sonoita | Bulletin | 01/20/2004 – 12/04/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Peoria Independent | 01/16/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Sun City West Independent | 01/02/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Sun City-Youngtown Independent | 01/02/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Surprise Independent | 01/02/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Arrowhead Ranch Independent | 05/20/2015 – 05/20/2015 | – | Obituaries |
| Sun City | Sun Life | 03/18/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Supai | Supai weekly news | 01/02/1957 – 12/18/1959 | 88 | Newspaper Archives |
| Superior | Superior Sun | 09/12/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tempe | Cronkite News: Arizona State University | 07/20/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tombstone | Arizona Kicker | 12/06/1893 – 02/28/1894 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Daily Tombstone | 03/21/1885 – 12/07/1886 | 401 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Tombstone Daily Epitaph | 07/20/1880 – 08/11/1895 | 1156 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Tombstone Daily Prospector | 01/01/1889 – 06/30/1899 | 2680 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Weekly Tombstone Epitaph | 05/01/1880 – 12/24/1922 | 1616 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Arizona Kicker | 11/29/1893 – 10/12/1898 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tombstone | Tombstone Daily Prospector | 01/01/1889 – 12/30/1899 | 605 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tubac | Weekly Arizonian | 05/26/1859 – 04/12/1860 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Arizona Daily Star | 01/03/1991 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Explorer | 01/16/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Tucson Weekly | 06/09/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | TucsonSentinel.com | 01/28/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Alianza | 08/23/1900 – 10/18/1900 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Amigos | 05/08/1975 – 12/21/1977 | 34 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Arizona Citizen | 10/15/1870 – 07/29/1876 | 213 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Arizona Weekly Star | 05/03/1877 – 10/07/1882 | 269 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Dos Republicas | 08/26/1877 – 10/18/1879 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Ferrocarril | 05/17/1885 – 05/17/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Iris | 06/19/1886 – 06/19/1886 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Tucson Citizen | 10/15/1879 – 12/31/1922 | 7579 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Tucsonense | 03/17/1915 – 11/01/1931 | 1116 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Tucson Citizen | 01/05/1999 – 05/15/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Foothills News | 11/16/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Desert Times | 12/24/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Arizona Citizen | 10/15/1870 – 12/26/1896 | 1264 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Arizona weekly enterprise | 08/06/1881 – 12/27/1890 | 240 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | El fronterizo | 01/06/1882 – 01/15/1929 | 602 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Weekly Arizonian | 03/21/1869 – 04/29/1871 | 97 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Weekly Arizonian | 03/03/1859 – 11/17/1859 | 32 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Aztec Press: Pima Community College | 04/08/2010 – 12/08/2016 | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | El Tucsonense | 03/17/1915 – 12/31/1929 | 2029 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Arizona Daily Star | 09/21/1881 – 12/27/1890 | 132 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Weekly Arizonian | 10/17/1868 – 10/17/1868 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Tucson Citizen | 12/16/1901 – 12/08/1902 | 287 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | FOX – 11 KMSB | 08/15/2009 – 01/23/2012 | – | Obituaries |
| Tucson | Arizona post | 09/24/1946 – 01/25/1963 | 373 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | El mosquito | 04/06/1919 – 11/18/1925 | 259 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Fronterizo | 09/29/1878 – 12/17/1892 | 56 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | El fronterizo | 06/23/1926 – 01/15/1929 | 63 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tucson | Inside Tucson Business | 03/11/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Vail | Vail Sun | 03/24/2007 – 12/02/2008 | – | Obituaries |
| Wickenburg | Wickenburg Sun | 11/17/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Willcox | Arizona Range News | 01/10/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Williams | Williams news | 07/06/1901 – 12/29/1922 | 1086 | Newspaper Archives |
| Window Rock | Navajo Times | 04/01/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Window Rock | Navajo times | 11/01/1959 – 04/01/1960 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Window Rock | Navajo times | 08/04/1960 – 12/19/1963 | 144 | Newspaper Archives |
| Winslow | Winslow daily mail | 12/10/1926 – 12/31/1926 | 19 | Newspaper Archives |
| Winslow | Winslow mail | 01/09/1897 – 12/27/1926 | 1381 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yuma | Sun | 05/30/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Yuma | Arizona Sentinel | 09/27/1873 – 07/15/1876 | 50 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yuma | Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner | 03/23/1872 – 03/07/1918 | 2310 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yuma | Yuma Business Direct | 05/19/2011 – 12/06/2011 | – | Obituaries |
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