August 16, 2023
If you are researching your ancestry from Delaware, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online DE newspaper archives: 113 titles to help you search your family history in the “First State,” providing coverage from 1785 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Delaware newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Delaware in these newspapers. Our DE 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 Delaware Newspaper Archives (1785 – 1960)
Search Delaware Obituaries (1991 – Today)
Here is the complete list of Delaware 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 DE newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Clayton | Clayton call | 07/06/1897 – 07/06/1897 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clayton | Clayton herald | 08/17/1867 – 07/31/1869 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| County | Delaware Business Daily | 04/22/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Delaware City | Delaware City news | 07/09/1887 – 04/11/1889 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Delaware City | Delaware City press | 02/28/1913 – 12/12/1913 | 39 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Delaware State News | 11/02/1991 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Dover | Dover Post | 06/04/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Dover | Constitutionalist, or, Defender of the People’s Rights | 09/06/1804 – 07/11/1805 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Delaware State Reporter | 06/17/1853 – 10/14/1859 | 376 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | National Recorder | 11/23/1820 – 03/22/1821 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Delaware State Reporter | 04/26/1853 – 09/24/1858 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Delawarean | 05/26/1900 – 02/13/1901 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Dover argus and Delaware advertiser | 10/24/1804 – 10/24/1804 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Dover herald | 01/16/1800 – 01/16/1800 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Sussex Countian | 10/05/2009 – 05/20/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Georgetown | Messenger | 12/30/1858 – 03/16/1864 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Sussex gazette | 09/14/1838 – 09/14/1838 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Union | 09/11/1863 – 08/26/1864 | 36 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harrington | Journal | 01/04/2007 – 06/28/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Hockessin | Brandywine Community News | 01/09/2011 – 03/22/2013 | – | Obituaries |
| Hockessin | Hockessin Community News | 06/04/2008 – 02/04/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Holly Oak | Holly Oak journal | 02/01/1889 – 02/01/1889 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Laurel | Delaware leader | 05/08/1920 – 05/08/1920 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewes | Cape Gazette | 03/11/2016 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Middletown | Middletown Transcript | 06/04/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Middletown | Middletown transcript | 01/04/1868 – 12/30/1922 | 2128 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milford | Milford Beacon | 11/10/2010 – 04/06/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Milford | Milford Chronicle | 01/04/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Milford | Sussex Post | 01/04/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Milford | Peninsular News and Advertiser | 08/02/1861 – 02/13/1863 | 70 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milford | Diamond state | 10/05/1855 – 10/05/1855 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milford | Peninsular News and Advertiser | 09/27/1872 – 06/29/1877 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Castle | New-Castle Gazette, and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Advertiser | 08/27/1836 – 08/27/1836 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Castle | Newcastle Argus | 08/09/1805 – 08/09/1805 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Newark Post | 10/06/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Newark | Newark ledger | 08/07/1880 – 08/07/1880 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Newark post | 01/26/1910 – 12/20/1922 | 647 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Saturday visitor | 02/12/1876 – 02/12/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Delaware ledger | 08/04/1883 – 04/06/1889 | 265 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Delaware Business Ledger | 06/06/2008 – 01/12/2010 | – | Obituaries |
| Newport | Newport enterprise | 03/02/1889 – 03/02/1889 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Odessa | Odessa herald | 11/03/1888 – 05/02/1891 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Odessa | Odessa leader | 09/21/1892 – 09/21/1892 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Seaford | Leader & State Register | 01/04/2007 – 01/28/2010 | – | Obituaries |
| Seaford | Delmarva leader and the Seaford news | 04/11/1958 – 03/18/1960 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Smyrna | Smyrna-Clayton Sun-Times | 10/08/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Smyrna | Delaware herald | 05/28/1851 – 06/28/1854 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
| Smyrna | Herald | 08/06/1870 – 08/05/1871 | 48 | Newspaper Archives |
| Smyrna | Smyrna call | 10/08/1901 – 10/08/1901 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Smyrna | Smyrna telegraph | 01/03/1850 – 03/28/1850 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Smyrna | Herald | 04/06/1883 – 04/01/1890 | 354 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Advance | 09/22/1900 – 09/22/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | American Watchman | 06/19/1809 – 01/08/1828 | 1514 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware and Eastern-Shore Advertiser | 05/31/1794 – 03/04/1799 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Courant | 05/05/1787 – 09/08/1787 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Freeman | 09/21/1810 – 10/27/1810 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Gazette | 06/28/1785 – 07/27/1799 | 176 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Gazette and State Journal | 08/02/1809 – 06/30/1810 | 32 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Gazette and State Journal | 04/19/1814 – 11/20/1835 | 400 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Patriot and American Watchman | 01/25/1828 – 12/05/1828 | 84 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Patriot and Eastern Shore Advertiser | 07/09/1816 – 10/04/1816 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Register, or, Farmers’, Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Advocate | 11/01/1828 – 10/24/1829 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Statesman | 07/10/1811 – 07/03/1813 | 29 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Federal Ark | 06/22/1803 – 10/26/1804 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Mirror of the Times, and General Advertiser | 01/18/1800 – 08/22/1806 | 278 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Monitor, or Wilmington Weekly Repository | 10/07/1800 – 01/06/1802 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Museum of Delaware and General Advertiser | 09/08/1804 – 06/17/1809 | 19 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington Daily Commercial | 12/18/1866 – 12/30/1876 | 2704 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Daily Gazette | 04/02/1872 – 12/07/1883 | 3567 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Advertiser | 11/22/1879 – 12/20/1879 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Advertiser | 11/22/1879 – 01/17/1880 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | American Watchman | 01/11/1822 – 03/12/1822 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Blue hen”s chicken | 08/03/1849 – 05/09/1851 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Business index | 05/24/1876 – 08/05/1876 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Daily enterprise | 04/03/1858 – 04/23/1858 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware advertiser & star | 07/05/1832 – 07/05/1832 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware farm and home | 03/11/1886 – 08/22/1895 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Gazette | 07/08/1809 – 06/06/1810 | 47 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Gazette and State Journal | 05/24/1817 – 12/25/1902 | 994 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware inquirer | 07/23/1859 – 03/22/1862 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware patriot & American watchman | 01/18/1828 – 12/05/1828 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware register, or, Farmers”, manufacturers” and mechanics” advocate | 11/01/1828 – 10/24/1829 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware Republican | 10/08/1841 – 05/20/1903 | 7249 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware State journal and statesman | 04/27/1827 – 04/19/1870 | 990 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware straight-out truth teller | 10/01/1872 – 10/01/1872 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware tribune | 01/03/1867 – 10/18/1877 | 279 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware weekly Republican | 04/30/1847 – 07/31/1884 | 63 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delawarean, and farmers” and mechanics” advertiser | 12/17/1836 – 12/17/1836 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Grimshaw”s messenger | 04/01/1858 – 04/01/1858 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Holiday journal | 11/26/1879 – 12/31/1879 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Independent Delawarian | 11/29/1848 – 11/29/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Mirror of the times & general advertiser | 02/25/1804 – 02/29/1804 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Monitor & Wilmington repository | 09/20/1800 – 11/16/1801 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Morning herald | 08/23/1875 – 06/19/1879 | 938 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Museum of Delaware & general advertiser | 06/24/1809 – 06/24/1809 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Society news | 10/13/1883 – 12/15/1883 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Sun | 10/25/1897 – 12/31/1901 | 957 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Sunday critic | 12/16/1883 – 12/16/1883 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Weekly post | 11/09/1889 – 11/09/1889 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Weekly times | 10/16/1886 – 03/19/1887 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington argus | 01/14/1880 – 01/14/1880 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington Democrat | 01/12/1901 – 01/12/1901 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington lokal-anzeiger und Wilmington freie presse | 05/16/1914 – 05/16/1914 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington mercury | 09/18/1798 – 10/30/1798 | 33 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmingtonian | 06/14/1884 – 09/08/1888 | 80 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Delaware state journal | 07/01/1870 – 12/06/1883 | 211 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Evening journal | 05/21/1888 – 02/17/1923 | 10504 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial | 01/01/1906 – 01/13/1923 | 1435 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman | 01/11/1861 – 11/01/1861 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington Daily Commercial | 01/01/1872 – 12/30/1876 | 1147 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmington expositor | 08/26/1831 – 07/06/1832 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Constitutionalist | 04/03/1833 – 08/29/1836 | 146 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilmington | Wilmingtonian | 06/26/1823 – 10/20/1831 | 203 | Newspaper Archives |
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Note on the header image: the Delaware Legislative Hall (Delaware Capitol Building) in Dover, Delaware. Credit: Famartin; Wikimedia Commons.
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