Hawaii Archives: 69 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Hawaii, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online HI newspaper archives: 69 titles to help you search your family history in the “Aloha State,” providing coverage from 1836 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Hawaii newspaper archives!

Photo: a rainbow over the mountains on the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Credit: IIP Photo Archive; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: a rainbow over the mountains on the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Credit: IIP Photo Archive; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Hawaii in these newspapers. Our HI 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 Hawaii Newspaper Archives (1836 – 1991)

Search Hawaii Obituaries (1999 – Today)

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

Here is the complete list of Hawaii 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 HI newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Hilo Big Island Weekly 04/18/2007 – 02/20/2013 Obituaries
Hilo Hawaii Tribune-Herald 07/28/2004 – Current Obituaries
Hilo Hilo tribune 01/02/1902 – 06/26/1906 233 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaii 24/7 11/30/2008 – 10/25/2019 Obituaries
Honolulu Hawaii Independent 06/21/2010 – 02/18/2015 Obituaries
Honolulu Hawaii Reporter 10/21/2002 – Current Obituaries
Honolulu Honolulu Advertiser 01/05/1999 – 06/06/2010 Obituaries
Honolulu Honolulu Star-Advertiser 06/07/2010 – Current Obituaries
Honolulu Honolulu Star-Bulletin 01/01/2008 – 06/06/2010 Obituaries
Honolulu Afro-Hawai’i News 01/31/1989 – 12/31/1991 34 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu C. Brewer and Co’s Market Report 08/26/1864 – 08/26/1864 1 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Folio 11/16/1855 – 11/16/1855 1 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Friend 01/01/1844 – 12/01/1880 485 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaiian Gazette 11/04/1865 – 03/28/1893 229 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Ka Elele 04/01/1845 – 07/04/1855 30 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Ka Hoku Loa 07/01/1860 – 06/01/1862 10 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Ka Lau Oliva 03/01/1871 – 03/01/1871 1 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser 07/02/1856 – 05/13/1876 725 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Polynesian 06/06/1840 – 02/06/1864 1023 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Punch Bowl 07/01/1869 – 09/01/1869 3 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce 08/06/1836 – 07/27/1839 154 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Sandwich Islands News 09/02/1846 – 12/23/1846 15 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Temperance Advocate 01/01/1843 – 12/02/1843 16 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Whalemen’s Shipping List of Arrivals at the Ports of the Sandwich Islands 04/28/1853 – 12/30/1854 2 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Blogs 04/20/2011 – 10/01/2019 Obituaries
Honolulu Austin’s Hawaiian weekly 06/17/1899 – 12/25/1899 18 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Daily bulletin 02/01/1882 – 12/31/1917 10921 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Daily herald 09/01/1886 – 07/30/1887 281 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Daily Honolulu press 09/01/1885 – 06/03/1886 234 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaii holomua 06/20/1894 – 07/30/1894 33 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaii holomua = Progress 09/18/1893 – 01/05/1895 358 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaiian Gazette 04/22/1868 – 10/18/1918 3728 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hawaiian star 03/28/1893 – 06/29/1912 5913 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Honolulu republican 06/16/1900 – 01/25/1902 485 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Honolulu Times 10/01/1902 – 02/01/1911 28 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser 07/02/1856 – 12/31/1910 8322 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser 07/02/1856 – 12/30/1884 1474 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Polynesian 06/06/1840 – 04/25/1863 982 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Saturday press 09/04/1880 – 08/29/1885 262 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Independent 05/01/1895 – 06/15/1895 38 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Independent 06/24/1895 – 10/24/1905 2855 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Au Okoa 12/31/1866 – 12/22/1870 3 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Convention 07/14/1864 – 08/23/1864 8 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Hae Hawaii 04/16/1856 – 10/03/1860 46 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Honolulu Times 12/27/1849 – 02/13/1850 2 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu New Era and Weekly Argus 03/24/1852 – 05/03/1855 65 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Nonanona 07/25/1843 – 03/04/1845 4 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Nuhou Hawaii 09/23/1873 – 11/25/1873 5 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Nupepa Kuokoa 01/01/1862 – 02/23/1865 2 Newspaper Archives
Honolulu Kalamalama: Hawai’i Pacific University 04/29/2002 – 02/24/2018 Obituaries
Honolulu Hawaii Business 01/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Honolulu Honolulu Civil Beat 11/03/2010 – Current Obituaries
Honolulu Honolulu Pulse 01/18/2011 – 07/27/2015 Obituaries
Kailua-Kona West Hawaii Today 09/27/2004 – Current Obituaries
Kamuela North Hawaii News 03/29/2012 – 04/26/2016 Obituaries
Kane’ohe Ka ‘Ohana, The (Windward Community College) 03/01/2008 – 03/02/2020 Obituaries
Kaneohe Hawaii Marine 10/29/2013 – 05/22/2015 Obituaries
Kaunakakai Molokai Dispatch 12/12/2002 – Current Obituaries
Laie Ke Alaka’i: Brigham Young University 09/12/2006 – Current Obituaries
Lihue Garden Island 11/10/1999 – Current Obituaries
Lihue MidWeek Kaua’i Weekly 06/16/2010 – Current Obituaries
Lihue Garden Island 05/02/1911 – 12/26/1922 593 Newspaper Archives
Pearl City Afro-Hawai’i News 06/01/1987 – 10/31/1988 19 Newspaper Archives
Pearl Harbor Navy Base/Hickam AFB Ho’okele 06/11/2010 – 12/07/2018 Obituaries
Schofield Barracks Hawaii Army Weekly 02/20/2010 – 12/06/2018 Obituaries
Waialua Afro-Hawai’i News 04/30/1990 – 05/31/1990 2 Newspaper Archives
Wailuku Maui news 02/17/1900 – 12/29/1922 1260 Newspaper Archives
Wailuku Maui Time Weekly: Blogs 04/01/2010 – 05/02/2014 Obituaries
Wailuku MauiTimes 03/19/2009 – Current Obituaries

*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.

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Note on the header image: the Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu, Hawaii. Credit: w_lemay; Wikimedia Commons.

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