September 20, 2023
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!
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)
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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