If you are researching your ancestry from Idaho, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online ID newspaper archives: 141 titles to help you search your family history in the “Gem State,” providing coverage from 1863 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Idaho newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Idaho in these newspapers. Our ID 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 Idaho Newspaper Archives (1863 – 1969)
Search Idaho Obituaries (1893 – Today)
Here is the complete list of Idaho 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 ID newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Collection |
| American Falls | American Falls press | 07/27/1907 – 11/26/1925 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ashton | Ashton Herald | 04/06/1922 – 12/25/1969 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bannock City | Boise news | 09/29/1863 – 03/06/1875 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Morning News | 08/02/2008 – 05/02/2020 | Obituaries |
| Blackfoot | Blackfoot Register | 07/10/1880 – 03/22/1884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Blackfoot news | 11/07/1891 – 01/01/1902 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Blackfoot optimist | 12/15/1910 – 12/28/1916 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Idaho news | 06/11/1887 – 10/31/1891 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Idaho Republican | 07/22/1904 – 12/25/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Bingham County news | 04/15/1921 – 12/28/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Blackfoot | Bingham County Chronicle | 03/15/2019 – 07/25/2023 | Obituaries |
| Boise | Idaho Democrat | 01/28/1871 – 06/28/1871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Idaho Business Review | 03/01/2004 – Current | Obituaries |
| Boise | Evening Bulletin | 02/18/1882 – 03/24/1883 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Evening capital news | 09/16/1912 – 01/14/1920 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald | 12/17/1914 – 01/04/1917 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Idaho labor herald | 11/14/1914 – 12/10/1914 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Idaho scimitar | 11/02/1907 – 10/03/1908 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Idaho Herald | 01/05/1872 – 04/05/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | Idaho Weekly Statesman | 08/28/1875 – 10/05/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boise | NBC – 7 KTVB | 06/12/2009 – Current | Obituaries |
| Boise | Boise Weekly | 04/07/2004 – Current | Obituaries |
| Boise | Boise citizen | 12/07/1906 – 11/25/1910 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bonanza City | Yankee Fork Herald | 03/06/1880 – 11/10/1881 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bonners Ferry | Bonners Ferry Herald | 10/05/2006 – Current | Obituaries |
| Bonners Ferry | Kootenai herald | 07/11/1891 – 12/24/1904 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bonners Ferry | Kootenai herald | 02/26/1892 – 12/29/1894 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bonners Ferry | Bonners Ferry herald | 12/31/1904 – 12/28/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Caldwell | Caldwell tribune | 12/22/1883 – 12/26/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Challis | Challis Messenger | 03/17/2005 – Current | Obituaries |
| Challis | Challis messenger | 07/31/1894 – 12/30/1925 | Newspaper Archives |
| Challis | Idaho Messenger | 07/10/1888 – 07/16/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Coeur d’Alene | Coeur d’Alene Press | 10/01/2003 – Current | Obituaries |
| Coeur d’Alene | Idaho Spokesman-Review | 07/03/1994 – 11/28/2007 | Obituaries |
| Coeur d’Alene | Coeur d”Alene evening press | 08/06/1906 – 07/30/1910 | Newspaper Archives |
| Coeur d’Alene | Coeur d”Alene press | 02/20/1892 – 01/27/1906 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cottonwood | Camas Prairie chronicle | 04/05/1901 – 09/14/1917 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cottonwood | Cottonwood report | 01/27/1893 – 03/29/1901 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cottonwood | Cottonwood chronicle | 09/21/1917 – 12/28/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| County | Idaho Education News | 04/01/2013 – Current | Obituaries |
| DeLamar | DeLamar nugget | 05/19/1891 – 12/29/1899 | Newspaper Archives |
| Driggs | Teton Valley News | 11/15/2018 – Current | Obituaries |
| Elk City | Elk City mining news | 12/25/1903 – 07/31/1913 | Newspaper Archives |
| Emmett | Messenger-Index | 01/08/2008 – Current | Obituaries |
| Emmett | Emmett index | 11/04/1893 – 12/27/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Filer | Filer record | 03/20/1919 – 12/25/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grangeville | Grangeville globe | 12/04/1907 – 04/27/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grangeville | Idaho County free press | 06/18/1886 – 12/25/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hailey | Wood River times | 05/20/1882 – 12/30/1893 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hunt | Minidoka Irrigator | 09/10/1942 – 07/28/1945 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho City | Idaho Semi-weekly World | 03/14/1875 – 12/29/1893 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho City | Idaho Semi-weekly World | 08/15/1876 – 08/15/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho City | Idaho World Weekly | 07/28/1876 – 07/28/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho City | Idaho Semi-weekly World | 05/04/1867 – 11/04/1868 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Post Register | 01/02/1992 – Current | Obituaries |
| Idaho Falls | Citizen | 03/11/1907 – 04/01/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Idaho Falls Times | 07/09/1891 – 06/17/1920 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Idaho Register | 04/04/1885 – 09/14/1920 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Idaho Falls Daily Post | 03/31/1916 – 10/30/1931 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Post-Register | 01/02/1940 – 12/31/1950 | Newspaper Archives |
| Idaho Falls | Times-Register | 09/17/1920 – 01/01/1930 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jerome | Lincoln County times | 03/09/1911 – 02/13/1919 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jerome | Jerome County times | 02/20/1919 – 02/12/1920 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kellogg | Shoshone News-Press | 04/06/2007 – Current | Obituaries |
| Kendrick | Kendrick gazette | 05/01/1903 – 12/29/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ketchum | Idaho semi-weekly keystone | 07/04/1885 – 08/15/1885 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ketchum | Idaho weekly keystone | 06/21/1884 – 10/04/1884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ketchum | Ketchum daily keystone | 06/21/1884 – 09/27/1884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ketchum | Ketchum keystone | 08/29/1885 – 02/04/1899 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ketchum | Ketchum keystone | 12/24/1881 – 06/14/1884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kuna | Kuna Melba News | 04/11/2013 – Current | Obituaries |
| Lardo | Long Valley advocate | 10/27/1904 – 11/28/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston Tribune | 12/01/1989 – Current | Obituaries |
| Lewiston | Teller | 04/21/1877 – 08/01/1895 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Weekly Tribune | 10/09/1897 – 12/30/1898 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston Tribune | 09/28/1893 – 12/31/1969 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston daily teller | 10/21/1876 – 01/12/1901 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston evening teller | 10/26/1903 – 12/31/1908 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston inter-state news | 04/14/1905 – 12/29/1905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston teller | 01/17/1901 – 04/11/1905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Malad | Idaho Enterprise | 01/08/1890 – 01/15/1890 | Newspaper Archives |
| Marsing | Owyhee nugget | 01/06/1905 – 06/20/1912 | Newspaper Archives |
| Meridian | Meridian Press | 12/01/2012 – Current | Obituaries |
| Meridian | Meridian times | 05/07/1909 – 06/30/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montpelier | News-Examiner | 02/04/2010 – Current | Obituaries |
| Montpelier | Montpelier examiner | 02/29/1896 – 03/16/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Moscow | Moscow-Pullman Daily News | 01/01/1998 – Current | Obituaries |
| Mountain Home | Elmore County Republican | 05/07/1910 – 12/04/1915 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mountain Home | Mountain Home bulletin | 06/02/1888 – 05/25/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mountain Home | Republican | 01/03/1905 – 11/27/1909 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mountain Home | Mountain Home Republican | 12/11/1915 – 06/25/1926 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mountain Home | Mountain Home maverick | 05/10/1906 – 08/03/1911 | Newspaper Archives |
| Murray | Coeur d’Alene Record | 12/07/1888 – 02/17/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nampa | Idaho Press | 10/22/1998 – Current | Obituaries |
| Nampa | Nampa Progress | 03/01/1890 – 11/01/1890 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nampa | Idaho Press: Blogs | 05/24/2009 – 03/03/2014 | Obituaries |
| Nezperce | Nezperce herald | 04/19/1901 – 12/24/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oakley | Oakley eagle | 09/14/1905 – 12/13/1906 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oakley | Oakley herald | 02/11/1910 – 12/26/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Orofino | Clearwater Republican | 03/28/1912 – 04/28/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Parma | Parma herald | 10/17/1903 – 10/11/1917 | Newspaper Archives |
| Payette | Independent Enterprise | 05/16/2007 – 06/17/2020 | Obituaries |
| Payette | Payette enterprise | 09/02/1909 – 12/25/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pocatello | Idaho State Journal | 02/19/2000 – Current | Obituaries |
| Pocatello | Idaho State Journal: Blogs | 05/14/2010 – 03/07/2017 | Obituaries |
| Preston | Preston Citizen | 11/05/2011 – Current | Obituaries |
| Priest River | Priest River Times | 06/05/2006 – 02/07/2018 | Obituaries |
| Rathdrum | Kootenai Courier | 06/29/1889 – 06/21/1890 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rathdrum | Rathdrum tribune | 05/08/1903 – 12/26/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rathdrum | Silver blade | 06/01/1895 – 04/24/1903 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rexburg | Standard-Journal | 01/24/2015 – Current | Obituaries |
| Richfield | Richfield recorder | 04/22/1909 – 12/29/1916 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rigby | Jefferson Star | 07/25/2012 – Current | Obituaries |
| Rocky Bar | Elmore bulletin | 06/01/1889 – 06/01/1905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ruby City | Owyhee Avalanche | 08/19/1865 – 08/11/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Anthony | Teton peak-chronicle | 01/01/1903 – 04/20/1905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Maries | Record | 05/06/1913 – 03/29/1918 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salmon City | Idaho Recorder | 12/12/1889 – 05/04/1892 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salmon City | Semi-weekly Mining News | 08/11/1867 – 08/11/1867 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salmon City | Idaho Recorder | 10/13/1904 – 12/29/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sandpoint | Bonner County Daily Bee | 03/02/2004 – Current | Obituaries |
| Sandpoint | Kootenai County Republican | 05/26/1899 – 07/05/1901 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sandpoint | Kootenai County Republican | 07/12/1901 – 05/30/1902 | Newspaper Archives |
| Shelley | Shelley Pioneer | 08/29/2012 – 12/20/2017 | Obituaries |
| Shoshone | Shoshone journal | 02/07/1896 – 03/28/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Owyhee Avalanche | 08/18/1866 – 12/28/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Owyhee Daily Avalanche | 10/17/1874 – 04/26/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Owyhee Semi-Weekly Tidal Wave | 12/15/1868 – 02/10/1870 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Owyhee bullion | 11/15/1866 – 11/07/1867 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Owyhee Semi-Weekly Tidal Wave | 12/15/1868 – 02/10/1870 | Newspaper Archives |
| Silver City | Silver City nugget | 01/04/1901 – 12/30/1904 | Newspaper Archives |
| Troy | Troy weekly news | 01/27/1905 – 12/25/1908 | Newspaper Archives |
| Twin Falls | Times-News | 08/25/1999 – Current | Obituaries |
| Twin Falls | Twin Falls Daily News | 04/08/1918 – 12/31/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Twin Falls | Idaho Evening Times | 09/01/1941 – 02/14/1942 | Newspaper Archives |
| Twin Falls | Twin Falls times | 04/02/1908 – 12/14/1916 | Newspaper Archives |
| Twin Falls | Twice-a-week Twin Falls times | 12/19/1916 – 04/09/1918 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wallace | Wallace miner | 02/21/1907 – 02/07/1924 | Newspaper Archives |
| Weiser | Weiser semi-weekly signal | 04/02/1904 – 06/28/1905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Weiser | Weiser signal | 12/18/1890 – 03/30/1904 | Newspaper Archives |
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