January 25, 2019 If you are researching your ancestry from Illinois, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online IL newspaper archives: 506 titles to help you search your family history in the “Land of Lincoln,” providing coverage from 1818 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Illinois newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Illinois in these newspapers. Our IL newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
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Here is a partial list of Illinois newspapers in the online archives (for a complete list, click here). 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 IL newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Abingdon, Avon, St. Augustine | Argus-Sentinel | 04/14/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Addison | Addison Suburban Life | 02/15/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Aledo | Times Record | 03/05/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Algonquin | Algonquin Countryside | 01/09/1997 – 11/15/2006 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Algonquin | Algonquin Countryside with News of Lake in the Hills | 11/23/2006 – 11/20/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Alton | Telegraph | 01/01/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Alton | Western Pioneer and Baptist Standard-Bearer | 04/07/1837 – 04/07/1837 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Antioch | Antioch Review | 05/21/1998 – 04/14/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Arlington Heights | Arlington Heights Journal | 01/12/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Arlington Heights | Arlington Heights Post | 01/09/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Arlington Heights | Daily Herald | 03/07/1995 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Augusta | Eagle-Scribe | 04/14/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Aurora | Beacon News | 01/01/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Aurora | Beacon News, The: Web Edition Articles | 03/28/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Barrington | Barrington Courier-Review | 02/22/1996 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bartlett | Bartlett Examiner | 08/10/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bartlett | Bartlett Press | 02/15/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Batavia | Batavia Republican | 02/15/2007 – 09/29/2014 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Batavia | Sun, The: Batavia | 09/04/2002 – 05/05/2010 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | Belleville Journal | 10/20/2004 – 08/28/2005 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | Belleville News-Democrat | 08/02/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | Belleville News-Democrat: Blogs | 05/22/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | St. Clair County Journal | 11/24/2004 – 08/31/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | Belleville News Democrat | 01/02/1901 – 12/31/1930 | 8997 | Newspaper Archives |
| Belleville | Belleviller Post und Zeitung | 01/11/1899 – 01/11/1899 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bensenville | Bensenville Press | 03/14/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Benton | Benton News | 02/18/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Berkeley | Berkeley Suburban Life | 04/14/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Berwyn | Berwyn Suburban Life | 01/22/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bloomingdale | Bloomingdale Press | 01/22/2008 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bloomington | Pantagraph | 10/01/1989 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bloomington | Other Side | 04/14/1868 – 04/14/1868 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bolingbrook | Reporter | 02/23/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bolingbrook | Sun, The: Bolingbrook | 09/06/2002 – 03/19/2010 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Braidwood | Braidwood Journal | 02/01/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Broadview | Broadview Suburban Life | 03/06/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Brookfield | Brookfield Suburban Life | 02/23/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Brookfield, Riverside | Riverside & Brookfield Suburban Life | 10/02/2013 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Buffalo Grove | Buffalo Grove Countryside | 01/02/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Buffalo Grove | Buffalo Grove Journal | 12/30/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Burr Ridge | Burr Ridge Suburban Life | 02/20/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Burr Ridge, Darien, Willowbrook | Doings | 04/28/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cairo | Cairo bulletin | 01/01/1904 – 02/02/1915 | 3938 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cairo | Cairo bulletin | 11/15/1872 – 05/01/1878 | 1635 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cairo | Cairo daily bulletin | 03/29/1870 – 11/14/1872 | 779 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cairo | Cairo evening bulletin | 12/21/1868 – 03/26/1870 | 366 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cairo | Cairo evening times | 09/01/1865 – 11/28/1865 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cairo | Daily Cairo bulletin | 05/02/1878 – 12/31/1884 | 1849 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cambridge | Cambridge Chronicle | 01/01/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Campton Hills | Campton Hills Examiner | 02/01/2012 – 07/10/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Canton | Daily Ledger | 10/05/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Canton | Canton Weekly Register | 01/05/1853 – 01/05/1853 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Carbondale | Southern Illinoisan | 06/10/1993 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Carmi | Carmi Times | 10/22/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Carol Stream | Carol Stream Examiner | 04/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Carol Stream | Carol Stream Suburban Life | 01/22/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Carthage | Hancock County Journal-Pilot | 06/21/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cary Grove | Cary Grove Countryside | 08/27/1998 – 03/10/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Centralia | Centralia Sentinel | 05/28/1863 – 05/23/1867 | 200 | Newspaper Archives |
| Champaign | IlliniHQ | 03/25/1998 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Champaign, Urbana | News-Gazette | 06/02/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Champaign, Urbana | News-Gazette, The: Web Edition Articles | 02/10/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Charleston | Times-Courier | 04/13/2004 – 09/24/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Charleston | Charleston Plaindealer | 05/12/1864 – 07/22/1869 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chester | Randolph County Herald Tribune | 04/30/2009 – 10/27/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chester | Chester Tribune | 08/12/1874 – 08/12/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Citizen | 11/05/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Crusader | 11/26/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Defender | 04/09/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Journal | 09/30/2009 – 07/28/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Sun-Times | 01/01/1986 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Sun-Times: Blogs | 02/20/2008 – 10/15/2014 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Sun-Times: Web Edition Articles | 03/26/2012 – 12/16/2014 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Tribune | 01/01/1985 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition | 10/30/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Daily Southtown | 09/01/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Daily Southtown: Archive | 07/31/2004 – 11/17/2007 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Extra | 03/25/2011 – 06/05/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Gapers Block | 07/29/2003 – 11/13/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Hyde Park Herald | 01/06/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Skyline | 12/08/2005 – 12/06/2007 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Bags and Baggage | 08/01/1937 – 04/01/1943 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Black X-Press | 06/30/1973 – 06/30/1973 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Broad Ax | 06/29/1899 – 09/10/1927 | 1409 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Bulletin | 09/11/1968 – 12/03/1969 | 63 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Central South Sider | 07/06/1929 – 07/06/1929 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Courier | 06/01/1869 – 06/01/1869 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Courier | 10/22/1932 – 10/22/1932 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Courier | 04/13/1974 – 11/15/1975 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Courier, Mercantile, Real Estate and Railway Advertiser | 06/09/1855 – 06/09/1855 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Herald | 08/16/1873 – 12/23/1873 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Herald | 01/21/1860 – 07/30/1860 | 146 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Record | 09/12/1867 – 09/12/1867 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Times | 01/16/1855 – 05/02/1856 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Democrat | 10/28/1835 – 12/20/1837 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Sun-Times | 10/10/1871 – 10/13/1871 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Herald | 01/01/1890 – 12/31/1891 | 724 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Journal of Commerce | 07/20/1871 – 12/28/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Ledger | 10/09/1871 – 10/09/1871 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Ledger | 01/06/1877 – 12/29/1877 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Market Review | 08/22/1855 – 12/02/1859 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Metro News | 01/20/1973 – 10/06/1990 | 826 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Post | 10/09/1871 – 06/30/1873 | 486 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Railway Review | 01/13/1869 – 10/28/1876 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Times | 11/02/1854 – 07/03/1888 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago World | 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago World | 10/29/1925 – 06/15/1935 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicagoer Freie Presse | 02/06/1872 – 07/02/1896 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Commercial Advertiser and Railroad Journal | 02/11/1864 – 02/11/1864 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Commercial Express | 06/11/1857 – 05/25/1869 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Congregational Herald | 06/04/1853 – 03/19/1857 | 59 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Conservator | 11/18/1882 – 12/18/1886 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | D. A. Burgerzeitung | 12/30/1921 – 12/30/1921 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Daily Circular | 03/19/1863 – 06/13/1867 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Daily Commercial Bulletin | 09/02/1873 – 09/02/1873 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Daily Inter Ocean | 06/09/1865 – 12/31/1896 | 7762 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Drovers’ Journal | 06/02/1876 – 06/02/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Field Piece | 06/21/1848 – 06/21/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Hard Cider Press | 08/22/1840 – 09/05/1840 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Hyde Park Herald | 04/29/1882 – 06/23/2010 | 4192 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Illinois Sentinel | 11/20/1937 – 11/20/1937 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Illinois Staats-Zeitung | 04/21/1898 – 04/21/1898 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Inter Ocean | 06/05/1879 – 04/21/1891 | 72 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Interior | 01/04/1872 – 03/16/1876 | 106 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Katholisches Wochenblatt | 12/14/1870 – 12/30/1874 | 137 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Latin Times | 02/01/1958 – 05/02/1975 | 867 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Liberator | 09/03/1905 – 04/15/1906 | 24 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Lucifer, the Light-Bearer | 05/08/1896 – 03/04/1903 | 346 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Metropolitan Post | 09/10/1938 – 06/03/1939 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | National Illustrated Weekly | 09/02/1876 – 09/02/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | New Covenant | 03/18/1854 – 03/18/1871 | 362 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Noticia Mundial | 08/07/1927 – 02/12/1928 | 24 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Olivet Baptist Church Herald | 11/29/1936 – 11/29/1936 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Pomeroy’s Democrat | 01/01/1876 – 02/15/1879 | 160 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Rail Splitter | 07/28/1860 – 10/13/1860 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Reminder | 01/02/1938 – 01/02/1938 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Second Ward News | 12/14/1935 – 04/02/1938 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Sol de Chicago | 03/21/1960 – 03/21/1960 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Spokesman | 01/07/1933 – 03/18/1933 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Standard | 12/19/1867 – 07/04/1876 | 238 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Sunday Times | 10/10/1869 – 12/31/1876 | 196 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Vida Latina | 02/21/1952 – 07/21/1963 | 66 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Vorbote | 02/28/1874 – 12/23/1876 | 135 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Weekly Book Bulletin | 06/20/1874 – 06/20/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Western Postal Record | 10/01/1872 – 06/01/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | News-Star | 06/04/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Christian Freeman | 12/22/1869 – 12/29/1869 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Skyline | 12/17/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily News | 07/01/1879 – 03/27/1901 | 6412 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Broad Ax | 08/31/1895 – 12/30/1922 | 1407 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago daily press and tribune | 01/01/1859 – 03/16/1859 | 62 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Tribune | 10/25/1860 – 08/20/1864 | 1238 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Daily Tribune | 10/09/1872 – 12/31/1881 | 3221 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago Eagle | 10/05/1889 – 12/30/1922 | 1592 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Chicago tribune | 08/21/1864 – 10/08/1872 | 2884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Day book | 11/01/1911 – 07/06/1917 | 1671 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Dziennik Chicagoski | 12/15/1890 – 12/30/1922 | 9284 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Dziennik narodowy | 05/25/1900 – 11/11/1918 | 305 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Press and tribune | 03/17/1859 – 10/24/1860 | 499 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Proletarec | 01/01/1906 – 11/27/1918 | 565 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Telegraf | 05/31/1892 – 09/25/1901 | 370 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Vorbote | 10/10/1917 – 10/27/1920 | 161 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Draugas | 01/02/1917 – 12/30/1922 | 1383 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chicago | Torch: Roosevelt University | 02/13/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Chillicothe | Chillicothe Times-Bulletin | 11/03/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cicero | Cicero Life | 02/13/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Clarendon Hills | Clarendon Hills Suburban Life | 03/13/2007 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Clarendon Hills | Doings | 04/28/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Coal City | Coal City Courant | 02/01/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Collinsville | Collinsville Herald | 10/20/2004 – 05/08/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | Clarion Journal | 10/20/2004 – 08/31/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cook County | Booster | 12/03/2007 – 01/09/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cook County | Inside-Booster | 01/07/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Crystal Lake | Northwest Herald | 01/01/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Crystal Lake | Business Journal New | 02/28/2006 – 02/11/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Danville | Commercial-News | 11/06/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Darien | Darien Suburban Life | 01/22/2008 – 09/27/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Decatur | Herald & Review | 03/19/1990 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Deerfield | Deerfield Review | 01/09/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| DeKalb | Daily Chronicle | 08/16/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Des Plaines | Des Plaines Journal | 12/28/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Des Plaines | Des Plaines Times | 12/12/1996 – 12/24/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Des Plaines | Edgebrook Times Review | 01/16/1997 – 01/24/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Des Plaines | Mount Prospect Journal | 01/12/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Des Plaines | Rosemont Journal | 12/31/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Dixon | Sauk Valley Newspapers | 10/09/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Dixon | Dixon Sun | 01/08/1873 – 12/27/1876 | 202 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dixon | Fremonter | 08/22/1856 – 09/12/1856 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Downers Grove | Downers Grove Suburban Life | 01/22/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Downers Grove | Sun, The: Downers Grove | 09/05/2002 – 02/04/2010 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Du Quoin | Du Quoin Evening Call | 10/05/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Dupo | Cahokia-Dupo Journal | 10/20/2004 – 08/31/2005 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| East Dubuque | East Dubuque Register | 01/24/2003 – 07/01/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| East Moline | Common Bond | 12/12/1974 – 11/16/1978 | 25 | Newspaper Archives |
| East Saint Louis | People’s Gazette | 07/15/1871 – 05/10/1873 | 44 | Newspaper Archives |
| East St. Louis | East St. Louis Journal | 10/20/2004 – 08/17/2005 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Edgewater | News-Star | 11/16/2005 – 01/09/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Edwardsville | Edwardsville Intelligencer | 07/04/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Edwardsville | Edwardsville Journal | 10/20/2004 – 10/08/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Edwardsville | Edwardsville Spectator | 05/29/1819 – 10/20/1826 | 322 | Newspaper Archives |
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