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Indiana Archives: 262 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

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If you are researching your ancestry from Indiana, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online IN newspaper archives: 262 titles to help you search your family history in the “Hoosier State,” providing coverage from 1804 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Indiana newspaper archives!

Photo: the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area of Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana. Credit: Darmon; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Indiana in these newspapers. Our IN newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

Search Indiana Newspaper Archives (1804 – 1992)

Search Indiana Obituaries (1848 – Today)

Illustration: Indiana state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of Indiana 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 IN newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Albion Albion New Era 10/28/2012 – Current Obituaries
Anderson Herald Bulletin 11/13/2007 – Current Obituaries
Anderson Witness 07/26/1876 – 07/26/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Anderson Anderson Democrat 08/27/1875 – 07/07/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Angola Herald Republican 10/28/2012 – Current Obituaries
Attica Fountain Ledger 11/18/1852 – 05/19/1853 26 Newspaper Archives
Auburn Star 09/23/2012 – Current Obituaries
Aurora Journal-Press 07/06/2009 – 10/26/2022 Obituaries
Aurora Republican Leader 07/15/1876 – 07/15/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Avon Hendricks County Flyer 09/24/2008 – 05/15/2019 Obituaries
Batesville Batesville Herald-Tribune 12/24/2007 – 05/14/2020 Obituaries
Batesville WRBI – 103.9 FM 01/29/2010 – Current Obituaries
Bedford Times-Mail 01/19/1996 – Current Obituaries
Bedford Bedford Gazette 06/15/1876 – 06/22/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Beech Grove Southside Times 05/29/2008 – Current Obituaries
Bloomington Herald-Times 04/03/1988 – Current Obituaries
Bloomington Religious Times 01/20/1854 – 05/26/1854 6 Newspaper Archives
Bloomington Indiana Gazette 11/27/1824 – 01/15/1825 8 Newspaper Archives
Bluffton Bluffton News-Banner 01/04/2010 – Current Obituaries
Boonville, Newburgh Standard 08/11/1999 – Current Obituaries
Bourbon, Bremen, Nappanee Heartland News 01/03/2019 – Current Obituaries
Brazil Clay County Enterprise 07/20/1876 – 07/20/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Bremen Bremen Enquirer 06/12/2008 – 12/20/2018 Obituaries
Brookville Brookville Enquirer 02/05/1819 – 12/26/1820 78 Newspaper Archives
Brookville Plain Dealer 11/05/1816 – 11/12/1816 2 Newspaper Archives
Brookville Brookville American 02/19/1858 – 11/16/1860 41 Newspaper Archives
Brookville Indiana American 09/29/1865 – 12/18/1868 110 Newspaper Archives
Brookville Indiana American 10/07/1853 – 12/25/1857 207 Newspaper Archives
Brookville Leucht Thurm 06/29/1876 – 06/29/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Butler Butler Bulletin 10/16/2012 – Current Obituaries
Carmel Current in Carmel 03/15/2011 – Current Obituaries
Center Grove Center Grove ICON 02/13/2016 – Current Obituaries
Churubusco Churubusco News 11/01/2014 – Current Obituaries
Columbia City Post & Mail 10/03/2009 – Current Obituaries
Columbus Republic 05/28/2014 – Current Obituaries
Columbus WKKG – 101.5 FM 02/06/2010 – Current Obituaries
Connersville News-Examiner 03/26/2007 – Current Obituaries
Corydon Indiana Gazette 06/21/1817 – 11/29/1821 2 Newspaper Archives
County Indiana Lawyer 11/05/2003 – Current Obituaries
County Center Square Indiana 08/03/2022 – Current Obituaries
Covington Fountain Ledger 07/03/1851 – 10/29/1852 70 Newspaper Archives
Crawfordsville Journal Review 09/01/2009 – Current Obituaries
Crawfordsville Paper of Montgomery County 11/26/2004 – Current Obituaries
Crown Point Crown Point Star 02/05/2015 – Current Obituaries
Culver Culver Citizen 06/12/2008 – Current Obituaries
Decatur Decatur Daily Democrat 03/11/2008 – Current Obituaries
Elkhart Elkhart Truth 03/19/2000 – Current Obituaries
Elkhart Elkhart Daily Review 08/13/1872 – 05/21/1920 13922 Newspaper Archives
Elkhart Elkhart Progressive Democrat 02/03/1914 – 03/31/1914 49 Newspaper Archives
Elkhart Elkhart Truth 02/11/1860 – 12/30/1922 6339 Newspaper Archives
Elkhart Elkhart Weekly Review 02/05/1859 – 12/11/1909 2887 Newspaper Archives
Elkhart Elkhart Weekly Truth 01/02/1902 – 07/21/1910 408 Newspaper Archives
Elkhart Elkhart Truth, The: Blogs 11/05/2007 – 06/23/2014 Obituaries
Evansville Evansville Courier and Press 05/29/1875 – 11/30/1992 41925 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Evansville Journal 07/25/1848 – 11/14/1936 24115 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Evansville Press 01/01/1920 – 12/31/1991 25928 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Evansville Weekly Courier 10/01/1895 – 10/08/1895 2 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Evening News 11/28/1892 – 12/29/1899 4 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Daily Evansville journal 04/26/1848 – 12/31/1870 5845 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Evansville journal 08/17/1843 – 08/31/1848 175 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Tri-weekly Journal 05/15/1847 – 03/09/1848 54 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Taglicher Evansville Demokrat 07/02/1876 – 10/03/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Evansville Wochentliche Evansville Union 09/06/1876 – 09/06/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Fishers Current in Fishers 01/25/2011 – Current Obituaries
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 02/14/1992 – Current Obituaries
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 01/16/1990 – Current Obituaries
Fort Wayne Fort Wayne News Sentinel 06/29/1901 – 12/31/1959 7829 Newspaper Archives
Fort Wayne INFortWayne 01/08/2018 – 08/08/2022 Obituaries
Fort Wayne Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly 08/14/2008 – Current Obituaries
Fort Wayne Indiana Volksfreund 11/03/1876 – 11/03/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, The: Web Edition Articles 11/03/2015 – Current Obituaries
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette 11/14/1898 – 12/31/1922 8414 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Times 02/05/2009 – Current Obituaries
Franklin Daily Journal 01/17/2014 – Current Obituaries
Franklin Franklin, The: Franklin College 08/15/2011 – Current Obituaries
French Lick Springs Valley Herald 11/20/2007 – 12/01/2021 Obituaries
Garrett Garrett Clipper 10/10/2012 – Current Obituaries
Gary Gary Crusader 12/03/2011 – Current Obituaries
Geist Current in Geist 05/17/2015 – Current Obituaries
Goshen Goshen News 10/26/2007 – Current Obituaries
Greenfield Daily Reporter 04/12/2016 – Current Obituaries
Greensburg Greensburg Daily News 07/22/2008 – Current Obituaries
Hammond Lake County times 06/18/1906 – 12/30/1922 3914 Newspaper Archives
Hendricks County Hendricks County ICON 07/01/2015 – Current Obituaries
Huntertown Northwest News 11/18/2017 – Current Obituaries
Huntington Huntington Herald-Press 05/13/2005 – Current Obituaries
Indiana Harbour Amigo del Hogar 11/22/1925 – 04/13/1930 166 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Franklin Township Informer 07/13/2011 – 05/07/2014 Obituaries
Indianapolis Indianapolis Business Journal 06/22/1998 – 05/12/2014 Obituaries
Indianapolis Indianapolis Recorder 09/10/2009 – Current Obituaries
Indianapolis Southsider Voice 07/01/2009 – Current Obituaries
Indianapolis Hoosier Patron 07/22/1876 – 07/22/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana Farmer 11/03/1838 – 11/03/1838 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis American Nonconformist 06/16/1892 – 04/02/1896 128 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Chapman’s Coon Skinner 06/03/1848 – 06/03/1848 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Freeman 07/21/1888 – 12/30/1916 1455 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana Democrat 08/14/1830 – 06/09/1841 285 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana State Guard 07/21/1860 – 07/20/1861 68 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana State Journal 06/24/1846 – 12/27/1899 213 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis Gazette 07/12/1825 – 02/25/1830 5 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis Ledger 04/13/1918 – 10/28/1922 2 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis Sentinel 07/02/1872 – 09/30/1882 3339 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis World 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Spirit of ’76 02/22/1840 – 11/28/1840 34 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis We. The People 05/27/1856 – 05/27/1856 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Central Catholic 07/22/1876 – 07/22/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Workingman’s Map 07/08/1876 – 07/08/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Whig Rifle 08/01/1844 – 08/01/1844 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana Minority Business Magazine 02/26/2015 – 02/26/2015 Obituaries
Indianapolis Daily State sentinel 06/04/1845 – 05/31/1885 1787 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana State sentinel 07/21/1841 – 12/26/1894 1553 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana tribune 08/17/1900 – 03/02/1907 1904 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis journal 01/03/1883 – 06/08/1904 7700 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis leader 08/30/1879 – 06/24/1882 117 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana daily times 01/01/1920 – 06/24/1922 765 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis times 06/26/1922 – 05/27/1936 4290 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Evening News 01/01/1870 – 12/31/1875 1240 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana Deutsche Zeitung 08/25/1876 – 10/03/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indiana Volksblatt und Wochentlicher Telegraph 08/26/1876 – 08/26/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Taglicher Telegraph 07/23/1876 – 10/19/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Recorder 01/07/1899 – 12/29/1900 104 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis NUVO 06/05/2002 – Current Obituaries
Indianapolis Indiana AgriNews 01/27/2006 – 02/28/2020 Obituaries
Indianapolis Indianapolis Monthly 11/07/2011 – Current Obituaries
Indianapolis NUVO: Blogs 01/10/2009 – 03/11/2017 Obituaries
Indianapolis Zukunft = The Future 12/17/1868 – 07/06/1876 14 Newspaper Archives
Indianapolis Indianapolis World 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Jasper Herald 06/24/2009 – Current Obituaries
Jasper Jasper weekly courier 03/19/1858 – 06/23/1922 3228 Newspaper Archives
Jeffersonville, New Albany Evening News and Tribune 06/03/2006 – Current Obituaries
Kendallville News Sun 09/23/2012 – Current Obituaries
Knox Leader 08/07/2008 – Current Obituaries
Kokomo Kokomo Tribune 04/12/2007 – Current Obituaries
La Porte La Porte County Herald-Argus 06/07/2001 – 07/31/2020 Obituaries
La Porte Hometown News Now 10/08/2020 – Current Obituaries
La Porte, Michigan City La Porte County Herald-Dispatch 08/04/2020 – Current Obituaries
Lafayette Western Granger and Home Journal 08/24/1876 – 08/24/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Lafayette Daily Journal 09/03/1853 – 11/20/1876 2328 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Lafayette Daily Courier 12/29/1855 – 12/30/1876 1137 Newspaper Archives
Lawrenceburg Dearborn County Register 07/03/2009 – 11/03/2022 Obituaries
Lawrenceburg Dearborn Gazette 08/17/1818 – 08/17/1818 1 Newspaper Archives
Lawrenceburg Democratic Register 05/18/1876 – 06/22/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Lawrenceburg Independent Press 11/22/1854 – 03/12/1856 68 Newspaper Archives
Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Rising Sun Register 10/31/2022 – Current Obituaries
Lebanon Reporter 04/09/2008 – Current Obituaries
Lebanon RadioMom 07/24/2017 – Current Obituaries
Liberty Liberty Star and Union County Banner 05/28/1836 – 05/28/1836 1 Newspaper Archives
Ligonier Advance Leader 10/28/2012 – Current Obituaries
Logansport Pharos-Tribune 11/02/2007 – Current Obituaries
Logansport Key to Truth 08/08/1874 – 08/08/1874 1 Newspaper Archives
Logansport Colored Visitor 08/01/1879 – 08/01/1879 1 Newspaper Archives
Logansport Colored Visitor 08/01/1879 – 08/01/1879 1 Newspaper Archives
Madison Madison Courier 05/01/2001 – Current Obituaries
Madison Indiana Republican 10/04/1817 – 05/20/1829 2 Newspaper Archives
Madison Madison Daily Banner 03/23/1849 – 11/27/1851 159 Newspaper Archives
Madison Western Eagle 08/06/1813 – 04/08/1814 21 Newspaper Archives
Marion Chronicle-Tribune 01/08/1999 – Current Obituaries
Martinsville Reporter-Times 02/02/2013 – Current Obituaries
Merrillville Post-Tribune 09/17/2000 – Current Obituaries
Michigan City News-Dispatch 03/27/1997 – 08/03/2020 Obituaries
Mishawaka CBS – 22 WSBT 10/23/2010 – 05/04/2016 Obituaries
Mooresville Mooresville-Decatur Times 02/02/2013 – Current Obituaries
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Wochenblatt 08/19/1876 – 08/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Democrat 12/23/2008 – 06/18/2020 Obituaries
Munster IN Business Magazine 05/19/2011 – Current Obituaries
Munster Times 03/01/1990 – Current Obituaries
Munster Get Healthy 05/22/2011 – Current Obituaries
Munster Lake Michigan Shore Magazine 04/18/2011 – 07/08/2015 Obituaries
Nappanee Advance News 06/12/2008 – 11/08/2018 Obituaries
Nashville Brown County Democrat 02/11/2015 – Current Obituaries
New Albany New Albany Daily Ledger 02/11/1854 – 09/15/1860 1815 Newspaper Archives
New Albany New-Albany Argus 09/26/1839 – 03/26/1840 11 Newspaper Archives
New Albany New-Albany Chronicle 11/11/1820 – 07/28/1821 11 Newspaper Archives
New Albany Tippecanoe Banner and Spirit of Democracy 05/06/1840 – 10/15/1840 3 Newspaper Archives
New Albany Weekly Review 04/16/1881 – 04/16/1881 1 Newspaper Archives
New Albany New-Albany Deutsche Zeitung 08/24/1876 – 08/24/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Albany Weekly Review 04/16/1881 – 04/16/1881 1 Newspaper Archives
New Castle Courier-Times 08/02/2008 – Current Obituaries
New Harmony Disseminator 06/29/1830 – 04/30/1840 51 Newspaper Archives
New Harmony New Harmony Gazette 10/01/1825 – 11/19/1828 150 Newspaper Archives
Noble, DeKalb, Lagrange, Steuben County KPCNews 01/26/2006 – 09/17/2012 Obituaries
Noblesville Current in Noblesville 01/25/2011 – Current Obituaries
Noblesville Times 10/22/2008 – Current Obituaries
Notre Dame Observer, The: University of Notre Dame 10/04/2011 – Current Obituaries
Paoli Paoli News-Republican 01/04/2005 – 12/02/2021 Obituaries
Paoli American Eagle 01/26/1860 – 12/20/1860 26 Newspaper Archives
Paoli Paoli-Springs Valley News-Herald 01/04/2005 – Current Obituaries
Pendleton Times-Post 04/20/2011 – Current Obituaries
Peru Peru Tribune 06/19/2003 – Current Obituaries
Peru Peru Observer 07/13/1844 – 11/02/1844 4 Newspaper Archives
Plainfield Hendricks County Business Leader 04/01/2016 – Current Obituaries
Plymouth Bourbon News-Mirror 07/31/2008 – 12/20/2018 Obituaries
Plymouth Pilot-News 04/01/2008 – Current Obituaries
Plymouth Marshall County independent 10/26/1894 – 11/29/1895 55 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Marshall County independent 12/17/1897 – 12/27/1901 184 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Marshall County Republican 10/09/1856 – 12/12/1878 1064 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth banner 03/03/1853 – 05/24/1855 114 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth Democrat 09/09/1869 – 12/29/1870 69 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth pilot 04/16/1851 – 01/07/1852 32 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth Republican 12/19/1878 – 10/03/1901 53 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth tribune 10/10/1901 – 01/05/1911 482 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth weekly banner 05/31/1855 – 09/04/1856 36 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Plymouth weekly Democrat 01/26/1860 – 09/02/1869 463 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Semi-weekly independent 12/04/1895 – 04/25/1896 42 Newspaper Archives
Plymouth Marshall County Democrat 11/15/1855 – 12/01/1859 183 Newspaper Archives
Portland Commercial Review 04/17/2003 – Current Obituaries
Portland Jay County Granger 08/13/1874 – 08/10/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Princeton Princeton Daily Clarion 07/29/1999 – Current Obituaries
Richmond Indiana Farmer 05/01/1857 – 05/01/1857 1 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Public Ledger 03/06/1824 – 08/18/1827 45 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Earlham Word, The: Earlham College 04/16/2008 – 10/29/2015 Obituaries
Richmond Richmond Indiana palladium 01/08/1831 – 12/09/1875 1592 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Richmond palladium and sun-telegram 12/21/1877 – 12/30/1922 6174 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Richmond Volkszeitung 07/02/1876 – 07/02/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Rising Sun Ohio County News, The – Rising Sun Recorder 12/03/2009 – 11/03/2022 Obituaries
Rochester Rochester Sentinel 12/09/2019 – Current Obituaries
Rockport Spencer County Journal-Democrat 04/09/2009 – Current Obituaries
Rushville Rushville Republican 04/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Salem Annotator of News Politics and Literature 01/01/1827 – 12/28/1831 72 Newspaper Archives
Salem Indiana Farmer 05/30/1823 – 11/18/1825 6 Newspaper Archives
Salem Tocsin 03/31/1818 – 07/05/1819 3 Newspaper Archives
Seymour Tribune 07/19/2016 – Current Obituaries
Shelbyville Shelbyville News 06/02/2009 – Current Obituaries
South Bend South Bend Tribune 01/01/1994 – Current Obituaries
South Bend South Bend Tribune: Web Edition Articles 03/10/2013 – Current Obituaries
South Bend South Bend Forum 05/26/1923 – 05/26/1923 1 Newspaper Archives
South Bend South Bend news-times 07/01/1913 – 12/30/1922 2959 Newspaper Archives
South Bend Notre Dame Insider 05/08/2013 – Current Obituaries
South Bend South Bend Tribune 05/28/1873 – 12/31/1930 18120 Newspaper Archives
South Bend South-Bend Weekly Tribune 03/09/1872 – 02/28/1874 101 Newspaper Archives
Spencer Spencer Evening World 10/17/2018 – Current Obituaries
Tell City Perry County News 11/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Tell City Tell City Anzeiger 09/09/1876 – 09/09/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Terre Haute Tribune-Star 01/09/2008 – Current Obituaries
Terre Haute Terre Haute Express 12/25/1878 – 08/20/1879 5 Newspaper Archives
Terre Haute Terre Haute Express 03/22/1881 – 03/22/1881 1 Newspaper Archives
Terre Haute Wabash Courier 03/31/1826 – 01/01/1853 206 Newspaper Archives
Terre Haute Daily Wabash express 02/12/1861 – 01/27/1865 552 Newspaper Archives
Terre Haute Wabash express 07/23/1856 – 01/23/1861 131 Newspaper Archives
Vevay Indiana Register 09/16/1816 – 11/25/1817 3 Newspaper Archives
Vincennes Vincennes Sun-Commercial 10/07/2002 – Current Obituaries
Vincennes Indiana Centinel 03/14/1817 – 09/08/1821 27 Newspaper Archives
Vincennes Indiana Gazette 08/07/1804 – 08/14/1805 7 Newspaper Archives
Vincennes Western Sun and General Advertiser 08/05/1820 – 11/04/1843 23 Newspaper Archives
Wabash Wabash Plain Dealer 05/19/2003 – Current Obituaries
Washington Washington Times-Herald 11/05/2007 – Current Obituaries
Westfield Current in Westfield 09/28/2010 – Current Obituaries
Winchester Randolph County journal 01/01/1864 – 08/17/1865 18 Newspaper Archives
Winchester Randolph journal 09/20/1866 – 06/27/1867 25 Newspaper Archives
Winchester Randolph journal 07/11/1862 – 09/26/1862 9 Newspaper Archives
Winchester Winchester journal 10/03/1862 – 11/20/1863 43 Newspaper Archives
Winchester Winchester journal 06/09/1870 – 07/28/1870 8 Newspaper Archives
Winchester Randolph County journal 12/31/1857 – 12/19/1861 202 Newspaper Archives
Zionsville Current in Zionsville 04/03/2012 – Current Obituaries
Zionsville Zionsville Times Sentinel 12/07/2005 – 05/06/2020 Obituaries

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