If you are researching your ancestry from Maine, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online ME newspaper archives: 115 titles to help you search your family history in the “Pine Tree State,” providing coverage from 1785 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Maine newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Maine in these newspapers. Our ME newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Maine Newspaper Archives (1785 – 1950)
Search Maine Recent Obituaries (1992 – Today)
Here is a complete list of Maine 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 ME newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Augusta | Appeal to the Democracy | 08/07/1838 – 09/14/1844 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Gospel Banner | 07/25/1835 – 10/07/1876 | 982 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Kennebec Journal / Kennebec Journal Sunday | 11/14/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Augusta | Maine Farmer | 01/04/1844 – 12/30/1876 | 1575 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Age | 01/06/1832 – 08/29/1861 | 692 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Herald of Liberty | 02/13/1810 – 09/02/1815 | 89 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Kennebec Gazette | 09/11/1801 – 07/31/1805 | 172 | Newspaper Archives |
Augusta | Maine Patriot and State Gazette | 11/07/1827 – 12/29/1830 | 83 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Bangor Daily News | 12/14/1992 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bangor | Dirigo Rural | 09/09/1876 – 09/09/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Mechanic and Farmer | 12/18/1835 – 03/23/1837 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Bangor Weekly Register | 11/25/1815 – 06/21/1831 | 704 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Daily Commercial Advertiser | 08/20/1835 – 05/25/1836 | 190 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Democratic Flag | 07/13/1848 – 10/19/1848 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Bangor Courier | 07/14/1835 – 10/22/1850 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
Bangor | Bangor Journal of Literature, Science, Morals, and Religion | 06/01/1837 – 05/24/1838 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Bath | Bath Daily Sentinel | 08/14/1856 – 08/14/1856 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bath | Maine Gazette | 12/08/1820 – 06/25/1830 | 263 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Hancock Gazette | 07/06/1820 – 06/21/1826 | 153 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Maine Farmer and Political Register | 11/04/1829 – 09/22/1830 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Maine Working Men’s Advocate | 11/03/1830 – 07/23/1835 | 211 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Republican Journal | 01/21/1848 – 12/29/1870 | 284 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Waldo Patriot | 12/30/1837 – 12/21/1838 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Belfast | Republican Journal | 01/07/1869 – 12/28/1922 | 2808 | Newspaper Archives |
Biddeford | Justice de Biddeford | 05/14/1896 – 03/02/1950 | 2578 | Newspaper Archives |
Biddeford | Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier | 03/01/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Biddeford | Union and eastern journal | 02/17/1854 – 05/28/1858 | 218 | Newspaper Archives |
Biddeford | Union and journal | 01/06/1860 – 12/30/1870 | 570 | Newspaper Archives |
Biddeford, Saco | Journal Tribune | 04/29/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brunswick | Maine Baptist Herald | 05/24/1825 – 11/25/1829 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Brunswick | Times Record | 11/22/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brunswick | Maine Intelligencer | 09/23/1820 – 12/29/1820 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Bucksport | Gazette of Maine Hancock Advertiser | 07/25/1805 – 04/10/1812 | 221 | Newspaper Archives |
Castine | Eagle | 11/14/1809 – 03/19/1812 | 103 | Newspaper Archives |
Castine | Eastern American | 12/26/1827 – 12/17/1828 | 29 | Newspaper Archives |
Dover-Foxcroft | Piscataquis Farmer | 08/25/1842 – 08/08/1844 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Eastport | Eastport Sentinel | 08/31/1818 – 08/15/1832 | 662 | Newspaper Archives |
Ellsworth | Eastern Farmer | 08/31/1861 – 08/31/1861 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Falmouth | Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser | 01/01/1785 – 03/30/1786 | 65 | Newspaper Archives |
Farmington | Franklin Register and Sandy River Farmer | 01/04/1844 – 11/21/1844 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Fryeburg | Russel’s Echo | 02/22/1798 – 01/11/1799 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
Gardiner | Gardiner Ledger and Farmer’s Journal | 03/03/1843 – 06/09/1843 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Gardiner | Christian Intelligencer and Eastern Chronicle | 01/05/1827 – 04/11/1834 | 268 | Newspaper Archives |
Gardiner | Maine Rural | 02/19/1859 – 04/21/1860 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
Hallowell | American Advocate | 08/23/1809 – 01/28/1835 | 1332 | Newspaper Archives |
Hallowell | Hallowell Gazette | 02/23/1814 – 12/26/1827 | 672 | Newspaper Archives |
Hallowell | Kennebec Gazette | 11/14/1800 – 08/28/1801 | 43 | Newspaper Archives |
Hallowell | Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette | 10/04/1839 – 03/10/1870 | 527 | Newspaper Archives |
Kennebunk | Annals of the Times | 01/13/1803 – 01/03/1805 | 72 | Newspaper Archives |
Kennebunk | Eagle of Maine | 07/01/1802 – 09/30/1802 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
Kennebunk | Weekly Visiter | 06/24/1809 – 06/30/1821 | 626 | Newspaper Archives |
Kennebunk | Kennebunk Post | 03/09/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Lewiston | Sun-Journal | 01/13/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Lewiston | Jacksonian | 09/18/1868 – 11/06/1868 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Limerick | Village Register and Farmers’ Miscellany | 06/24/1840 – 06/24/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Limerick | Maine Free-Will Baptist Repository | 06/01/1851 – 06/01/1851 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Madawaska | St. John Valley Times | 08/06/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Norridgewock | Workingman and People’s Press | 12/14/1843 – 12/14/1843 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
North Yarmouth | Christian Pilot | 07/23/1835 – 07/14/1836 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Paris | Jeffersonian | 07/11/1827 – 04/30/1833 | 62 | Newspaper Archives |
Paris | Oxford democrat | 02/12/1850 – 12/27/1921 | 3631 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Jackson Mirror and Maine Tory; or, Office-holders’ Advocate | 09/04/1834 – 09/04/1834 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Maine Sunday Telegram | 03/06/1994 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Portland | Portland Press Herald | 03/01/1994 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Portland | Sentinel | 04/02/1853 – 04/02/1853 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Voice from the Belfry | 08/17/1860 – 10/02/1860 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | American Patriot | 05/20/1825 – 11/15/1828 | 162 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Campaign Argus | 08/31/1855 – 08/26/1858 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Christian Mirror | 07/13/1822 – 12/30/1876 | 2803 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Christian Pilot | 07/19/1832 – 07/10/1834 | 103 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Cumberland Gazette | 07/20/1786 – 12/26/1791 | 277 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Daily Eastern Argus | 01/01/1863 – 03/17/1888 | 2312 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Eastern Argus | 09/30/1824 – 12/30/1835 | 1076 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Eastern Farmer, and Journal of News | 01/06/1842 – 12/22/1842 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Eastern Herald | 01/02/1792 – 12/27/1802 | 598 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Freeman’s Friend | 09/19/1807 – 06/09/1810 | 131 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Gazette | 04/16/1798 – 12/30/1828 | 1612 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Herald of Gospel Liberty | 04/27/1810 – 06/21/1811 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Impending Crisis, and Irrepressible Conflict | 03/27/1860 – 03/27/1860 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Independent Statesman | 07/14/1821 – 05/06/1825 | 193 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Jeffersonian | 02/24/1834 – 07/25/1836 | 124 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Oriental Trumpet | 12/15/1796 – 11/05/1800 | 142 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Advertiser | 01/03/1824 – 12/29/1840 | 639 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Courier and Mechanic and Farmer’s Advocate | 03/25/1832 – 06/22/1833 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Daily Advertiser | 10/08/1833 – 08/23/1898 | 2142 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Daily Press | 09/03/1870 – 03/09/1882 | 3530 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Weekly Advertiser | 10/12/1830 – 01/30/1864 | 1580 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Spirit of ’28 | 10/29/1828 – 10/29/1828 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Spirit of ’38 | 08/28/1838 – 08/28/1838 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Spirit of ’40 | 07/08/1840 – 10/28/1840 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Weekly Eastern Argus | 09/08/1803 – 12/30/1880 | 1710 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Yankee Advertiser | 01/09/1828 – 07/09/1828 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Zion’s Advocate | 11/11/1828 – 03/28/1877 | 849 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Price-current | 09/28/1861 – 01/25/1868 | 20 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Maine Wesleyan Journal | 05/10/1832 – 09/09/1837 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Casco Bay breeze | 07/30/1903 – 09/06/1917 | 118 | Newspaper Archives |
Portland | Portland Daily Press | 06/23/1862 – 08/20/1895 | 9887 | Newspaper Archives |
Richmond | Rising Sun | 09/21/1859 – 04/11/1860 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Saco | Freeman’s Friend | 08/21/1805 – 08/15/1807 | 105 | Newspaper Archives |
Saco | Maine Palladium | 08/16/1826 – 04/28/1830 | 86 | Newspaper Archives |
Saco | Maine Free-Will Baptist Register | 07/08/1843 – 07/08/1843 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Sanford | Sanford News | 01/21/2010 – 08/24/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Sanford | Justice de Sanford | 02/26/1925 – 12/27/1928 | 191 | Newspaper Archives |
Scarborough | Scarborough Leader | 04/05/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Skowhegan | Somerset Farmer | 01/22/1863 – 01/22/1863 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
South Portland, Cape Elizabeth | South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry | 04/06/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Waterville | Morning Sentinel / Sunday Sentinel | 11/14/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Waterville | Watervillonian | 05/29/1841 – 05/30/1842 | 51 | Newspaper Archives |
Winthrop | Maine Farmer and Mechanic’s Advocate | 01/08/1842 – 12/30/1843 | 100 | Newspaper Archives |
Wiscasset | Eastern Repository | 06/16/1803 – 06/23/1807 | 62 | Newspaper Archives |
Wiscasset | Lincoln Intelligencer | 11/01/1821 – 10/24/1822 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Wiscasset | Lincoln Telegraph | 02/15/1821 – 10/18/1821 | 23 | Newspaper Archives |
Wiscasset | Wiscasset Argus | 12/30/1797 – 01/13/1798 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Wiscasset | Wiscasset Telegraph | 12/10/1796 – 03/09/1799 | 35 | Newspaper Archives |
York | York Weekly | 11/11/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
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