November 30, 2023
If you are researching your ancestry from Maine, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online ME newspaper archives: 138 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 articles about your ancestors from Maine in these newspapers. Our ME 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 Maine Newspaper Archives (1785 – 1950)
Search Maine Obituaries (1992 – Today)
Here is the 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 | 11/16/2000 – Current | – | 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 |
| Augusta | Age | 01/07/1836 – 04/25/1861 | 585 | Newspaper Archives |
| Augusta | Kennebec Journal | 01/07/1841 – 01/07/1864 | 175 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bangor | Bangor Daily News | 12/14/1992 – Current | – | 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 | 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 |
| Bangor | Daily Commercial Advertiser | 08/20/1835 – 05/25/1836 | 190 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bangor | Bangor Daily Evening Times | 10/29/1861 – 07/31/1867 | 336 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bangor | Bangor Daily Journal | 08/26/1854 – 03/04/1861 | 992 | 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 |
| Bath | Bath Daily Times | 06/06/1862 – 12/30/1876 | 3797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bath | Eastern times | 03/14/1850 – 04/24/1856 | 320 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bath | Northern tribune | 04/27/1847 – 05/13/1848 | 158 | 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 | 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 |
| Belfast | Maine Working Men’s Advocate | 11/03/1830 – 07/23/1835 | 211 | 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 | – | 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 | Maine Democrat | 10/13/1868 – 09/29/1870 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
| Biddeford, Saco | Journal Tribune | 04/29/2009 – 10/12/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Brunswick | Maine Baptist Herald | 05/24/1825 – 11/25/1829 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brunswick | Times Record | 11/22/2011 – Current | – | 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 |
| County | Center Square Maine | 12/20/2019 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| County | Maine Monitor | 10/25/2020 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| 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 |
| Ellsworth | Ellsworth American | 01/12/1855 – 12/29/1926 | 3720 | 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Kennebunk | York County Coast Star | 11/18/2016 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lewiston | Sun-Journal | 01/13/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lewiston | Jacksonian | 09/18/1868 – 11/06/1868 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewiston | Lewiston Evening Journal | 04/20/1861 – 12/30/1876 | 4736 | 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 | – | 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 | Oxford democrat | 02/12/1850 – 12/27/1921 | 3631 | Newspaper Archives |
| Paris | Jeffersonian | 07/11/1827 – 04/30/1833 | 62 | 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Portland Press Herald | 03/01/1994 – Current | – | 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 | Campaign Argus | 08/31/1855 – 08/26/1858 | 4 | 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 | 08/05/1837 – 03/17/1888 | 2371 | 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 | 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 – 09/30/1904 | 13043 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | American Patriot | 05/20/1825 – 11/15/1828 | 162 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Portland Phoenix | 12/06/2007 – 03/14/2013 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Portland gazette | 04/07/1818 – 09/21/1824 | 338 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Zion’s Advocate | 11/11/1828 – 03/28/1877 | 849 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | MaineBiz | 09/14/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Gazette | 04/16/1798 – 04/22/1799 | 50 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Portland gazette | 03/18/1805 – 07/16/1805 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Christian Mirror | 07/13/1822 – 12/30/1876 | 2803 | 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 |
| Saco | Maine Democrat | 07/21/1830 – 07/12/1864 | 1181 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sanford | Sanford News | 01/21/2010 – 08/24/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Sanford | Justice de Sanford | 02/26/1925 – 12/27/1928 | 191 | Newspaper Archives |
| Scarborough | Scarborough Leader | 04/05/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Skowhegan | Somerset Farmer | 01/22/1863 – 01/22/1863 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Skowhegan | Independent-reporter | 09/09/1909 – 12/25/1924 | 797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Skowhegan | Somerset reporter | 01/07/1885 – 09/02/1909 | 1294 | Newspaper Archives |
| South Portland, Cape Elizabeth | South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry | 04/06/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Waterville | Morning Sentinel / Sunday Sentinel | 11/14/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Waterville | Watervillonian | 05/29/1841 – 05/30/1842 | 51 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wells | Making It at Home | 10/11/2012 – 10/11/2012 | – | Obituaries |
| 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 | 02/15/1820 – 10/18/1821 | 26 | 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 |
| Wiscasset | Lincoln Telegraph | 04/05/1838 – 03/24/1842 | 208 | Newspaper Archives |
| York | York Weekly | 11/11/2016 – Current | – | Obituaries |
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