May 1, 2017 If you are researching your ancestry from Maryland, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MD newspaper archives: 162 titles to help you search your family history in the “Old Line State,” providing coverage from 1728 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Maryland newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Maryland in these newspapers. Our MD newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Maryland Newspaper Archives (1728 – 1922)
Search Maryland Recent Obituaries (1990 – Current)
Here is a complete list of Maryland 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 MD newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Date Range * | Collection |
| Annapolis | West County News | 11/14/2002 – 03/17/2005 | Recent Obituaries |
| Annapolis | South County Gazette | 01/09/2003 – 09/04/2008 | Recent Obituaries |
| Annapolis | Negro Appeal | 02/16/1900 – 02/16/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Annapolis | Maryland Republican and Political and Agricultural Museum | 12/23/1817 – 05/16/1826 | Newspaper Archives |
| Annapolis | Maryland Gazette | 12/03/1728 – 11/22/1734 | Newspaper Archives |
| Annapolis | Maryland Gazette | 03/25/1751 – 02/16/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Annapolis | Capital | 01/02/1991 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Annapolis | Annapolis Gazette | 09/28/1854 – 11/24/1874 | Newspaper Archives |
| Annapolis, Glenburnie | Maryland Gazette | 03/06/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Arbutus | Arbutus Times | 03/10/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | Weekly Price Current from Odom and Co. Commission Merchants | 01/23/1871 – 10/02/1871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | True Union | 04/26/1855 – 04/26/1855 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | True Democrat | 10/30/1875 – 10/30/1875 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Telegraphe and Daily Advertiser | 05/14/1795 – 01/11/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Sun | 05/17/1837 – 12/31/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Sun | 09/10/1990 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | South | 04/22/1861 – 02/17/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Rural Register | 02/15/1860 – 04/01/1860 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Robinson’s Stock and Exchange Gazette | 09/19/1823 – 03/04/1825 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Republican; or, Anti-Democrat | 01/01/1802 – 01/14/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Recorder; or, Summary of Foreign, Domestic, and Literary Intelligence | 06/16/1810 – 06/16/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Race Standard | 01/02/1897 – 01/16/1897 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Palladium of Freedom; or the Baltimore Daily Advertiser | 08/08/1787 – 08/08/1787 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Olive Branch | 11/01/1855 – 11/01/1855 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser | 01/11/1808 – 12/31/1808 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Methodist Protestant | 04/18/1840 – 09/19/1874 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Mechanics’ Gazette; and Merchants Daily Advertiser | 03/14/1815 – 09/13/1815 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Maryland Journal | 08/20/1773 – 01/16/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Marion and Co’s Monthly Reporter | 01/01/1854 – 02/01/1854 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | M’Pherson’s Advertiser and Miscellaneous Journal | 11/10/1835 – 06/08/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Lutheran Observer, and Weekly Religious Visiter | 08/24/1833 – 03/22/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Lee’s Commercial and Literary Gazette | 09/03/1825 – 11/26/1825 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Katholische Volkszeitung | 07/02/1870 – 09/23/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Fell’s Point Telegraphe | 03/06/1795 – 06/01/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Federal Republican | 07/04/1808 – 06/20/1812 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Federal Intelligencer | 10/30/1794 – 12/30/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Federal Gazette | 01/01/1796 – 11/08/1823 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Edward’s Baltimore Daily Advertiser | 10/29/1793 – 11/15/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Dunlap’s Maryland Gazette, or, The Baltimore General Advertiser | 05/02/1775 – 01/05/1779 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Democratic Republican | 03/17/1802 – 08/13/1802 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Daily Exchange Prices Current | 01/08/1859 – 01/08/1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Commonwealth | 07/24/1915 – 09/04/1915 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | City Paper | 01/14/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | Catholic Mirror | 09/30/1876 – 09/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Canfield’s Lottery Argus, Commercial and Exchange Telegraph; or, National Miscellany | 02/19/1827 – 04/06/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Campaigner | 06/17/1852 – 11/06/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Weekly American, Compendium of News and Prices Current | 03/29/1851 – 03/29/1851 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Trades’ Union | 05/28/1836 – 05/28/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Telegraph | 06/23/1814 – 03/29/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | 01/16/1841 – 04/03/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Republican | 05/21/1829 – 12/31/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Prices Current and Review of the Market | 07/31/1846 – 07/31/1846 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Price-Current Letter-Sheet | 09/13/1856 – 02/06/1858 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Price-Current and Weekly Journal of Commerce | 06/29/1850 – 09/09/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Price-Current | 02/14/1803 – 12/25/1830 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Patriot | 12/28/1812 – 12/31/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Pathfinder, Traveler’s Guide, and Business Register | 06/01/1852 – 06/01/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Messenger | 02/13/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Guide: South Baltimore Edition | 03/25/2009 – 03/24/2010 | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Guide | 01/19/2005 – 07/01/2015 | Recent Obituaries |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser | 01/02/1826 – 01/27/1838 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Evening Post | 07/13/1792 – 09/30/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Daily Intelligencer | 10/28/1793 – 10/29/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Commercial Journal, and Lyford’s Price-Current | 04/14/1838 – 12/08/1849 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Commercial | 04/29/1876 – 04/29/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Christian Advocate | 12/08/1860 – 12/08/1860 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore Bulletin | 04/20/1872 – 09/23/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Baltimore American | 01/01/1903 – 12/31/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American, and Baltimore Gazette | 07/30/1803 – 02/28/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American Whig | 03/13/1847 – 03/13/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American Whig | 02/10/1844 – 12/31/1844 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American Farmer | 04/02/1819 – 12/26/1828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American Citizen | 04/19/1879 – 04/19/1879 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American and Commercial Daily Advertiser | 01/31/1801 – 12/31/1853 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American a Gazette for the Country | 07/10/1802 – 07/10/1802 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | American | 05/18/1799 – 03/01/1802 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baltimore | Afro-American | 04/29/1893 – 03/26/1898 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bel Air | Southern Aegis | 07/11/1857 – 12/26/1857 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bel Air | National American | 09/05/1856 – 11/09/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bel Air | Harford Gazette and General Advertiser | 05/27/1848 – 05/21/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bowie | Bowie Blade News | 10/03/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cambridge | Dorchester Star | 06/30/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cambridge | Banner | 01/01/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Catonsville | Catonsville Times | 03/14/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Centreville | Record Observer | 08/04/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chestertown | Kent County News | 12/28/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chestertown | Chestertown Transcript | 01/06/1866 – 12/25/1879 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chestertown | Apollo; or, Chestertown Spy | 03/26/1793 – 12/31/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Jeffersonian | 02/26/2002 – 03/12/2008 | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | Howard County Times | 03/14/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | Columbia Flier | 01/31/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Crisfield | Crisfield Times | 01/03/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Crofton | Crofton-West County Gazette | 03/29/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cumberland | Weekly Civilian | 01/30/1852 – 09/21/1865 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Phoenix Civilian | 04/14/1835 – 01/04/1840 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Times-News | 08/22/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Telegraph and Maryland Mining Register | 01/10/1856 – 01/10/1856 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Impartialist | 01/24/1809 – 01/24/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Gazette | 07/21/1814 – 07/21/1814 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Daily News | 04/05/1871 – 04/02/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | American Eagle | 02/15/1809 – 02/15/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cumberland | Allegany Freeman | 12/04/1813 – 10/18/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Denton | Times Record | 08/09/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Dundalk | Dundalk Eagle | 04/02/2015 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Easton | Sunday Star | 11/13/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Easton | Star Democrat | 09/01/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Easton | Republican Star | 02/11/1800 – 06/12/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Easton | Maryland Herald, and Eastern Shore Intelligencer | 05/11/1790 – 08/28/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Easton | Easton Star | 09/16/1828 – 02/11/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Easton | Easton Journal | 05/16/1874 – 05/16/1874 | Newspaper Archives |
| Easton | Easton Gazette | 07/06/1818 – 06/28/1879 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eldersburg | Eldersburg Eagle | 06/17/2004 – 06/19/2015 | Recent Obituaries |
| Elkton | Cecil Whig | 08/14/1841 – 09/01/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elkton | Cecil Whig | 10/04/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Elkton | Cecil Democrat | 12/22/1832 – 11/11/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Essex | Avenue News | 05/10/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Frankfort | Freiheitsbothe | 04/14/1810 – 04/14/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Rights of Man | 02/05/1794 – 11/05/1800 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Reservoir and Public Reflector | 07/25/1826 – 07/28/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Republican Gazette and General Advertiser | 02/11/1801 – 09/28/1826 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Republican Citizen and State Advertiser | 08/29/1823 – 12/30/1831 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Republican Advocate | 12/06/1802 – 12/15/1808 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Maryland Chronicle, or Universal Advertiser | 01/18/1786 – 05/28/1788 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Hornet | 06/29/1802 – 06/29/1814 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | General Staatsbothe | 12/27/1811 – 12/27/1811 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Frederick News-Post | 10/17/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Frederick | Examiner | 07/08/1857 – 12/29/1875 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Bartgis’s Marylandische Zeitung | 02/18/1789 – 02/18/1789 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frederick | Bartgis’s Maryland Gazette | 05/22/1792 – 01/23/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frostburg | Frostburg Mining Journal | 08/26/1876 – 08/26/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hagers-Town | Washington Spy | 01/04/1792 – 02/01/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hagers-Town | Torch Light | 01/03/1826 – 10/12/1837 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hagerstown | Maryland Herald and Hager’s-Town Weekly Advertiser | 03/02/1797 – 12/28/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hagerstown | Herald-Mail | 11/11/1996 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Halifax | Hagers-town Gazette | 05/23/1809 – 06/15/1813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hampstead, Manchester | Advocate of Hampstead and Manchester | 03/14/2011 – 08/05/2015 | Recent Obituaries |
| Hollywood | County Times | 05/05/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Jackson | Jackson Picket Guard | 09/10/1856 – 09/24/1856 | Newspaper Archives |
| Laurel | Laurel Leader | 03/15/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lexington Park | Enterprise | 03/09/2016 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Oakland | Republican | 07/07/2016 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Owings Mills | Owings Mills Times | 03/13/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Owings Mills | Jewish Times | 03/07/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Parkville, Carney | Northeast Reporter | 03/14/2001 – 05/07/2011 | Recent Obituaries |
| Perry Hall, White Marsh | Northeast Booster | 05/09/2001 – 05/07/2011 | Recent Obituaries |
| Potomac | Potomac Almanac | 02/26/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Prince Frederick | Calvert Recorder | 07/30/2015 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Prince Frederick | Calvert Gazette | 05/01/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rockville | True American and Farmers Register | 03/10/1824 – 03/10/1824 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rockville | Centinel of Freedom | 01/14/1820 – 01/14/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salisbury | Salisbury Independent | 05/29/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Stevensville | Bay Times | 08/02/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Towson | Towson Times | 02/14/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Towson | North County News | 03/13/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Uniontown | Engine of Liberty and Uniontown Advertiser | 10/21/1813 – 04/27/1815 | Newspaper Archives |
| Upper Marlboro | Enquirer-Gazette | 04/21/2016 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Waldorf | Maryland Independent | 03/09/2016 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Westminster | Westminster Eagle | 07/07/2004 – 06/19/2015 | Recent Obituaries |
| Westminster | Community Times | 11/10/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Westminster | Carroll County Times | 01/23/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Westminster | Advocate of Westminster and Finksburg | 04/28/2009 – 05/02/2014 | Recent Obituaries |
| Westminster | Advocate of Eldersburg and Sykesville | 04/29/2009 – 08/05/2015 | Recent Obituaries |
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