April 8, 2019
If you are researching your ancestry from Massachusetts, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MA newspaper archives: 631 titles to help you search your family history in the “Bay State,” providing coverage from 1690 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Massachusetts newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Massachusetts in these newspapers. Our MA newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Massachusetts Newspaper Archives (1690 – 1992)
Search Massachusetts Recent Obituaries (1988 – Today)
Here is a partial list of Massachusetts newspapers in the online archives; to see the full 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 MA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Acton | Beacon | 10/13/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Amesbury | Amesbury News | 11/11/2005 – 04/11/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Amesbury | Liberty’s Advocate | 10/07/1843 – 11/09/1843 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Andover | Andover Townsman | 04/04/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Arlington | Arlington Advocate | 08/25/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Ashburnham | Community Journal | 05/11/2007 – 02/03/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Ashland | Ashland TAB | 12/17/2008 – 05/24/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Attleboro | Sun Chronicle | 11/14/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Auburn | Auburn Daily Voice | 04/28/2010 – 02/07/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Ayer | Public Spirit | 09/18/2001 – 09/18/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Barnstable | Barnstable Patriot | 10/07/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Barre | Western Massachusetts Farmer | 09/28/1876 – 09/28/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Barre | Barre Gazette | 06/05/1835 – 08/29/1862 | 939 | Newspaper Archives |
| Barre | Barre Patriot | 07/26/1844 – 11/30/1855 | 558 | Newspaper Archives |
| Barre | Farmer’s Gazette | 06/13/1834 – 05/15/1835 | 48 | Newspaper Archives |
| Barre | Wachusett Star | 11/23/1847 – 06/20/1848 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bedford | Bedford Minuteman | 09/29/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belchertown | Hampshire Sentinel and Farmers and Manufacturers Journal | 11/29/1826 – 05/04/1831 | 129 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bellingham | Country Gazette | 09/22/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bellingham | Bellingham Bulletin | 01/28/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Belmont | Belmont Citizen-Herald | 08/18/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Beverly | Beverly Citizen | 04/13/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Beverly | Salem News | 05/31/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Beverly | Beverly Citizen | 10/13/1858 – 02/24/1893 | 407 | Newspaper Archives |
| Billerica | Billerica Minuteman | 09/22/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bolton | Bolton Common | 12/23/2005 – 04/11/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Advent Herald and Signs of the Times Reporter | 02/14/1844 – 02/04/1846 | 65 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Traveller | 03/16/1844 – 08/19/1876 | 803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Anti-Universalist | 08/05/1826 – 04/28/1830 | 76 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bay Windows | 12/10/1998 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Boston Herald | 01/01/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Boston Herald: Blogs | 10/28/2006 – 12/02/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Boston Phoenix | 08/09/2007 – 03/14/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Christian Watchman | 05/29/1819 – 09/21/1876 | 2941 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Congregationalist | 05/24/1849 – 12/27/1876 | 1260 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Constitutional Union Campaign Document | 05/21/1860 – 10/26/1860 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Freedman’s Journal | 03/01/1865 – 03/01/1865 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Huntington News | 09/24/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Metro – Boston | 12/07/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | New England Puritan | 11/06/1840 – 05/10/1849 | 384 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Rough and Ready | 06/10/1848 – 08/05/1848 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | South End News | 06/07/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Spirit of ’76 | 05/07/1859 – 12/15/1860 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Universal Hub | 04/02/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Boston | Whig Republican | 07/01/1840 – 07/01/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Celt, and Adopted Citizen | 10/11/1851 – 01/17/1852 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bunker-Hill Aurora and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Journal | 07/12/1827 – 11/01/1828 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Church and Republic | 01/27/1872 – 01/27/1872 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Gospel Balance | 10/15/1828 – 11/19/1828 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Gospel Sun | 01/08/1836 – 03/17/1837 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Ploughman and New England Journal of Agriculture | 01/15/1842 – 12/30/1876 | 1161 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New England Farmer | 01/03/1852 – 12/30/1876 | 1016 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Agricultural Intelligencer, and Mechanic Register | 01/14/1820 – 07/07/1820 | 25 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Apollo | 10/05/1792 – 12/25/1794 | 119 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Herald | 01/19/1784 – 06/30/1788 | 249 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Herald and the Washington Gazette | 07/24/1790 – 12/13/1790 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Railway Times | 01/10/1850 – 07/02/1859 | 112 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Recorder | 12/09/1785 – 05/25/1787 | 110 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | American Republican | 03/20/1809 – 04/03/1809 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Argus | 07/22/1791 – 06/28/1793 | 160 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bay State | 08/31/1839 – 10/24/1840 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bay State Democrat | 01/01/1840 – 11/12/1844 | 714 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bay State Democrat | 08/24/1838 – 11/09/1838 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bay State, Extra | 10/13/1842 – 10/13/1842 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Advance | 02/17/1900 – 02/17/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston American | 12/01/1951 – 10/01/1961 | 3476 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Christian Herald | 03/05/1829 – 12/26/1832 | 112 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Chronicle | 10/22/1767 – 06/21/1770 | 204 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Commercial Gazette | 10/09/1800 – 01/23/1840 | 3223 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Courant | 01/06/1900 – 01/06/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Courier | 06/13/1805 – 05/04/1809 | 198 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Courier | 01/04/1830 – 10/27/1864 | 1927 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Cultivator | 04/07/1866 – 12/02/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Daily Advertiser | 03/03/1813 – 12/31/1900 | 18424 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Daily American Statesman | 09/05/1825 – 12/13/1827 | 579 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Daily Bee | 01/02/1843 – 12/31/1857 | 2472 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Daily Record | 12/01/1951 – 09/30/1961 | 3042 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Evening Atlas | 05/21/1860 – 11/10/1860 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Evening Transcript | 01/01/1842 – 12/31/1866 | 7423 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Evening-Post | 08/18/1735 – 04/24/1775 | 2066 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Evening-Post and the General Advertiser | 10/20/1781 – 01/10/1784 | 117 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Gazette | 12/21/1719 – 09/17/1798 | 3639 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Herald | 05/01/1848 – 04/30/1992 | 46607 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Intelligencer | 08/20/1814 – 12/27/1828 | 745 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Journal | 01/01/1866 – 10/06/1917 | 16512 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Mirror | 10/22/1808 – 07/21/1810 | 92 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston News-Letter | 04/24/1704 – 02/29/1776 | 3495 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Patriot | 03/03/1809 – 05/31/1817 | 860 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle | 06/02/1817 – 12/31/1831 | 3167 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Post | 01/10/1840 – 10/16/1876 | 879 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Post-Boy | 04/21/1735 – 04/10/1775 | 1649 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Price-Current | 09/07/1795 – 05/31/1798 | 196 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Record American | 02/01/1953 – 06/18/1972 | 3791 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Recorder | 01/03/1816 – 05/03/1872 | 2871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Semi-weekly Atlas | 11/02/1844 – 03/14/1857 | 675 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Shipping List | 09/02/1843 – 10/04/1876 | 845 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Spectator | 01/01/1814 – 02/25/1815 | 61 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Statesman | 12/01/1827 – 12/15/1838 | 265 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Telegraph | 01/01/1824 – 12/23/1824 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Traveler | 12/03/1850 – 07/08/1967 | 13399 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Traveler | 07/05/1825 – 01/15/1869 | 2014 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Boston Weekly Republican | 09/15/1848 – 11/10/1848 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bostonian and Mechanics Journal | 07/20/1822 – 06/28/1823 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Bunker-Hill Sentinel | 06/24/1820 – 07/29/1820 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Burnett, Drake and Co.’s Bank Note Reporter and Counterfeit Detecter | 05/01/1863 – 01/01/1867 | 45 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Cabinet Maker | 10/11/1860 – 10/11/1860 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Atlas and Bee | 06/23/1860 – 10/20/1860 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Courier | 09/28/1864 – 09/28/1864 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Post | 07/03/1852 – 11/06/1852 | 19 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Post | 09/13/1856 – 11/01/1856 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Republican | 10/29/1855 – 11/03/1855 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Campaign Times | 06/28/1856 – 07/12/1856 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Carbine | 09/09/1843 – 09/09/1843 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Censor | 11/23/1771 – 05/02/1772 | 24 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Citizen | 05/01/1840 – 05/01/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Era | 07/03/1852 – 12/16/1875 | 1001 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Freeman and Family Visiter | 04/19/1839 – 04/16/1852 | 371 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Reflector | 01/12/1842 – 05/11/1848 | 317 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Register | 04/20/1821 – 12/28/1878 | 2471 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Soldier | 01/05/1831 – 11/09/1833 | 69 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Christian Witness and Church Advocate | 01/09/1835 – 12/07/1871 | 1044 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Clark’s New-England Bank Note List, and Counterfeit Bill Detector | 03/01/1838 – 12/01/1845 | 35 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Clay Banner | 09/04/1848 – 09/04/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Columbian Centinel | 06/16/1790 – 04/25/1840 | 5103 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Columbian Detector | 11/07/1808 – 05/19/1809 | 43 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Compass | 06/06/1818 – 08/21/1819 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Constitutional Telegraph | 10/02/1799 – 05/22/1802 | 276 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser | 05/30/1776 – 06/21/1787 | 566 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Courier | 07/01/1795 – 12/30/1795 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Courier de Boston | 04/23/1789 – 10/15/1789 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Daily Advertiser | 06/05/1809 – 07/31/1809 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Daily Atlas | 11/08/1832 – 04/11/1857 | 5207 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Democrat | 01/04/1804 – 06/02/1809 | 563 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Emancipator and Republican | 02/17/1842 – 12/26/1850 | 459 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Evening Post and General Advertiser | 10/17/1778 – 02/26/1780 | 69 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Exchange Advertiser | 12/30/1784 – 12/21/1786 | 93 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Expostulator | 08/07/1839 – 10/31/1839 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Federal Gazette | 01/01/1798 – 03/26/1798 | 61 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Federal Orrery | 10/20/1794 – 10/31/1796 | 213 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Financial Record | 02/14/1874 – 10/30/1874 | 34 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Flag of Our Union | 03/28/1846 – 12/28/1867 | 750 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Franklin Monitor | 01/02/1819 – 06/03/1820 | 61 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Fredonian | 02/20/1810 – 05/15/1810 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Free-Soiler | 10/16/1850 – 10/26/1850 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Gazetteer | 04/02/1803 – 12/31/1803 | 79 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Goward’s Real Estate Register | 03/25/1854 – 06/18/1864 | 245 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Harrison Democrat | 07/04/1840 – 10/27/1840 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Herald of Freedom | 09/15/1788 – 07/19/1791 | 296 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Idiot, or, Invisible Rambler | 12/20/1817 – 01/02/1819 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Independent Advertiser | 01/04/1748 – 09/25/1749 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Independent Chronicle | 09/19/1776 – 05/29/1817 | 2952 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot | 06/04/1817 – 12/31/1825 | 896 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Independent Ledger | 06/15/1778 – 10/16/1786 | 435 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Jackson Republican | 08/09/1828 – 12/31/1828 | 42 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Kaleidoscope | 12/05/1818 – 11/13/1819 | 43 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Ladies’ Port Folio | 01/01/1820 – 07/08/1820 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Liberator | 09/18/1897 – 04/16/1898 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Liberator | 01/01/1831 – 12/29/1865 | 1828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Liberty Bugle | 09/21/1848 – 09/21/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Marine Telegraphic Shipping List | 03/01/1826 – 08/26/1826 | 49 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Masonic Mirror and Mechanic’s Intelligencer | 01/22/1825 – 04/15/1826 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Centinel | 03/24/1784 – 06/12/1790 | 653 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Gazette | 11/28/1785 – 11/11/1788 | 271 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Journal | 09/02/1826 – 12/18/1828 | 109 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Mercury | 01/01/1793 – 03/08/1803 | 1086 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Spy | 07/17/1770 – 04/06/1775 | 280 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Massachusetts Whig | 09/07/1843 – 11/07/1844 | 17 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Nettle | 09/05/1838 – 10/23/1844 | 35 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New Crisis | 07/12/1848 – 11/03/1848 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New England Artisan, and Farmer’s, Mechanic’s and Laboring-man’s Repository | 10/25/1832 – 08/30/1834 | 61 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New England Democrat | 01/04/1844 – 02/20/1845 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New England Postal Record | 12/05/1868 – 07/01/1872 | 134 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New-England Chronicle | 04/25/1776 – 09/12/1776 | 21 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New-England Courant | 08/07/1721 – 06/25/1726 | 245 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New-England Galaxy | 10/10/1817 – 12/29/1820 | 168 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New-England Palladium | 03/11/1803 – 12/29/1820 | 1856 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | New-England Weekly Journal | 03/20/1727 – 10/13/1741 | 760 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Our Country | 01/10/1852 – 05/22/1852 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Pilot | 09/25/1812 – 01/15/1813 | 33 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Polar-Star | 10/06/1796 – 02/02/1797 | 102 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Publick Occurrences | 09/25/1690 – 09/25/1690 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Reformer and Campaign Times | 08/03/1872 – 10/31/1872 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Repertory | 01/25/1804 – 12/30/1820 | 2265 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Repertory | 01/02/1821 – 07/29/1826 | 418 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Republican Gazetteer | 05/26/1802 – 03/30/1803 | 89 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Right Way | 11/18/1865 – 03/02/1867 | 67 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Russell’s Gazette | 06/07/1798 – 10/06/1800 | 244 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Satirist | 01/16/1812 – 05/09/1812 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Saturday Evening Gazette | 09/20/1856 – 12/30/1865 | 277 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Saturday Morning Transcript | 11/19/1831 – 12/28/1839 | 184 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Saturday Reporter | 09/15/1860 – 09/15/1860 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Scourge | 08/10/1811 – 12/28/1811 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Snow’s Pathfinder Railway Guide | 05/30/1863 – 11/01/1873 | 44 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Thorn | 09/04/1838 – 08/28/1844 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Times | 12/12/1807 – 10/15/1808 | 45 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Times, or, the Evening Entertainer | 07/28/1794 – 11/08/1794 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Tract Journal | 06/01/1859 – 06/01/1865 | 36 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | True Democrat | 10/18/1845 – 10/25/1845 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Trumpet and Universalist Magazine | 07/05/1828 – 04/30/1864 | 1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Boston | Union Jack! Or, Sailor’s Log Book | 07/10/1847 – 03/10/1849 | 48 | Newspaper Archives |
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