May 16, 2019
If you are researching your ancestry from Montana, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MT newspaper archives: 108 titles to help you search your family history in the “Big Sky Country,” providing coverage from 1864 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Montana newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Montana in these newspapers. Our MT newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Montana Newspaper Archives (1864 – 1922)
Search Montana Recent Obituaries (1996 – Today)
Here is a complete list of Montana 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 MT newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Anaconda | Anaconda Standard | 01/02/1898 – 12/31/1922 | 8902 | Newspaper Archives |
| Anaconda | Anaconda Standard | 09/04/1889 – 12/31/1899 | 3664 | Newspaper Archives |
| Belgrade | Belgrade News | 06/01/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Big Fork | West Shore News | 03/24/2009 – 02/13/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bigfork | Bigfork Eagle | 07/16/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Billings | Billings Gazette | 10/02/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Billings | Billings Outpost | 07/07/2010 – 01/25/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Billings | Last Best News | 03/05/2014 – 07/06/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Billings | Billings gazette | 01/03/1899 – 12/31/1909 | 1048 | Newspaper Archives |
| Billings | Billings herald | 06/01/1882 – 05/02/1885 | 153 | Newspaper Archives |
| Billings | Daily gazette | 07/01/1894 – 07/01/1894 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bozeman | Bozeman Daily Chronicle | 06/04/1996 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Bozeman | Avant courier | 09/13/1871 – 12/25/1879 | 410 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bozeman | Bozeman weekly chronicle | 02/07/1883 – 12/26/1888 | 270 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bozeman | Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Blogs | 05/21/2017 – 09/15/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Broadus | Broadus independent | 04/10/1919 – 05/08/1919 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Broadus | Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent | 05/31/1919 – 11/17/1922 | 175 | Newspaper Archives |
| Browning | Glacier Reporter | 02/12/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Butte | Butte Miner | 11/08/1881 – 12/19/1897 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Butte Weekly Miner | 06/15/1876 – 05/23/1901 | 285 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Butte Weekly | 05/10/2017 – 06/20/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Butte | Butte daily miner | 01/01/1882 – 01/01/1889 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Butte inter mountain | 01/02/1899 – 12/31/1903 | 1500 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Butte semi-weekly miner | 06/10/1879 – 12/28/1889 | 923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | New age | 05/30/1902 – 02/07/1903 | 32 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Montana Standard | 01/05/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Butte | Butte daily bulletin | 01/16/1919 – 12/31/1920 | 535 | Newspaper Archives |
| Butte | Butte daily post | 01/01/1917 – 12/31/1917 | 312 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia Falls | Hungry Horse News | 07/13/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Culbertson | Searchlight | 01/01/1909 – 12/27/1912 | 200 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cut Bank | Cut Bank Pioneer Press | 02/12/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Cut Bank | Cut Bank pioneer press | 12/16/1910 – 04/27/1917 | 172 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deer Lodge | New Northwest | 04/11/1874 – 09/29/1876 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deer Lodge | New North-west | 07/09/1869 – 04/30/1897 | 1372 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dillon | Dillon tribune | 02/19/1881 – 12/09/1887 | 341 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dupuyer | Dupuyer acantha | 09/15/1894 – 12/26/1901 | 373 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ekalaka | Ekalaka eagle | 04/02/1909 – 12/29/1916 | 369 | Newspaper Archives |
| Forsyth | Rosebud County news | 02/28/1901 – 03/15/1906 | 264 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Benton | River Press | 05/11/1887 – 09/26/1888 | 41 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Benton | Benton Record | 02/01/1875 – 05/10/1884 | 355 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Benton | River Press | 10/27/1880 – 12/30/1914 | 1036 | Newspaper Archives |
| Glasgow | Glasgow courier | 01/01/1915 – 12/29/1922 | 413 | Newspaper Archives |
| Glendive | Yellowstone monitor | 01/02/1908 – 12/30/1915 | 410 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Montana Herold | 06/29/1893 – 07/11/1901 | 361 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Prairie Star | 01/29/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Great Falls | Great Falls daily tribune | 05/14/1885 – 12/31/1922 | 1548 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Great Falls leader | 06/16/1888 – 10/13/1888 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Great Falls leader | 10/21/1888 – 12/31/1889 | 344 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Great Falls tribune | 05/18/1887 – 12/25/1896 | 673 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Montana leader | 09/14/1918 – 10/05/1918 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Great Falls | Montana nonpartisan | 10/19/1918 – 12/20/1919 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hamilton | Ravalli Republic | 05/23/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Hamilton | Western news | 01/03/1900 – 12/30/1910 | 592 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harlowton | Harlowton news | 02/05/1909 – 01/09/1914 | 245 | Newspaper Archives |
| Havre | Havre herald | 07/06/1904 – 10/07/1908 | 219 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Independent Record | 10/11/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Helena | Daily Rocky Mountain Gazette | 01/03/1871 – 10/25/1873 | 457 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Helena Daily Herald | 01/02/1872 – 12/31/1889 | 1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Helena Independent | 01/01/1898 – 12/31/1900 | 1090 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Helena Weekly Herald | 11/15/1866 – 12/27/1888 | 788 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Montana Herold | 05/04/1893 – 06/22/1893 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Montana Radiator | 01/27/1866 – 10/13/1866 | 11 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Colored citizen | 09/03/1894 – 11/05/1894 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Helena Independent | 01/01/1889 – 12/31/1894 | 2114 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Helena Weekly Herald | 10/27/1870 – 12/26/1889 | 937 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Montana news | 04/27/1904 – 01/04/1912 | 294 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Montana plaindealer | 03/16/1906 – 09/08/1911 | 123 | Newspaper Archives |
| Helena | Suffrage daily news | 09/24/1914 – 11/02/1914 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Inverness | Inverness news | 09/07/1918 – 09/07/1918 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Judith Gap | Judith Gap journal | 12/11/1908 – 12/26/1913 | 263 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kalispell | Daily Inter Lake | 09/23/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Kalispell | Kalispell bee | 03/01/1901 – 08/31/1901 | 153 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kalispell | Kalispell bee | 06/15/1900 – 12/29/1903 | 345 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewistown | Fergus County argus | 08/05/1886 – 12/28/1906 | 1114 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewistown | Fergus County Democrat | 08/23/1904 – 12/28/1916 | 631 | Newspaper Archives |
| Libby | Western News | 08/06/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Libby | Libby herald | 08/17/1911 – 08/29/1913 | 101 | Newspaper Archives |
| Livingston | Livingston enterprise | 11/01/1884 – 01/01/1900 | 425 | Newspaper Archives |
| Maiden | Mineral argus | 08/16/1883 – 07/29/1886 | 146 | Newspaper Archives |
| Malta | Enterprise | 01/22/1908 – 12/28/1916 | 457 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miles City | Daily Yellowstone journal | 10/18/1882 – 01/17/1893 | 2982 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miles City | Yellowstone journal | 01/18/1893 – 12/31/1894 | 598 | Newspaper Archives |
| Missoula | Missoulian | 10/02/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Missoula | NewWest | 09/12/2006 – 03/20/2010 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Missoula | Daily Missoulian | 01/01/1909 – 04/30/1918 | 2581 | Newspaper Archives |
| Missoula | Missoula Independent | 12/17/1998 – 06/21/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Neihart | Neihart herald | 05/29/1891 – 01/12/1901 | 490 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philipsburg | Philipsburg mail | 04/28/1887 – 12/27/1901 | 598 | Newspaper Archives |
| Plains | Clark Fork Valley Press | 01/08/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Plains | Mineral Independent | 08/17/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Plentywood | Producers news | 04/26/1918 – 12/29/1922 | 204 | Newspaper Archives |
| Polson | Lake County Leader & Advertiser | 12/03/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Red Lodge | Red Lodge picket | 12/21/1889 – 12/26/1902 | 489 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ronan | Ronan pioneer | 02/03/1911 – 12/28/1917 | 339 | Newspaper Archives |
| Roundup | Roundup record | 04/03/1908 – 12/26/1913 | 299 | Newspaper Archives |
| Shelby | Shelby Promoter | 02/12/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Sidney | Sidney Herald | 01/12/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Stevensville | Ravalli Republican | 08/22/1894 – 12/28/1898 | 224 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sun River | Sun River sun | 02/14/1884 – 04/30/1885 | 63 | Newspaper Archives |
| Valier | Valierian | 02/12/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Virginia City | Madisonian | 01/05/1895 – 12/26/1896 | 99 | Newspaper Archives |
| Virginia City | Montana Post | 08/27/1864 – 06/11/1869 | 243 | Newspaper Archives |
| West Yellowstone | West Yellowstone News | 11/29/2000 – 09/02/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
| White Sulphur Springs | Rocky Mountain Husbandman | 01/29/1880 – 08/10/1899 | 66 | Newspaper Archives |
| White Sulphur Springs | Rocky Mountain Husbandman | 11/25/1875 – 12/25/1884 | 424 | Newspaper Archives |
| Whitefish | Whitefish Pilot | 07/13/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
| Whitefish | Whitefish pilot | 01/03/1908 – 12/26/1912 | 256 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wibaux | Wibaux pioneer | 01/17/1907 – 12/25/1914 | 398 | Newspaper Archives |
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