If you are researching your ancestry from Montana, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MT newspaper archives: 124 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 articles about your ancestors from Montana in these newspapers. Our MT 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 Montana Newspaper Archives (1864 – 1950)
Search Montana Obituaries (1996 – Today)
Here is the 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 |
Anaconda | Anaconda Weekly Review | 05/10/1884 – 05/10/1884 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Belgrade | Belgrade News | 06/01/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Belt | Belt Valley times | 01/03/1924 – 12/30/1926 | 157 | Newspaper Archives |
Big Fork | West Shore News | 03/24/2009 – 02/13/2013 | – | Obituaries |
Bigfork | Bigfork Eagle | 07/16/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Billings | Billings Gazette | 10/02/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Billings | Billings Outpost | 07/07/2010 – 01/25/2016 | – | Obituaries |
Billings | Last Best News | 03/05/2014 – 07/06/2017 | – | 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 | – | 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 | – | Obituaries |
Bozeman | Bozeman Avant Courier | 07/07/1876 – 02/02/1882 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Bozeman | Bozeman Times | 09/21/1876 – 09/21/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bozeman | New Issue | 01/02/1891 – 01/02/1891 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bozeman | Bozeman courier | 01/05/1921 – 12/30/1927 | 349 | Newspaper Archives |
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 | – | 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 | – | 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 | – | 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 |
Butte | Daily Inter Mountain | 04/09/1887 – 07/21/1887 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
Columbia Falls | Hungry Horse News | 07/13/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Culbertson | Searchlight | 01/01/1909 – 12/27/1912 | 200 | Newspaper Archives |
Cut Bank | Cut Bank Pioneer Press | 02/12/1999 – Current | – | 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 | 12/17/1884 – 09/26/1888 | 42 | 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 |
Fort Benton | Benton Record | 05/19/1876 – 05/19/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Glasgow | Glasgow courier | 01/01/1915 – 12/27/1945 | 622 | 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 | – | 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 | – | 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 | – | 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 | 09/30/1876 – 12/31/1900 | 1091 | 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 |
Helena | Helena Journal | 09/08/1888 – 01/01/1890 | 238 | Newspaper Archives |
Helena | Helena Weekly Independent | 08/31/1876 – 08/31/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Helena | Virginia Tri-weekly Post | 11/26/1867 – 02/11/1868 | 2 | 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 | – | 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 |
Laurel | Laurel outlook | 01/05/1944 – 12/27/1950 | 363 | 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 | – | 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 | – | Obituaries |
Missoula | NewWest | 09/12/2006 – 03/20/2010 | – | Obituaries |
Missoula | Daily Missoulian | 01/01/1909 – 04/30/1918 | 2581 | Newspaper Archives |
Missoula | Missoula Independent | 12/17/1998 – 06/21/2018 | – | Obituaries |
Missoula | Missoula Gazette | 12/19/1890 – 12/19/1890 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Missoula | Weekly Missoulian | 07/19/1876 – 07/19/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Missoula | Missoula.com Magazine | 04/30/2021 – Current | – | 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 | – | Obituaries |
Plains | Mineral Independent | 08/17/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Plentywood | Producers news | 04/26/1918 – 03/05/1937 | 890 | Newspaper Archives |
Polson | Lake County Leader & Advertiser | 12/03/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
Red Lodge | Red Lodge picket | 12/21/1889 – 12/26/1902 | 489 | Newspaper Archives |
Red Lodge | Carbon County chronicle | 03/28/1924 – 10/29/1924 | 32 | 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 | – | Obituaries |
Sidney | Sidney Herald | 01/12/2001 – Current | – | 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 | – | 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 | – | Obituaries |
White Sulphur Springs | Rocky Mountain Husbandman | 11/25/1875 – 12/25/1884 | 424 | Newspaper Archives |
White Sulphur Springs | Rocky Mountain Husbandman | 01/29/1880 – 08/10/1899 | 66 | Newspaper Archives |
Whitefish | Whitefish Pilot | 07/13/2004 – Current | – | 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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