Montana Archives: 150 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By January 31, 2024
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If you are researching your ancestry from Montana, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MT newspaper archives: 150 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!

Photo: Lower Saint Mary Lake, looking into the Saint Mary Valley in Glacier National Park, Montana. Credit: Acroterion; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: Lower Saint Mary Lake, looking into the Saint Mary Valley in Glacier National Park, Montana. Credit: Acroterion; Wikimedia Commons.

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 – 1963)

Search Montana Obituaries (1996 – Today)

Illustration: Montana state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: Montana state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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 Weekly Review 05/10/1884 – 05/10/1884 1 Newspaper Archives
Anaconda Anaconda Standard 09/04/1889 – 12/31/1899 3664 Newspaper Archives
Belgrade Belgrade News 06/01/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Belt Belt Valley times 10/13/1921 – 12/30/1926 273 Newspaper Archives
Big Arm Big Arm graphic 01/03/1912 – 09/15/1915 189 Newspaper Archives
Big Fork West Shore News 03/24/2009 – 02/13/2013 – Obituaries
Big Timber Big Timber Pioneer 01/05/2023 – Current – 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
Billings Magic City Magazine 07/21/2017 – 07/21/2017 – Obituaries
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
Browning Browning chief 01/03/1941 – 08/14/1953 654 Newspaper Archives
Browning Glacier County chief 04/06/1934 – 12/27/1940 298 Newspaper Archives
Browning Browning review 06/23/1922 – 02/27/1925 118 Newspaper Archives
Browning Glacier reporter 08/21/1953 – 12/26/1963 538 Newspaper Archives
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
Columbus Stillwater County News 01/19/2023 – 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
Dillon Dillon Tribune 02/15/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Forsyth Forsyth Independent Press 02/02/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Glendive Glendive Ranger-Review 01/29/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Great Falls Montana oil and mining journal 03/28/1931 – 12/28/1946 818 Newspaper Archives
Great Falls Montana oil journal 01/03/1931 – 03/21/1931 12 Newspaper Archives
Hamilton Ravalli Republic 05/23/2000 – Current – Obituaries
Hamilton Western news 01/03/1900 – 12/30/1910 592 Newspaper Archives
Hardin Big Horn County News 02/14/2023 – Current – Obituaries
Hardin Hardin tribune-herald 01/05/1934 – 12/26/1963 1557 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
Hot Springs Camas Hot Springs exchange 06/30/1938 – 12/17/1959 1116 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
Laurel Laurel Outlook 04/26/2018 – Current – Obituaries
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
Lewistown Lewistown News-Argus 01/25/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Livingston Livingston Enterprise 01/11/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Miles City Miles City Star 01/17/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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 – 04/30/2021 – 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
Poplar Poplar standard 01/07/1943 – 12/27/1963 984 Newspaper Archives
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
Red Lodge Carbon County News 05/17/2018 – Current – Obituaries
Ronan Ronan pioneer 02/03/1911 – 12/29/1938 1311 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
Sidney Sidney herald 01/06/1955 – 12/25/1963 467 Newspaper Archives
Stanford Judith Basin Press 01/05/2023 – 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
Terry Terry Tribune 01/25/2023 – Current – Obituaries
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
Wolf Point Herald-news 01/01/1942 – 12/29/1955 727 Newspaper Archives

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Note on the header image: the Montana State Capitol, Helena, Montana. Credit: Parkerdr; Wikimedia Commons.

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