If you are researching your ancestry from Nebraska, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online NE newspaper archives: 152 titles to help you search your family history in the “Cornhusker State,” providing coverage from 1854 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Nebraska newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Nebraska in these newspapers. Our NE 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 Nebraska Newspaper Archives (1854 – 2011)
Search Nebraska Obituaries (1885 – Today)
Here is the complete list of Nebraska 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 NE newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Albion | Weekly Review | 01/12/1933 – 03/30/1933 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
| Alliance | Alliance herald | 02/21/1902 – 06/30/1922 | 1030 | Newspaper Archives |
| Alliance | Panhandle Post | 07/16/2019 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Ashland | Ashland Gazette | 02/03/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Ashland | Saunders County Republican | 02/04/1876 – 02/04/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aurora | Aurora Republican | 09/20/1876 – 09/20/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beatrice | Beatrice Daily Sun | 06/10/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Beatrice | Beatrice Courier | 08/26/1876 – 09/16/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beatrice | Beatrice Express | 12/19/1868 – 08/14/1876 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beatrice | Beatrice daily express | 03/01/1886 – 06/16/1896 | 2296 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beaver City | Western Leader | 06/24/1876 – 06/24/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bellevue | Bellevue Leader | 02/27/2009 – 11/17/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Bellevue | Bellevue gazette | 10/23/1856 – 09/02/1858 | 88 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bellevue | Nebraska palladium | 07/15/1854 – 04/11/1855 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bloomfield | Die Bloomfield Germania | 04/09/1908 – 05/28/1914 | 302 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bloomington | Franklin County Guard | 08/30/1872 – 08/13/1874 | 17 | Newspaper Archives |
| Broken Bow | Custer County Chief | 10/04/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Broken Bow | Custer County Republican | 03/16/1899 – 12/29/1910 | 587 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brownville | Nemaha County Granger | 09/15/1876 – 09/15/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brownville | Nebraska Advertiser | 06/24/1892 – 12/25/1908 | 561 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brownville | Nebraska Advertiser | 06/07/1856 – 09/14/1882 | 1258 | Newspaper Archives |
| Central City | Central City Courier | 08/10/1876 – 08/10/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chadron | Chadron Record | 04/12/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Columbus | Columbus Telegram | 09/19/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Columbus | Columbus journal | 08/28/1878 – 11/09/1911 | 1728 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbus | Columbus Republican | 06/29/1876 – 06/29/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| County | Midwest Messenger | 11/05/2013 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Crete | Saline County Post | 06/29/1876 – 06/29/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dakota City | Dakota City herald | 08/13/1859 – 04/21/1860 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dakota City | Dakota County herald | 12/02/1899 – 03/16/1922 | 813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dakota City | Dakota City Mail | 09/15/1876 – 09/15/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dannebrog | Stjernen | 12/23/1885 – 12/28/1893 | 418 | Newspaper Archives |
| David City | David City Banner-Press | 09/13/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Fairbury | Fairbury Gazette | 09/09/1876 – 09/09/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fairmont | Fairmont Bulletin | 09/14/1876 – 09/14/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Falls City | Falls City tribune | 01/08/1904 – 07/14/1911 | 382 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fremont | Fremont Tribune | 02/08/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Gering | Gering Courier | 11/06/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Independent | 12/01/1997 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Anzeiger | 09/18/1891 – 04/14/1893 | 82 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Anzeiger und Herold | 04/21/1893 – 03/08/1901 | 413 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Independent | 01/01/1945 – 12/31/1997 | 17342 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gretna | Gretna Breeze | 05/13/2009 – 01/24/2023 | – | Obituaries |
| Harrison | Harrison press-journal | 08/03/1899 – 01/26/1905 | 275 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harrison | Sioux County journal | 09/20/1888 – 07/20/1899 | 541 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harrison | Journal | 09/13/1888 – 09/13/1888 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hemingford | Hemingford Ledger | 11/07/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Kearney | Kearney Hub | 05/30/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Kearney | Daily Times | 10/22/1886 – 12/31/1889 | 1068 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kearney | Kearney Hub | 01/02/1958 – 12/31/2007 | 15431 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lexington | Lexington Clipper-Herald | 06/23/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lincoln | Lincoln Journal Star | 06/01/1996 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lincoln | Lincoln Journal Star: Web Edition Articles | 11/04/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lincoln | Daily Nebraska State Journal | 07/01/1888 – 10/03/1890 | 808 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Neighborhood Extra | 01/24/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lincoln | Capital city courier | 12/17/1887 – 04/04/1903 | 790 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Commoner | 01/23/1901 – 04/01/1923 | 764 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Nebraska Staats-Anzeiger | 08/20/1885 – 03/07/1901 | 495 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Wageworker | 04/29/1904 – 01/27/1911 | 291 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Will Maupin”s weekly | 02/03/1911 – 10/25/1912 | 89 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Alliance | 06/12/1889 – 12/07/1889 | 24 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Alliance-independent | 06/30/1892 – 03/08/1894 | 79 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Farmers” alliance | 12/14/1889 – 03/31/1892 | 121 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Farmers” alliance and Nebraska independent | 04/07/1892 – 06/23/1892 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Lincoln independent | 09/27/1895 – 01/03/1896 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Nebraska independent | 01/16/1896 – 10/30/1902 | 348 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Wealth makers of the world | 03/15/1894 – 01/09/1896 | 86 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Weekly independent | 08/29/1895 – 09/20/1895 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | Voice | 10/11/1946 – 05/14/1953 | 339 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln | L Magazine | 05/15/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| McCook | McCook weekly tribune | 09/13/1883 – 05/28/1885 | 89 | Newspaper Archives |
| McCook | McCook tribune | 06/03/1885 – 05/13/1912 | 1288 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nebraska City | Nebraska City News-Press | 02/09/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Nebraska City | Daily Nebraska Press | 08/06/1868 – 12/28/1876 | 1416 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nebraska City | Nebraska City News | 01/12/1856 – 01/12/1856 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Norfolk | Norfolk weekly news | 03/09/1899 – 11/15/1900 | 85 | Newspaper Archives |
| Norfolk | Norfolk weekly news-journal | 11/23/1900 – 03/29/1912 | 584 | Newspaper Archives |
| North Platte | North Platte Telegraph | 05/03/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| North Platte | Lincoln County tribune | 09/26/1885 – 08/20/1890 | 75 | Newspaper Archives |
| North Platte | North Platte semi-weekly tribune | 01/01/1895 – 12/29/1922 | 2136 | Newspaper Archives |
| North Platte | North Platte tribune | 10/08/1890 – 12/26/1894 | 79 | Newspaper Archives |
| North Platte | North Platte Post | 06/03/2019 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Omaha Star | 01/07/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Omaha World-Herald | 09/04/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Center-Union Agriculturist | 06/28/1876 – 06/28/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Afro-American Sentinel | 02/22/1896 – 03/25/1899 | 125 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Danske Pioneer | 08/03/1876 – 10/10/1901 | 195 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Enterprise | 08/10/1895 – 01/12/1900 | 75 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Florence Courier | 09/23/1858 – 10/14/1858 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Arrow | 08/04/1854 – 10/20/1854 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Daily Herald | 05/04/1866 – 06/30/1889 | 1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Morning Bee-News | 10/26/1876 – 09/09/1935 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha World-Herald | 08/24/1885 – 12/31/1983 | 35590 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Progress | 03/22/1890 – 01/26/1900 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Tagliche Omaha Tribune | 06/25/1937 – 06/25/1937 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Train Ligue | 11/25/1871 – 12/09/1871 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha World-Herald: Web Edition Articles | 08/05/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Omaha daily bee | 12/31/1872 – 06/14/1922 | 15153 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Progress | 03/25/1886 – 07/13/1889 | 36 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Tagliche Omaha Tribune | 10/02/1912 – 04/30/1920 | 2033 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Pokrok za’padu | 09/15/1871 – 12/29/1920 | 1636 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Pokrok za’padu | 10/21/1892 – 08/10/1900 | 218 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Der Staats=Anzeiger | 04/11/1907 – 10/19/1920 | 692 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Reader | 11/08/2010 – 05/19/2023 | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Omaha morning bee | 04/01/1922 – 04/18/1925 | 1034 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Star | 07/09/1938 – 06/30/2011 | 3694 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | American | 08/06/1891 – 09/08/1899 | 269 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Bamberge’s Newspaper Reporter | 01/01/1873 – 01/01/1873 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Folkets Tidning | 08/04/1876 – 08/04/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Nebraskian | 12/26/1855 – 04/15/1857 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Bee | 10/04/1876 – 10/04/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Daily Alta | 02/14/1872 – 02/14/1872 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Daily Republican | 06/29/1866 – 04/28/1880 | 877 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Post und Beobachter | 04/15/1876 – 08/26/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Weekly Herald | 08/25/1876 – 08/25/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Weekly Tribune and Republican | 10/20/1858 – 08/19/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Pokrok Zapadu | 07/26/1876 – 07/26/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha World-Herald: Blogs | 05/25/2010 – 03/15/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Omaha Guide | 07/16/1932 – 03/15/1958 | 855 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Monitor | 07/03/1915 – 11/30/1928 | 679 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha monitor | 12/07/1928 – 01/11/1929 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Progress | 03/22/1890 – 01/26/1900 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | El Perico | 03/05/2019 – 03/05/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Omaha | Enterprise | 01/12/1900 – 01/12/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Omaha | Omaha Guide | 09/21/1940 – 02/14/1942 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Papillion | Papillion Times | 01/27/2011 – 03/19/2023 | – | Obituaries |
| Papillion | Suburban Newspapers | 06/29/2005 – 01/29/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Papillion, Gretna, Bellevue | Sarpy County Times | 03/19/2023 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Platte City | Railway Pioneer | 10/25/1866 – 10/25/1866 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Plattsmouth | Plattsmouth Journal | 05/02/2007 – 01/24/2023 | – | Obituaries |
| Ralston | Ralston Recorder | 05/06/2009 – 08/21/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Red Cloud | Red Cloud Chief | 10/09/1873 – 12/28/1922 | 2223 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Helena | Cedar County Advocate | 05/24/1876 – 05/24/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Schuyler | Schuyler Sun | 10/20/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Scottsbluff | Star-Herald | 04/20/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Shelton | Huntsman’s echo | 06/14/1860 – 08/01/1861 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sidney | Sidney Telegraph | 08/12/1876 – 08/12/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Stanton | Stanton Bugle | 06/09/1876 – 06/09/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Syracuse | Syracuse Journal-Democrat | 03/06/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Tecumseh | Tecumseh Herald | 09/03/1874 – 07/01/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Tekamah | Burt County Plaindealer | 01/06/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Valentine | Cherry County independent | 12/08/1892 – 04/02/1896 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Valentine | Valentine Democrat | 05/03/1900 – 05/16/1912 | 613 | Newspaper Archives |
| Valentine | Valentine Democrat | 04/09/1896 – 08/25/1898 | 123 | Newspaper Archives |
| Valentine | Western news-Democrat | 09/01/1898 – 04/26/1900 | 81 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wahoo | Wahoo Newspaper | 02/01/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Wahoo | Independent | 11/06/1902 – 04/25/1907 | 233 | Newspaper Archives |
| Waverly | Waverly News | 04/21/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| West Point | West Point Republican | 09/07/1876 – 09/07/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| York | York News-Times | 03/08/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
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