New Hampshire Archives: 137 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By October 21, 2021
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If you are researching your ancestry from New Hampshire, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online NH newspaper archives: 137 titles to help you search your family history in the “Granite State,” providing coverage from 1756 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online New Hampshire newspaper archives!

Photo: leaves on hardwood trees in New Hampshire turn colors in autumn, attracting many tourists
Photo: leaves on hardwood trees in New Hampshire turn colors in autumn, attracting many tourists. Credit: Someone35; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from New Hampshire in these newspapers. Our NH 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 New Hampshire Newspaper Archives (1756 – 1973)

Search New Hampshire Obituaries (1989 – Today)

Illustration: New Hampshire state flag
Illustration: New Hampshire state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of New Hampshire 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 NH newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Amherst Amherst Journal 01/16/1795 – 01/02/1796 49 Newspaper Archives
Amherst Amherst Village Messenger 01/09/1796 – 12/05/1801 306 Newspaper Archives
Amherst Farmer’s Cabinet 11/11/1802 – 12/29/1882 4181 Newspaper Archives
Amherst Hillsboro Telegraph 01/01/1820 – 06/29/1822 123 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Bedford Bulletin 01/08/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Candia, Auburn Candia-Auburn Post 12/04/2014 – 07/21/2016 – Obituaries
Chester, Hampstead, Sandown Tri-Town Times 01/20/2011 – 04/02/2020 – Obituaries
Chester, Hampstead, Sandown Tri-Town Times: Web Edition Articles 02/28/2013 – 09/20/2018 – Obituaries
Claremont Eagle Times 08/12/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Claremont National Eagle 11/01/1834 – 12/16/1876 1302 Newspaper Archives
Concord Advocate of Democracy 01/09/1843 – 02/20/1843 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord Concord Patriot 03/10/1835 – 03/10/1835 1 Newspaper Archives
Concord Concord Tribune 10/15/1852 – 10/23/1852 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord Labor Reform Dispatch 02/11/1870 – 02/11/1870 1 Newspaper Archives
Concord Plain-Dealer 01/15/1839 – 03/26/1839 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord Plaindealer 02/02/1872 – 02/09/1872 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord Tough and Steady 02/02/1847 – 03/16/1847 7 Newspaper Archives
Concord Transcript 01/20/1835 – 06/29/1835 8 Newspaper Archives
Concord True Whig 12/12/1846 – 12/26/1846 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord Wilmot Proviso 01/01/1848 – 03/11/1848 4 Newspaper Archives
Concord Concord Gazette 07/19/1806 – 05/01/1819 524 Newspaper Archives
Concord Concord Herald 01/06/1790 – 02/06/1794 207 Newspaper Archives
Concord Concord Observer 01/04/1819 – 03/25/1822 169 Newspaper Archives
Concord Courier of New Hampshire 02/13/1794 – 10/30/1805 614 Newspaper Archives
Concord Independent Democrat 05/03/1849 – 09/28/1871 1147 Newspaper Archives
Concord Mirrour 09/06/1792 – 09/02/1799 274 Newspaper Archives
Concord New Hampshire Observer 04/01/1822 – 06/14/1839 349 Newspaper Archives
Concord New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette 04/18/1809 – 04/10/1890 4223 Newspaper Archives
Concord New Star 04/11/1797 – 10/03/1797 27 Newspaper Archives
Concord New-Hampshire Statesman 10/22/1825 – 12/25/1868 1351 Newspaper Archives
Concord Republican Gazette 02/05/1801 – 04/28/1803 99 Newspaper Archives
Concord Republican Gazetteer 11/22/1796 – 04/04/1797 13 Newspaper Archives
Concord Rough and Ready 12/12/1846 – 03/11/1848 25 Newspaper Archives
Concord Spirit of the Republican Press 01/07/1829 – 04/01/1829 11 Newspaper Archives
Concord Star in the East and New-Hampshire Universalist 04/05/1834 – 08/05/1837 147 Newspaper Archives
Concord State Capital Reporter 01/01/1852 – 09/05/1854 268 Newspaper Archives
Concord Congregational Journal 04/09/1841 – 12/25/1862 1013 Newspaper Archives
Concord New-England Baptist Register 02/28/1833 – 12/18/1844 28 Newspaper Archives
Concord New Hampshire Workman 04/09/1870 – 04/23/1870 2 Newspaper Archives
Concord American Patriot 10/18/1808 – 04/11/1809 26 Newspaper Archives
Concord Daily Patriot 06/03/1868 – 12/30/1876 2349 Newspaper Archives
County NH Business Review 03/06/2013 – Current – Obituaries
County New Hampshire Magazine 04/01/2006 – Current – Obituaries
County Center Square New Hampshire 12/09/2020 – Current – Obituaries
Derry Derry News 01/08/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Derry Nutfield News 01/13/2011 – 04/02/2020 – Obituaries
Derry, Chester, Hampstead, Sandown Tri-Town Times and Nutfield News 04/09/2020 – Current – Obituaries
Dover Foster’s Daily Democrat 10/24/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Dover Campaign Press 01/28/1876 – 01/28/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Dover New-Hampshire Republican 01/03/1825 – 10/30/1829 252 Newspaper Archives
Dover Phoenix 02/08/1792 – 08/22/1795 59 Newspaper Archives
Dover Political and Sentimental Repository, or Strafford Recorder 07/29/1790 – 01/04/1792 29 Newspaper Archives
Dover Sun 10/10/1795 – 12/26/1820 1050 Newspaper Archives
Dover Dover Enquirer 02/26/1828 – 12/14/1876 2260 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Christian Journal 04/02/1835 – 04/01/1847 517 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser 01/07/1840 – 01/07/1867 1388 Newspaper Archives
Exeter American Herald of Liberty 06/04/1793 – 11/18/1795 73 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Constitutionalist 05/21/1810 – 06/14/1814 159 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Exeter Watchman 01/07/1817 – 09/05/1820 67 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, and New-Hampshire Advertiser 07/01/1786 – 10/07/1789 149 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Newhampshire Gazetteer 08/18/1789 – 02/13/1793 174 Newspaper Archives
Exeter Political Banquet and Farmer’s Feast 10/01/1799 – 12/31/1799 10 Newspaper Archives
Exeter News-Letter 11/23/2016 – Current – Obituaries
Exeter Exeter Journal 02/24/1778 – 05/25/1779 28 Newspaper Archives
Gilford Reformer 02/14/1832 – 02/14/1832 1 Newspaper Archives
Goffstown Goffstown News 01/08/2009 – 09/22/2016 – Obituaries
Hampton Hampton Union 10/13/2016 – Current – Obituaries
Hanover American 02/07/1816 – 04/02/1817 61 Newspaper Archives
Hanover Dartmouth Gazette 08/27/1799 – 02/23/1820 934 Newspaper Archives
Hanover Eagle 07/22/1793 – 06/01/1799 221 Newspaper Archives
Haverhill New Hampshire Intelligencer 12/27/1820 – 11/26/1823 35 Newspaper Archives
Hooksett Hooksett Banner 01/08/2009 – 07/21/2016 – Obituaries
Keene Free Soil Palladium 08/22/1848 – 09/26/1848 3 Newspaper Archives
Keene Cheshire Advertiser 01/19/1792 – 12/06/1792 14 Newspaper Archives
Keene Columbian Informer or Cheshire Journal 05/09/1793 – 04/21/1795 83 Newspaper Archives
Keene Farmer’s Museum 01/30/1829 – 12/29/1877 1352 Newspaper Archives
Keene New Hampshire Sentinel 03/23/1799 – 12/30/1891 3741 Newspaper Archives
Keene New-Hampshire Recorder 08/21/1787 – 02/24/1791 125 Newspaper Archives
Keene Rising Sun 08/11/1795 – 06/23/1798 138 Newspaper Archives
Kingston Carriage Towne News 10/08/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Laconia Lake Village Times 01/18/1868 – 12/30/1876 438 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Coos Republican 12/11/1855 – 09/12/1876 402 Newspaper Archives
Londonderry Londonderry Times 02/10/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Manchester Mirror and Farmer 02/22/1851 – 12/30/1876 1135 Newspaper Archives
Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader / New Hampshire Sunday News 08/15/1989 – Current – Obituaries
Manchester Northern Advocate 03/14/1848 – 03/14/1848 1 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Old Hero 06/20/1848 – 06/20/1848 1 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester American 03/07/1845 – 03/07/1845 1 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Daily American 03/08/1845 – 03/10/1845 2 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Daily Mirror 01/01/1851 – 12/31/1863 1627 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Daily Union 11/03/1852 – 11/08/1856 27 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Magazine 12/21/1839 – 03/14/1840 13 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Granite State Farmer 02/26/1850 – 12/15/1862 563 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Telescope 01/13/1849 – 10/13/1849 29 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Weekly Union 01/24/1851 – 12/26/1871 1090 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Labor Journal 03/24/1870 – 04/09/1870 2 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Voix du Peuple 02/25/1869 – 02/25/1869 1 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Ink Link 08/11/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader / New Hampshire Sunday News: Web Edition Articles 10/31/2018 – Current – Obituaries
Manchester Neighborhood News 03/07/2019 – Current – Obituaries
Manchester Union Leader 01/01/1954 – 12/31/1973 9300 Newspaper Archives
Moultonborough Reformer 03/06/1834 – 04/24/1834 2 Newspaper Archives
Nashua Harrison Eagle 06/25/1840 – 06/25/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Nashua Telegraph 07/28/1998 – Current – Obituaries
Nashua Broadcaster 07/05/2002 – 04/08/2011 – Obituaries
Newport Whip and Spur! 01/01/1839 – 11/01/1856 20 Newspaper Archives
Newport Farmer’s Advocate and Political Adventurer 05/12/1831 – 05/12/1831 1 Newspaper Archives
Newport, New London, Sunapee Argus-Champion 09/10/2015 – Current – Obituaries
Plymouth White Mountain Bugle 01/15/1848 – 01/15/1848 1 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Freeman’s Friend 10/14/1840 – 10/14/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Portsmouth Herald 02/18/2015 – Current – Obituaries
Portsmouth Federal Observer 11/22/1798 – 05/29/1800 77 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Freeman’s Journal 05/25/1776 – 06/09/1778 95 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Herald of Gospel Liberty 09/01/1808 – 03/08/1816 84 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Intelligencer 12/04/1806 – 05/15/1817 204 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth New-Hampshire Gazette 10/07/1756 – 12/30/1851 4772 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser 12/24/1784 – 03/12/1788 157 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth New-Hampshire Spy 10/24/1786 – 03/02/1793 632 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Oracle of New-Hampshire 05/22/1817 – 09/11/1817 17 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Oracle of the Day 06/04/1793 – 12/28/1799 480 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Oracle Post 10/25/1803 – 06/18/1805 84 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Political Star 06/28/1804 – 11/08/1804 20 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics 07/07/1821 – 12/30/1876 2904 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Portsmouth Oracle 10/22/1803 – 06/30/1821 926 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth United States Oracle 01/04/1800 – 10/15/1803 201 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth War Journal 03/12/1813 – 12/10/1813 40 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Republican Ledger, and Portsmouth Price Current 09/19/1799 – 12/20/1803 218 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth People’s Advocate 09/24/1816 – 05/17/1817 31 Newspaper Archives
Portsmouth Wire 08/04/2004 – 08/29/2012 – Obituaries
Rochester Rochester Times 04/01/2010 – 02/24/2017 – Obituaries
Salem Salem Observer 01/08/2009 – 10/30/2014 – Obituaries
Somersworth Great Falls Journal 04/25/1832 – 07/30/1836 46 Newspaper Archives
Walpole Democratic Republican 07/04/1812 – 07/05/1813 52 Newspaper Archives
Walpole Farmer’s Museum 09/14/1827 – 12/19/1828 29 Newspaper Archives
Walpole Farmer’s Weekly Museum 04/04/1797 – 10/15/1810 619 Newspaper Archives
Walpole Newhampshire Journal, or, the Farmer’s Weekly Museum 04/11/1793 – 03/28/1797 207 Newspaper Archives
Walpole Political Observatory 11/19/1803 – 03/20/1809 279 Newspaper Archives

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