If you are researching your ancestry from New Hampshire, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online NH newspaper archives: 143 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!
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 – 1988)
Search New Hampshire Obituaries (1989 – Today)
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 | Collection |
| Amherst | Amherst Journal | 01/16/1795 – 01/02/1796 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Amherst Village Messenger | 01/09/1796 – 12/05/1801 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Farmer’s Cabinet | 11/11/1802 – 12/29/1882 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Hillsboro Telegraph | 01/01/1820 – 06/29/1822 | 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 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Advocate of Democracy | 01/09/1843 – 02/20/1843 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Patriot | 03/10/1835 – 03/10/1835 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Tribune | 10/15/1852 – 10/23/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Labor Reform Dispatch | 02/11/1870 – 02/11/1870 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Plain-Dealer | 01/15/1839 – 03/26/1839 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Plaindealer | 02/02/1872 – 02/09/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Tough and Steady | 02/02/1847 – 03/16/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Transcript | 01/20/1835 – 06/29/1835 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | True Whig | 12/12/1846 – 12/26/1846 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Wilmot Proviso | 01/01/1848 – 03/11/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Gazette | 07/19/1806 – 05/01/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Herald | 01/06/1790 – 02/06/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Observer | 01/04/1819 – 03/25/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Courier of New Hampshire | 02/13/1794 – 10/30/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Independent Democrat | 05/03/1849 – 09/28/1871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Mirrour | 09/06/1792 – 09/02/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Hampshire Observer | 04/01/1822 – 06/14/1839 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette | 04/18/1809 – 04/10/1890 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Star | 04/11/1797 – 10/03/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New-Hampshire Statesman | 10/22/1825 – 12/25/1868 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Republican Gazette | 02/05/1801 – 04/28/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Republican Gazetteer | 11/22/1796 – 04/04/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Rough and Ready | 12/12/1846 – 03/11/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Spirit of the Republican Press | 01/07/1829 – 04/01/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Star in the East and New-Hampshire Universalist | 04/05/1834 – 08/05/1837 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | State Capital Reporter | 01/01/1852 – 09/05/1854 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Congregational Journal | 04/09/1841 – 12/25/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New-England Baptist Register | 02/28/1833 – 12/18/1844 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Hampshire Workman | 04/09/1870 – 04/23/1870 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | American Patriot | 10/18/1808 – 04/11/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Daily Patriot | 06/03/1868 – 12/30/1876 | 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 |
| County | InDepthNH | 03/14/2016 – 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 – 12/22/2022 | Obituaries |
| Dover | Foster’s Daily Democrat | 10/24/2007 – Current | Obituaries |
| Dover | Campaign Press | 01/28/1876 – 01/28/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | New-Hampshire Republican | 01/03/1825 – 10/30/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Phoenix | 02/08/1792 – 08/22/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Political and Sentimental Repository, or Strafford Recorder | 07/29/1790 – 01/04/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Sun | 10/10/1795 – 12/26/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Dover Enquirer | 02/26/1828 – 12/14/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Christian Journal | 04/02/1835 – 04/01/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser | 01/07/1840 – 01/07/1867 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | American Herald of Liberty | 06/04/1793 – 11/18/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Constitutionalist | 05/21/1810 – 06/14/1814 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Exeter Watchman | 01/07/1817 – 09/05/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Freeman’s Oracle, and New-Hampshire Advertiser | 07/01/1786 – 10/07/1789 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Newhampshire Gazetteer | 08/18/1789 – 02/13/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Political Banquet and Farmer’s Feast | 10/01/1799 – 12/31/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | News-Letter | 11/23/2016 – Current | Obituaries |
| Exeter | Exeter Journal | 02/24/1778 – 05/25/1779 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gilford | Reformer | 02/14/1832 – 02/14/1832 | 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 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hanover | Dartmouth Gazette | 08/27/1799 – 02/23/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hanover | Eagle | 07/22/1793 – 06/01/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Haverhill | New Hampshire Intelligencer | 12/27/1820 – 11/26/1823 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hooksett | Hooksett Banner | 01/08/2009 – 07/21/2016 | Obituaries |
| Keene | Free Soil Palladium | 08/22/1848 – 09/26/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Cheshire Advertiser | 01/19/1792 – 12/06/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Columbian Informer or Cheshire Journal | 05/09/1793 – 04/21/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Farmer’s Museum | 01/30/1829 – 12/29/1877 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | New Hampshire Sentinel | 03/23/1799 – 12/30/1891 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | New-Hampshire Recorder | 08/21/1787 – 02/24/1791 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Rising Sun | 08/11/1795 – 06/23/1798 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingston | Carriage Towne News | 10/08/2009 – Current | Obituaries |
| Laconia | Lake Village Times | 01/18/1868 – 12/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lancaster | Coos Republican | 12/11/1855 – 09/12/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Londonderry | Londonderry Times | 02/10/2011 – Current | Obituaries |
| Manchester | Mirror and Farmer | 02/22/1851 – 12/30/1876 | 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 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Old Hero | 06/20/1848 – 06/20/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester American | 03/07/1845 – 03/07/1845 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester Daily American | 03/08/1845 – 03/10/1845 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester Daily Mirror | 01/01/1851 – 12/31/1863 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester Daily Union | 11/03/1852 – 11/08/1856 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester Magazine | 12/21/1839 – 03/14/1840 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Granite State Farmer | 02/26/1850 – 12/15/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Telescope | 01/13/1849 – 10/13/1849 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Weekly Union | 01/24/1851 – 12/26/1871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Labor Journal | 03/24/1870 – 04/09/1870 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Voix du Peuple | 02/25/1869 – 02/25/1869 | 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 – 12/31/1988 | Newspaper Archives |
| Moultonborough | Reformer | 03/06/1834 – 04/24/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashua | Harrison Eagle | 06/25/1840 – 06/25/1840 | 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 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newport | Farmer’s Advocate and Political Adventurer | 05/12/1831 – 05/12/1831 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newport, New London, Sunapee | Argus-Champion | 09/10/2015 – 03/12/2020 | Obituaries |
| Plymouth | White Mountain Bugle | 01/15/1848 – 01/15/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Freeman’s Friend | 10/14/1840 – 10/14/1840 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Herald | 02/18/2015 – Current | Obituaries |
| Portsmouth | Federal Observer | 11/22/1798 – 05/29/1800 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Freeman’s Journal | 05/25/1776 – 06/09/1778 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Herald of Gospel Liberty | 09/01/1808 – 03/08/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Intelligencer | 12/04/1806 – 05/15/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Gazette | 10/07/1756 – 12/30/1851 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser | 12/24/1784 – 03/12/1788 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Spy | 10/24/1786 – 03/02/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Oracle of New-Hampshire | 05/22/1817 – 09/11/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Oracle of the Day | 06/04/1793 – 12/28/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Oracle Post | 10/25/1803 – 06/18/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Political Star | 06/28/1804 – 11/08/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics | 07/07/1821 – 12/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Oracle | 10/22/1803 – 06/30/1821 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | United States Oracle | 01/04/1800 – 10/15/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | War Journal | 03/12/1813 – 12/10/1813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Republican Ledger, and Portsmouth Price Current | 09/19/1799 – 12/20/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | People’s Advocate | 09/24/1816 – 05/17/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Wire | 08/04/2004 – 08/29/2012 | Obituaries |
| Portsmouth | New Hampshire gazette | 04/16/1793 – 01/05/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New Hampshire gazette and Republican union | 03/23/1847 – 03/16/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser | 03/30/1782 – 12/17/1784 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser | 06/23/1787 – 04/09/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire gazette, or, State journal and general advertiser | 07/14/1778 – 09/03/1781 | Newspaper Archives |
| 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 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Democratic Republican | 07/04/1812 – 07/05/1813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Farmer’s Museum | 09/14/1827 – 12/19/1828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Farmer’s Weekly Museum | 04/04/1797 – 10/15/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Newhampshire Journal, or, the Farmer’s Weekly Museum | 04/11/1793 – 03/28/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Political Observatory | 11/19/1803 – 03/20/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
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