If you are researching your ancestry from New York, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online NY newspaper archives: 902 titles to help you search your family history in the “Empire State,” providing coverage from 1730 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online New York newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from New York in these newspapers. Our NY newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
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Here is a partial list of New York newspapers in the online archives; to see the full list, click here. 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 NY newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Adams | South Jeff Journal | 08/27/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Albany | Albany Argus | 01/26/1813 – 04/17/1855 | 3025 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Knickerbocker News | 03/12/1986 – 04/15/1988 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Albany | Rough and Ready | 09/28/1848 – 09/28/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Tocsin of Liberty | 12/17/1841 – 12/17/1841 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Times Union | 03/08/1986 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Albany | Times Union, The: Web Edition Articles | 01/22/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Albany | Albany Advertiser | 09/30/1815 – 03/22/1817 | 153 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Centinel | 07/04/1797 – 12/31/1805 | 763 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Chronicle | 09/19/1796 – 04/09/1798 | 57 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Daily Advertiser | 09/25/1815 – 03/24/1817 | 242 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Evening Journal | 06/12/1834 – 12/30/1876 | 12240 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Gazette | 01/03/1788 – 03/23/1821 | 2061 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Journal, or, the Montgomery, Washington and Columbia Intelligencer | 02/02/1788 – 05/11/1789 | 37 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Register | 04/06/1789 – 11/25/1822 | 1573 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Balance | 01/04/1809 – 12/24/1811 | 256 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Daily Albany Argus | 12/28/1825 – 12/29/1876 | 3307 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Geographical and Military Museum | 02/28/1814 – 06/06/1814 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Guardian | 11/21/1807 – 11/12/1808 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | New-York Democrat | 10/07/1846 – 10/07/1846 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | New-York Gazetteer, or, Northern Intelligencer | 07/15/1782 – 05/01/1784 | 48 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | New-York Statesman | 05/16/1820 – 09/21/1821 | 69 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate | 02/03/1842 – 01/02/1843 | 11 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Plough Boy | 06/05/1819 – 01/05/1822 | 135 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Republican Crisis | 11/11/1806 – 12/27/1808 | 114 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Rough-hewer | 02/20/1840 – 12/24/1840 | 40 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Signs of the Times | 10/13/1827 – 11/08/1828 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Sojourner-Herald | 04/01/1995 – 11/01/1998 | 27 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Temperance Recorder | 05/07/1833 – 11/05/1833 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Christian Register | 09/27/1828 – 05/09/1829 | 29 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Farmers’, Mechanics’ and Workingmen’s Advocate | 07/17/1830 – 06/07/1831 | 71 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | New York Farmer | 11/27/1852 – 11/27/1852 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Albany Religious Spectator | 11/02/1844 – 10/25/1845 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Busy Bee | 01/01/1854 – 01/01/1854 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Voice of Industry | 04/29/1854 – 04/29/1854 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Albany | Christian Herald and Messenger | 04/03/1851 – 04/03/1851 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Alexander | Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Journal | 05/19/1838 – 05/19/1838 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Altona | North Countryman | 08/05/2011 – 07/30/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Amherst | Amherst Bee | 10/05/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Amityville | Amityville Record | 10/07/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Armonk | Armonk Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Auburn | Citizen | 07/09/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Auburn | Auburn Daily Bulletin | 02/16/1870 – 12/30/1876 | 2117 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Auburn Journal and Advertiser | 05/31/1837 – 12/30/1846 | 486 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Cayuga Chief | 01/04/1849 – 07/15/1856 | 362 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Cayuga Patriot | 11/21/1827 – 04/02/1834 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Cayuga Republican | 03/31/1819 – 01/16/1833 | 30 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Cayuga Tocsin | 06/02/1813 – 07/06/1814 | 23 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Coon Killer | 09/06/1844 – 09/06/1844 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Gospel Messenger | 01/20/1827 – 04/27/1833 | 294 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | Northern Christian Advocate | 12/20/1848 – 09/21/1864 | 54 | Newspaper Archives |
Auburn | West Onondaga County Journal | 04/11/2012 – 04/26/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Babylon | Babylon Beacon | 10/08/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Baldwinsville | Baldwinsville Messenger | 08/05/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Ballston Spa | American Examiner | 06/06/1856 – 06/06/1856 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Ballston Spa Gazette | 10/17/1821 – 10/04/1825 | 206 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Independent American | 09/27/1808 – 05/06/1818 | 446 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | People’s Watch-Tower | 05/13/1818 – 04/05/1820 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Rural Visiter, and Saratoga Advertiser | 05/05/1812 – 06/23/1812 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Advertiser | 11/12/1804 – 03/10/1812 | 103 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Courier | 12/06/1815 – 10/15/1817 | 11 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Journal | 02/01/1814 – 06/11/1817 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Patriot | 08/19/1812 – 12/28/1813 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Register, or, Farmer’s Journal | 09/05/1798 – 11/21/1798 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Ballston Spa | Saratoga Farmer | 01/17/1821 – 02/07/1821 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Batavia | Batavian | 04/25/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Batavia | Daily News | 03/24/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Batavia | Republican Advocate | 11/16/1811 – 11/23/1827 | 92 | Newspaper Archives |
Batavia | Batavia Times, and Farmers and Mechanics’ Journal | 11/19/1840 – 11/19/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bath | Steuben Courier Advocate | 11/09/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bath | Steuben Farmers’ Advocate | 02/12/1840 – 08/25/1876 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Bath | Farmer’s Gazette | 07/22/1817 – 07/22/1817 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bedford | Bedford Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bellmore | Bellmore Herald Life | 12/03/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bethlehem | Bethlehem Spotlight | 08/05/2011 – 12/16/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Binghamton | Binghamton University Pipe Dream | 11/01/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Binghamton | Broome County Patriot | 11/10/1812 – 05/18/1813 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
Binghamton | Political Olio | 05/25/1813 – 04/05/1814 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
Briarcliff Manor | Briarcliff Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brighton, Pittsford | Brighton-Pittsford Post | 10/28/2009 – 02/09/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brighton, Pittsford, Fairport | Brighton-Pittsford-Fairport-East Rochester-Henrietta Post | 11/23/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brockport | Brockport Free Press, and Farmer’s and Mechanick’s Advocate | 04/13/1831 – 01/11/1832 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Brockport, Spencerport | Brockport-Spencerport Post | 07/13/2000 – 06/05/2008 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bronx | Riverdale Press | 11/04/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bronxville | Bronxville Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bronxville | Town Report | 08/25/2006 – 01/10/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Bay News & Brooklyn Graphic | 05/02/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Bay Ridge Courier | 08/11/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Brooklyn Courier | 05/02/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | BrooklynEagle.com | 11/26/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Canarsie Courier | 12/21/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Greenpoint Star & Weekly Northside News | 11/17/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Haitian Times | 01/25/2007 – 03/02/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Kings Courier | 09/30/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Mill-Marine Courier | 05/02/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Our Time Press | 09/13/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Brooklyn | Brooklyn Colonia Latina | 01/08/1938 – 01/08/1938 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Brooklyn Minerva, and Long-Island Advertiser | 10/21/1807 – 12/09/1807 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Caribe | 09/08/1923 – 10/06/1923 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Curioso | 04/07/1934 – 06/01/1935 | 37 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Espana Libre | 11/03/1939 – 12/25/1942 | 165 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Guaimaro | 09/26/1895 – 01/02/1896 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Long Island Weekly Intelligencer | 07/03/1806 – 01/01/1807 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
Brooklyn | Long-Island Star | 06/08/1809 – 12/27/1820 | 256 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Buffalo Campaign Republic | 10/01/1856 – 10/01/1856 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Buffalo News | 01/01/1989 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Buffalo | Campaign Courier | 10/22/1856 – 10/22/1856 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Niagara Journal | 07/04/1815 – 07/06/1819 | 35 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | American Celt, and Catholic Citizen | 08/14/1852 – 05/28/1853 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Catholic Union | 04/22/1875 – 04/13/1876 | 51 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Buffalo Christian Advocate | 01/03/1856 – 09/28/1876 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Taglicher Buffalo Volksfreund | 10/23/1876 – 10/23/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Wochentlicher Buffalo Volksfreund | 09/01/1876 – 09/01/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Buffalo | Buffalo News, The: Web Edition Articles | 07/21/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Canandaigua | Daily Messenger | 08/26/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Canandaigua | Ontario Messenger | 11/25/1806 – 10/20/1818 | 198 | Newspaper Archives |
Canandaigua | Ontario Repository | 10/31/1809 – 08/27/1827 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
Canandaigua | Western Repository | 11/01/1803 – 12/08/1807 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
Canton | St. Lawrence Plaindealer | 01/16/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Carthage | Carthage Republican Tribune | 04/28/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Catskill | Daily Mail | 01/03/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Catskill | American Eagle | 08/03/1808 – 05/08/1811 | 102 | Newspaper Archives |
Catskill | Catskill Packet | 08/06/1792 – 12/26/1795 | 177 | Newspaper Archives |
Catskill | Catskill Recorder | 07/02/1804 – 04/18/1833 | 155 | Newspaper Archives |
Catskill | Greene County Republican | 11/15/1826 – 12/24/1828 | 84 | Newspaper Archives |
Catskill | Western Constellation | 11/09/1801 – 10/31/1803 | 47 | Newspaper Archives |
Cazenovia | Cazenovia Republican | 08/05/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cazenovia | Pilot | 08/10/1808 – 08/07/1823 | 474 | Newspaper Archives |
Cazenovia | Union Herald | 05/11/1838 – 04/11/1840 | 100 | Newspaper Archives |
Central Square | Citizen Outlet | 04/15/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Chappaqua | Chappaqua Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cheektowaga | Cheektowaga Bee | 04/01/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cherry Valley | Cherry-Valley Gazette | 10/08/1818 – 07/12/1825 | 158 | Newspaper Archives |
Cherry Valley | Otsego Republican Press | 08/14/1812 – 08/06/1813 | 45 | Newspaper Archives |
Cicero, North Syracuse | Eagle Star-Review | 08/05/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Clarence | Clarence Bee | 04/07/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Clifton Park, Halfmoon | Your Clifton Park & Halfmoon | 12/16/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cohoes | Cohoes Democrat | 09/30/1876 – 09/30/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Colonie | Colonie Spotlight | 08/05/2011 – 08/05/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cooperstown | Cooperstown Crier | 03/04/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cooperstown | Cooperstown Federalist | 06/03/1809 – 02/02/1815 | 178 | Newspaper Archives |
Cooperstown | Freeman’s Journal | 11/30/1818 – 12/25/1820 | 68 | Newspaper Archives |
Cooperstown | Impartial Observer | 10/22/1808 – 05/27/1809 | 32 | Newspaper Archives |
Cooperstown | Otsego Herald | 04/03/1795 – 01/29/1821 | 1289 | Newspaper Archives |
Cooperstown | Watch-Tower | 05/18/1814 – 11/28/1831 | 635 | Newspaper Archives |
Corning | Leader | 10/07/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cortlandt | Cortlandt Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Croton-on-Hudson | Croton Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – 11/13/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Dansville | Genesee Country Express | 05/14/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Delmar | SpotlightNews.com | 08/08/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Delmar, Guilderland | Guilderland Spotlight | 08/05/2011 – 11/11/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
DeRuyter | Protestant Sentinel | 02/21/1837 – 03/14/1837 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Dobbs Ferry | Dobbs Ferry Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – 06/14/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
East Aurora | East Aurora Bee | 04/08/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
East Hampton | Independent | 11/22/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
East Meadow | East Meadow Herald | 09/17/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
East Rochester | East Rochester Post | 07/13/2000 – 09/26/2007 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Eastchester | Eastchester Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Elizabethtown | Denpubs.com | 02/10/2007 – 07/30/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Elizabethtown | Sun | 08/12/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Elizabethtown | Valley News | 08/05/2011 – 07/30/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Elmont | Franklin Square-Elmont Herald | 11/19/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Elmont | Three Village Times | 11/21/1997 – 06/15/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fairport, East Rochester | Fairport-East Rochester Post | 10/04/2007 – 10/20/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Farmingdale | Farmingdale Observer | 11/21/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fayetteville | Fayetteville Luminary, and Reformed Methodist Intelligencer | 10/03/1839 – 10/03/1839 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Fayetteville, Manlius, Minoa | Eagle Bulletin | 08/05/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Floral Park | Floral Park Dispatch | 01/18/2007 – 08/17/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Forest Hills, Rego Park | Forest Hills-Rego Park Times | 08/03/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Forestville | Chautauqua Farmer | 06/06/1874 – 08/19/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Freeport, Baldwin | Leader | 12/11/2013 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fresh Meadows | Queens Tribune | 07/14/2006 – 11/22/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fresh Meadows | Southeast Queens Press | 08/08/2006 – 10/11/2007 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Garden City | Baldwin Herald | 01/28/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Garden City | Garden City Life | 11/13/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Garden City | Nassau Herald | 09/04/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Garden City | Eco | 05/01/1930 – 05/15/1932 | 27 | Newspaper Archives |
Gates, Chili, Greece | Gates-Chili-Greece Post | 08/29/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Geneseo | Livingston County News | 04/29/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Geneseo | Livingston County News: Web Edition Articles | 07/01/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Geneva | Geneva Gazette | 06/27/1810 – 02/17/1819 | 214 | Newspaper Archives |
Geneva | Geneva Palladium | 01/10/1816 – 04/30/1828 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
Glen Cove | Glen Cove Record Pilot | 12/04/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Glen Cove | Gold Coast Gazette | 09/09/2010 – 03/22/2012 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Glen Cove | Glen Cove Herald Gazette | 07/26/2018 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Glendale | Glendale Register | 08/03/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Glens Falls | Post-Star | 10/17/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Goshen | Chronicle | 06/02/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Goshen | Goshen Repository | 03/21/1797 – 12/25/1798 | 37 | Newspaper Archives |
Goshen | Orange County Gazette | 05/20/1806 – 05/02/1815 | 89 | Newspaper Archives |
Goshen | Orange County Patriot; or, The Spirit of Seventy-Six | 01/01/1811 – 12/31/1821 | 461 | Newspaper Archives |
Goshen | Orange Farmer | 02/12/1820 – 07/07/1823 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Island | Island Dispatch | 09/02/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Great Neck | Great Neck Record | 12/11/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Greece | Greece Post | 07/13/2000 – 09/08/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Greenburgh | Greenburgh Daily Voice | 06/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hamilton | Mid-York Weekly | 03/24/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hamilton | Polk-er, and Young Hickory Advocate | 06/13/1844 – 06/13/1844 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Hamilton | Madison Farmer | 11/05/1828 – 05/06/1829 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Harlem | People’s Community News | 05/10/1970 – 05/10/1970 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
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