If you are researching your ancestry from North Dakota, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online ND newspaper archives: 72 titles to help you search your family history in the “Peace Garden State,” providing coverage from 1865 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online North Dakota newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from North Dakota in these newspapers. Our ND newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search North Dakota Newspaper Archives (1865 – 1931)
Search North Dakota Recent Obituaries (1987 – Today)
Here is the list of North Dakota 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 ND newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Beach | Golden Valley chronicle | 01/10/1907 – 12/15/1916 | 446 | Newspaper Archives |
Beulah | Beulah Beacon | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 01/24/1993 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 01/01/1885 – 12/31/1900 | 4938 | Newspaper Archives |
Bismarck | Staats-Anzeiger | 07/07/1931 – 07/07/1931 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Bismarck | Farm & Ranch Guide | 04/05/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bismarck | Bismarck daily tribune | 06/04/1877 – 12/31/1925 | 8059 | Newspaper Archives |
Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 07/11/1873 – 09/15/1911 | 1218 | Newspaper Archives |
Bottineau | Bottineau courant | 05/04/1895 – 12/28/1922 | 1437 | Newspaper Archives |
Bottineau | Bottineau pioneer | 09/23/1886 – 04/27/1895 | 369 | Newspaper Archives |
Bowbells | Bowbells tribune | 12/01/1899 – 12/29/1922 | 967 | Newspaper Archives |
Center | Center Republican | 01/27/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cooperstown | Griggs County courier | 01/26/1883 – 01/04/1906 | 1198 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils | Devils Lake world | 04/10/1914 – 01/21/1915 | 41 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils | Devils Lake world | 01/06/1911 – 06/23/1911 | 24 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils | Devils Lake world | 07/07/1920 – 12/27/1922 | 131 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake Journal | 02/03/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake inter-ocean | 08/13/1909 – 12/25/1914 | 236 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake inter-ocean | 10/11/1884 – 11/24/1905 | 640 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press | 12/01/1905 – 07/30/1909 | 191 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake weekly world | 06/30/1911 – 04/03/1914 | 138 | Newspaper Archives |
Devils Lake | Devils Lake world and inter-ocean | 01/28/1915 – 06/16/1920 | 265 | Newspaper Archives |
Dickinson | Dickinson press | 04/21/1883 – 12/29/1917 | 1700 | Newspaper Archives |
Fargo | Dakota | 10/16/1895 – 03/10/1897 | 71 | Newspaper Archives |
Fargo | Fargo Daily Argus | 01/04/1882 – 12/30/1882 | 292 | Newspaper Archives |
Fargo | Fargo Times | 07/10/1875 – 11/03/1877 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Fargo | Fargo forum and daily republican | 10/07/1903 – 12/30/1911 | 2180 | Newspaper Archives |
Fort Rice | Frontier Scout | 06/15/1865 – 10/12/1865 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Fort Yates | Sioux County pioneer | 09/24/1914 – 12/28/1922 | 378 | Newspaper Archives |
Garrison | McLean County Independent | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Grand Forks | Grand Forks Herald | 10/01/1987 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Grand Forks | Evening Times | 01/03/1906 – 03/28/1914 | 2072 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Forks | Grand Forks Daily Herald | 11/01/1881 – 01/14/1923 | 12748 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Forks | Grand Forks Weekly Herald | 06/26/1879 – 06/17/1880 | 47 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Forks | Normanden | 12/26/1900 – 10/22/1902 | 96 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Forks | Evening Times | 01/01/1906 – 03/28/1914 | 2163 | Newspaper Archives |
Grand Forks | Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times | 03/30/1914 – 12/30/1922 | 2661 | Newspaper Archives |
Hankinson | News-Monitor | 10/13/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hazen | Hazen Star | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hope | Hope pioneer | 04/27/1883 – 12/28/1922 | 1964 | Newspaper Archives |
Jamestown | Jamestown alert | 07/04/1878 – 12/28/1922 | 2265 | Newspaper Archives |
Langdon | Courier Democrat | 02/19/1891 – 04/15/1920 | 1417 | Newspaper Archives |
Langdon | Cavalier County farmers press | 04/22/1920 – 08/18/1921 | 70 | Newspaper Archives |
Linton | Emmons County record | 06/10/1884 – 12/28/1922 | 1935 | Newspaper Archives |
Lisbon | Lisbon Star | 09/19/1884 – 10/10/1884 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Little Missouri | Bad Lands cow boy | 02/07/1884 – 12/23/1886 | 130 | Newspaper Archives |
Mandan | Daily Pioneer | 01/04/1883 – 12/29/1883 | 103 | Newspaper Archives |
Mandan | Sunday Pioneer | 11/11/1883 – 12/23/1883 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
Mandan | Mandan News | 06/17/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
McClusky | McClusky Gazette | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Michigan | Nelson County Capital | 08/14/1884 – 08/14/1884 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Minot | Ward County independent | 01/07/1903 – 12/28/1922 | 1034 | Newspaper Archives |
New Town | New Town News | 01/07/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Oakes | Oakes Republican | 08/12/1898 – 01/18/1906 | 261 | Newspaper Archives |
Oakes | Oakes times | 01/25/1906 – 12/28/1922 | 879 | Newspaper Archives |
Oakes | Oakes weekly Republican | 06/29/1888 – 06/17/1898 | 375 | Newspaper Archives |
Parshall | Mountrail County Record | 01/07/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pembina | Pioneer express | 04/20/1883 – 12/29/1922 | 1778 | Newspaper Archives |
Steele | Steele Weekly Herald | 08/16/1884 – 08/15/1885 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Tower City | Tower City Herald | 05/02/1884 – 02/06/1885 | 23 | Newspaper Archives |
Turtle Lake | McLean County Journal | 01/06/2011 – 12/28/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Turtle Lake, Underwood | Central McLean News-Journal | 01/04/2018 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Underwood | Underwood News | 01/06/2011 – 12/28/2017 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Valley City | Valley City Times-Record | 06/02/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Valley City | Weekly times-record | 07/25/1912 – 11/09/1922 | 533 | Newspaper Archives |
Velva | Velva Area Voice | 01/20/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Wahpeton | Daily News | 02/27/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Wahpeton | Wahpeton times | 04/11/1884 – 01/09/1919 | 1247 | Newspaper Archives |
Washburn | Leader-News | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Washburn | Washburn leader | 06/28/1890 – 12/29/1922 | 1608 | Newspaper Archives |
Williston | Williston Daily Herald | 01/12/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Williston | Williston graphic | 07/09/1895 – 05/15/1919 | 1132 | Newspaper Archives |
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