January 26, 2023 If you are researching your ancestry from North Dakota, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online ND newspaper archives: 84 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 articles about your ancestors from North Dakota in these newspapers. Our ND 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 North Dakota Newspaper Archives (1865 – 1937)
Search North Dakota Obituaries (1987 – Today)
Here is the complete 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 01/24/1993 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 04/08/1876 – 12/31/1900 | 4940 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bismarck | Staats-Anzeiger | 07/07/1931 – 07/07/1931 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bismarck | Farm & Ranch Guide | 04/05/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Bismarck | Bismarck daily tribune | 06/04/1877 – 12/31/1937 | 11715 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bismarck | Bismarck Tribune | 07/11/1873 – 09/15/1911 | 1218 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bismarck | Bismarck Weekly Tribune | 01/28/1874 – 07/19/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bismarck | Saturday Evening Journal | 12/04/1886 – 12/04/1886 | 1 | 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 |
| Casselton | Cass County Reporter | 01/06/2021 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Center | Center Republican | 01/27/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Cooperstown | Griggs Courier | 03/26/1886 – 03/26/1886 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| 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 | – | 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 – 12/31/1918 | 4305 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fargo | Fargo Express | 02/19/1874 – 02/19/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fargo | Sunday Argus | 08/09/1885 – 08/09/1885 | 1 | 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Grand Forks | Grand Forks Herald | 10/01/1987 – Current | – | 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 |
| Hamilton | Pembina County News | 11/14/1889 – 11/14/1889 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hankinson | News-Monitor | 10/13/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Hazen | Hazen Star | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | 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 |
| Linton | Emmons County Record | 01/03/2013 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lisbon | Lisbon Star | 09/19/1884 – 10/10/1884 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lisbon | Ransom County Gazette | 01/11/2021 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Mayville | Traill County Tribune | 01/09/2021 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| McClusky | McClusky Gazette | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Michigan | Nelson County Capital | 08/14/1884 – 08/14/1884 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milnor | Sargent County Teller | 01/01/2021 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Minot | Ward County independent | 01/07/1903 – 12/28/1922 | 1034 | Newspaper Archives |
| Minot | Northern Sentry: Minot Air Force Base | 05/04/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| New Town | New Town News | 01/07/2011 – Current | – | 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 | – | 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 | – | Obituaries |
| Turtle Lake, Underwood | Central McLean News-Journal | 01/04/2018 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Underwood | Underwood News | 01/06/2011 – 12/28/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Valley City | Valley City Times-Record | 06/02/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Valley City | Weekly times-record | 07/25/1912 – 11/09/1922 | 533 | Newspaper Archives |
| Velva | Velva Area Voice | 01/20/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Wahpeton | Daily News | 01/09/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Wahpeton | Wahpeton times | 04/11/1884 – 01/09/1919 | 1247 | Newspaper Archives |
| Washburn | Leader-News | 01/06/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Washburn | Washburn leader | 06/28/1890 – 12/29/1922 | 1608 | Newspaper Archives |
| Williston | Williston Daily Herald | 01/12/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Williston | Williston graphic | 07/09/1895 – 05/15/1919 | 1132 | Newspaper Archives |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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Note on the header image: North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota, featuring an Art Deco tower. Credit: Bobak Ha’Eri; Wikimedia Commons.
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