February 22, 2023 If you are researching your ancestry from Oregon, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online OR newspaper archives: 198 titles to help you search your family history in the “Beaver State,” providing coverage from 1848 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Oregon newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Oregon in these newspapers. Our OR 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 Oregon Newspaper Archives (1848 – 1987)
Search Oregon Obituaries (1861 – Today)
Here is the complete list of Oregon 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 OR newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Albany | Albany Democrat-Herald | 07/11/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Albany | Albany Register | 10/03/1868 – 12/31/1880 | 482 | Newspaper Archives |
| Albany | State Rights Democrat | 08/21/1865 – 04/20/1900 | 1628 | Newspaper Archives |
| Albany | Albany Register | 09/08/1876 – 09/08/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Albany | State Rights Democrat | 08/30/1872 – 09/08/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ashland | Ashland Tidings | 01/05/2004 – 01/20/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Ashland | Ashland Daily Tidings | 05/30/1912 – 09/16/1919 | 740 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ashland | Ashland weekly tidings | 09/24/1919 – 12/27/1922 | 170 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ashland | Ashland Daily Tidings | 12/21/1888 – 12/21/1888 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Astorian | 05/28/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Astoria | Tri-weekly Astorian | 07/29/1873 – 06/03/1876 | 20 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Daily Astorian | 05/01/1876 – 05/19/1909 | 7923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Tri-weekly Astorian | 07/01/1873 – 01/31/1874 | 85 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Toveritar | 11/09/1915 – 12/26/1922 | 356 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Coast Weekend | 02/19/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Astoria | Astoria Marine Gazette | 12/20/1864 – 12/20/1864 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Astoria | Daily Astorian | 12/06/1879 – 12/06/1879 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Athena | Athena press | 06/09/1893 – 12/29/1922 | 1138 | Newspaper Archives |
| Baker City | Baker City Herald | 01/01/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Baker City | Bedrock Democrat | 06/08/1870 – 08/23/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bandon | Bandon Western World | 07/19/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Beaverton | Beaverton Valley Times | 06/14/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Bend | Bulletin | 07/01/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Brookings | Curry Coastal Pilot | 04/27/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Burns | Times-herald | 01/06/1906 – 12/25/1920 | 658 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canby | Canby Herald | 01/29/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Cannon Beach | Cannon Beach Gazette | 05/02/2008 – 04/05/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Canyon City | City Journal | 06/28/1869 – 07/26/1869 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clackamas | Clackamas Review | 06/26/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Clatsop, Wahkiakum, Tillamook, Pacific County | Coast River Business Journal | 08/08/2011 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Condon | Condon globe | 04/01/1892 – 12/27/1918 | 971 | Newspaper Archives |
| Coos Bay | World | 03/02/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Coos Bay | Coos County Record | 01/22/1876 – 01/22/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis Gazette-Times | 07/11/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Corvallis | Oregon Statesman | 10/13/1855 – 12/08/1855 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Benton Democrat | 01/11/1873 – 06/21/1873 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis daily gazette | 05/03/1909 – 06/30/1909 | 43 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis Gazette | 10/11/1878 – 07/02/1909 | 1666 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis times | 06/02/1900 – 08/16/1907 | 454 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Daily gazette-times | 08/02/1909 – 12/31/1909 | 88 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Oregon union | 09/03/1897 – 02/10/1899 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Oregon union | 02/28/1863 – 02/28/1863 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Benton Democrat | 08/18/1876 – 08/18/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis Gazette | 08/04/1876 – 08/04/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Corvallis | Corvallis Gazette-Times: Blogs | 01/06/2008 – 08/24/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| County | Columbia Gorge News | 04/08/2020 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| County | Center Square Oregon | 09/04/2020 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Dallas | Liberal Republican | 03/12/1870 – 04/18/1874 | 174 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dallas | Polk County observer | 04/10/1903 – 03/02/1917 | 1049 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dallas | Dallas Itemizer | 09/02/1876 – 09/02/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Daily Mountaineer | 02/20/1864 – 06/07/1866 | 171 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Dalles daily chronicle | 12/15/1890 – 06/30/1899 | 2087 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Dalles times-mountaineer | 08/31/1889 – 12/30/1899 | 481 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Dalles weekly chronicle | 12/20/1890 – 12/31/1898 | 516 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Daily Mountaineer | 11/20/1862 – 11/20/1862 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Oregon Weekly Tribune | 05/20/1876 – 05/20/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dalles | Weekly Mountaineer | 07/01/1876 – 07/01/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Echo | Echo register | 05/28/1909 – 10/01/1909 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Enterprise | Wallowa County Chieftain | 06/13/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Enterprise | Enterprise news-record | 12/31/1910 – 06/07/1911 | 44 | Newspaper Archives |
| Enterprise | News=record | 08/31/1907 – 12/28/1910 | 266 | Newspaper Archives |
| Enterprise | Wallowa chieftain | 01/02/1902 – 01/07/1909 | 49 | Newspaper Archives |
| Enterprise | Wallowa County chieftain | 01/14/1909 – 12/29/1910 | 101 | Newspaper Archives |
| Estacada | Estacada News | 07/11/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Eugene | Register-Guard | 12/22/2004 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Eugene | Oregon State Journal | 03/12/1864 – 12/25/1880 | 702 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eugene | Pacific Journal | 06/26/1858 – 10/30/1858 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eugene | Eugene City Guard | 12/18/1875 – 12/18/1875 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Forest Grove | Forest Grove Leader | 05/13/2010 – 09/02/2015 | – | Obituaries |
| Forest Grove | Forest Grove News Times | 07/26/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Grant’s Pass | Argus | 04/30/1886 – 04/30/1886 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grants Pass | Rogue River courier | 09/27/1900 – 12/26/1913 | 689 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grants Pass | Rogue River courier | 05/09/1913 – 12/31/1918 | 995 | Newspaper Archives |
| Grants Pass | Grants Pass daily courier | 01/02/1919 – 10/28/1919 | 254 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gresham | Outlook | 06/27/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Heppner | Gazette-times | 02/22/1912 – 12/28/1922 | 529 | Newspaper Archives |
| Heppner | Heppner gazette | 03/07/1901 – 02/15/1912 | 535 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hermiston | Hermiston Herald | 02/28/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Hillsboro | Hillsboro Argus | 02/04/2011 – 11/08/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| Hillsboro | Hillsboro Tribune | 06/26/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Hillsboro | Washington Independent | 08/03/1876 – 08/03/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hood River | Hood River News | 08/09/2001 – 04/07/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| Hood River | Hood River glacier | 06/08/1889 – 12/28/1922 | 1631 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hood River | Hood River sun | 09/28/1899 – 02/08/1900 | 11 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jacksonville | Democratic Times | 08/17/1876 – 08/17/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jacksonville | Jacksonville Herald | 07/17/1858 – 07/17/1858 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jacksonville | Oregon Sentinel | 03/22/1856 – 07/19/1876 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jacksonville | Southern Oregon Press | 04/06/1867 – 06/15/1867 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| John Day | Blue Mountain Eagle | 08/01/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Junction City | Junction City bulletin | 08/04/1899 – 07/18/1901 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keizer | Keizertimes | 09/10/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Klamath Falls | Herald and News | 12/01/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Klamath Falls | Evening herald | 02/01/1908 – 12/30/1922 | 3962 | Newspaper Archives |
| La Grande | Observer | 06/19/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lake Oswego | Lake Oswego Review | 06/21/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lake Oswego | Southwest Community Connection | 08/28/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lake Oswego | West Linn Tidings | 06/21/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lakeview | Lake County Examiner | 11/23/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Lakeview | State Line Herald | 07/12/1879 – 06/05/1880 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lebanon | Lebanon Express | 05/05/2003 – 01/11/2023 | – | Obituaries |
| Lebanon | Lebanon express | 04/02/1887 – 04/29/1897 | 442 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lincoln City | Oregon Coast Today | 01/24/2017 – 01/24/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Madras | Madras Pioneer | 10/17/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| McMinnville | News-Register | 01/02/1999 – 12/25/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| McMinnville | Yamhill County Reporter | 09/10/1874 – 09/14/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Medford | Mail Tribune | 02/23/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Medford | Mail Tribune | 11/01/1909 – 11/22/1912 | 946 | Newspaper Archives |
| Molalla | Molalla Pioneer | 01/29/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Monmouth | Christian Messenger | 03/01/1873 – 08/25/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newberg | Newberg Graphic | 06/26/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Ontario | Argus Observer | 01/07/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Ontario | Ontario Argus | 06/11/1909 – 12/28/1922 | 558 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oregon City | Oregon Spectator | 02/10/1848 – 05/12/1854 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oregon City | Oregon Statesman | 01/06/1852 – 02/26/1853 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oregon City | Oregon Argus | 07/28/1855 – 07/28/1855 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oregon City | Oregon City Enterprise | 09/01/1876 – 09/01/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oregon City | Oregon Free Press | 04/29/1848 – 07/15/1848 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pendleton | East Oregonian | 07/11/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Pendleton | East Oregonian : | 10/13/1904 – 12/30/1922 | 5638 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pendleton | East Oregonian | 08/26/1876 – 08/26/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philomath | Philomath Express | 02/24/2015 – 09/14/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Bee | 07/31/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Boom! Boomers & Beyond | 01/29/2009 – 08/21/2012 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Oregonian | 01/03/1988 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Oregonian, The: Web Edition Articles | 10/16/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Portland Tribune | 01/02/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Catholic Sentinel | 09/21/1876 – 09/21/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Oregon Herald | 02/12/1871 – 10/09/1872 | 28 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Democratic Standard | 08/30/1854 – 02/16/1859 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Liberator | 03/07/1903 – 05/30/1903 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregon Journal | 03/11/1902 – 08/31/1982 | 28112 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregon Weekly Times | 12/25/1852 – 03/03/1860 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregonian | 02/04/1861 – 12/31/1987 | 44940 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Portland New Age | 01/27/1900 – 03/30/1907 | 117 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Weekly Oregonian | 12/04/1850 – 12/27/1862 | 590 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Journal of Commerce | 04/02/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | New Northwest | 08/11/1871 – 04/21/1881 | 385 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | St Johns review | 11/11/1904 – 12/29/1922 | 828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Voice of the people | 07/17/1913 – 11/26/1914 | 69 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregonian, The: Blogs | 09/16/2005 – 10/16/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Earthfix | 07/02/2013 – 10/31/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Portland | Commercial Reporter | 07/13/1876 – 07/13/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Bee | 10/06/1876 – 10/06/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Bulletin | 05/29/1872 – 12/09/1873 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Evening Telegram | 04/02/1879 – 04/02/1879 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Hotel and Commercial Advertiser | 04/30/1889 – 04/30/1889 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Morning News | 02/26/1860 – 02/26/1860 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Times | 02/03/1862 – 02/03/1862 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Journal of Commerce | 03/30/1853 – 07/04/1853 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | New Northwest | 10/06/1871 – 09/22/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | North-west News | 03/05/1883 – 03/05/1883 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregon Advertiser | 06/06/1859 – 06/06/1859 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregon Deutsche Zeitung | 08/19/1876 – 08/19/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Portland Daily Advertiser | 08/05/1859 – 01/24/1860 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Sunday Welcome | 09/17/1876 – 09/17/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Weekly Bee | 09/14/1876 – 09/14/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Weekly Standard | 09/29/1876 – 09/29/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | NBC – 8 KGW | 01/23/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Prineville | Central Oregonian | 02/05/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Redmond | Redmond Spokesman | 01/16/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Reedsport | Umpqua Post | 03/01/2012 – 06/14/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| Roseburg | News-Review | 08/16/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Roseburg | Roseburg review | 01/24/1885 – 09/19/1889 | 135 | Newspaper Archives |
| Roseburg | Plaindealer | 09/16/1876 – 12/16/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Roseburg | Roseburg Express | 12/22/1859 – 12/22/1859 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Roseburg | Douglas independent | 06/15/1878 – 12/27/1884 | 207 | Newspaper Archives |
| Saint Helens | St Helens mist | 06/19/1914 – 04/15/1921 | 341 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Capital Press | 07/03/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Salem | Weekly Mercury | 01/21/1876 – 03/26/1878 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Capital journal | 03/01/1888 – 12/30/1922 | 10691 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Salem Weekly | 06/13/2008 – 02/02/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| Salem | Daily Evening Mercury | 09/10/1870 – 07/05/1877 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Daily Oregon Statesman | 01/07/1876 – 09/22/1876 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Salem Daily Record | 01/01/1868 – 07/15/1868 | 161 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Weekly Democratic Review | 01/15/1866 – 01/12/1867 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Weekly Oregon Statesman | 09/08/1876 – 09/08/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Chemeketa Courier | 02/01/2008 – 05/16/2012 | – | Obituaries |
| Salem | Salem-News.com | 01/10/2006 – 06/02/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Salem | Salem Business Journal | 09/01/2009 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sandy | Sandy Post | 10/24/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Scappoose | South County Spotlight | 09/30/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Scottsburg | Umpqua Weekly Gazette | 12/02/1854 – 12/02/1854 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Seaside | Seaside Signal | 03/25/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sherwood | Sherwood Gazette | 02/01/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Spray | Spray courier | 10/19/1907 – 09/14/1916 | 79 | Newspaper Archives |
| St Helens | Oregon mist | 08/07/1891 – 07/08/1910 | 939 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Benedict | St. Josephs-Blatt | 01/03/1938 – 01/03/1938 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sumpter | Sumpter miner | 09/13/1899 – 04/12/1905 | 253 | Newspaper Archives |
| The Dalles | Dalles Chronicle | 01/07/2005 – 04/04/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| Tigard | Regal Courier | 10/29/2006 – 09/19/2018 | – | Obituaries |
| Tigard | Tigard-Tualatin-Sherwood Times | 07/05/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Toledo | Lincoln County leader | 03/09/1893 – 12/28/1922 | 1411 | Newspaper Archives |
| Union | Mountain Sentinel | 07/01/1876 – 07/01/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Weston | Weston leader | 08/12/1892 – 05/13/1921 | 337 | Newspaper Archives |
| Weston | Weston weekly leader | 12/21/1878 – 02/04/1890 | 51 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wilsonville | Wilsonville Spokesman | 06/26/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Woodburn | Woodburn Independent | 06/26/2008 – Current | – | Obituaries |
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