Pennsylvania Archives: 626 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Pennsylvania, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online PA newspaper archives: 626 titles to help you search your family history in the “Keystone State,” providing coverage from 1719 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Pennsylvania newspaper archives!

Photo: autumn in North Branch Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Photo: autumn in North Branch Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Pennsylvania in these newspapers. Our PA 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 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archives (1719 – 1995)

Search Pennsylvania Obituaries (1981 – Today)

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Illustration: Pennsylvania state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is a partial list of Pennsylvania newspapers in the online archives. To see the complete 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 PA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Abbottstown Yellow Jacket 06/17/1840 – 06/17/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Allegheny Zajednicar 01/06/1954 – 12/30/1959 312 Newspaper Archives
Allentown Morning Call 01/01/1984 – Current Obituaries
Allentown First World News 11/01/1993 – 04/01/1995 2 Newspaper Archives
Allentown Der friedens=bote und Lecha, Northampton, Bucks, Berks und Montgomery Caunties Anzeiger 07/15/1840 – 07/15/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Allentown Lecha Caunty Patriot 10/17/1838 – 04/20/1869 1472 Newspaper Archives
Allentown Morning Call, The: Web Edition Articles 04/14/2010 – Current Obituaries
Ambler Ambler Gazette 03/05/2000 – Current Obituaries
Apollo, Leechburg, Vandergrift Buttermilk Falls 08/01/2013 – 09/10/2015 Obituaries
Ardmore Main Line Life 02/17/2000 – 01/28/2009 Obituaries
Ardmore Main Line Times 07/28/2000 – Current Obituaries
Ardmore Town Talk [Southern Edition] 03/28/2007 – 05/13/2009 Obituaries
Ardmore-Wayne Main Line Suburban Life 01/28/2009 – Current Obituaries
Aspinwall, Fox Chapel Herald 04/21/2011 – Current Obituaries
Aston, Brookhaven, Chichester Town Talk [Aston-Brookhaven-Chichester Edition] 03/28/2007 – 12/17/2008 Obituaries
Beaver, Rochester, Ambridge, Aliquippa Beaver County Times 01/19/2009 – Current Obituaries
Bedford True American 07/02/1813 – 08/03/1815 104 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Bedford gazette 06/23/1854 – 04/14/1870 716 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Bedford inquirer 11/27/1857 – 05/13/1870 473 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Bedford inquirer and chronicle 11/23/1855 – 11/20/1857 85 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Bedford Gazette 02/01/2012 – Current Obituaries
Bellefonte Centre Democrat 04/27/1854 – 05/15/1884 322 Newspaper Archives
Berks, Lancaster, Chester County Tri County Record 09/30/2010 – Current Obituaries
Bethlehem Bethlehem News 09/06/2007 – 12/13/2007 Obituaries
Blairsville Blairsville Dispatch 06/08/2001 – 01/01/2016 Obituaries
Bloomsburg Bloomsburg democrat 02/27/1867 – 12/30/1868 94 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Campaign 09/21/1866 – 10/12/1866 4 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Columbia Democrat 04/29/1837 – 12/29/1849 439 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser 03/14/1857 – 02/24/1866 359 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Columbia democrat and star of the north 02/28/1866 – 02/20/1867 52 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Columbian 05/05/1866 – 03/17/1910 2046 Newspaper Archives
Bloomsburg Star of the north 01/17/1850 – 02/21/1866 508 Newspaper Archives
Boyertown Boyertown Area Times 03/08/2007 – Current Obituaries
Boyertown Southern Berks News 03/07/2007 – Current Obituaries
Boyertown Community Connection 03/02/2007 – 05/15/2009 Obituaries
Brentwood, Pleasant Hills South Hills Record 04/21/2011 – Current Obituaries
Bridgeville Bridgeville Area News 09/06/2012 – 06/15/2016 Obituaries
Bristol Bristol Pilot 06/15/2000 – 07/14/2017 Obituaries
Bristol LevittownNow.com 03/13/2013 – Current Obituaries
Brookhaven, Upland Community Spirit 03/02/2011 – 08/17/2011 Obituaries
Brookville Jeffersonian Democrat 02/22/2012 – 06/11/2014 Obituaries
Brownsville American Telegraph 11/09/1814 – 03/04/1818 158 Newspaper Archives
Bustleton Porcupine’s Gazette 09/06/1799 – 10/26/1799 8 Newspaper Archives
Butler Butler Eagle 09/06/2005 – Current Obituaries
Butler American citizen 12/09/1863 – 12/04/1867 186 Newspaper Archives
Butler Butler citizen 09/03/1879 – 10/25/1906 1191 Newspaper Archives
Canton Canton Independent-Sentinel 02/05/2008 – Current Obituaries
Carbondale Carbondale News 01/05/2011 – Current Obituaries
Carlisle Sentinel 06/01/1997 – Current Obituaries
Carlisle Carlisle Gazette 08/10/1785 – 10/23/1817 1644 Newspaper Archives
Carlisle Carlisle Republican 05/11/1819 – 10/31/1820 78 Newspaper Archives
Carlisle Freyheits-Fahne 08/27/1814 – 03/25/1817 122 Newspaper Archives
Carlisle Spirit of the Times and Carlisle Gazette 11/10/1817 – 04/27/1819 77 Newspaper Archives
Carlisle Democratic Republican, and Agricultural Register 04/28/1824 – 08/12/1830 3 Newspaper Archives
Carlisle Cumberland Valley Business Journal 07/05/2019 – Current Obituaries
Carlisle Cumberland Register 09/20/1805 – 06/22/1814 160 Newspaper Archives
Carnegie Signal Item 04/21/2011 – Current Obituaries
Centre Hall Centre Hall reporter 01/06/1871 – 10/20/1871 41 Newspaper Archives
Centre Hall Centre reporter 10/27/1871 – 12/25/1879 408 Newspaper Archives
Chadds Ford Chadds Ford Live 04/16/2009 – Current Obituaries
Chadds Ford Chadds Ford Post 03/29/2007 – 12/11/2008 Obituaries
Chambersburg Public Opinion 04/26/1999 – Current Obituaries
Chambersburg Democratic Republican 11/07/1815 – 05/12/1817 74 Newspaper Archives
Chambersburg Farmers’ Register 04/18/1798 – 04/10/1799 52 Newspaper Archives
Chambersburg Franklin Repository 09/24/1801 – 08/27/1816 4 Newspaper Archives
Chambersburg Old Flag 08/08/1866 – 08/08/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Chambersburg Christliche Zeitschrift 10/07/1842 – 10/07/1842 1 Newspaper Archives
Chambersburg German Reformed Messenger 07/18/1835 – 10/29/1862 494 Newspaper Archives
Chester Chester Spirit – Community Spirit 11/17/2010 – 08/27/2014 Obituaries
Chester Spirit 10/22/2014 – Current Obituaries
Chester Heights Town Talk [Western Delaware County Edition] 03/28/2007 – 01/07/2009 Obituaries
Chestnut Hill Chesnuthiller Wochenschrift 10/08/1790 – 08/20/1793 109 Newspaper Archives
Clarks Summit Abington Journal 02/26/2013 – Current Obituaries
Clearfield Clearfield Republican 08/02/1854 – 12/07/1881 1133 Newspaper Archives
Clearfield Raftsman’s journal 06/15/1854 – 08/23/1871 866 Newspaper Archives
Coatesville Coatesville Ledger 10/11/2001 – 01/08/2009 Obituaries
Columbia Columbia Ledger 08/16/2001 – 02/12/2009 Obituaries
Columbia Protector 05/17/1843 – 05/17/1843 1 Newspaper Archives
Connellsville Daily Courier 03/03/2001 – Current Obituaries
Conshohocken Recorder 08/01/2001 – 01/22/2009 Obituaries
Coraopolis Allegheny Times 12/24/2010 – 07/14/2017 Obituaries
Corry Journal 06/30/2009 – Current Obituaries
Coudersport Potter journal 05/28/1857 – 04/18/1867 437 Newspaper Archives
Coudersport Potter journal and news item 12/20/1872 – 02/18/1874 57 Newspaper Archives
County Lehigh Valley Business 12/04/2017 – Current Obituaries
Cranberry Cranberry Journal 12/05/2013 – 04/16/2015 Obituaries
Dallas Dallas Post 10/05/2013 – Current Obituaries
Danville Danville News 10/18/2008 – Current Obituaries
Danville Danville intelligencer 06/17/1904 – 03/15/1907 136 Newspaper Archives
Danville Montour American 07/05/1900 – 12/29/1910 542 Newspaper Archives
Dingman, Milford Pike County Courier 10/14/2005 – Current Obituaries
Donegal Donegal Ledger 10/03/2002 – 02/19/2009 Obituaries
Downingtown Downingtown Ledger 08/01/2001 – 01/08/2009 Obituaries
Doylestown Doylestown Patriot 05/30/2000 – 01/22/2009 Obituaries
Doylestown Intelligencer 11/01/2002 – Current Obituaries
Doylestown Bucks County Patriot and Farmers’ Advertiser 04/17/1826 – 04/17/1826 1 Newspaper Archives
Doylestown Pennsylvania Correspondent, and Farmers’ Advertiser 07/07/1804 – 12/25/1821 797 Newspaper Archives
Doylestown Doylestown Democrat 10/21/1823 – 08/10/1842 16 Newspaper Archives
Doylestown Intelligencer, The: Web Edition Articles 03/12/2010 – Current Obituaries
Drexel Hill, Upper Darby News of Delaware County [Drexel Hill-Upper Darby Edition] 05/02/2007 – 12/17/2008 Obituaries
DuBois Courier-Express 03/28/2012 – 10/30/2014 Obituaries
DuBois Tri-County Sunday 02/19/2012 – 06/22/2014 Obituaries
Dundaff Dundaff Republican, and Canal and Rail Road Intelligencer 08/27/1829 – 08/27/1829 1 Newspaper Archives
Easton Express-Times 07/14/1998 – Current Obituaries
Easton Express-Times, The: Web Edition Articles 10/14/2012 – Current Obituaries
Easton Delaware Democrat, and Easton Gazette 08/16/1827 – 03/13/1828 3 Newspaper Archives
Easton Pennsylvania Herald, and Easton Intelligencer 08/10/1808 – 08/01/1810 105 Newspaper Archives
Easton Northampton Farmer 07/07/1810 – 03/12/1814 2 Newspaper Archives
Easton Northampton Democrat 08/22/1834 – 08/12/1835 52 Newspaper Archives
Easton Easton News 04/19/2007 – 12/13/2007 Obituaries
Ebensburg Cambria freeman 04/18/1867 – 09/10/1897 1403 Newspaper Archives
Ebensburg Democrat and sentinel 08/26/1853 – 12/20/1866 605 Newspaper Archives
Ebensburg Ebensburg Alleghanian 06/29/1865 – 08/19/1869 154 Newspaper Archives
Ebensburg Mountain sentinel 04/12/1849 – 08/11/1853 221 Newspaper Archives
Ebensburg Alleghanian 09/01/1859 – 02/16/1865 250 Newspaper Archives
Elizabethtown Elizabethtown Chronicle 07/27/2001 – 02/19/2009 Obituaries
Ellwood City Ellwood City Ledger 10/13/2009 – Current Obituaries
Emporium Cameron County press 02/17/1898 – 04/13/1911 641 Newspaper Archives
Erie Erie Times-News 01/01/1995 – Current Obituaries
Erie Erie Labor Press 06/18/1921 – 12/31/1921 29 Newspaper Archives
Erie Erie Observer 03/23/1833 – 02/14/1835 8 Newspaper Archives
Erie Erie Tageblatt 03/07/1899 – 06/30/1917 5516 Newspaper Archives
Erie Sledge 07/28/1840 – 07/28/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Erie Truth 10/25/1913 – 06/11/1921 313 Newspaper Archives
Erie Erie Times-News 08/08/1888 – 02/28/1919 9183 Newspaper Archives
Erie Erie Times-News: Web Edition Articles 12/18/2016 – Current Obituaries
Exton Suburban Advertiser 04/06/2000 – 01/01/2009 Obituaries
Fort Washington North Penn Life 04/09/2000 – 06/20/2020 Obituaries
Fort Washington Perkasie News-Herald 01/31/2000 – Current Obituaries
Fort Washington Colonial 02/10/2000 – 05/11/2020 Obituaries
Franklin Independent Press 08/09/1876 – 08/09/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Freeland Freeland tribune 06/27/1889 – 06/29/1903 1457 Newspaper Archives
Germantown Germantowner Zeitung 12/15/1763 – 03/19/1777 15 Newspaper Archives
Germantown Pensylvanische Berichte, oder, Sammlung wichtiger Nachrichten aus dem Natur-und Kirchen-Reich 01/16/1746 – 12/24/1757 49 Newspaper Archives
Germantown Germantown Courier 04/21/2004 – 01/28/2009 Obituaries
Gettysburg Gettysburg Times 05/05/2008 – Current Obituaries
Gettysburg Adams Centinel 09/09/1801 – 08/04/1819 11 Newspaper Archives
Gibsonia, Allison Park Pine Creek Journal 10/17/2012 – Current Obituaries
Glen Mills Garnet Valley Press 03/21/2007 – 05/29/2019 Obituaries
Glen Mills Hometown Press 06/27/2007 – 01/07/2009 Obituaries
Greencastle Echo Pilot 07/29/2009 – Current Obituaries
Greensburg Pennsylvania Argus 09/27/1876 – 09/27/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Greensburg Tribune-Review 01/20/2005 – Current Obituaries
Greensburg Greensburgh and Indiana Register 07/02/1803 – 10/19/1816 63 Newspaper Archives
Greensburg Greensburgh Gazette. And Farmers’ and Mechanicks’ Register 10/12/1827 – 09/18/1829 98 Newspaper Archives
Greensburg Westmoreland Republican and Farmers’ Chronicle 06/08/1864 – 06/08/1864 1 Newspaper Archives
Grove City Allied News 05/08/2007 – Current Obituaries
Hamburg Hamburg Area Item 03/07/2007 – 08/02/2018 Obituaries
Hanover Evening Sun 09/15/2001 – Current Obituaries
Harrisburg Chronicle 07/01/1876 – 08/26/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Clay Bugle 01/01/1844 – 10/24/1844 35 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Patriot-News 08/01/1986 – Current Obituaries
Harrisburg Patriot-News, The: Web Edition Articles 10/20/2012 – Current Obituaries
Harrisburg Bomb-shell 07/11/1848 – 11/01/1848 8 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Bomb-Shell 07/17/1852 – 07/17/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Christlicher Botschafter 01/03/1935 – 01/03/1935 1 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Chronicle, or, Harrisburgh Visitor 05/31/1813 – 12/26/1814 81 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Harrisburg Republican 01/02/1816 – 07/24/1818 122 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Investigator 08/05/1851 – 10/17/1851 13 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Log Cabin Rifle 07/04/1840 – 07/04/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Magician 06/27/1840 – 10/26/1840 18 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Old Warrior and That Same Old Coon 02/01/1844 – 10/26/1844 30 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Oracle of Dauphin 01/02/1799 – 04/23/1825 384 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Patriot 01/01/1866 – 12/30/1922 17716 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Patriot 10/21/1854 – 01/03/1872 458 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Intelligencer, and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Journal 01/01/1828 – 12/20/1830 210 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Statesman 08/11/1860 – 11/03/1860 12 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg State Journal 12/13/1883 – 01/24/1885 53 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Unpartheyische Harrisburg Morgenroethe Zeitung 03/12/1799 – 11/05/1840 930 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Watchman 06/12/1841 – 10/09/1841 15 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Harrisburg telegraph 01/01/1914 – 12/31/1919 1857 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung 06/28/1866 – 08/02/1877 413 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Star-independent 10/07/1914 – 05/28/1915 198 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Amerikanische Bauer, und Pennsylvanische Democrat 05/15/1829 – 05/15/1829 1 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Farmers Instructor, and Harrisburgh Courant 11/26/1800 – 07/01/1801 3 Newspaper Archives
Harrisburg Central Penn Business Journal 05/31/2007 – Current Obituaries
Harrisburg Patriot-News, The: Blogs 07/20/2003 – 11/23/2018 Obituaries
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Telegraph 01/07/1832 – 09/28/1853 993 Newspaper Archives
Haverford News of Delaware County [Haverford Edition] 05/30/2007 – 06/10/2009 Obituaries
Havertown News of Delaware County 05/04/2000 – 11/14/2019 Obituaries
Hawley News Eagle 10/05/2009 – 09/28/2019 Obituaries
Hazleton Standard-Speaker 01/01/1999 – Current Obituaries
Hazleton Slovensky Obcan (Slovak Citizen) 05/01/1936 – 12/26/1941 66 Newspaper Archives
Hellertown Valley Voice 07/13/2012 – Current Obituaries
Hershey Hershey Chronicle 08/22/2001 – 01/22/2009 Obituaries
Honesdale Wayne Independent 02/09/2001 – Current Obituaries
Honesdale Citizen 10/02/1908 – 12/30/1913 522 Newspaper Archives
Honesdale Honesdale citizen 07/02/1908 – 09/24/1908 13 Newspaper Archives
Huntingdon, Mount Union Daily News 02/23/2012 – Current Obituaries
Indiana Patriot 08/08/1914 – 10/22/1921 306 Newspaper Archives
Irwin Norwin Star 09/20/2012 – Current Obituaries
Jeannette Jeannette Spirit 02/02/2012 – 10/22/2015 Obituaries
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat 11/20/2006 – Current Obituaries
Johnstown Democratic Sentinel 09/13/1844 – 10/04/1844 2 Newspaper Archives
Johnstown Johnstown Democrat 07/05/1889 – 06/27/1890 50 Newspaper Archives
Kane Kane Republican 10/16/2008 – Current Obituaries
Kennett Square Kennett Paper 09/26/2001 – 07/22/2018 Obituaries
King of Prussia King of Prussia Courier 07/08/2004 – 09/27/2018 Obituaries
Kittanning Leader Times 10/12/2001 – Current Obituaries
Kittanning Armstrong True American 05/14/1813 – 05/14/1813 1 Newspaper Archives

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