March 8, 2023 If you are researching your ancestry from Pennsylvania, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online PA newspaper archives: 658 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!
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)
Here is a partial list of Pennsylvania 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 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 |
| Abington, Hatboro-Horsham | Times Chronicle & Public Spirit | 01/24/2022 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Allegheny | Zajednic?ar = | 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 – 10/03/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Ardmore | Town Talk [Southern Edition] | 03/28/2007 – 05/13/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Ardmore-Wayne | Main Line Suburban Life | 01/28/2009 – 10/03/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Ardmore-Wayne | Main Line Times & Suburban | 12/02/2009 – 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 |
| Bensalem | Bensalem Times | 10/01/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Berks, Lancaster, Chester County | Tri County Record | 09/30/2010 – 08/25/2021 | – | 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 – 08/22/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Boyertown | Southern Berks News | 03/07/2007 – 08/25/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Boyertown | Community Connection | 03/02/2007 – 05/15/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Brentwood, Pleasant Hills | South Hills | 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 |
| Bristol | Bristol Times | 10/01/2014 – 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 |
| Bucks County | Lower Bucks Times | 10/01/2014 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| 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 – 09/25/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Carbondale | Lackawanna Citizen | 09/07/1849 – 12/03/1852 | 120 | Newspaper Archives |
| 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 | 07/05/2017 – 07/05/2017 | – | 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 | 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 |
| Chambersburg, | Franklin County Free Press | 03/25/2019 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| 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 |
| County | Center Square Pennsylvania | 12/31/2020 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| County | City & State Pennsylvania | 11/02/2017 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| County | Pennsylvania Record | 12/29/2021 – 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 – 12/31/2022 | – | 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 – 12/31/1970 | 26377 | Newspaper Archives |
| Erie | Erie Times-News: Web Edition Articles | 12/18/2016 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Erie | Merciad | 03/10/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Erie | Erie Evening Herald | 12/30/1921 – 01/21/1922 | 20 | Newspaper Archives |
| Erie | Erie Morning Dispatch | 01/01/1884 – 12/29/1989 | 4349 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exton | Suburban Advertiser | 04/06/2000 – 01/01/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Feasterville, Trevose | Feasterville-Trevose Times | 10/01/2014 – Current | – | 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 |
| Gettysburg | Gettysburg Connection | 08/19/2019 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| 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 |
| 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 | 995 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harrisburg | Evening News | 01/02/1960 – 12/31/1969 | 3087 | 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 – 06/26/2020 | – | Obituaries |
| Hershey | Hershey Chronicle | 08/22/2001 – 01/22/2009 | – | Obituaries |
| Honesdale | Wayne Independent | 02/09/2001 – 10/03/2019 | – | Obituaries |
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