If you are researching your ancestry from Rhode Island, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online RI newspaper archives: 78 titles to help you search your family history in the “Ocean State,” providing coverage from 1732 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Rhode Island newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Rhode Island in these newspapers. Our RI newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Rhode Island Newspaper Archives (1732 – 1960)
Search Rhode Island Recent Obituaries (1981 – Today)
Here is the list of Rhode Island 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 RI newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Bristol | Mount Hope Eagle | 01/10/1807 – 10/08/1808 | 42 | Newspaper Archives |
Charlestown | Charlestown Press | 08/03/2006 – 12/05/2013 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Coventry | Coventry Courier | 01/23/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cumberland | Valley Breeze | 07/19/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
East Greenwich | East Greenwich Pendulum | 01/08/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hopkinton | Wood River Press | 08/03/2006 – 02/04/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Narragansett, South Kingstown, North Kingstown | Independent | 07/16/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Newport | Gazette Francoise | 11/17/1780 – 01/02/1781 | 8 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Guardian of Liberty | 10/03/1800 – 09/26/1801 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Newport Gazette | 01/16/1777 – 12/26/1777 | 41 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Newport Herald | 03/01/1787 – 09/17/1791 | 236 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Newport Mercury | 06/19/1758 – 12/30/1876 | 5542 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Rhode-Island Gazette | 10/04/1732 – 03/01/1733 | 15 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Rhode-Island Museum | 07/07/1794 – 12/29/1794 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Rhode-Island Republican | 10/03/1801 – 12/29/1803 | 117 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Rhode-Island Republican | 03/22/1809 – 04/21/1841 | 1663 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Weekly Companion; and the Commercial Centinel | 05/02/1798 – 07/20/1799 | 62 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Workingman’s Journal | 03/08/1853 – 06/07/1853 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Newport | Newport Daily News | 05/14/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Newport | Mercury | 02/26/2014 – 03/06/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
North Kingstown | Standard-Times | 01/01/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
North Providence | North Providence Breeze | 02/02/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pawtucket | Times | 10/07/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pawtucket | Valley Breeze, The: Pawtucket Edition | 08/19/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pawtucket | Business Directory | 04/30/1853 – 04/30/1853 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Pawtucket | New England Artisan, and Laboring Man’s Repository | 01/05/1832 – 05/17/1832 | 17 | Newspaper Archives |
Pawtucket | Pawtucket Chronicle and Manufacturers’ and Artizans’ Advocate | 11/12/1825 – 04/19/1839 | 620 | Newspaper Archives |
Pawtucket | Pawtucket Times | 01/01/1898 – 02/28/1921 | 6804 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Journal | 12/23/1981 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Providence | American | 10/21/1808 – 10/17/1809 | 104 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | American Journal and General Advertiser | 03/18/1779 – 08/29/1781 | 160 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Campaign Journal | 04/01/1861 – 04/01/1861 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Christian Soldier | 03/16/1842 – 04/13/1842 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Christian Telescope | 08/07/1824 – 10/02/1828 | 206 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Church Union | 06/19/1874 – 03/11/1875 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Clark’s Counterfeit Expositor, and Weekly Miscellany | 07/09/1831 – 07/09/1831 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Columbian Phenix | 02/28/1807 – 01/08/1814 | 360 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Extinguisher | 08/25/1840 – 08/25/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Gaspee Torch Light | 08/14/1840 – 10/29/1840 | 11 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | General Advertiser | 12/18/1847 – 11/14/1868 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Gospel Messenger | 11/28/1840 – 11/20/1841 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Impartial Observer | 08/11/1800 – 03/06/1802 | 71 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Independent Inquirer | 08/28/1823 – 08/20/1830 | 185 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Literary Cadet and Rhode Island Statesman | 04/22/1826 – 07/18/1829 | 288 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Manufacturers’ and Farmers’ Journal | 01/03/1820 – 09/18/1876 | 2395 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Microcosm, American and Gazette | 04/17/1830 – 03/30/1833 | 119 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | New Age and Constitutional Advocate | 11/20/1840 – 03/08/1842 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | New England Artisan, and Laboring Man’s Repository | 05/24/1832 – 10/18/1832 | 21 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Evening Press | 03/14/1859 – 11/13/1878 | 5509 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Gazette | 10/20/1762 – 10/08/1825 | 3524 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Journal and Town and Country Advertiser | 01/02/1799 – 12/30/1801 | 157 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Patriot | 01/15/1814 – 12/27/1834 | 1695 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Phoenix | 04/28/1802 – 02/21/1807 | 249 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Religious Intelligencer and Christian Monitor | 05/13/1820 – 11/04/1820 | 26 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Republican Herald | 12/15/1832 – 12/04/1852 | 1117 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Rhode Island Free Democrat | 11/25/1852 – 11/11/1853 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Rhode Island Press | 06/29/1861 – 12/29/1877 | 365 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Rhode-Island American | 10/20/1809 – 02/01/1833 | 2424 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Rhode-Island Farmer | 08/09/1804 – 01/31/1805 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Rhode-Island Religious Intelligencer | 05/26/1821 – 11/13/1824 | 182 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | State Gazette and Town and Country Advertiser | 01/04/1796 – 07/02/1796 | 52 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | United States Chronicle | 01/01/1784 – 05/17/1804 | 1062 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Providence Journal: Web Edition Articles | 12/17/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Providence | Providence Journal | 01/01/1950 – 12/31/1960 | 4017 | Newspaper Archives |
Providence | Evening Bulletin | 05/01/1891 – 05/01/1891 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Smithfield | Valley Breeze & Observer | 02/02/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
State-Wide County | Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly | 03/18/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Wakefield | Narragansett Times | 01/21/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Warren | Bristol County Register | 03/11/1809 – 03/31/1810 | 44 | Newspaper Archives |
Warren | Herald of the United States | 01/14/1792 – 12/12/1812 | 556 | Newspaper Archives |
Warren | Northern Star, and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Advocate | 06/25/1831 – 06/16/1849 | 180 | Newspaper Archives |
Warren | Telescope | 11/06/1813 – 06/28/1817 | 80 | Newspaper Archives |
West Warwick | Kent County Daily Times | 06/07/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Westerly | Westerly Pawcatuck Press | 07/01/2009 – 03/31/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Westerly | Westerly Sun | 04/27/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Woonsocket | Call | 10/08/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Woonsocket | Courrier du Rhode-Island : Organe des Populations de Langue Francaise | 03/18/1874 – 03/18/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Wyoming | Chariho Times | 01/29/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
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