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Vermont Archives: 195 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

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If you are researching your ancestry from Vermont, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online VT newspaper archives: 195 titles to help you search your family history in the “Green Mountain State,” providing coverage from 1781 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Vermont newspaper archives!

Photo: fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington, Vermont. Credit: chensiyuan; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Vermont in these newspapers. Our VT newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

Search Vermont Newspaper Archives (1781 – 2006)

Search Vermont Obituaries (1837 – Today)

Illustration: Vermont state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of Vermont 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 VT newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Barre Times Argus 03/07/2000 – Current Obituaries
Barre Barre daily times 05/01/1903 – 12/30/1922 5777 Newspaper Archives
Barre Barre evening enterprise 04/14/1898 – 05/18/1898 29 Newspaper Archives
Barre Barre evening telegram 05/19/1898 – 12/31/1902 1325 Newspaper Archives
Barre Cronaca sovversiva 06/06/1903 – 05/01/1919 771 Newspaper Archives
Barton Orleans County monitor 01/08/1872 – 12/27/1922 2638 Newspaper Archives
Battleboro Windham County reformer 05/30/1879 – 07/24/1896 113 Newspaper Archives
Battleboro Windham County reformer 10/25/1901 – 12/28/1906 264 Newspaper Archives
Bellows Falls Bellows Falls Gazette 12/01/1838 – 05/30/1851 531 Newspaper Archives
Bellows Falls Vermont Intelligencer 01/01/1817 – 12/30/1822 306 Newspaper Archives
Bellows Falls Bellows Falls times 10/01/1856 – 05/21/1903 1269 Newspaper Archives
Bellows Falls Vermont Chronicle 04/14/1826 – 10/03/1828 130 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Bennington Banner 11/18/1999 – Current Obituaries
Bennington Bennington Banner 02/27/1841 – 12/31/1885 1936 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Bennington News-Letter 03/25/1811 – 08/14/1815 147 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Epitome of the World 02/10/1807 – 10/12/1807 34 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Green-Mountain Farmer 04/17/1809 – 06/10/1816 338 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Ploughman; or, Republican Federalist 07/27/1801 – 02/01/1802 21 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Tablet of the Times 01/05/1797 – 08/31/1797 35 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Vermont Gazette 06/05/1783 – 02/16/1847 2674 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Vermont Gazette 12/14/1872 – 12/22/1876 200 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Vermont Gazette 03/17/1847 – 12/27/1848 70 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Vermont Gazette 04/27/1847 – 10/10/1850 167 Newspaper Archives
Bennington World 10/19/1807 – 03/27/1809 70 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Bennington banner and reformer 01/05/1888 – 12/31/1903 564 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Bennington daily banner 08/10/1877 – 08/21/1877 10 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Bennington evening banner 12/08/1903 – 12/30/1922 5788 Newspaper Archives
Bennington Daily banner 08/18/1891 – 08/18/1891 1 Newspaper Archives
Bradford Bradford opinion 06/06/1874 – 05/28/1881 162 Newspaper Archives
Bradford National opinion 01/05/1866 – 05/30/1874 349 Newspaper Archives
Bradford United opinion 09/15/1882 – 12/29/1922 563 Newspaper Archives
Brandon Northern Visitor 01/01/1858 – 03/07/1861 159 Newspaper Archives
Brandon Vermont telegraph 01/07/1836 – 10/04/1843 395 Newspaper Archives
Brandon Rutland and Addison County Whig 03/12/1840 – 08/20/1840 3 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Brattleboro Reformer 06/07/2000 – Current Obituaries
Brattleboro Brattleboro Messenger 12/24/1821 – 08/29/1834 376 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro American Yeoman 02/04/1817 – 01/27/1818 52 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Federal Galaxy 01/06/1797 – 01/17/1803 280 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Flail 07/14/1840 – 09/01/1840 2 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Independent Inquirer 09/14/1833 – 09/06/1834 52 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Reporter 02/21/1803 – 12/05/1820 560 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Semi-weekly Eagle 08/10/1847 – 12/09/1852 550 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Vermont Phoenix 10/24/1834 – 08/25/1905 1566 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Vermont Record and Farmer 01/01/1868 – 12/29/1876 474 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Brattleboro daily reformer 03/03/1913 – 12/30/1922 3016 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Brattleboro reformer 01/04/1907 – 12/29/1911 229 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Semi-weekly Windham County reformer 07/02/1901 – 10/18/1901 32 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Vermont phonix 01/22/1836 – 12/22/1922 3155 Newspaper Archives
Brattleboro Windham County Democrat 07/21/1837 – 10/12/1853 21 Newspaper Archives
Burlington American Repertory 09/28/1821 – 03/25/1823 80 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Burlington Gazette 09/09/1814 – 01/28/1819 127 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Burlington Mercury 06/03/1796 – 03/24/1797 21 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Vermont Centinel 03/19/1801 – 07/12/1850 1007 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Voice of the People 08/29/1866 – 08/29/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Seven Days 01/25/2013 – Current Obituaries
Burlington Le Patriote canadien 08/07/1839 – 02/05/1840 24 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Burlington free press 01/08/1836 – 12/30/1920 4005 Newspaper Archives
Burlington Kids VT 02/12/2016 – 02/12/2016 Obituaries
Burlington Burlington Times 10/22/1864 – 02/02/1865 2 Newspaper Archives
Chelsea Vermont Advocate 01/12/1830 – 07/30/1834 65 Newspaper Archives
Chester Chester Telegraph 03/29/2012 – Current Obituaries
Chester Green Mountain Palladium 06/22/1807 – 04/12/1808 24 Newspaper Archives
Chester Message for the Week 03/02/2016 – 04/17/2018 Obituaries
Colchester Colchester Sun 01/27/2011 – Current Obituaries
County VTDigger.org 08/16/2010 – Current Obituaries
County Vermontbiz.com 01/22/2008 – Current Obituaries
County Vermont Business Magazine 04/30/2007 – Current Obituaries
Danville North Star 01/08/1807 – 01/26/1889 1199 Newspaper Archives
Essex Junction Essex Reporter 12/30/2010 – Current Obituaries
Fair Haven Farmer’s Library. or, Fairhaven Telegraphe 08/17/1795 – 04/03/1798 21 Newspaper Archives
Granville World’s Paper 07/03/1857 – 06/01/1866 17 Newspaper Archives
Hyde Park Lamoille news 04/18/1877 – 12/29/1880 94 Newspaper Archives
Hyde Park Lamoille newsdealer 11/30/1860 – 12/30/1874 718 Newspaper Archives
Irasburg Orleans independent standard 01/04/1856 – 12/13/1870 738 Newspaper Archives
Island Pond Essex County herald 01/11/1873 – 12/21/1922 2295 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester Journal 04/06/2007 – Current Obituaries
Manchester Vermont Express 08/30/1836 – 08/30/1836 1 Newspaper Archives
Manchester Manchester journal 05/28/1861 – 12/28/1922 3111 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Addison County Independent 12/27/2006 – Current Obituaries
Middlebury Green Mountain Outlook 08/05/2011 – 01/21/2016 Obituaries
Middlebury Middlebury Campus, The: Middlebury College 01/16/2002 – Current Obituaries
Middlebury New Market Press 08/03/2011 – 01/21/2016 Obituaries
Middlebury Valley Voice 02/28/2006 – 05/05/2018 Obituaries
Middlebury Vermont Eagle 08/03/2011 – 04/01/2018 Obituaries
Middlebury Vermont Farmer, and Northern Silk-Grower 11/19/1839 – 10/14/1840 5 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Christian Herald 09/25/1816 – 10/30/1816 6 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Christian Messenger 11/06/1816 – 11/23/1819 150 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Columbian Patriot 09/01/1813 – 08/23/1815 104 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury Mercury 12/16/1801 – 07/04/1810 437 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury National Standard 08/30/1815 – 12/26/1820 235 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Religious Reporter 04/08/1820 – 09/30/1820 26 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Vermont Mirror 09/30/1812 – 09/18/1816 209 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury galaxy 01/11/1848 – 01/08/1850 72 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury people’s press 06/01/1841 – 11/15/1843 129 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury register 01/15/1850 – 12/29/1922 3257 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury register and Addison County journal 01/05/1883 – 12/25/1885 156 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Northern galaxy 02/07/1844 – 01/04/1848 205 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Northern galaxy, and Middlebury people’s press 11/22/1843 – 01/31/1844 11 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury People’s press, and Addison County Democrat 07/03/1838 – 05/25/1841 7 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury People’s press, and anti-masonic Democrat 09/12/1837 – 09/12/1837 1 Newspaper Archives
Middlebury Middlebury register 01/15/1850 – 12/30/1876 1094 Newspaper Archives
Milton Milton Independent 04/12/2007 – Current Obituaries
Montpelier Christian Messenger 01/05/1848 – 07/31/1879 1138 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Argus and Patriot 07/09/1863 – 12/30/1908 1781 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Christian Repository 07/24/1851 – 05/21/1870 217 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Freemen’s Press 08/25/1809 – 08/27/1812 36 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Harrisonian 03/10/1840 – 07/01/1840 14 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier State Journal 10/25/1832 – 10/25/1832 1 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Universalist Watchman and Christian Repository 12/14/1839 – 07/11/1846 248 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Universalist Watchman, Embracing the Impartialist and Christian Repository 06/30/1838 – 06/22/1839 52 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Vermont Precursor 11/22/1806 – 11/13/1807 52 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Watchman 11/20/1807 – 12/31/1873 2651 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Daily Green Mountain freeman 04/15/1861 – 12/31/1863 815 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Green-Mountain freeman 01/20/1844 – 03/05/1884 1792 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier State Journal 01/05/1836 – 11/29/1836 48 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Vermont freeman 12/10/1842 – 12/10/1842 1 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Vermont watchman and State journal 12/06/1836 – 12/15/1910 3501 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Voice of freedom 01/19/1839 – 08/30/1848 312 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Vermont Patriot and State Gazette 01/17/1826 – 04/01/1839 655 Newspaper Archives
Montpelier Vermont Chronicle 01/02/1875 – 12/30/1876 105 Newspaper Archives
Morrisville News and citizen 12/22/1881 – 12/27/1922 1248 Newspaper Archives
Newport Newport Daily Express 07/24/2008 – Current Obituaries
Northfield Northfield News 09/25/2008 – Current Obituaries
Northfield Star of Vermont and Farmer’s Register 10/21/1854 – 10/20/1855 52 Newspaper Archives
Northfield Vermont Christian Messenger 04/06/1853 – 11/05/1859 235 Newspaper Archives
Peacham Green Mountain Patriot 02/23/1798 – 01/27/1810 488 Newspaper Archives
Poultney Poultney Gazette 11/05/1822 – 12/31/1823 48 Newspaper Archives
Putney Argus 03/16/1797 – 02/26/1799 59 Newspaper Archives
Putney Argus 10/01/1885 – 10/02/1886 308 Newspaper Archives
Randolph Vermont Luminary, or, Orange Gazette, Masonic Reformer, and Christian Watchman 04/01/1829 – 04/01/1829 1 Newspaper Archives
Randolph Weekly Wanderer 01/24/1801 – 04/06/1810 407 Newspaper Archives
Randolph Herald and news 10/04/1888 – 09/29/1910 1145 Newspaper Archives
Royalton Vermont Advocate and White River Advertiser 11/21/1827 – 03/11/1829 2 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Rutland Herald 10/01/1999 – Current Obituaries
Rutland Farmers’ Library 04/01/1793 – 11/29/1794 87 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Herald of Vermont 06/25/1792 – 09/10/1792 12 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Rutland Herald 12/08/1794 – 12/28/1876 3271 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Vermont Courier 07/25/1808 – 05/30/1810 96 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Vermont Mercury 03/29/1802 – 03/12/1804 67 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Rutland County herald 01/05/1836 – 11/30/1876 1613 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Rutland Daily Globe 05/01/1873 – 08/31/1877 1240 Newspaper Archives
Rutland Rutland weekly globe 05/23/1873 – 12/15/1876 13 Newspaper Archives
Saint Albans Vermont daily transcript 05/13/1868 – 05/21/1869 288 Newspaper Archives
Saint Albans Vermont transcript 03/18/1864 – 08/14/1868 206 Newspaper Archives
Saint Albans Avenir National 01/18/1872 – 11/28/1872 45 Newspaper Archives
South Londonderry Londonderry sifter 01/04/1884 – 10/13/1921 844 Newspaper Archives
Springfield Springfield Reporter 01/06/2016 – Current Obituaries
St. Albans St. Albans Messenger 12/04/2006 – Current Obituaries
St. Albans American Repertory 05/15/1823 – 12/26/1833 444 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans Champlain Reporter 05/11/1809 – 06/28/1810 3 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans Franklin County Advertiser 07/26/1810 – 10/29/1810 5 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans St. Albans Advertiser 12/19/1873 – 07/05/1878 139 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans St. Albans Adviser 03/10/1808 – 01/28/1809 42 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans St. Albans Daily Messenger 04/24/1861 – 04/29/2006 28847 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans St. Albans Messenger 01/25/1838 – 10/12/1933 2562 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans St. Albans Transcript 03/22/1873 – 07/30/1874 51 Newspaper Archives
St. Albans Vermont State Paper 06/23/1835 – 04/26/1836 43 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record 01/05/2011 – Current Obituaries
St. Johnsbury Farmer’s Herald 07/15/1828 – 03/02/1831 6 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Vermont Farmer 10/31/1873 – 08/25/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian 08/08/1837 – 09/18/1918 4140 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record 10/13/1917 – 12/31/1926 2312 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury St. Johnsbury Republican 08/07/1907 – 08/07/1907 1 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian 08/08/1837 – 11/03/1920 4233 Newspaper Archives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record 09/03/1918 – 12/30/1922 1317 Newspaper Archives
Swanton Loco foco 08/22/1839 – 08/22/1839 1 Newspaper Archives
Swanton North American 04/10/1839 – 08/12/1841 102 Newspaper Archives
Vergennes Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser 08/30/1798 – 10/08/1801 155 Newspaper Archives
Vergennes Union Canadienne et la Charivari 04/23/1869 – 04/23/1869 1 Newspaper Archives
Westminster Vermont Gazette or Green-Mountain Post-Boy 04/02/1781 – 09/27/1781 3 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Morning Ray, or, Impartial Oracle 11/15/1791 – 09/25/1792 25 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Post-Boy 01/01/1805 – 03/31/1807 112 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Spooner’s Vermont Journal 08/07/1783 – 11/04/1826 2135 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Valley Farmer 12/28/1867 – 01/11/1868 3 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Vermont Farmer 01/01/1836 – 12/01/1836 11 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Vermont Journal 06/20/1844 – 10/20/1877 647 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Vermont Republican 01/02/1809 – 10/09/1834 965 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Washingtonian 07/23/1810 – 01/22/1816 282 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Vermont Farmer 12/09/1870 – 05/18/1877 236 Newspaper Archives
Windsor Vermont Chronicle 10/10/1828 – 12/26/1874 2401 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Coon Hunter 10/12/1844 – 10/12/1844 1 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Gospel Banner 10/06/1827 – 10/06/1827 1 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Green Mountain Farmer 03/14/1856 – 02/27/1857 48 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Pulse of the People 07/25/1840 – 10/24/1840 11 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Vermont Mercury 04/06/1837 – 02/08/1855 669 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Whig Advocate 06/22/1842 – 09/19/1842 12 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Woodstock Observer 01/11/1820 – 06/05/1832 630 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Working-man’s Gazette 09/23/1830 – 08/23/1831 48 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Vermont Courier and Farmer’s, Manufacturer’s and Mechanic’s Advocate 09/02/1831 – 01/02/1835 173 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Spirit of the age 05/01/1845 – 07/26/1913 1790 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Spirit of the age 05/08/1840 – 04/28/1843 154 Newspaper Archives
Woodstock Woodstock age 05/16/1844 – 04/24/1845 49 Newspaper Archives

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Note on the header image: the Vermont State House (Capitol), Montpelier, Vermont. Credit: King of Hearts; Wikimedia Commons.

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