Washington Archives: 199 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Washington, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WA newspaper archives: 199 titles to help you search your family history in the “Evergreen State,” providing coverage from 1853 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Washington newspaper archives!

Photo: Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington
Photo: Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. Credit: Pfly; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Washington in these newspapers. Our WA 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 Washington Newspaper Archives (1853 – 1984)

Search Washington Obituaries (1895 – Today)

Illustration: Washington state flag
Illustration: Washington state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of Washington 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 WA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Aberdeen Daily World 01/20/2005 – Current Obituaries
Aberdeen Aberdeen herald 10/23/1890 – 06/29/1917 1978 Newspaper Archives
Anacortes Anacortes American 09/17/2010 – Current Obituaries
Anacortes Northwest enterprise 03/25/1882 – 03/13/1886 191 Newspaper Archives
Arlington Arlington Times 10/04/2006 – 03/18/2020 Obituaries
Asotin Sentinel 05/28/1886 – 11/07/1890 44 Newspaper Archives
Auburn Auburn Reporter 06/25/2008 – Current Obituaries
Bainbridge Island Bainbridge Island Review 01/29/2011 – Current Obituaries
Bellevue Bellevue Reporter 07/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Bellevue Eastside Journal 12/04/1999 – 01/13/2003 Obituaries
Bellevue King County Journal 01/08/2003 – 01/20/2007 Obituaries
Bellingham Bellingham Bay Mail 11/07/1874 – 08/26/1876 11 Newspaper Archives
Bellingham Bellingham Business Journal 04/01/2007 – 08/23/2015 Obituaries
Bonney Lake Bonney Lake & Sumner Courier-Herald 11/25/2008 – 10/25/2016 Obituaries
Bothell, Kenmore Bothell-Kenmore Reporter 04/16/2008 – Current Obituaries
Bremerton Bremerton Patriot 12/28/2001 – 10/24/2016 Obituaries
Brewster Quad City Herald 10/06/2007 – Current Obituaries
Burien B-Town Blog 12/14/2009 – Current Obituaries
Camas Camas-Washougal Post-Record 06/14/2010 – Current Obituaries
Cashmere Cashmere Valley Record 08/08/2012 – Current Obituaries
Centralia Chronicle 10/31/2002 – Current Obituaries
Chehalis Chehalis Nugget 04/20/1888 – 10/19/1888 3 Newspaper Archives
Chelan Lake Chelan Mirror 08/06/2012 – Current Obituaries
Colfax Colfax gazette 01/05/1900 – 02/16/1912 630 Newspaper Archives
Colfax Commoner 11/22/1889 – 10/31/1890 9 Newspaper Archives
Colville Statesman-Examiner 06/09/2010 – Current Obituaries
Colville Colville examiner 10/31/1907 – 12/30/1922 773 Newspaper Archives
Coulee City Coulee City dispatch 05/26/1916 – 12/31/1942 488 Newspaper Archives
County Center Square Washington 09/10/2020 – Current Obituaries
Coupeville South Whidbey Record 10/27/1999 – Current Obituaries
Coupeville Whidbey News-Times 10/26/1999 – Current Obituaries
Deer Park Deer Park Tribune 01/07/2009 – 08/26/2015 Obituaries
Des Moines Waterland Blog 03/30/2014 – Current Obituaries
Eastsound Islands’ Sounder 10/09/2001 – Current Obituaries
Edison Industrial freedom 05/07/1898 – 11/01/1901 61 Newspaper Archives
Edmonds My Edmonds News 11/06/2009 – Current Obituaries
Ellensburg Daily Record 10/23/2006 – Current Obituaries
Ellensburg Dawn 08/04/1894 – 08/04/1894 1 Newspaper Archives
Ellensburg Ellensburg dawn 03/18/1898 – 12/25/1913 843 Newspaper Archives
Ellensburg Reformer’s dawn 11/01/1893 – 01/01/1894 3 Newspaper Archives
Ellensburg Weekly dawn 08/11/1894 – 01/12/1895 23 Newspaper Archives
Ellensburg Dawn 01/19/1895 – 03/11/1898 129 Newspaper Archives
Enumclaw Enumclaw Courier-Herald 02/13/2003 – Current Obituaries
Everett Daily Herald 06/11/2000 – Current Obituaries
Everett Commonwealth 02/04/1911 – 04/09/1914 68 Newspaper Archives
Everett Labor journal 01/07/1909 – 12/29/1922 705 Newspaper Archives
Everett Northwest worker 07/01/1915 – 09/27/1917 84 Newspaper Archives
Everett Washington socialist 04/16/1914 – 06/24/1915 42 Newspaper Archives
Everett Co-operative news 10/25/1917 – 06/13/1918 21 Newspaper Archives
Everett Herald Business Journal 01/02/2013 – Current Obituaries
Fairhaven Fairhaven herald 03/11/1890 – 06/30/1893 668 Newspaper Archives
Federal Way Federal Way Mirror 01/03/2001 – Current Obituaries
Forks Forks Forum 12/15/2010 – Current Obituaries
Friday Harbor Journal of the San Juan Islands 05/16/2008 – Current Obituaries
Friday Harbor Islander 03/06/1891 – 02/17/1898 190 Newspaper Archives
Friday Harbor San Juan islander 02/24/1898 – 06/05/1914 848 Newspaper Archives
Issaquah Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter 01/01/2008 – Current Obituaries
Kennewick Columbia courier 03/27/1903 – 04/21/1905 95 Newspaper Archives
Kennewick Kennewick courier 04/28/1905 – 03/27/1914 412 Newspaper Archives
Kennewick Courier-herald 11/05/1949 – 02/04/1950 14 Newspaper Archives
Kennewick Kennewick courier-reporter 01/05/1939 – 10/28/1949 565 Newspaper Archives
Kennewick Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman 08/04/1938 – 12/29/1938 22 Newspaper Archives
Kent Kent Reporter 05/03/2008 – Current Obituaries
Kent South County Journal 12/03/1999 – 01/11/2003 Obituaries
Kent i Love Kent 02/19/2017 – Current Obituaries
Kingston Kingston Community News 10/01/2007 – 05/13/2016 Obituaries
Kirkland Kirkland Reporter 05/07/2008 – Current Obituaries
Leavenworth Leavenworth Echo 08/01/2007 – Current Obituaries
Leavenworth Leavenworth echo 01/29/1904 – 12/29/1922 957 Newspaper Archives
Long Beach Chinook Observer 08/15/2002 – Current Obituaries
Longview Daily News 11/01/2000 – Current Obituaries
Lopez Island Islands’ Weekly 03/19/2011 – Current Obituaries
Lynden Lynden tribune 07/09/1908 – 12/28/1922 611 Newspaper Archives
Lynnwood Lynnwood Today 06/18/2010 – Current Obituaries
Maple Valley, Covington Maple Valley & Covington Reporter 02/04/2011 – Current Obituaries
Marysville Marysville Globe 10/04/2006 – 03/18/2020 Obituaries
Mercer Island Mercer Island Reporter 08/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Montesano Vidette 08/30/2007 – 03/12/2020 Obituaries
Moses Lake Columbia Basin Herald 04/06/2004 – Current Obituaries
Mount Vernon Skagit Valley Herald 01/02/2006 – Current Obituaries
Mountlake Terrace MLTnews 11/17/2009 – Current Obituaries
Naval Base Kitsap Northwest Navigator Kitsap-Everett 12/10/2004 – 01/27/2011 Obituaries
Naval Base Kitsap Kitsap Navy News 09/09/2011 – 01/27/2012 Obituaries
Newport Newport miner 11/09/1907 – 12/26/1912 262 Newspaper Archives
Normandy Park Normandy Park Blog 07/08/2020 – Current Obituaries
Ocean Shores North Coast News 03/24/2009 – 02/19/2020 Obituaries
Olympia Echo 09/24/1868 – 07/29/1876 271 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Pioneer and Democrat 02/05/1853 – 11/16/1860 78 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Washington Standard 11/17/1860 – 09/23/1921 3199 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Sounds Newspaper: South Puget Sound Community College 10/18/2011 – 04/05/2018 Obituaries
Olympia Daily Pacific Tribune 04/02/1872 – 04/10/1873 10 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Morning Echo 08/22/1876 – 02/06/1877 2 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Olympia Transcript 01/09/1875 – 07/01/1876 9 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Washington Standard 12/08/1860 – 04/11/1890 289 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Puget Sound Daily Courier 02/22/1873 – 12/19/1874 104 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Daily Olympian 10/04/1876 – 10/04/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Olympia Republican Partisan 04/21/1888 – 04/21/1888 1 Newspaper Archives
Oroville Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune 10/06/2007 – Current Obituaries
Oroville Oroville weekly gazette 01/01/1909 – 12/21/1923 682 Newspaper Archives
Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News 04/27/2001 – Current Obituaries
Port Orchard Port Orchard Independent 11/14/2001 – 10/13/2016 Obituaries
Port Townsend Puget Sound Weekly Argus 08/04/1870 – 04/26/1883 153 Newspaper Archives
Port Townsend Daily Argus 03/14/1889 – 03/29/1889 3 Newspaper Archives
Port Townsend Sunday Morning Argus 03/03/1889 – 03/03/1889 1 Newspaper Archives
Poulsbo North Kitsap Herald 10/07/2000 – 09/20/2016 Obituaries
Poulsbo Kitsap Daily News 11/07/2016 – Current Obituaries
Pullman Pullman herald 11/03/1888 – 12/29/1922 1579 Newspaper Archives
Puyallup Puyallup Commerce. Hop Reporter and Fruit Journal 05/14/1887 – 08/04/1888 61 Newspaper Archives
Quincy Crescent Bar Chronicle 05/21/2011 – 12/31/2014 Obituaries
Quincy Quincy Valley Post-Register 11/06/2014 – Current Obituaries
Redmond Redmond Reporter 06/14/2008 – Current Obituaries
Renton Renton Reporter 04/19/2008 – Current Obituaries
Ritzville Adams County news 02/02/1898 – 10/17/1906 443 Newspaper Archives
Ritzville Washington State journal 11/06/1907 – 12/26/1907 5 Newspaper Archives
Ritzville Washington State journal and Adams County news 10/24/1906 – 10/30/1907 41 Newspaper Archives
Sammamish Sammamish Reporter 03/11/2011 – 09/09/2011 Obituaries
SeaTac SeaTac Blog 01/25/2021 – Current Obituaries
Seattle City Living Seattle 07/25/2001 – 03/13/2019 Obituaries
Seattle Madison Park Times 07/25/2001 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Queen Anne & Magnolia News 07/25/2001 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Seattle Post-Intelligencer 01/01/1986 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Seattle Times 01/06/1985 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Hokubei Jiji 10/14/1916 – 02/28/1918 57 Newspaper Archives
Seattle San Francisco Journal of Commerce 09/01/1887 – 09/01/1887 1 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Daily Times 12/20/1895 – 12/31/1984 31754 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Republican 01/19/1900 – 01/19/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Weekly Pacific Tribune 06/25/1875 – 01/26/1879 137 Newspaper Archives
Seattle World 01/04/1899 – 01/04/1899 1 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Times, The: Web Edition Articles 01/02/2017 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Capitol Hill Times 06/07/2012 – 12/13/2018 Obituaries
Seattle Seattle Post-Intelligencer 01/01/1954 – 12/31/1960 2557 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Daily intelligencer 06/05/1876 – 12/31/1900 7772 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Daily Republican 02/26/1896 – 03/02/1896 2 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Ranch 09/01/1902 – 06/01/1914 283 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Republican 08/22/1896 – 06/17/1898 2 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Republican 01/19/1900 – 05/02/1913 657 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle star 02/27/1899 – 12/09/1925 7968 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Cayton’s monthly 02/01/1921 – 03/01/1921 2 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Cayton’s weekly 07/14/1917 – 12/18/1920 168 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Weekly 05/24/2016 – Current Obituaries
Seattle Daily Pacific Tribune 10/01/1875 – 03/25/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Evening Dispatch 10/19/1877 – 11/24/1877 4 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Puget Sound Dispatch 01/20/1876 – 10/04/1880 48 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Weekly Post-Intelligencer 08/26/1876 – 01/01/1889 2 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Seattle Globalist 02/05/2013 – 03/06/2019 Obituaries
Seattle Seattle enterprise 05/14/1921 – 05/14/1921 1 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Enterprise 10/08/1926 – 12/27/1928 98 Newspaper Archives
Seattle Crosscut.com 04/19/2007 – Current Obituaries
Seattle White Center Blog 09/19/2019 – Current Obituaries
Seattle, Tacoma NBC – 5 KING 05/11/2009 – Current Obituaries
Seattle, Tacoma CBS – 7 KIRO: Web Edition Articles 05/08/2013 – Current Obituaries
Sequim Sequim Gazette 01/02/2008 – Current Obituaries
Shelton Mason County journal 05/17/1889 – 04/19/1901 466 Newspaper Archives
Silverdale Central Kitsap Reporter 09/28/1999 – 09/19/2016 Obituaries
Snohomish Northern Star 02/19/1876 – 02/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Valley Record 09/16/1999 – Current Obituaries
Spokane Spokesman-Review 07/15/1994 – 06/03/2020 Obituaries
Spokane Spokane press 11/07/1902 – 12/31/1910 2519 Newspaper Archives
Spokane Washington farmer 06/15/1914 – 06/15/1914 1 Newspaper Archives
Spokane Spokane Falls Evening Chronicle 09/21/1886 – 09/21/1886 1 Newspaper Archives
Spokane Spokane Falls Review 08/05/1890 – 01/01/1891 2 Newspaper Archives
Spokane Spokane Falls Weekly Review 11/04/1886 – 07/28/1887 5 Newspaper Archives
Spokane CBS – 2 KREM 01/04/2010 – Current Obituaries
Spokane Spokane woman 09/23/1926 – 03/05/1931 86 Newspaper Archives
Stanwood Stanwood Camano News 05/12/2009 – Current Obituaries
Steilacoom Puget Sound Express 10/22/1874 – 08/07/1880 39 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Tacoma Commerce 05/15/1886 – 04/30/1887 47 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Weekly Pacific Tribune 04/02/1875 – 06/11/1875 8 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Tacoma times 12/21/1903 – 04/12/1943 4243 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Tacoma Daily Index 11/08/2013 – Current Obituaries
Tacoma Journal 05/04/1889 – 10/25/1890 50 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Tacoma Weekly Globe 09/13/1889 – 09/13/1889 1 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Weekly Ledger 05/28/1880 – 11/05/1886 5 Newspaper Archives
Tacoma Trail, The: University of Puget Sound 11/19/2016 – 10/05/2018 Obituaries
Tukwila Tukwila Reporter 08/18/2010 – 02/05/2019 Obituaries
Tukwila Tukwila Blog 11/17/2021 – Current Obituaries
Vancouver Columbian 05/27/1994 – Current Obituaries
Vancouver Vancouver Independent 09/04/1875 – 03/27/1884 378 Newspaper Archives
Vancouver Vancouver Independent 07/29/1876 – 07/29/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Vashon Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber 03/28/2008 – Current Obituaries
Vashon Vashon Island news-record 12/18/1919 – 08/31/1933 710 Newspaper Archives
Vashon Vashon Island news 05/24/1907 – 06/17/1915 16 Newspaper Archives
Vashon Vashon Island record 10/26/1916 – 12/11/1919 161 Newspaper Archives
Walla Walla Evening statesman 05/26/1903 – 04/16/1910 2108 Newspaper Archives
Walla Walla Sunday Journal 08/30/1885 – 10/18/1885 4 Newspaper Archives
Walla Walla Walla Walla Statesman 07/26/1862 – 02/01/1867 4 Newspaper Archives
Walla Walla Walla Walla Union 07/15/1876 – 07/15/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Walla Walla Walla Walla Watchman 08/07/1875 – 07/15/1876 5 Newspaper Archives
Wenatchee Wenatchee World 01/01/1996 – Current Obituaries
Wenatchee Wenatchee daily world 07/03/1905 – 12/31/1910 1498 Newspaper Archives
Westport South Beach Bulletin 06/05/2014 – 07/25/2019 Obituaries
Whidbey Island Naval Base Northwest Navigator Whidbey 12/03/2004 – 03/10/2011 Obituaries
Whidbey Island Naval Base Whidbey Crosswind 05/11/2011 – 01/29/2016 Obituaries
White Bluffs White Bluffs spokesman 12/10/1915 – 07/22/1938 881 Newspaper Archives
White Salmon White Salmon Enterprise 04/11/2001 – Current Obituaries
Yakima Yakima Herald-Republic 12/11/1997 – Current Obituaries
Yakima Ranche and range 04/08/1897 – 08/21/1902 279 Newspaper Archives
Yakima Yakima herald 02/02/1889 – 10/02/1912 1215 Newspaper Archives

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