May 24, 2023 If you are researching your ancestry from Washington, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WA newspaper archives: 204 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!
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)
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 |
| Bellingham | Cascadia Daily News | 01/23/2022 – Current | – | 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 |
| Naval Base Kitsap | Kitsap Military Times | 12/02/2016 – 12/02/2016 | – | 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 – 01/31/2022 | – | 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 | International Examiner | 01/15/1987 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Seattle | North American Post, The (Hokubei Hochi) | 01/28/2016 – 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 |
| Vancouver | Vancouver Business Journal | 03/15/2002 – 04/11/2003 | – | Obituaries |
| 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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