If you are researching your ancestry from West Virginia, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WV newspaper archives: 127 titles to help you search your family history in the “Mountain State,” providing coverage from 1791 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online West Virginia newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from West Virginia in these newspapers. Our WV 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 West Virginia Newspaper Archives (1791 – 1941)
Search West Virginia Obituaries (1999 – Today)
Here is the complete list of West Virginia 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 WV newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Beckley | Register-Herald | 08/28/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Belington | Belington progressive | 05/16/1912 – 05/12/1927 | 776 | Newspaper Archives |
| Berkeley Springs | Morgan Messenger | 11/19/2003 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Bluefield | Bluefield Daily Telegraph | 10/31/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Bluefield | Bluefield evening leader | 04/08/1906 – 12/31/1910 | 1208 | Newspaper Archives |
| Buffalo | Star of the Kanawha Valley | 01/01/1855 – 09/03/1856 | 72 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ceredo | Ceredo Crescent | 10/24/1857 – 10/20/1860 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ceredo | Ceredo Crescent | 10/24/1857 – 10/20/1860 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ceredo | Ceredo advance | 10/15/1885 – 11/10/1915 | 1090 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Farmers’ Repository | 04/01/1808 – 11/15/1826 | 661 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Spirit of Jefferson | 01/31/1845 – 09/12/1876 | 424 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Virginia Free Press | 07/08/1829 – 08/12/1876 | 91 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Spirit of Jefferson | 09/27/1844 – 12/22/1926 | 3104 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Virginia free press | 07/19/1832 – 12/23/1915 | 2884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charles Town | Virginia free press & farmers” repository | 01/06/1830 – 07/12/1832 | 131 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Daily Mail | 10/14/2003 – 07/17/2015 | – | Obituaries |
| Charleston | Charleston Gazette | 01/02/2002 – 07/19/2015 | – | Obituaries |
| Charleston | Charleston Gazette-Mail | 07/20/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Charleston | State Journal | 01/03/2010 – 04/04/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Charleston | Advocate | 06/09/1904 – 06/09/1904 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Kanawha Valley star | 09/30/1856 – 07/02/1861 | 191 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Labor argus | 05/24/1906 – 12/28/1911 | 264 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | West Virginia journal | 10/26/1864 – 06/02/1869 | 125 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Advocate | 02/07/1907 – 11/14/1912 | 280 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston advocate | 07/01/1894 – 01/01/1895 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Temperance star | 11/30/1874 – 11/30/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Guerilla | 09/29/1862 – 10/03/1862 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksburg | Clarksburg telegram | 01/20/1893 – 12/26/1912 | 880 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksburg | Cooper’s Clarksburg register | 11/12/1851 – 11/19/1858 | 356 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksburg | Sunday telegram | 11/29/1914 – 12/31/1916 | 110 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksburg | Daily telegram | 12/11/1902 – 12/30/1916 | 3591 | Newspaper Archives |
| County | West Virginia Record | 10/29/2018 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Fairmont | Times West Virginian | 03/09/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Fairmont | Baptist Recorder | 07/20/1848 – 07/20/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fairmont | Fairmont West Virginian | 04/19/1904 – 12/30/1922 | 3171 | Newspaper Archives |
| Farimont | West Virginian | 12/09/1914 – 12/30/1922 | 2337 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gauley Bridge | Knapsack | 09/03/1863 – 11/05/1863 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gilbert | Gilbert Times | 11/12/2008 – 08/23/2016 | – | Obituaries |
| Grantsville | Calhoun chronicle | 01/15/1884 – 12/27/1923 | 1221 | Newspaper Archives |
| Harpers Ferry | Harpers-Ferry free press | 08/07/1821 – 10/20/1824 | 77 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hinton | Hinton Republican | 03/02/1882 – 12/28/1882 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Huntington | Herald-Dispatch | 01/01/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Huntington | Socialist and labor star | 05/31/1912 – 01/01/1915 | 82 | Newspaper Archives |
| Huntington | Huntington argus | 05/25/1872 – 03/12/1885 | 105 | Newspaper Archives |
| Huntington | Huntington advertiser | 01/24/1898 – 12/31/1903 | 1678 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keyser | Mineral Daily News-Tribune | 04/05/2009 – 04/29/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Keystone | McDowell times | 05/09/1913 – 11/28/1941 | 534 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingwood | West Virginia argus | 10/27/1877 – 12/28/1916 | 1719 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingwood | Kingwood chronicle | 01/26/1861 – 08/17/1861 | 27 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewisburg | Greenbrier era | 01/14/1854 – 08/19/1854 | 17 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewisburg | Greenbrier independent | 05/22/1860 – 12/29/1922 | 387 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewisburg | Greenbrier weekly era | 09/16/1854 – 05/25/1861 | 7 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lewisburg | Yankee | 05/29/1862 – 05/29/1862 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Logan | Logan Banner | 07/08/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Logan | Logan County banner | 03/07/1889 – 06/03/1896 | 193 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Coal Valley News | 11/17/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Martinsburg | Pioneer Press | 09/06/1890 – 01/16/1892 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Potomak Guardian and Berkeley Advertiser | 09/03/1792 – 04/02/1800 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | American union | 07/04/1861 – 07/11/1861 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Pioneer Press | 09/01/1884 – 09/22/1917 | 328 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | American union | 06/30/1855 – 03/25/1859 | 192 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | World | 08/31/1891 – 09/29/1893 | 632 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Weekly gazette | 03/24/1863 – 03/24/1863 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer | 01/07/1803 – 12/30/1808 | 272 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Martinsburg daily gazette | 03/21/1887 – 07/30/1887 | 112 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Martinsburg gazette | 10/30/1886 – 03/04/1887 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Martinsburg statesman | 01/01/1904 – 09/14/1906 | 137 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Martinsburg statesman-democrat | 09/21/1906 – 12/26/1913 | 371 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Martinsburg weekly independent | 01/03/1874 – 03/27/1875 | 63 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | New era | 09/14/1865 – 09/05/1867 | 103 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser | 06/27/1791 – 12/28/1797 | 70 | Newspaper Archives |
| Martinsburg | World | 07/01/1918 – 12/31/1918 | 150 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montgomery | Montgomery Herald | 09/07/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Morgantown | Mountain Messenger, and Baptist Recorder | 08/04/1852 – 08/04/1852 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morgantown | Morgantown monitor | 02/14/1863 – 02/13/1864 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morgantown | Monongalia mirror | 01/03/1852 – 06/23/1855 | 159 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morgantown | Daily new dominion | 09/07/1897 – 12/31/1903 | 1927 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morgantown | New dominion | 04/07/1877 – 04/06/1904 | 1285 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morgantown | University daily | 06/05/1880 – 06/06/1898 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Moundsville | Moundsville Reporter | 08/11/1876 – 08/11/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oak Hill | Fayette Tribune | 08/31/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Parkersburg | Freeman | 05/05/1886 – 12/19/1888 | 127 | Newspaper Archives |
| Parkersburg | West Virginia freeman | 02/23/1881 – 04/28/1886 | 267 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philippi | Old flag | 04/07/1869 – 12/02/1869 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pineville | Independent Herald | 11/12/2008 – 11/18/2021 | – | Obituaries |
| Point Pleasant | Point Pleasant Register | 09/28/2005 – 06/28/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Point Pleasant | Point Pleasant register | 04/07/1909 – 12/28/1910 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
| Princeton | Princeton Times | 10/31/2006 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Pruntytown | Family visitor | 01/20/1860 – 05/18/1860 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ravenswood | Jackson Star News | 03/03/2011 – 04/22/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Ripley | Jackson Herald | 03/05/2007 – 04/22/2022 | – | Obituaries |
| Romney | South Branch intelligencer | 06/28/1834 – 12/24/1896 | 1580 | Newspaper Archives |
| Shepherdstown | Potowmac Guardian and Berkeley Advertiser | 12/27/1791 – 12/27/1791 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Shepherdstown | Shepherdstown register | 12/04/1849 – 12/21/1922 | 3341 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sistersville | Sistersville daily oil review | 08/06/1902 – 04/29/1905 | 825 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sistersville | West Virginia daily oil review | 07/15/1898 – 08/05/1902 | 252 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sistersville | Sistersville daily review | 05/01/1905 – 06/30/1905 | 50 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sistersville | Sistersville oil review | 01/12/1898 – 12/28/1898 | 45 | Newspaper Archives |
| Thomas | La sentinella del West Virginia | 02/18/1911 – 05/11/1912 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
| Volcano | Volcano lubricator | 10/26/1871 – 03/19/1874 | 27 | Newspaper Archives |
| Volcano | West Virginia walking beam | 08/13/1879 – 12/04/1880 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wayne | Wayne County News | 02/22/2017 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Weston | Democrat | 12/01/1868 – 12/28/1874 | 307 | Newspaper Archives |
| Weston | Weston Democrat | 01/04/1875 – 12/25/1880 | 304 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Intelligencer | 01/02/1871 – 12/30/1876 | 1071 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Plain Truth | 07/14/1828 – 07/22/1828 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling Register | 07/01/1874 – 12/31/1897 | 7831 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Daily intelligencer | 08/24/1852 – 09/26/1922 | 18126 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Weekly register | 03/06/1862 – 01/27/1909 | 2027 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling daily register | 09/08/1863 – 06/29/1878 | 4492 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling Register | 11/07/1878 – 07/31/1903 | 7547 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling Sunday register | 08/13/1882 – 07/26/1903 | 1030 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Arbeiter-Freund | 01/22/1876 – 01/22/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Sunday Leader | 09/10/1876 – 09/10/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Weekly Register | 09/15/1876 – 09/15/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling Evening Standard | 10/27/1876 – 10/27/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling Weekly Standard | 08/31/1876 – 08/31/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling majority | 01/14/1909 – 08/10/1916 | 263 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Deutsche Zeitung | 07/03/1906 – 07/02/1910 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Virginia statesman | 01/02/1828 – 06/24/1829 | 74 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling compiler | 07/01/1829 – 12/29/1830 | 65 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling repository | 03/05/1807 – 05/05/1808 | 53 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wheeling | Wheeling times and advertiser | 01/02/1840 – 12/25/1848 | 1916 | Newspaper Archives |
| Williamson | Williamson Daily News | 01/10/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Williamson | Progressive West Virginian | 06/08/1911 – 01/02/1913 | 65 | Newspaper Archives |
| Williamson | Williamson enterprise | 01/05/1911 – 06/01/1911 | 22 | Newspaper Archives |
| Winfield | Putnam Herald | 09/24/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
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Note on the header image: the West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia. Credit: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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