If you are researching your ancestry from West Virginia, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WV newspaper archives: 85 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 historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from West Virginia in these newspapers. Our WV newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search West Virginia Newspaper Archives (1791 – 1922)
Search West Virginia Recent Obituaries (1999 – Today)
Here is the 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 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Berkeley Springs | Morgan Messenger | 11/19/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bluefield | Bluefield Daily Telegraph | 10/31/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Bluefield | Bluefield evening leader | 07/04/1906 – 12/31/1910 | 1137 | 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 |
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 – 12/25/1900 | 1892 | Newspaper Archives |
Charles Town | Virginia Free Press | 07/19/1832 – 09/09/1896 | 2041 | Newspaper Archives |
Charleston | Charleston Daily Mail | 10/14/2003 – 07/17/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Charleston | Charleston Gazette | 01/02/2002 – 07/19/2015 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Charleston | Charleston Gazette-Mail | 07/20/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Charleston | State Journal | 01/03/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Charleston | Advocate | 06/09/1904 – 06/09/1904 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Charleston | Kanawha Valley star | 03/02/1858 – 03/19/1861 | 2 | 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 | Daily telegram | 12/11/1902 – 12/30/1916 | 3591 | Newspaper Archives |
Clarksburg | Sunday telegram | 11/29/1914 – 12/31/1916 | 110 | Newspaper Archives |
County | West Virginia Record | 10/29/2018 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fairmont | Times West Virginian | 03/09/2007 – Current | – | Recent 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 | 10/08/1863 – 10/08/1863 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Gilbert | Gilbert Times | 11/12/2008 – 08/23/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Grantsville | Calhoun chronicle | 01/15/1884 – 11/03/1896 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntington | Herald-Dispatch | 01/01/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Huntington | Socialist and labor star | 05/31/1912 – 01/01/1915 | 82 | Newspaper Archives |
Keyser | Mineral Daily News-Tribune | 04/05/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Keystone | McDowell times | 05/09/1913 – 11/01/1918 | 239 | Newspaper Archives |
Kingwood | West Virginia argus | 10/27/1877 – 12/28/1916 | 1719 | 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 |
Logan | Logan Banner | 07/08/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Madison | Coal Valley News | 11/17/2006 – Current | – | Recent 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 | American union | 06/30/1855 – 03/25/1859 | 192 | Newspaper Archives |
Martinsburg | Pioneer Press | 01/07/1911 – 09/22/1917 | 323 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Montgomery Herald | 09/07/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Morgantown | Mountain Messenger, and Baptist Recorder | 08/04/1852 – 08/04/1852 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Morgantown | Monongalia mirror | 01/03/1852 – 06/23/1855 | 159 | Newspaper Archives |
Morgantown | Morgantown monitor | 02/14/1863 – 02/13/1864 | 31 | Newspaper Archives |
Moundsville | Moundsville Reporter | 08/11/1876 – 08/11/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Oak Hill | Fayette Tribune | 08/31/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Philippi | Old flag | 04/07/1869 – 12/02/1869 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Pineville | Independent Herald | 11/12/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Point Pleasant | Point Pleasant Register | 09/28/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Point Pleasant | Point Pleasant register | 04/07/1909 – 12/28/1910 | 87 | Newspaper Archives |
Princeton | Princeton Times | 10/31/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pruntytown | Family visitor | 01/20/1860 – 05/18/1860 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
Ravenswood | Jackson Star News | 03/03/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Ripley | Jackson Herald | 03/05/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Romney | South Branch intelligencer | 11/06/1840 – 12/07/1893 | 37 | 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 | 53 | 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 |
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 | 17972 | 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 – 08/31/1897 | 7307 | Newspaper Archives |
Wheeling | Wheeling Sunday register | 08/13/1882 – 08/29/1897 | 980 | Newspaper Archives |
Williamson | Williamson Daily News | 01/10/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
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