Wisconsin Archives: 240 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By April 13, 2022
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If you are researching your ancestry from Wisconsin, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WI newspaper archives: 240 titles to help you search your family history in the “Badger State,” providing coverage from 1833 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Wisconsin newspaper archives!

Photo: the Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase, Wisconsin, was built in 1903
Photo: the Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase, Wisconsin, was built in 1903. Credit: KKNiteOwl; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Wisconsin in these newspapers. Our WI 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 Wisconsin Newspaper Archives (1833 – 2012)

Search Wisconsin Obituaries (1844 – Today)

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

Here is the complete list of Wisconsin 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 WI newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Antigo Antigo Daily Journal 03/31/2020 – Current – Obituaries
Appleton Appleton Volksfreund 09/11/1919 – 11/16/1922 166 Newspaper Archives
Appleton Montags-Blatt 11/03/1919 – 11/03/1919 1 Newspaper Archives
Appleton Fox Times 04/01/2011 – 01/01/2012 – Obituaries
Ashland Daily Press 01/02/1999 – Current – Obituaries
Ashland Odanah star 07/12/1912 – 07/07/1916 113 Newspaper Archives
Ashland Ashland chronicle 09/09/1916 – 09/23/1916 3 Newspaper Archives
Baraboo Baraboo News-Republic 01/01/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Baraboo Baraboo news 05/25/1904 – 12/28/1911 392 Newspaper Archives
Baraboo Baraboo weekly news 01/04/1912 – 12/31/1925 785 Newspaper Archives
Bay View South Shore NOW 01/21/2010 – 07/27/2017 – Obituaries
Bayside North Shore NOW 01/27/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen 01/27/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Beloit Beloit Daily News 07/26/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Beloit Soul City Courier 10/12/1976 – 01/18/1977 5 Newspaper Archives
Black River Falls Jackson County Chronicle 03/12/2003 – 08/23/2018 – Obituaries
Brookfield Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW 01/14/2010 – 01/12/2017 – Obituaries
Cambridge, Deerfield Cambridge News & The Independent 05/28/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Cedarburg News Graphic 06/25/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Chilton Chilton Times 03/26/1864 – 06/09/1877 558 Newspaper Archives
Chilton Wiskonsin Demokrat 09/18/1873 – 12/08/1877 213 Newspaper Archives
Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald 01/30/1999 – Current – Obituaries
Columbus Columbus Journal 01/26/2010 – 09/19/2020 – Obituaries
Cottage Grove Herald-Independent 07/16/2008 – Current – Obituaries
County Agri-View 01/07/2005 – Current – Obituaries
County Wisconsin Law Journal 06/19/2002 – Current – Obituaries
County Center Square Wisconsin 02/18/2021 – Current – Obituaries
DeForest DeForest Times-Tribune 05/28/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Dodgeville Dodgeville chronicle 09/18/1862 – 03/17/1876 676 Newspaper Archives
Dousman Kettle Moraine Index 12/02/2010 – 07/14/2016 – Obituaries
Durand Durand Weekly Times 09/01/1876 – 09/01/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Eagle River Eagle River review 03/01/1912 – 12/31/1925 803 Newspaper Archives
Eagle River Vilas County news 09/23/1901 – 12/30/1925 1196 Newspaper Archives
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram 09/06/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Eau Claire Country Today 09/06/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Edgerton Edgerton Reporter 03/04/2015 – Current – Obituaries
Edgerton Wisconsin tobacco reporter 02/24/1899 – 12/29/1922 1218 Newspaper Archives
Ellsworth Pierce County Herald 08/23/1876 – 08/23/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Fond du Lac Daily Fond du Lac Press 07/23/1866 – 07/25/1866 3 Newspaper Archives
Fond du Lac Democratic Press 06/05/1858 – 12/15/1858 3 Newspaper Archives
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Trade Extension 02/13/1918 – 02/13/1918 1 Newspaper Archives
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Weekly Commonwealth 03/24/1858 – 12/15/1858 3 Newspaper Archives
Fond du Lac Press 07/19/1866 – 07/19/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union 08/03/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Fort Atkinson Wisconsin Chief 10/15/1856 – 09/29/1866 202 Newspaper Archives
Fox Lake Fox Lake Representative 12/15/1911 – 12/20/1917 7 Newspaper Archives
Franklin South Now 02/11/2010 – Current – Obituaries
Galesville Galesville Independent 11/05/1874 – 08/30/1889 634 Newspaper Archives
Germantown Northwest Now 01/27/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Grafton Grafton Enterprise 07/27/1927 – 08/03/1927 2 Newspaper Archives
Gratiot Gratiot Reporter 06/13/1912 – 10/09/1913 19 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Green Bay Spectator 02/21/1852 – 09/28/1852 4 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Green-Bay Intelligencer and Wisconsin Democrat 12/11/1833 – 06/01/1836 47 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Phoenix 10/08/1841 – 10/08/1841 1 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Sunday Advance 06/15/1884 – 07/06/1884 4 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Wisconsin Free Press 10/03/1835 – 03/30/1836 7 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Wisconsin Republican 01/21/1845 – 02/08/1847 4 Newspaper Archives
Green Bay Green Bay Advocate 06/17/1847 – 08/17/1876 24 Newspaper Archives
Greenfield Southwest Now 08/20/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Hartford Times Press 09/18/2011 – 11/18/2018 – Obituaries
Hartland Lake Country Now 07/30/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Hartland Living Lake Country: Blogs 01/10/2011 – 08/20/2017 – Obituaries
Hartland Sussex Sun 11/17/2010 – 07/27/2016 – Obituaries
Hayward Sawyer County Record 11/04/1999 – Current – Obituaries
Hurley Iron County news 09/27/1913 – 12/26/1925 735 Newspaper Archives
Hurley La Nostra terra 01/23/1904 – 12/23/1911 120 Newspaper Archives
Hurley Our land = 01/04/1913 – 09/20/1913 37 Newspaper Archives
Janesville Janesville Daily Gazette 03/09/1860 – 10/21/1876 1773 Newspaper Archives
Janesville Gazette 05/13/2018 – Current – Obituaries
Kenosha West of the I 05/17/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Kenosha Kenosha Union 07/27/1876 – 07/27/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Kenosha News 07/28/2012 – Current – Obituaries
Kenosha Kenosha News: Web Edition Articles 03/08/2018 – Current – Obituaries
Kenosha Kenosha telegraph 06/14/1860 – 09/28/1888 1470 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Kenosha telegraph 04/05/1850 – 12/28/1854 243 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Kenosha telegraph and tribune 06/16/1859 – 06/07/1860 52 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Kenosha tribune & telegraph 10/02/1856 – 06/09/1859 140 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Kenosha tribune and telegraph 01/04/1855 – 06/28/1855 26 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Southport telegraph 06/16/1840 – 03/29/1850 487 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier 10/04/1888 – 12/31/1925 1888 Newspaper Archives
Kenosha Tribune and telegraph 07/05/1855 – 09/25/1856 63 Newspaper Archives
Kewaunee Kewaunee Enterprise 02/19/1876 – 02/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
La Crosse La Crosse Tribune 07/11/1989 – Current – Obituaries
La Crosse Daily Republican and Leader 10/09/1874 – 01/08/1876 2 Newspaper Archives
La Crosse La Crosse Volksfreund 01/03/1906 – 12/28/1907 209 Newspaper Archives
La Crosse Nord Stern 04/10/1908 – 04/10/1908 1 Newspaper Archives
La Crosse Wisconsin Labor Advocate 08/20/1886 – 08/06/1887 51 Newspaper Archives
La Crosse Nord Stern 01/05/1900 – 09/23/1921 1123 Newspaper Archives
Ladysmith Ladysmith news 03/11/1905 – 04/22/1905 7 Newspaper Archives
Ladysmith Ladysmith news 07/07/1906 – 04/06/1907 40 Newspaper Archives
Ladysmith Ladysmith news and Ingram news 04/29/1905 – 06/30/1906 58 Newspaper Archives
Ladysmith Ladysmith news-budget 04/11/1907 – 12/29/1922 797 Newspaper Archives
Lake Geneva Lake Geneva Regional News 02/19/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Lake Mills Lake Mills Leader 11/05/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Lancaster Grant County Herald 03/18/1843 – 12/05/1850 312 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Grant County Herald 08/23/1879 – 03/30/1883 166 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Grant County Herald 09/26/1850 – 12/23/1925 3962 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Grant County Herald 03/18/1843 – 10/05/1844 80 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Wisconsin herald 01/03/1846 – 03/17/1849 160 Newspaper Archives
Lancaster Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser 10/12/1844 – 12/27/1845 61 Newspaper Archives
Lodi Lodi Enterprise 06/09/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Madison Capital Times 03/20/1989 – Current – Obituaries
Madison Madison Daily Democrat 05/21/1868 – 03/31/1877 2026 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin State Journal 03/03/1989 – Current – Obituaries
Madison Western Farmer 01/02/1869 – 10/22/1870 13 Newspaper Archives
Madison Daily Argus and Democrat 01/03/1854 – 07/21/1854 156 Newspaper Archives
Madison Weekly Wisconsin Patriot 07/08/1854 – 10/22/1864 489 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Argus 08/22/1844 – 06/02/1852 361 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Daily Palladium 06/21/1852 – 08/11/1852 31 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Daily Patriot 09/10/1859 – 11/14/1864 1581 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Democrat 01/10/1846 – 05/08/1852 231 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Democrat 10/18/1842 – 03/07/1844 65 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Enquirer 11/08/1838 – 03/27/1841 122 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Free Press 04/03/1984 – 01/12/1990 38 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin Populist 09/10/1892 – 11/08/1892 9 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin State Journal 03/10/1857 – 12/27/1889 627 Newspaper Archives
Madison Wisconsin weekly blade 06/08/1916 – 09/02/1922 143 Newspaper Archives
Manitowoc Manitowoc pilot 07/12/1859 – 12/28/1922 3196 Newspaper Archives
Manitowoc Manitowoc tribune 03/21/1867 – 04/18/1878 539 Newspaper Archives
Marinette EagleHerald 01/06/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Mauston Juneau County Star-Times 01/22/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Mauston Juneau County Argus 07/26/1888 – 07/26/1889 14 Newspaper Archives
McFarland McFarland Thistle 05/15/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Menasha Fox Journal 03/18/2013 – 07/25/2015 – Obituaries
Menomonie Dunn County News 12/09/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Mequon, Thiensville Ozaukee NOW 11/17/2016 – 06/29/2017 – Obituaries
Milton Milton Courier 04/30/2009 – Current – Obituaries
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 01/22/1990 – Current – Obituaries
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Blogs 07/20/2005 – 06/08/2016 – Obituaries
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal 01/01/1884 – 12/31/1968 25237 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Packer Plus 05/06/2004 – 01/21/2016 – Obituaries
Milwaukee Daily Milwaukee News 11/15/1861 – 12/31/1873 2380 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Guardia 10/21/1969 – 08/01/1975 35 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Jugend-Post 01/01/1895 – 12/28/1895 53 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Advertiser 07/14/1836 – 03/20/1841 135 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee American 04/08/1857 – 10/28/1857 14 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Defender 01/03/1957 – 02/01/1958 43 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Herold 01/01/1921 – 01/01/1921 1 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Herold und Seebote 01/01/1901 – 01/01/1901 1 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal of Commerce 03/15/1871 – 12/22/1880 252 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Sentinel 12/10/1844 – 04/01/1995 18447 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Star 07/22/1967 – 02/10/1977 492 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Weekly Sentinel 06/27/1837 – 06/13/1866 330 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee’r Socialist 09/22/1876 – 09/21/1877 3 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukie Democrat 08/11/1843 – 02/23/1844 18 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukiean 10/28/1844 – 11/04/1844 2 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Northwestern Recorder 12/03/1892 – 03/30/1893 4 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Soul City Times 09/14/1968 – 12/16/1971 144 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Wahrheit 01/07/1893 – 06/25/1910 910 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Wisconsin Afro-American 08/13/1892 – 11/19/1892 7 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Wisconsin Free Democrat 08/23/1848 – 11/28/1860 368 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Wisconsin Weekly Advocate 05/07/1898 – 09/19/1907 391 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Wiskonsin Banner 09/14/1844 – 09/21/1844 2 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Columbia 09/14/1876 – 09/14/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Daily Reporter 04/09/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Web Edition Articles 11/15/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 04/02/1995 – 12/31/2012 6484 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Der Sonntagsbote 03/11/1906 – 06/30/1912 329 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Der Herold 04/13/1890 – 05/18/1890 4 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Herold 08/24/1890 – 12/28/1895 12 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee Milwaukee Magazine 11/01/2019 – Current – Obituaries
Milwaukee Zgoda = 01/11/1893 – 12/26/1901 406 Newspaper Archives
Milwaukee FOX – 6 WITI 01/01/2021 – Current – Obituaries
Mineral Point Miners’ Free Press 09/04/1838 – 07/19/1841 4 Newspaper Archives
Mineral Point Iowa County democrat 12/14/1877 – 12/28/1922 2325 Newspaper Archives
Mineral Point Mineral Point tribune 01/06/1869 – 09/09/1920 1649 Newspaper Archives
Mineral Point Mineral Point tribune 02/16/1854 – 12/28/1858 244 Newspaper Archives
Mineral Point Mineral Point weekly tribune 01/04/1859 – 12/23/1868 510 Newspaper Archives
Mineral Point Wisconsin tribune 09/03/1847 – 02/09/1854 315 Newspaper Archives
Minocqua Lakeland Times 03/13/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Monroe Jeffersonian Democrat 08/14/1856 – 03/26/1857 24 Newspaper Archives
Mukwonago Mukwonago Chief 05/19/2010 – 08/23/2017 – Obituaries
Muskego, New Berlin Muskego-New Berlin NOW 02/04/2010 – Current – Obituaries
New Lisbon Juneau County Argus 11/08/1858 – 12/06/1894 1206 Newspaper Archives
Oconomowoc Oconomowoc Enterprise 04/14/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Oconomowoc Oconomowoc Focus 07/30/2009 – 08/17/2017 – Obituaries
Oconto Oconto Lumberman 01/22/1876 – 01/22/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Onalaska, Holmen Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life 03/13/2003 – 09/08/2017 – Obituaries
Oneida Kalihwisaks 05/13/2010 – Current – Obituaries
Oregon Oregon Observer 01/25/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Oshkosh Oshkosh True Democrat 02/09/1849 – 05/12/1857 203 Newspaper Archives
Oshkosh Advance-Titan 02/24/2010 – Current – Obituaries
Park Falls Park Falls Herald 01/07/1999 – 06/03/2014 – Obituaries
Park Falls Price County Review 06/06/2014 – Current – Obituaries
Phillips Phillips Bee 03/03/1999 – 06/03/2014 – Obituaries
Portage Daily Register 01/07/2004 – Current – Obituaries
Portage Wisconsin Dells Events 02/26/2005 – Current – Obituaries
Poynette Poynette Press 06/11/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Prescott Prescott Transcript 10/19/1855 – 02/26/1859 13 Newspaper Archives
Price County Up North Explorer 03/11/2014 – 05/28/2015 – Obituaries
Racine Racine Courier 10/16/1976 – 07/25/1992 185 Newspaper Archives
Racine Weekly Racine Advocate 01/08/1851 – 04/25/1866 577 Newspaper Archives
Racine Journal Times 04/01/1990 – Current – Obituaries
Reedsburg Reedsburg Times-Press 01/28/2004 – 09/17/2020 – Obituaries
Rhinelander Northwoods River News 11/15/2000 – Current – Obituaries
Rice Lake Chronotype 01/04/2001 – Current – Obituaries
Richland Center Richland County Observer 04/22/1856 – 06/02/1864 3 Newspaper Archives
Ripon Ripon Commonwealth Press 06/04/2009 – Current – Obituaries
River Falls River Falls times 03/09/1896 – 11/01/1925 164 Newspaper Archives
Sauk City Sauk Prairie Eagle 05/18/2005 – 09/17/2020 – Obituaries
Sheboygan Sheboygan Nieuwsbode 10/06/1849 – 11/07/1850 49 Newspaper Archives
Sheboygan Lakeland College Mirror 10/30/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Spooner Spooner Advocate 09/24/1998 – Current – Obituaries
Stoughton Stoughton Courier-Hub 09/03/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Sun Prairie Star 03/06/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Superior Superior Telegram 05/19/2006 – Current – Obituaries
Superior Superior times 09/08/1870 – 08/27/1910 1962 Newspaper Archives
Superior Uusi kotimaa 01/11/1906 – 12/26/1922 344 Newspaper Archives
Tomah Tomah Journal 03/27/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Verona Verona Press 01/25/2007 – Current – Obituaries
Viroqua Vernon County Broadcaster 03/19/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Viroqua Vernon County censor 01/05/1898 – 12/27/1922 1286 Newspaper Archives
Wabeno Northern Wisconsin advertiser 01/12/1899 – 12/29/1922 1111 Newspaper Archives
Washburn County Journal 04/20/2001 – 08/09/2018 – Obituaries
Washburn Washburn times 09/20/1899 – 12/28/1922 1179 Newspaper Archives
Waterloo Courier 04/22/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Watertown Watertown leader 02/12/1909 – 12/29/1911 151 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Watertown republican 06/15/1860 – 04/06/1906 2109 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Watertown weekly leader 04/13/1906 – 07/10/1908 118 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Watertown weekly leader 01/05/1912 – 05/23/1917 278 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Weekly Watertown leader 07/17/1908 – 02/05/1909 30 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Watertown news 05/25/1917 – 01/15/1919 254 Newspaper Archives
Watertown Watertown Daily Times 10/01/2002 – Current – Obituaries
Waukesha Freeman 06/12/2000 – Current – Obituaries
Waukesha Waukesha County Now 02/03/2011 – Current – Obituaries
Waukesha American Freeman 09/09/1845 – 12/29/1847 75 Newspaper Archives
Waukesha Waukesha Freeman 04/26/1864 – 09/07/1876 35 Newspaper Archives
Waunakee Waunakee Tribune 05/19/2008 – Current – Obituaries
Waupun Waupun Leader 09/29/1870 – 01/31/1879 433 Newspaper Archives
Wausau Wausau pilot 01/02/1900 – 12/28/1922 441 Newspaper Archives
Wauwatosa Wauwatosa NOW 09/09/2010 – 04/27/2017 – Obituaries
Wauwatosa West Now 09/28/2017 – Current – Obituaries
Wauwatosa Wauwatosa news 03/24/1900 – 12/28/1922 1113 Newspaper Archives
West Bend Washington County Daily News 07/12/2000 – Current – Obituaries
West Salem Coulee News 04/09/2003 – 09/12/2017 – Obituaries
West Salem, Onalaska, Holmen Coulee Courier 10/09/2017 – Current – Obituaries
Westby Westby Times 03/19/2003 – Current – Obituaries
Wisconsin Rapids Wood County reporter 02/17/1858 – 12/28/1922 3089 Newspaper Archives

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