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Huge New Addition of Historical Newspapers

GenealogyBank just made a huge addition of historical newspapers to help you make more discoveries about your ancestors, finding their stories to learn more about the names and dates on your family tree.

We just added 103 historical newspapers, all entirely new to our collection – adding over 13 million family records from 1803-1901.

Here is a list of these historical newspapers new to GenealogyBank’s collection:

StateCityTitleStart DateEnd Date
Alabama MobileAlabama Planter07/21/185103/27/1858
Alabama MobileMerchants and Planters Price Current and Shipping List12/07/183909/01/1860
Alaska SitkaAlaska Herald09/26/189207/21/1894
Arizona PhoenixPhoenix Daily Herald10/02/187911/09/1882
Arizona Pinal CityDrill05/29/188008/14/1880
Arkansas Little RockArkansas Banner12/03/184509/09/1846
California SacramentoSacramento Daily Union04/28/185102/20/1875
California StocktonDaily Evening Herald07/05/186509/18/1876
Connecticut BridgeportBridgeport Standard02/19/185712/10/1860
Connecticut BridgeportTri-weekly Standard01/16/185007/24/1854
Delaware WilmingtonDelaware Register, or, Farmers', Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Advocate 11/01/182810/24/1829
Delaware WilmingtonWilmington Daily Commercial12/18/186612/30/1876
District Of Columbia Washington (DC)Daily Globe01/01/184412/30/1844
District Of Columbia Washington (DC)Weekly Union05/10/184506/25/1857
Florida Saint JoselphSt. Joseph Times01/05/183909/12/1840
Florida TallahasseeSouthern Journal01/27/184601/01/1849
Georgia New TownCherokee Phoenix02/21/182805/31/1834
Hawaii HonoluluKa Elele04/01/184507/04/1855
Idaho NampaNampa Progress03/01/189011/01/1890
Illinois NashvilleNashville Journal02/13/186310/20/1870
Illinois PeoriaPeoria Democratic Press04/28/184106/11/1851
Illinois PeoriaPeoria Register and North-western Gazetteer11/18/183703/31/1843
Indiana LafayetteLafayette Daily Journal09/03/185311/20/1876
Indiana New HarmonyNew Harmony Gazette10/01/182511/19/1828
Iowa DavenportDaily Gazette06/06/186012/31/1863
Iowa DubuqueDubuque Daily Times02/23/186212/31/1876
Iowa Iowa CityIowa Republican05/02/184910/18/1854
Kansas TopekaCommonwealth07/09/187511/20/1880
Kentucky LouisvilleDaily Kentuckian01/01/184311/08/1843
Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Daily Democrat10/28/184406/18/1867
Louisiana New OrleansNew-Orleans Commercial Bulletin12/21/183210/07/1871
Louisiana New OrleansNew-Orleans Price-Current and Commercial Intelligencer10/22/184203/08/1870
Louisiana VidaliaConcordia Intelligencer05/18/184411/16/1860
Maine BangorDaily Commercial Advertiser08/20/183505/25/1836
Maryland BaltimoreBaltimore Republican05/21/182912/31/1832
Maryland BaltimoreBaltimore Saturday Visiter01/16/184104/03/1847
Massachusetts BostonBoston Statesman12/01/182712/15/1838
Massachusetts BostonChristian Register04/20/182112/31/1836
Massachusetts HinghamHingham Patriot07/02/183812/29/1848
Michigan DetroitDetroit Advertiser and Tribune01/10/186510/11/1877
Michigan MarquetteMining Journal05/17/185602/06/1858
Michigan MonroeMonroe Times01/19/183710/04/1838
Minnesota St. PaulMinnesota Chronicle and Register09/01/184902/10/1851
Minnesota St. PaulSaint Paul Daily Times05/26/185405/14/1857
Mississippi AberdeenWeekly Independent03/10/184903/16/1850
Mississippi JacksonMississippian02/21/183403/24/1848
Mississippi NatchezNatchez Daily Courier01/01/183605/12/1842
Missouri HannibalHannibal Daily Messenger09/03/186105/11/1862
Missouri St. LouisDaily Missouri Democrat 02/14/185705/19/1875
Montana White Sulphur SpringsRocky Mountain Husbandman01/29/188008/10/1899
Nebraska LincolnDaily Nebraska State Journal07/01/188810/03/1890
Nevada Virginia CityVirginia Evening Chronicle05/04/187612/28/1886
New Hampshire ConcordNew-Hampshire Statesman10/22/182512/31/1831
New Hampshire ConcordState Capital Reporter01/01/185209/05/1854
New Hampshire LancasterCoos Republican12/11/185509/12/1876
New Jersey Jersey CityDaily Telegraph05/16/185111/08/1856
New Jersey PatersonPaterson Daily Register05/06/186108/02/1862
New Jersey PrincetonPrinceton Standard01/02/186312/31/1869
New Jersey PrincetonPrinceton Whig, and Somerset and Middlesex Advertiser01/08/183612/29/1837
New Mexico AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque Morning Democrat01/01/188312/31/1884
New Mexico AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque Morning Journal09/01/188202/28/1885
New York New YorkNew-York American for the Country03/09/182112/30/1840
New York New YorkWorld01/01/186112/30/1876
North Carolina RaleighNorth-Carolina Standard01/09/183512/14/1850
North Carolina RaleighRaleigh Register and North-Carolina Gazette11/18/182312/29/1843
North Carolina WilmingtonDaily Journal11/29/185209/16/1876
North Dakota FargoFargo Daily Argus01/04/188212/30/1882
North Dakota FargoFargo Times07/10/187511/03/1877
Ohio CincinnatiDaily Cincinnati Republican06/24/182304/28/1842
Ohio CincinnatiNational Republican and Daily Mercantile Advertiser01/03/183103/29/1832
Oregon AstoriaTri-weekly Astorian07/29/187310/07/1873
Oregon EugenePacific Journal06/26/185810/30/1858
Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaDaily Pennsylvanian09/29/183205/07/1859
Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaDollar Newspaper08/23/184312/21/1864
Rhode Island PawtucketPawtucket Chronicle and Manufacturers' and Artizans' Advocate11/12/182504/19/1839
Rhode Island ProvidenceRepublican Herald12/15/183212/04/1852
South Carolina Port RoyalNew South03/15/186206/09/1866
South Carolina Port RoyalPalmetto Herald03/03/186412/29/1864
South Dakota DeadwoodBlack Hills Daily Pioneer 01/15/187803/31/1882
South Dakota DeadwoodBlack Hills Daily Times11/23/187711/23/1877
South Dakota MinerMiner Sentinel08/11/188211/09/1883
Tennessee MemphisMemphis Daily Eagle and Enquirer01/01/185206/29/1858
Tennessee NashvilleNashville Union03/26/183912/30/1847
Tennessee NashvilleWeekly Nashville Union04/22/184603/24/1847
Texas AustinDaily State Gazette10/24/186711/21/1867
Texas AustinTri-Weekly State Gazette06/09/186311/27/1872
Utah Salt Lake CityBikuben10/02/187909/24/1885
Utah Salt Lake CitySalt Lake Herald09/24/187212/25/1887
Vermont MontpelierChristian Messenger01/05/184812/26/1849
Vermont WoodstockVermont Mercury04/06/183702/08/1855
Virginia LynchburgLynchburg Daily Virginian08/10/185201/10/1876
Virginia LynchburgLynchburg Virginian01/07/182811/30/1848
Washington SeattleWeekly Pacific Tribune06/25/187501/26/1879
Washington TacomaWeekly Pacific Tribune04/02/187506/11/1875
West Virginia CeredoCeredo Crescent10/24/185710/20/1860
West Virginia Charles TownSpirit of Jefferson01/31/184509/12/1876
West Virginia Charles TownVirginia Free Press08/09/183208/12/1876
West Virginia WheelingIntelligencer01/02/187112/30/1876
Wisconsin ChiltonChilton Times03/26/186406/09/1877
Wisconsin JanesvilleJanesville Daily Gazette03/09/186012/31/1864
Wisconsin MadisonWisconsin Argus08/22/184406/02/1852
Wyoming CheyenneCheyenne Weekly Leader 08/05/187608/05/1876
Wyoming CheyenneCommercial Record04/04/186804/11/1868