Free Online Newspaper Archives

Recently I received an email on Ancestry from a member of an Iowa-based genealogical society, containing information about one of my ancestors. In the email, this woman kindly referenced their online newspaper archive, which was hosted by NewspaperArchive.com. The newspapers (mostly historical, some more recent), were free to access, and needed no NewspaperArchive membership to view.

Now, I have a subscription to NewspaperArchive, but imagine my surprise when I did a little sleuthing, and came upon the fact that they actually have a number of these sub-sites that offer free newspapers (and, in a few cases, city directories and township records)! These sites span the country (I did find a few international ones), and, I imagine, are available thanks to some working agreements made between these various institutions (publishers, libraries, historical societies) and the site itself. There's some great local and niche publications (schools, military regiments) available, for free, right now, to anyone.

Researchers in Iowa can particularly rejoice; NewspaperArchive is located in Iowa, and as such has made a number of agreements with Iowa libraries, so the pickings there are particularly hearty.

I figured I might as well get these subsites into a list, hoping that there's some useful information here for other researchers. I did not include in this listing sub-sites that require a full NewspaperArchive subscription to view the newspapers. This list is intended to catalog only those sites offering completely free access.

Enjoy!

Arizona:

• Casa Grande Public Library Archives (Pinal) 

Arkansas:

• Gentry Courier Journal Archive (Benton)

California:

• Marin County Free Library Newspaper Archive (Marin)
• Mountain Democrat Archive (El Dorado)
• Newspaper Archives of Covina (Los Angeles)
• Ukiah Daily Journal Archives (Mendocino)  (Not free)

Illinois:

• Brookfield Public Library Newspaper Archive (Cook)
• West Deerfield Township Records (Lake)
• Sterling Public Library Newspaper Archives (Whiteside)

Indiana:

• Allen County Public Library Newspaper Archive (Allen)
• Nuvo Magazine Archive (Marion)
• Pharos-Tribune Archive (Cass)
• Tipton County Public Library Newspaper Archive (Tipton)
• Trine University Newspaper Archive (Steuben)
• Washington Carnegie Public Library Newspaper Archives (Daviess)

Iowa:

• Adams County Iowa Newspaper Archive (Adams)
• Altoona Public Library Newspaper Archive (Polk)
• Atlantic Public Library Newspaper Archive (Cass)
• Aurelia Public Library Newspaper Archive (Cherokee)
• Buffalo Center Tribune Archive (Winnebago)
• Carroll Public Library Newspaper Archive (Carroll)
• Cedar Rapids Gazette Archives (Linn)
• Cedar Rapids Public Library Archives (Linn)
• Coe College Newspaper Archives (Linn)
• Dickinson County Newspaper Archives (Dickinson)
• Emmetsburg Public Library Newspaper Archives (Palo Alto)
• Floyd County Museum Newspaper Archives (Floyd)
• Glenwood Public Library Newspaper Archive (Mills)
• Gutekunst Public Library Newspaper Archive (Marshall)
• Humboldt County Newspaper Archive (Humboldt)
• Jefferson Public Library Newspaper Archive (Greene)
• Johnston Historical Society Newspaper Archive (Polk)
• Lake Park Public Library Newspaper Archive (Dickinson)
• Maquoketa Sentinel Press Newspaper Archive (Jackson)
• Moravia Library Newspaper Archive (Appanoose)
• Muscatine City Directories (Muscatine)
• Perry Hometown Archive (Dallas)
• Renwick Public Library Newspaper Archive (Humboldt)
• Roland Historical Society Newspaper Archive (Story)
• Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library Newspaper Archives (Jones)
• Sioux County Newspaper Archive (Sioux)
• Spencer Public Library Newspaper Archive (Clay)

Kansas:

• Belleville Public Library Newspaper Archive (Republic)
• Hays Daily News Archive (Ellis)
• The Hutchinson News Archive (Reno)
• Ottawa Herald Archive (Franklin)
• Ottawa University Newspaper Archive (Franklin)

Massachusetts:

• University of Massachusetts at Boston Newspaper Archive (Suffolk)

Missouri:

• Chillicothe Constitution Archive (Livingston)
• Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Archive (Livingston)

Nebraska:

• Scotts Bluff Star-Herald Archive (Scotts Bluff)

New Mexico:

• Taos News Archive (Taos)

New Jersey:

• New Brunswick Free Public Library Archive (Middlesex)

New York:

• Barnard Bulletin (Barnard College) Archive (Manhattan)

North Carolina:

• Braswell Memorial Library Newspaper Archive (Nash)
• Carolina Indian Voice Archive (Robeson)

Ohio:

• Orrville Newspaper Archive (Wayne)

Pennsylvania:

• Altoona Mirror Archive (Blair)
• Delaware County Library Newspaper Archive (Delaware)
• Green County Library Archives (Tioga)
• Greenville County Library Newspaper Archives (Mercer)
• Muncy Public Library Newspaper Archive (Lycoming)
• Smethport Newspaper Archive (McKean)

Texas:

• Bridge City Library Newspaper Archive (Orange)
• Casa Grande Public Library Newspaper Archive (Webb)
• Collingsworth Public Library Newspaper Archive (Collingsworth)
• Corsicana Daily Sun Archive (Navarro)
• Duncanville Public Library Newspaper Archive (Dallas)
• Friendswood Public Library Newspaper Archive (Galveston)
• La Marque Times Archive (Galveston)
• Nesbitt Memorial Library Newspaper Archive (Colorado)
• Panola Watchman Archive (Panola)
• University of Mary Hardin Baylor Newspaper Archive (Bell)
• Wichita Daily Times Archive (Wichita)

Virginia:

• Radford Public Library Newspaper Archive (Radford)
• Southwest Times Archive (Pulaski)

Wisconsin:

• L. E. Phillips Memorial Library Newspaper Archive (Eau Claire)
• Waukesha Newspaper Archive (Waukesha)

Misc:

• 99th Infantry Division WWII Newspaper Archive 
• Jerusalem Post (Israel)
• Peace River Newspaper Archive (Albert, Canada)