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Michigan is one of the states that has a couple of central online repositories for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and the state makes use of this site as well. The online newspaper titles are also available from several different sites, many free, and many require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
There are around 4,000 newspapers that have been published in the Wolverine State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Michigan ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.
(Recently added links are in BOLD)
Michigan Historical Newspapers
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Michigan
The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0
- Ad-Daleel (Detroit, Mich.) 194?-19??
- Alma Record (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928
- Alpena Argus (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909
- Alpena Weekly Argus (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893
- America (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-Current
- Automotive News (Detroit, Mich.; Detroit, MI) 1938-Current
- Auttaja (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??
- Belding Banner (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918
- Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953
- Constantine Republican (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838
- Crawford Avalanche (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??
- Dearborn Independent (Dearborn, Mich.) 1901-1927
- Detroit Evening Times (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958
- Detroit Tribune (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933
- Detroiter Abend-Post (Detroit [Mich.]) 18??-19??
- East Saginaw Courier (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??
- Grand Rapids Herald (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959
- Grand Rapids Morning Telegram (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 188?-18??
- Grand River Times (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??
- Hillsdale Whig Standard (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851
- Northern Tribune (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885
- Radnička Borba = Workers’ Struggle ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970
- Românul American (Detroit, Mich.) 1939-1968
- Siebenbürgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971
- Telegram-Herald (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892
- The Belding Banner-News (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973
- The Calumet News (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938
- The Cass County Republican (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880
- The Clio Messenger (Clio, Mich.) 1907-Current
- The Copper Country Evening News (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907
- The Daily Monitor (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942
- The Daily Monitor Leader (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??
- The Detroit Informer (Detroit, Mich.) 1897-19??
- The Detroit Times (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920
- The Detroit Tribune (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966
- The Diamond Drill (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996
- The Grand Haven News (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??
- The Hillsdale Standard (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909
- The Lake County Star (Chase, Mich.) 1873-Current
- The L’anse Sentinel (L’anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-Current
- The Lansing State Republican (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1875
- The Michigan Chronicle (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-Current
- The Owosso Times (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882
- The Owosso Times (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926
- The Plaindealer (Detroit, Mich.) 1883-1895
- The Times (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897
- The Tribune Independent of Michigan (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935
- The True Northerner (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920
- The Workingman’s Advocate (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877
- The Wyandotte Herald (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943
- The Wyandotte News-Herald (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963
- The Yale Expositor (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-Current
- The Ypsilanti Daily Press (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962
- United Automobile Worker (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-1957
- Weekly Expositor (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894
- Ypsilanti Sentinel (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900
Google News Archive
- Adrian – The Weekly Press
- Adrian – The Daily Press
- Ann Arbor – The Ann Arbor Record
- Ann Arbor – The Peninsular Courier
- Ann Arbor – The Michigan Daily
- Ann Arbor – Local News and Advertiser
- Ann Arbor – The Summer Daily
- Ann Arbor – The Ann Arbor Register
- Ann Arbor – The Ann Arbor Argus
- Ann Arbor – Washtenaw Whig
- Ann Arbor – The Weekly Michigan Argus
- Ann Arbor – Peninsula Courier & Family Visitant/Ann Arbor Visitant
- Ann Arbor – The Peninsular Courier and Family Visitant
- Ann Arbor – Courier-Register
- Ann Arbor – Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat
- Ann Arbor – The Ann Arbor Daily Courier
- Ann Arbor – The Ann Arbor Journal
- Ann Arbor – Michigan State Journal
- Ann Arbor – State Journal
- Atlanta – Montmorency County Tribune
- Battle Creek – The Michigan Tribune
- Bay City – L’Ouest Français
- Bellaire – The Bellaire Area Review
- Bellaire – The Antrim Review
- Bessemer – The Bessemer Herald
- Big Rapids – The Big Rapids Current
- Clare – The Clare County Review
- Detroit – Detroit Gazette
- Flint – Wolverine Citizen
- Flint – The Genesee Whig
- Flint – The Sunday Democrat
- Flint – The Genesee Democrat
- Lake Linden – L’Union Franco-Américaine
- Ludington – Ludington Record-Appeal
- Ludington – Ludington Daily News
- Ludington – Ludington Appeal
- Ludington – The Ludington Record
- Ludington – Mason County Record
- Ludington – The Ludington Chronicle
- Manistee – Manistee Standard
- Manistee – The Manistee Weekly Times
- Manistee – The Manistee Times
- Manistee – The Manistee Times-Sentinel
- Manistee – Times and Standard
- Manistee – The Manistee Broadaxe
- Marshall – The Marshall Statesman
- Mt. Pleasant – North=western Tribune
- Niles – The Niles Republican
- Owosso – The Owosso American
- Owosso – The Owosso Daily Argus
- Owosso – The Evening Argus
- Owosso – The Owosso Argus-Press
- Owosso – The Argus-Press
- Pentwater – East Shore News
- Pentwater – The Pentwater News
- South Haven – Morning Sentinel
- South Haven – South Haven Sentinel
- Tecumseh – The Tecumseh News
- Three Rivers – Three Rivers Daily Reporter
- Three Rivers – Three Rivers Reporter
- Three Rivers – The News Reporter
- Three Rivers – Three Rivers Tribune
- Three Rivers – Three Rivers Herald
- Advertiser Record — Constantine, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 21 September 1927 – 23 February 1972
- Advertiser-Monitor — Mount Clemens, Macomb County (Mich.) — 19 November 1936 – 23 August 1940
- Alpena Evening News — Alpena, Alpena County (Mich.) — 1 August 1899 – 30 December 1910
- Antrim County Herald — Mancelona, Antrim County (Mich.) — 11 August 1881 – 30 March 1882
- Antrim County News — Bellaire, Antrim County (Mich.) — 19 June 1947 – 26 December 1974
- Antrim County Record — Bellaire, Antrim County (Mich.) — 15 July 1920 – 2 July 1931
- Augustinian — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 8 July 1905 – 27 December 1930
- Beaver Beacon — St. James, Charlevoix County (Mich.) — 1 March 1955 – 1 July 2002
- Bellaire Record — Bellaire, Antrim County (Mich.) — 9 July 1931 – 30 June 1955
- Bellaire Spectator — Bellaire, Antrim County (Mich.) — 19 June 1972 – 15 April 1974
- Breckenridge American — Breckenridge, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 6 February 1914 – 18 March 1932
- Breckenridge Clarion — Breckenridge, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 17 September 1908
- Breckenridge News — Breckenridge, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 6 October 1938 – 2 February 1939
- Breckenridge Star — Breckenridge, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 21 August 1952 – 2 October 1952
- Cadence — East Grand Rapids, Kent County (Mich.) — 27 August 1975 – 13 February 2008
- Cadillac Evening News — Cadillac, Wexford County (Mich.) — 6 June 1951 – May 2013
- Caseville Advertiser — Caseville, Huron County (Mich.) — 29 January 1874 – 21 January 1875
- Caseville Critic — Caseville, Huron County (Mich.) — 4 January 1894 – 30 July 1908
- Caseville Record — Caseville, Huron County (Mich.) — 6 August 1887 – 8 December 1887
- Caseville Tom Thumb News — Caseville, Huron County (Mich.) — 15 August 1956 – 25 May 1960
- Cheboygan Democrat — Cheboygan, Cheboygan County (Mich.) — 4 March 1880 – 16 December 1927
- Clare County Cleaver — Harrison, Clare County (Mich.) — 10 July 1891 – 28 December 2017
- Clare County Press — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 24 May 1878 – 30 April 1886
- Clare Courier — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 5 July 1895 – 22 December 1922
- Clare Democrat and Press — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 3 January 1890 – 29 July 1892
- Clare Democrat — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 31 December 1885 – 26 July 1889
- Clare Press — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 7 May 1886 – 13 May 1887
- Clare Sentinel (1892) — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 2 December 1892 – 21 December 1894
- Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 28 December 1894 – 24 July 1896
- Clare Sentinel — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 31 July 1896 – 28 December 1999
- Commercial Record — Saugatuck, Allegan County (Mich.) — 4 January 1957 – 6 August 1970
- Constantine Advertiser=Record — Constantine, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 25 July 1906 – 14 September 1927
- Courier Leader — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 14 February 1969 – 28 December 2018
- Courier-Northerner — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 13 February 1920 – 15 November 1968
- Daily Leader — Mount Clemens, Macomb County (Mich.) — 30 June 1902 – 28 October 1902
- Daily Times-News — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 26 June 1950 – 12 March 1958
- Decatur Clarion — Decatur, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 5 July 1865 – 7 October 1865
- Detroit Tribune — Detroit, Wayne County (Mich.) — 4 January 1964 – 29 January 1966
- DeWitt Weekly Advertiser — DeWitt, Clinton County (Mich.) — 19 May 1950 – 31 July 1969
- East Lansing Community Life — East Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 10 January 1919 – 27 December 1923
- East Lansing Press — East Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 3 January 1930 – 28 December 1934
- East Lansing Towne Courier — East Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 3 January 1963 – 18 December 1963
- Empire Enterprise — Empire, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 27 July 1922 – 31 August 1922
- Empire Journal — Empire, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 13 March 1902 – 13 November 1919
- Empire Leader — Empire, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 26 May 1899 – 30 November 1899
- Evart Review — Evart, Osceola County (Mich.) — 6 September 1878 – 15 December 1899
- Farwell News — Farwell, Clare County (Mich.) — 1 January 1953 – 30 December 1971
- Focus News — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 1 April 1968 – 15 November 1982
- Focus — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 10 June 1965 – 1 January 1968
- Forest Hills Cadence — East Grand Rapids, Kent County (Mich.) — 1 May 1986 – 7 November 1990
- Free Press and Courier — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 16 July 1914 – 5 February 1920
- Gladwin County Record — Cedar, Gladwin County (Mich.) — 28 September 1883 – 29 March 1901
- Grand Traverse Herald — Traverse City, Grand Traverse County (Mich.) — 3 November 1858 – 27 October 1910
- Gratiot County Herald — Ithaca, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 15 March 1889 – 27 December 1906
- Gratiot County Journal — Ithaca, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 4 January 1884 – 26 December 1884
- Ingham County News — Mason, Ingham County (Mich.) — 7 January 1970 – 30 December 1974
- Inner City Times — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 20 November 1968 – 21 May 1969
- Iron Agitator — Ishpeming, Marquette County (Mich.) — 7 January 1882 – 11 September 1886
- Iron Ore — Ishpeming, Marquette County (Mich.) — 18 September 1886 – 28 November 1896
- Isabella County Daily Times-News — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 23 August 1948 – 31 December 1964
- Isabella County Enterprise — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 13 January 1875 – 27 August 1926
- Isabella County Times-News — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 24 March 1932 – 19 August 1948
- Items of Constantine Michigan — Constantine, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 26 May 1904 – 10 January 1918
- Jacksonian — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 10 July 1838 – 17 March 1840
- Jeffersonian — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 3 December 1839 – 28 July 1840
- Jeffersonian, and Oakland, Lapeer, & Shiawassee Advertiser — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 16 July 1839 – 29 November 1839
- Kalamazoo Angelus — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 23 April 1893 – 11 June 1893
- Kalamazoo Augustinian — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 18 June 1893 – 1 July 1905
- Kalamazoo News — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 23 August 1979 – 19 February 1987
- Labor Journal — Alpena, Alpena County (Mich.) — 3 January 1885 – 26 December 1890
- Lake County Star — Baldwin, Lake County (Mich.) — 1 May 1873 – 29 December 1977
- L’Anse Sentinel — L’Anse, Baraga County (Mich.) — 14 March 1924 – 10 November 1954
- Lansing Post — Lansing, Ingham County; Fowler, Clinton County (Mich.) — 17 May 1963 – 30 May 1964
- Lansing Times — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 28 June 1975
- Lapeer County Democrat — Lapeer, Lapeer County (Mich.) — 24 June 1885 – 25 December 1895
- Lawrence Tech Basketball News — Highland Park, Wayne County (Mich.) — 9 December 1947 – 27 February 1949
- Lawrence Tech News — Highland Park, Wayne County (Mich.) — 5 April 1933 – 16 November 1955
- Leelanau County Times — Suttons Bay, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 6 March 1947 – 14 April 1949
- Leelanau Enterprise — Northport, Leland, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 1 July 1878 – 25 December 1997
- Leelanau Leader — Empire, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 21 December 1894 – 10 July 1896
- Leelanau News — Suttons Bay, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 3 January 1908 – 19 June 1913
- Leelanau Tribune — Northport, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 11 September 1874 – 25 August 1880
- Luce County Democrat — Newberry, Luce County (Mich.) — 31 January 1891 – 16 January 1892
- Mackinaw News — Mackinaw City, Cheboygan County (Mich.) — 21 November 2017 – 24 January 2024
- Maple City Mirror — Maple City, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 19 December 1896
- Marion Press — Marion, Osceola County (Mich.) — 8 June 1922 – 31 July 1924
- Menominee County Journal — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 2 September 1921 – 19 October 1923
- Menominee Daily Herald — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 6 March 1894 – 28 April 1896
- Menominee Democrat — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 7 November 1885 – 30 May 1896
- Menominee Herald (LCCN 84025801) — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 6 January 1887 – 29 December 1900
- Menominee Herald (LCCN 88086206) — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 1 May 1899 – 16 May 1900
- Menominee Herald-Leader — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 2 April 1908 – 18 May 1926
- Michigan Labor Journal — Alpena, Alpena County (Mich.) — 14 June 1884 – 27 December 1884
- Midland Daily News — Midland, Midland County (Mich.) — 2 January 1960 – 31 August 1960
- Milford Times — Milford, Oakland County (Mich.) — 18 February 1871 – 27 December 1913
- Missaukee Republican — Lake City, Missaukee County (Mich.) — 8 July 1920 – 23 November 1922
- Monroe Commercial — Monroe, Monroe County (Mich.) — 7 August 1856 – 25 December 1885
- Monroe Democrat — Monroe, Monroe County (Mich.) — 17 March 1880 – 13 March 1914
- Monroe Evening News — Monroe, Monroe County (Mich.) — 4 January 1921 – 31 December 1923
- Mount Clemens Monitor — Mount Clemens, Macomb County (Mich.) — 29 January 1869 – 13 November 1936
- Mount Clemens Press — Mount Clemens, Macomb County (Mich.) — 27 January 1887 – 30 December 1897
- Mount Pleasant Daily Times — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 5 January 1927 – 16 May 1931
- Mount Pleasant Times and Isabella County Enterprise — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 9 September 1926 – 1 December 1927
- Mount Pleasant Times — Mount Pleasant, Isabella County (Mich.) — 10 June 1926 – 2 September 1926
- New World — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 1 January 1973
- Newberry News — Newberry, Luce County (Mich.) — 10 June 1886 – 8 May 1896
- Northern Osceola Press — Marion, Osceola County (Mich.) — 29 April 1920 – 1 June 1922
- Northport Leader — Northport, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 30 May 1901 – 1 July 1976
- Northport Tribune — Northport, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 8 October 1942 – 2 March 1950
- Oakland Chronicle — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 31 May 1830 – 22 April 1831
- Oakland County Post — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 6 January 1893 – 29 December 1893
- Oakland Gazette — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 7 February 1844 – 31 May 1851
- Oakland Press — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 1 May 1972 – 29 December 1972
- Osceola County Democrat — Reed City, Osceola County (Mich.) — 28 July 1886 – 28 July 1909
- Osceola County Herald — Reed City, Osceola County (Mich.) — 2 May 1918 – 29 December 1977
- Osceola County Herald-Clarion — Reed City, Osceola County (Mich.) — 4 January 1917 – 25 April 1918
- Oxford Intruder — Oxford, Oakland County (Mich.) — 15 April 1898 – 2 December 1898
- Oxford Leader (and Globe) — Oxford, Oakland County (Mich.) — 25 April 1902 – 1 March 1907
- Oxford Leader — Oxford, Oakland County (Mich.) — 9 December 1898 – 4 March 2020
- Palladium — Hazel Park, Oakland County (Mich.) — 19 January 1939 – 30 December 1948
- Paw Paw Free Press and Courier — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 2 January 1913 – 25 December 1913
- Paw Paw Free Press — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 31 December 1853 – 15 September 1856
- Paw Paw Herald — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 21 October 1887
- Pinconning Journal and Bay County News — Pinconning, Bay County (Mich.) — 8 April 1925 – 29 December 1948
- Pinconning Journal — Pinconning, Bay County (Mich.) — 10 January 1940 – 28 December 2022
- Pinconning Press — Pinconning, Bay County (Mich.) — 5 January 1905 – 1 February 1924
- Pontiac Bill Poster (1882) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 2 August 1882 – 25 December 1889
- Pontiac Commercial — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 20 June 1876 – 23 April 1878
- Pontiac Courier (1836) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 2 May 1836 – 5 April 1839
- Pontiac Courier (1841) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 23 September 1841 – 23 November 1842
- Pontiac Daily Gazette — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 2 October 1894 – 15 February 1896
- Pontiac Evening Press — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 17 February 1896 – 21 March 1896
- Pontiac Gazette (1851) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 7 June 1851 – 10 August 1860
- Pontiac Gazette (1877) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 30 March 1877 – 3 July 1896
- Pontiac Jacksonian — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 6 May 1842 – 19 April 1866
- Pontiac Jeffersonian — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 7 August 1840 – 18 June 1841
- Pontiac Press — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 1 January 1970 – 29 April 1972
- Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 3 January 1872 – 26 July 1882
- Pontiac Weekly Gazette (1860) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 17 August 1860 – 28 December 1860
- Pontiac Weekly Gazette (1869) — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 6 January 1871 – 23 March 1877
- Pontiac Weekly Jacksonian — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 24 March 1840 – 29 April 1842
- Provemont Courier — Provemont, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 22 October 1915 – 10 March 1921
- Reporter — Saline, Washtenaw County (Mich.) — 8 April 1948 – 4 June 1958
- Response — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 1 February 1981 – 1 December 1981
- Roscommon County Voice — Roscommon, Roscommon County (Mich.) — 18 December 2010 – 6 December 2013
- Rotary Chronicle — Clare, Clare County (Mich.) — 11 November 1955 – 1 October 1975
- Saline Observer — Saline, Washtenaw County (Mich.) — 18 November 1880 – 26 May 1959
- Saline Reporter — Saline, Washtenaw County (Mich.) — 11 June 1958 – 3 April 2014
- Saline Review — Saline, Washtenaw County (Mich.) — 7 March 1874
- Sentinel-Leader — Sparta, Kent County (Mich.) — 4 January 1918 – 19 December 1919
- Shepherd Argus — Shepherd, Isabella County (Mich.) — 8 June 1960 – 29 June 1966
- Sol de Aztlan — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 1 March 1970 – 1 July 1971
- South Lyon Herald — Pontiac, Oakland County (Mich.) — 31 January 1929 – 27 December 1945
- St. Joseph County Advertiser and Constantine Weekly Mercury — Constantine, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 1 January 1891 – 18 August 1898
- St. Joseph County News — Three Rivers, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 2 March 1972 – 29 December 1977
- St. Louis Leader — Saint Louis, Gratiot County (Mich.) — 7 January 1880 – 26 December 1918
- Story of Lawrence Tech — 15th Anniversary Brochure — Highland Park, Wayne County (Mich.) — 1 January 1947
- Suttons Bay Courier — Suttons Bay, Leelanau County (Mich.) — 24 March 1921 – 24 November 1960
- Tech News — Southfield, Oakland County (Mich.) — 18 January 1956 – 14 December 1983
- The Daily Herald — Menominee, Menominee County (Mich.) — 29 April 1896 – 28 January 1899
- The Lapeer Democrat — Lapeer, Lapeer County (Mich.) — 4 January 1879 – 17 June 1885
- The Story of Lawrence Tech — 15th Anniversary Brochure — Highland Park, Wayne County (Mich.) — 1 January 1947
- True Northerner — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 4 April 1873 – 6 February 1920
- Tuscola County Pioneer and Vassar Times — Vassar, Tuscola County (Mich.) — 13 September 1912 – 31 January 1913
- Tuscola County Pioneer Times — Vassar, Tuscola County (Mich.) — 7 February 1913 – 5 July 1962
- Tuscola County Pioneer — Vassar, Tuscola County (Mich.) — 17 January 1884 – 6 September 1912
- Van Buren County Press — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 7 January 1861 – 26 December 1870
- Van Buren County Tribune — Paw Paw, Van Buren County (Mich.) — 21 November 1861
- Vassar Pioneer Times — Vassar, Tuscola County (Mich.) — 2 February 1923 – 26 June 2019
- Vassar Times — Vassar, Tuscola Tounty (Mich.) — 16 March 1894 – 3 May 1895
- Weekly Agitator — Ishpeming, Marquette County (Mich.) — 11 October 1879 – 31 December 1881
- Weekly Mercury and St. Joseph County Advertiser — Constantine, St. Joseph County (Mich.) — 7 December 1865 – 2 July 1868
- Western Activist — Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County (Mich.) — 13 October 1966 – 1 July 1969
- Westside News — Lansing, Ingham County (Mich.) — 17 May 1969 – 20 March 1971
- Wexford County Pioneer — Sherman, Wexford County (Mich.) — 9 July 1879 – 13 August 1879
- Zeeland Expositor — Zeeland, Ottawa County (Mich.) — 7 October 1893 – 4 December 1896
- Zeeland Record — Zeeland, Ottawa County (Mich.) — 7 October 1893 – 28 December 2023
County and Library Collections:
Aitkin Memorial District Library
- Croswell Jeffersonian
- Sanilac County Jeffersonian
- Sanilac County Jeffersonian/Advisor
- Sanilac Jeffersonian
- Sanilac Jeffersonian and the Sanilac County Times
- Allegan County News and Gazette (1966-1994)
- Allegan County’s Chamber & Business News (1999-2001)
- Allegan Democrat (1896)
- Allegan Gazette (1882-1949)
- Allegan Journal and Tribune (1883-1888)
- Allegan Journal (1856-1897)
- The Allegan County News (1994-2018)
- The Allegan News-Gazette (1955-1964)
- The Allegan Press (1906)
- The Allegan News (1901-1955)
- The Daily Gazette (1888)
- The Kalamazoo Gazette (1963-1963)
Ann Arbor District Library Historic Newspapers
- Michigan Argus (1860-1879)
- Ann Arbor Argus (1888-1898)
- Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat (1898-1899)
- Ann Arbor Democrat
- Ann Arbor News (1927-2009)
- Ann Arbor Register
- Ann Arbor Sun (1967-1976)
- Michigan Argus (1860-1879)
- Signal of Liberty & Michigan Liberty Press
- Huron County Tribune (1909-1925) Free
- Huron Tribune and Huron County Gazette (1883-1884) Free
- The Bad Axe Democrat (1885-1891) Free
- The Bad Axe Weekly Republican (1899) Free
- The Huron County Republican (1901-1902) Free
- The Huron Tribune and The Huron County Republican (1903-1905) Free
- The Huron Tribune (1881-1909) Free
Benzie Shores District Library
- Benzie Banner
- Benzie County Patriot
- Benzie Record
- Benzie Record Patriot
- Benzonia Citizen
- Elberta Alert
- Frankfort Express
- Frankfort Times
- South Frankfort Alert
- Brighton Weekly Argus
- Brighton Weekly Argus and Gazette
- The Brighton Argus
- Weekly Argus
- Berrien County Record
- Buchanan Argus
- Buchanan Banner
- Buchanan News
- Buchanan Reporter
- Buchanan Weekly Union
- Michigan Independent
- Canton Observer & Eccentric (1974-1976)
- Canton Observer (1976-2017)
- The Tuscola Advertiser (1868-1879)
- Tuscola County Advertiser (1868-2018)
Cooperville Area District Library
- Cooperville Observer
Dearborn Public Library
- Dearborn Independent (1905-1923)
- Springwells Independent (1924)
- Springwells Star (1924)
- Springwells Tribune (1920-1924)
- Sunday Times (1993-2019)
- The Dearborn Herald (1937-1938)
- Suburban Times-Herald (1964-1966)
- Times-Herald (1966-2019)
- Your Sunday Shopper (1963-1964)
- Greenville Daily News (1927-1949)
- Independent Daily News (1924-1927)
- The Daily News and Belding Banner (1974-1977)
- The Daily News (1949-2009)
Genealogical Society of Monroe County
- Carleton Messenger
- Carleton Times
- Dundee Enterprise
- Dundee Reporter
- Michigan Sentinel
- Monroe Advocate
- Monroe Commercial
- Monroe Gazette
- Monroe Monitor
- Petersburg sun
- Petersburgh Bulletin
- Petersburgh Sun
- The Bayside Herald
- The Carleton Messenger
- The Dundee Reporter
- The Itemizer
- The Monroe Commercial And Southern Michigan Advocate
- The Monroe Evening News
- The Monroe Index
- The Monroe Journal And Michigan Inquirer
- The Monroe National Press
- The Monroe Times
- The Petersburgh Sun
- Gazette Van Detroit
Jordan Valley District Library
- Boyne Area And East Jordan Observer 2009-04-08 Thru 2009-07-01
- Boyne Citizen 1952-06-19 Thru 1952-10-09
- Charlevoix County Herald 1902-05-23 Thru 1953-07-24
- Charlevoix County News 2009-06-18 Thru Present
- Charlevoix County Press 1977-04-07 Thru 1991-12-25
- Charlevoix County Press 1993-03-03 Thru 1993-03-09
- Charlevoix County Press 1993-12-15 Thru 1993-12-21
- East Jordan Journal 1993-11-24 Thru 1998-04-22
- East Jordan News-Herald 1953-01-31 Thru 1967-03-30
- East Jordan News-Herald 1955-01-06 Thru 1962-12-27
- East Jordan Public Schools Newsletter August 1977
- East Jordan Swan City Express July-August
- Jordan Journal 1998-04-29 Thru 2001-11-28
- Northland Press 1969-05-15 Thru 1972-07-17
- Oakland Press Metro 1992-05-17
- Petoskey News-Review 1972-05-25
- The Citizen-Journal 2001-12-05 Thru 2009-01-28
- The East Jordan News 1952-10-02 Thru 1953-07-23
- The Torch And East Jordan Journal 1992-11-11 Thru 1993-11-17
Chelsea District Library Newspaper Archives
- Chelsea Standard
- The Chelsea Herald
- The Chelsea Standard
- Chelsea Standard-Herald
- The Chelsea Tribune
- The Dexter Leader
- The Sun Times News
- Washtenaw Now
Coloma Public Library Newspaper Archives
- Coloma Courier
- Watervliet Record
- Tri-City Record
- The Concord News
- Concord Independent
- The Concord News And Jackson County Legal News
- Escanaba Daily Mirror
- Escanaba Daily Press (1922-1926)
- Escanaba Morning Press (1909-1922)
- Escanaba Tribune
- Evening Iron Port
- Iron Port
- Semi-Weekly Iron Port
- Semi-Weekly Iron Port & Calumet
- Weekly Iron Port
- Farmington Enterprise (1888-1967)
- Farmington Observer & Eccentric (1974)
- Farmington Observer (1976-2019)
- The Farmington Enterprise and Observer (1967-1974)
- The Observer of Farmington (1967)
- Grand Ledge Independent
- Grand Ledge News
- Burton Heights Record, 1924-1952
- Creston News, 1909-1955
- Fine Furniture, 1936-1937
- Grand Rapids CIO News, 1955-1968
- Grand Rapids Herald, 1893-1930
- Grand Valley Labor News, 1968-2011
- Grandville Avenue Record, 1911-1918
- Madison Square Sun, 1913-1914
- Michigan Artisan, 1905-1910
- Michigan Suffragist, 1914-1917
- New River Free Press, 1973-1977
- Northwestern Weekly, 1914-1938
- Observer, 1908-1926
- Peninsular Club News, 1934-1944
- Sixth Ward News, 1909-1917
- South End Weekly Sun, 1914-1916
- Southwest Alliance, 1927-1960
- West Side News, 1917-1950
- Woman magazine, 1908-1909
- Work in Progress, 2011-2015
- Wyoming Alliance, 1960-1963
Greenwood Cemetery (Petoskey) Newspaper Archives
- Emmet County Democrat (1875-1876) Free
- Emmet County Graphic (1931-1959) Free
- Emmet County Independent (1881-1882) Free
- Harbor Springs Graphic (1895-1896) Free
- Levering Local (1915-1916) Free
- Little Traverse Republican (1877) Free
- Petoskey City Record (1878-1883) Free
- Petoskey City Weekly Times (1874) Free
- Petoskey News-Review (1954-2019) Free
- The Daily Resorter (Harbor Springs) (1883-1885) Free
- The Daily Resorter (Petoskey) (1887-1896) Free
- The Independent Democrat (1875-1903) Free
- The Northern Independent (1882-1886) Free
- The Pellston Journal (1903-1915) Free
- The Petoskey Evening News and Daily Resorter (1906-1954) Free
- The Petoskey Independent (1906-1913) Free
- Grosse Pointe News
- Grosse Pointe Review
- Grosse Pointe Civic News
Harbor Beach Area District Library
- Harbor Beach Times
- Huron County News
- Huron Times
- Sand Beach Times
- Times Harbor Beach Edition
Ironwood Carnegie Library Newspaper Archives
- Bessemer Herald (1894 – 1970)
- Bessemer Pick and Axe (1974 – 1977)
- Daily Advocate (1891 – 1892)
- Daily Globe (1919 – 2014)
- Gogebic Iron Spirit (1890 – 1892)
- Interstate News Record (1890 – 1891)
- Iron County Miner (1985)
- Ironwood Advocate (1891 – 1892)
- Ironwood Advocate (1891 – 1892)
- Ironwood American Citizen (1893)
- Ironwood Daily Advocate (1891 – 2001)
- Ironwood Daily Globe (1925 – 2014)
- Ironwood Gogebic Advocate (1890 – 1892)
- Ironwood Lake Superior Citizen (1894)
- Ironwood News Record (1892 – 1921)
- Ironwood Times (1888 – 1946)
- Lake Superior Citizen (1894)
- Wakefield Advocate (1902 – 1924)
- Wakefield Bulletin (1887 – 1971)
- Wakefield News (1924 – 1983)
- Wakefield News Review (1924)
Kalamazoo Public Library Historic Newspapers
- Allegan County Record
- Augusta Beacon
- Climax Cereal
- Climax Crescent
- Evening Telegraph
- Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph
- Kalamazoo Evening Telegraph
- Kalamazoo Telegraph-Press
- Kalamazoo Weekly Telegraph
- Michigan Telegraph
- Kalamazoo Shopper
- Kalamazoo Telegraph
- Kalamazoo Weekly News and Shopper
- Otsego Union
- Parchment Journal
- Parchment News
- Scotts Cereal
- Semi-Weekly Argus
- The Argus
- The Galesburg Argus
- The Horizon News
- The Independent
- The Kalamazoo Gazette
- The Kalamazoo Gazette Weekly
- The Progressive Herald
- The Weekly Union
- The Kalkaska Leader and The Kalkaskian (1910-1926)
- The Kalkaska Leader (1879-1910)
- The Kalkaskian (1898-1910)
- The Leader and The Kalkaskian (1926-2012)
- Ledger Suburban Life
- Lowell Journal
- Lowell Ledger
- Lowell Ledger Suburban Life
- Lowell Weekly Journal
- The Grand Valley Ledger
- The Morenci Observer
- State Line Observer
- Morenci Observer
Michigan Community Home Papers
- Burton View
- Davison Index
- Flint Township View
- Flushing View
- Grand Blanc View
- Huron County View
- Swartz Creek View
- Brown City Banner
- County Press
- Lapeer Area View
Munising School Public Library (in library)
- Alger County Democrat
- Alger County Independent
- Alger County Republican
- Cloverland Farmer
- Gazette
- Grand Marais Herald
- Grand Marais Pilot and Pictured Rocks Review
- Lake Superior Breeze
- Lake Superior Pilot
- Munising News
- Munising Republican
- Wrights Weekly
- Yearbook
- North Branch Gazette
- Weekly Gazette
- The Brown City Banner
- Sanilac County Press
- The County Press
- Peck Press
- The North Branch News
- The Western Chronicle
- The St. Joseph County Observer
- The Centreville Observer
Otsego County Library Digital Archives
- Herald Times
- Gaylord Herald Times
- Gaylord Herald Times
- Herald Times (1970)
- Herald Times (1976)
- Northern Michigan Herald Times
- Otsego County Herald
- Otsego County Herald and Times
- Otsego County Herald Times (1925)
- Otsego County Herald Times (1970)
- Otsego County Times
- Plymouth Community Crier (1974)
- Plymouth Mail (1887-1967)
- Plymouth Observer and Eccentric (1974-1975)
- Plymouth Observer (1983-2016)
- The Community Crier (1976-1998)
- The Livonian Observer Plymouth Edition (1962)
- The Livonian Plymouth Edition (1961-1962)
- The Livonian (1962)
- The Observer of Plymouth (1962-1967)
- The Observer (1962)
- The Plymouth Mail and Observer (1967-1974)
- Pontiac Herald
- The Pontiac News
- The Redford Observer (1955-2017) Free
- The Redford Township News (1968-1971) Free
- The Suburban News (1971-1990) Free
- The Township News North End Edition (1967-1968) Free
- The Township News (1963-1968) Free
- Chesaning Argus
- Chesaning Argus (1877)
- Chesaning Semi-Weekly Argus
- Chesaning Weekly Argus
- Chesaning-Montrose Argus
- Courier
- Saginaw Valley Advertiser
- Saginaw Valley News
- Saginaw Valley Weekly News
- The Tri-County Citizen
- Tri-County Citizen
- Avon News and Shopper
- Rochester Clarion
- Rochester Era
- Rochester News
- Rochester Plaindealer,
- The Rochester Weekly Sun
- The Spectator
Royal Oak Public Library Digital Archive
- Daily Tribune (1925-2019)
- The Berkley Tribune (1923-1924)
- The Clawson Tribune (1923-1925)
- The Experiment (1877)
- The Hazel Park Tribune (1924-1925)
- The Royal Oak Midget (1879)
- The Royal Oak Tribune (1908-1925)
Romulus Public Library Historic Newspapers
- Romulus Roman
- The Romulus News
- The Little Paper
- The Huron River Weekly
- The Huron News
- The Huron Highlighter
- The Eagle and Enterprise
- Brown City Banner
- Brown City Bee
- Carsonville – Port Sanilac Journal
- Carsonville Journal
- Carsonville News
- Croswell Jeffersonian
- Deckerville Recorder
- Goderich Signal Star
- Lex Minuteman
- Lexington News
- Marlette Leader
- Melvin Banner
- Minden City Herald
- Sandusky Republican Tribune
- Sandusky Tribune
- Sanilac County Farmer
- Sanilac County Herald
- Sanilac County News
- Sanilac County Press
- Sanilac County Republican
- Sanilac County Searchlight
- Sanilac County Times
- Sanilac Jeffersonian
- Sanilac Recorder
- Sanilac Republican
- Times Herald
- Tuscola County Advertiser
- Oceanas Herald Journal
- Oceana Herald
- Shelby Independent
- Shelby Herald
Traverse Area District Library
- The Morning Record
- Honest Opinion
- The Evening Record
- The Daily Eagle
- Traverse City Press
- Traverse Bay Eagle
- Grand Traverse Press
- Grand Traverse Herald Newspaper
- Times Indicator
- Fremont Times Indicator
Willard Library – Chronicling Battle Creek (in Library)
- Battle Creek Daily Journal (1872-1914) Free
- Battle Creek Daily Moon (1884-1915) Free
- Battle Creek Journal (1852-1911) Free
- Battle Creek Moon-Journal (1915-1940) Free
- Battle Creek Republican (1882) Free
- Battle Creek Shopper News (1976-Current) Free
- Battle Creek Sunday Journal (1908-1911) Free
- Battle Creek Tribune (1882) Free
- Battle Creek Weekly Journal (1910) Free
- Battle Creek Weekly Moon (1884-1885) Free
- Custer Life (1918-1919) Free
- Fort Custer News (1941-1943) Free
- Sunday Journal-Record (1908) Free
- The Battle Creek Beacon Shopper (1975) Free
- The Battle Creek Catholic Citizen (1942) Free
- The Battle Creek Enquirer (1907-1918) Free
- The Battle Creek Enquirer, and Evening News (1918-1940) Free
- The Battle Creek Morning Enquirer (1906-1907) Free
- The Battle Creek Shopper (1976) Free
- The Beacon Preview (1975) Free
- The Citizen (1882-1884) Free
- The Evening News (1911-1918) Free
- The Michigan Tribune (1846-1882) Free
- The Morning Enquirer (1903-1906) Free
- The Nightly Moon (1980-1984) Free
- The St. Philip News (1934-1942) Free
- The Sunday Morning Call (1884-1886) Free
- The Sunday Record (1898-1908) Free
- The Weekly Call (1885) Free
- Trench and Camp (1917-1918) Free
- Weekly Journal (1852-1854) Free
Student Collections:
Ann Arbor Pioneer High School – Ann Arbor
Central Michigan University – Mount Pleasant
Eastern Michigan University – Ypsilanti
Ferris State University – Big Rapids
Grand Valley State University – Allendale
- Lanthorn
- Keystone, 1963-1966
- Lanthorn Bulldog
- Lanthorn News Flash
- Lanthorn, 1968-2017
- Valley View, 1966-1968
Hillsdale College – Hillsdale
Hope College – Holland
Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo
Mercy College – Detroit
Mercy High School – Farmington Hills
Michigan State University – East Lansing
Northern Michigan University – Marquette
Oakland University – Rochester
- Oakland University Post
- The Oakland Observer – 1959-1969
- Focus: Oakland – 1969-1974
- The Oakland Sail – 1975-1987
- The Oakland Post – 1987-2015
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
Saginaw Valley State University – University Center
Saugatuck High School
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- Michigan Daily (most complete collection)
- Michigan Daily Summer Weekly (1986-2014)
- The Michigan Daily (1903-2014)
- The Michigan Daily-News (1901-1903)
- The Summer Michigan Daily (1922-1931)
- The Wolverine (1910-1921)
- Michigan Daily
- Michigan Daily-News
- The Michigan Daily
- The Wolverine
- University Chronicle
- University of Michigan Daily
University of Michigan Law School – Ann Arbor
University of Michigan – Dearborn
Washtenaw Community College – Washtenaw
Wayne State University – Detroit
Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Upper Peninsula Digital Network
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
- Ann Arbor Argus
- Ann Arbor Sun
- Bogue Street Bridge
- Broken Arrow
- Burning Deck
- Detroit Gay Liberator
- Detroit Liberator
- ETA – eat the apple
- Fifth Estate
- First Amendment
- FPS: a Magazine of Young People’s Liberation
- Free Poems Among Friends
- Gay Liberator
- Generation East Lansing
- Goob Yeak Gergibal
- Her-self
- Highschool Mobilizer Against the War in Vietnam
- IO Magazine
- Joint Issue
- Lansing Beat
- Lansing Star
- Lesbian Connection
- Logos
- Paper, The
- People Voice
- Peoples Peace Treaty Newsletter
- Red Apple News
- Root, The
- Spectacle, The
- Spectre
- Squeak, The
- Sumac
- Sun (Detroit)
- Swill & Squeal
- Veterans Peace Offensive
- Work
- Zeitgeist
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- East Tawas – [Untitled] (Company 678)
- East Tawas – Flying Chips (Company 665)
- Gibbs City – Ottawa Echo (Company 663)
- Grand Haven – Grand Haven Daily Tribune (Company 4612)
- Iron River – Salute (Company 633)
- Iron River – White Birch News (Company 663)
- Isle Royale – One Better (Company 634)
- Marenisco – Big Timber (Company 632)
- Marenisco – Camp Gogebic S.O.S. (Company 632)
- Marenisco – Leader (Company 664)
- Marenisco – Pelton Press (Company 632)
- Newaygo – The Comforter (Company 678)
- Onaway – Clear Lake Breeze (Company 1670)
- Ontonagon – Chiselers (Company 635)
- Ontonagon – Company 635 – CCC Notes (Company 635)
- Ontonagon – Echoes Of Co. 635 (Company 635)
- Ontonagon – The Chiseler (Company 635)
- Rapid River – C.C.C. Reporter (Company 688)
- Rapid River – The Woodlander (Company 688)
- Sidnaw – Hill Creek Clarion (Company 3603)
- Temple – Temple Tales (Company 2688)
- Watersmeet – Bass Note (Company 648)
- Watersmeet – Camp Watersmeet News (Company 648)
- Watersmeet – Leader (Company 664)
- Watersmeet – The Screaming Eagle (Company 664)
- White Cloud – The Chief (Company 678)
- Antrim Review — Bellaire
- Montmorency County Tribune — Atlanta
- The Allegan County News — Allegan
- The Clare County Review — Clare
- The Commercial Record — Saugatuck
- The Commercial-News — Three Rivers
- The Courier-Leader — Paw Paw
- The Marion Press — Marion
- The Union Enterprise — Plainwell
Old Fulton Postcards
- Alma MI Record
- Alpena MI Weekly Argus
- Bellevue MI Gazette
- Bellevue MI Villager
- Brockway Center MI Weekly Expositor
- Cass City MI Chronicle
- Charlevoix. MI Courier
- Charlotte MI Eaton County Republican
- Charlotte MI Leader
- Charlotte MI Republican
- Charlotte MI Tribune
- Clare MI Sentinel
- Clio MI Messenger
- Crystal Falls MI Diamond Drill
- Detroit MI Chroncle
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- Eaton Rapides MI Journal
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- Grand Ledge MI Independent
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- Olivet MI Optic
- Olivet MI Orbiter
- Owosso MI Times
- Paw Paw MI True Northerner
- Potterville MI News
- Saginaw MI Courier
- Saline MI Observer
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- Three Oaks MI Acorn
- Three Oaks MI Galien River Gazette
- Three Oaks MI Press
- Vermonville MI Echo
- Wyandotte MI Tribune
- Yale MI Expositor
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Belleville
Brimley
Cadillac
Camden
Canton
Charlevoix
Coopersville
Dearborn
Detroit
- Detroit Free Press
- Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916–1951)
- Detroit Jewish News
- Detroit Journal
- Detroit Sunday Journal
- Dziennik Polski
- La voce del popolo = The voice of the people
- Magyar hirlap = Hungarian news
- PGSM Polish Eaglet Indexes
- The Michigan Catholic – 2010-present
- Detroit Plaindealer
Frankenmuth
Grand Rapids
Grayling
Hartford
Holland
Kalkaska
Lansing
Marquette
Mayville
Mt. Pleasant
Northville
Pinckney
Romulus
Royal Oak
Saugatuck
Sault Ste. Marie
Schoolcraft
St. Johns
Tecumseh
Weidman
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 42 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Michigan Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 322 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Michigan Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 195 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Michigan
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 276 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Michigan
And Finally:
You also need to check out the Library of Michigan site, which can tell you what newspapers have been digitized and are available via microfilm.
Please note – even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
Online Newspaper Research FAQs
It’s challenging due to imperfect Optical Character Recognition (OCR), inconsistent indexing, variations in spelling and nicknames, differing journalistic styles over time, and the sheer volume of fragmented, often paywalled, collections. Finding what you need truly feels like a treasure hunt!
Many researchers utilizing online newspaper archives may not be aware that word searches are performed against a database generated by analyzing whether minute sections of the newspaper are black or white. It is the shape of the collected dots that may (or may not) look like a letter.
To improve search accuracy when encountering OCR errors, it is advisable to intentionally alter your search terms by substituting letters with similar shapes. For example, replacing a lowercase ‘b’ with an ‘h’, or a lowercase ‘e’ with a ‘c’.
In your search criteria, try entering abbreviations, nicknames, and portions of hyphenated words. Numerous other techniques can be found in The Ancestor Hunt’s “Newspaper Research Academy”, which can be accessed at https://theancestorhunt.com/academy.html
Yes. Although some of the largest databases require a subscription, there are many that are free. The Ancestor Hunt has curated links to over 80,000 titles that can be searched for free in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. To use these links, go to its Newspaper Links Page,
9 replies on “Michigan Online Historical Newspapers Summary”
I’m trying to find a paper in Reed City Michigan
The Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University has some Reed City newspapers on microfilm you are welcome to stop in and look through them.
Reed City Michigan news
Lowell, Kent County, Michigan
http://www.kdl.org/reference_resources/go/lowellledger
I have a correction – Livingston County has mistakenly been included under Lenawee County – and Pinckney has been mispelled.
Thanks for such a great site!
Hello – I am looking for issues of the THE CLARE PRESS, for 1888 and 1889, and note that the issues I can find on various online sites cover the years [7 May 1886 – 13 May 1887 (31 issues)]. I found a reference to my ancestor in the 9 Apr 1886 issue. She died between then and 1890 and am hoping to find an obituary for her. Do you know if the other issues of this newspaper exist in other formats, not online? Thank you!
Michael, The best way is to use the LOC Newspaper Directory at
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/
It allows you to find out where any newspapers is held, whether library, archive etc. Really easy to use.
I can’t find any record here of newspapers from Traverse City, MI. Are they in a different place?
Have you tried the Traverse Area District Library, which is listed in the article and has Traverse City newspaper titles ?