On this website, the first set of free online links to U.S. historical newspapers was published in February 2014. with about 10,000 titles. There have been at least two updates published each year since then. The final update of 2021 adds another 1,400 titles.
The grand total is 39,080 links to Historical American Newspapers that can be searched for Free Online. That is a four-fold increase in seven years!
More and more newspapers are being digitized and are being made available for all of us to research. Some are full-text searchable and others are browsable.
To search the new and updated links, choose your state link below and see all the newspapers that are available for you to research. Also included is the number oif titles digitized for each state.
- Alabama Online Historical Newspapers Summary (345)
- Alaska Online Historical Newspapers Summary (113)
- Arizona Online Historical Newspapers Summary (393)
- Arkansas Online Historical Newspapers Summary (221)
- California Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,200)
- Colorado Online Historical Newspapers Summary (826)
- Connecticut Online Historical Newspapers Summary (405)
- Delaware Online Historical Newspapers Summary (178)
- District of Columbia Online Historical Newspapers Summary (163)
- Florida Online Historical Newspapers Summary (788)
- Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,268)
- Hawaii Online Historical Newspapers Summary (291)
- Idaho Online Historical Newspapers Summary (383)
- Illinois Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,379)
- Indiana Online Historical Newspapers Summary (908)
- Iowa Online Historical Newspapers Summary (2,638)
- Kansas Online Historical Newspapers Summary (2,327)
- Kentucky Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,026)
- Louisiana Online Historical Newspapers Summary (446)
- Maine Online Historical Newspapers Summary (482)
- Maryland Online Historical Newspapers Summary (434)
- Massachusetts Online Historical Newspapers Summary (739)
- Michigan Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,674)
- Minnesota Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,146)
- Mississippi Online Historical Newspapers Summary (408)
- Missouri Online Historical Newspapers Summary (990)
- Montana Online Historical Newspapers Summary (439)
- Nebraska Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,068)
- Nevada Online Historical Newspapers Summary (127)
- New Hampshire Online Historical Newspapers Summary (168)
- New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers Summary (510)
- New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers Summary (246)
- New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary (3,111)
- North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary (781)
- North Dakota Online Historical Newspapers Summary (208)
- Ohio Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,406)
- Oklahoma Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,348)
- Oregon Online Historical Newspapers Summary (567)
- Pennsylvania Online Historical Newspapers Summary (1,996)
- Rhode Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary (162)
- South Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary (464)
- South Dakota Online Historical Newspapers Summary (270)
- Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary (357)
- Texas Online Historical Newspapers Summary (2,589)
- Utah Online Historical Newspapers Summary (330)
- Vermont Online Historical Newspapers Summary (174)
- Virginia Online Historical Newspapers Summary (864)
- Washington Online Historical Newspapers Summary (572)
- West Virginia Online Historical Newspapers Summary (283)
- Wisconsin Online Historical Newspapers Summary (434)
- Wyoming Online Historical Newspapers Summary (433)
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
