Connecticut Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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Connecticut has a sizable state repository for searching older historical newspapers, and currently, they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as another site for searching old newspapers, although there are a few newspapers available on that site. There are quite a few free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are over 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Constitution State – not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Connecticut 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)

Connecticut Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Connecticut

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

Google News Archive

Newspapers of Connecticut 1821-1947

County and Library Collections:

Fairfield County

Brookfield Public Library

  • The Brookfield Journal
  • The Housatonic Times

Weston Library

  • Weston Forum
  • The Weston Forum
  • Westport News
  • The Weston Voice

Hartford County

East Granby Public Library

  • The Newgate Script

Welles-Turner Memorial Library

  • The Glastonbury Bulletin
  • The Glastonbury Citizen

The Farmington Libraries

  • Farmington Daily Herald
  • Farmington Valley Herald
  • Farmington Valley Herald And Journal

Windsor Locks Historical Society Digital Archive

  • Windsor Locks Journal

Litchfield County
Scoville Memorial Library

  • Lakeville Journal
  • Millerton News
  • Winsted Journal
  • Connecticut News
  • Connecticut Western News
  • Sharon News
  • The Lakeville Journal

Thomaston Public Library

  • Thomaston Express 
  • Express 
  • Thomaston Express And Terryville Eagle 
  • Connecticut Western 

Middlesex County
East Hampton Public Library 

  • East Hampton News
  • Oracle

New Haven County
Ansonia Historical Commission

  • Evening Sentinel
  • Ansonia Evening Sentinel
  • The Evening Sentinel

James Blackstone Memorial Library 

  • Branford Review 
  • Branford Scrapbooks – New Haven Evening Register
  • Branford Scrapbooks – New Haven Journal Courier 
  • Branford Review And East Haven News
  • Branford Opinion 
  • Branford Opinion And Guilford Echo
  • New Haven Journal and Courier
  • Branford Gleaner 
  • Suburban Spokesman 
  • Branford Semi-Weekly Record 
  • Branford News
  • The Branford Record 
  • East Haven News
  • Guilford Echo

North Haven Public Library 

  • Post 
  • North Haven Post
  • The North Haven Post
  • North Haven Citizen

New London County

East Lyme Public Library

  • The Lyme Times

Stonington Historical Society

  • Mirror-Journal
  • Mystic Journal
  • Mystic News
  • Stonington Mirror
  • Stonington Mirror and Mystic Journal
  • The Mystic Journal
  • The Mystic Standard
  • The Mystic Standard and Stonington Review
  • The Mystic Times
  • The New London Chronicle
  • The People
  • The Stonington Mirror

Otis Library Newspapers

  • Norwich Morning Bulletin
  • Norwich Bulletin
  • Norwich Courier
  • Norwich Packet
  • Norwich Weekly Register
  • Norwich News
  • Norwich Republican

Windham County

Killingly Public Library

  • New Haven Daily Pilladium
  • Windham County Telegraph
  • Windham County Transcript

Southington Library Historic Newspapers (1859 – 2009) 

  • Southington Observer
  • Southington Phoenix
  • Southington News
  • Canal Line Times
  • Cheshire Courier
  • Southington Mirror
  • Southington Press
  • Southington Reporter
  • Connecticut journal
  • Southington Sentinel
  • The Southington Citizen

West Hartford Library Newspapers

  • West Hartford News
  • West Hartford Metropolitan News
  • Metropolitan News
  • Metropolitan Shopping News
  • West Hartford LIFE

Student Collections:

Amity Regional High School – Woodbridge

Berlin High School – Berlin

Central Connecticut State University – New Britain

Charter Oak State College – New Britain

Connecticut College – New London

Fairfield University – Fairfield

Glastonbury High School – Glastonbury

Mitchell College – New London

Post University – Waterbury

Quinnipiac University – Hamden

Sacred Heart University – Fairfield

Sacred Heart University – Fairfield

Southern Connecticut State University – New Haven

Staples High School – Westport

State Normal School at New Haven

Trinity College – Hartford

University of Bridgeport – Bridgeport

University of Connecticut – Storrs

University of Hartford – Hartford

University of New Haven – West Haven

University of St. Joseph – West Hartford

Wesleyan University – Middletown

Western Connecticut State University – Danbury

Yale University – New Haven

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Manchester Historical Society

Watertown Historical Society Collection

  • The Post – 12-03-1881
  • The Post Boy – 1887
  • Watertown Journal – 1888-1891
  • The Sunday Republican – 09-15-1918
  • Watertown News – 1913-1929
  • Watertown Argus – 1-22-1937
  • Town Times – 1947-2000

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

  • Living Hand

Old Fulton New York Postcards

Small Town Papers

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Bethany

Bridgeport

Deep River

Hartford

New London

Norwich

Vernon

Waterbury

Wilton

Windsor

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 28 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Connecticut Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 326 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Connecticut Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 112 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Connecticut

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 42 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Connecticut. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. 

Please note – even more may be available via a local or state 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.

For all Free Connecticut Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Connecticut, and then click on the category of interest.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

10 replies on “Connecticut Online Historical Newspapers Summary”

Thanks! Is there a way to search all at one time, or do you have to go to each link separately?

Websites change their urls all the time. Apparently, the state did for this site. I will research and fix. Thanks for letting me know.

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