Hawaii Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Hawaii is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers, and there are a couple of other large collections. There are some 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 about 500 newspapers that have been published in the Aloha state – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Hawaii 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)

Hawaii Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Hawaii Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?
• Daily Honolulu Press (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886
• Evening Bulletin (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912
• Hawaii Holomua (Honolulu) 1891-1895
• Hawaii Holomua = Progress (Honolulu) 1893-1895
• Hilo Tribune (Hilo, Hawaii) 1895-1917
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-Current
• Polynesian (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864
• Saturday Press (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885
• The Daily Bulletin (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895
• The Daily Herald (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887
• The Democrat (Honolulu, T.H.) 1910-1910
• The Garden Island (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-Current
• The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918
• The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912
• The Honolulu Republican (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902
• The Honolulu Times (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911
• The Independent (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1895
• The Independent (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905
• The Maui News (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-Current
• The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888
• The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921
• The Polynesian (Honolulu (Oahu), Hawaii) 1840-1841

Google News Archive

• Molokai – The Molokai Dispatch

Hawaiian Language Newspapers 1834-1927

• Ke Aloha Aina Oiaio – 1896-1897
• Ke Au Hou – July 1910 – January 1912
• Ke Au Okoa – April 24, 1865 – June 5, 1865
• Hawaii Holomua – 1912
• Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika – September 23, 1861 – May 14, 1863
• Ke Kilohana o ka Malamalama – 1907 – 1919
• Ka Lama Hawaii – February 14, 1834 – December 26, 1834
• Ka Lanakila – July 1, 1909 – October 21, 1909
• Ka Lei Momi – June 21, 1893 – September 22, 1893
• Ka Lei Momi e Mau Kou Olino Ana – August 5, 1893 – December 25, 1893
• Ka Leo o ka Lahui – 1889-1896
• Ka Loea Kalaiaina – 1897-1900
• Ka Makaainana – 1887-1899
• Ka Manawa – November 7, 1870 – December 12, 1870
• Ka Na’i Aupuni – 1905-08
• Ka Nupepa Kuokoa – 1861-1927

Ho’olaupi’i – Hawaiian Nupepa Collection 1834-1948

• Ahailono o ka Lahui (1890)
• Hawaii Holomua (1891-1912)
• Home Rula Repubalika (1901-1902)
• Honolulu Republican (1902)
• Ka Elele Hawaii, Ka Elele (1844-1854)
• Ka Elele Poakolu (1880-1881)
• Ka Hae Hawaii (1856-1861)
• Ka Hoku o Hawaii (1917-1948)
• Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika (1861-1863)
• Ka Holomua (1913-1914)
• Ka Lahui Hawaii (1875-1877)
• Ka Lama Hawaii (1834)
• Ka Lanakila (1909)
• Ka Lau Oliva (1871-1874)
• Ka Lei Momi (1893)
• Ka Leo o ka Lahui (1889-1896)
• Ka Loea Kalaiaina (1897-1900)
• Ka Makaainana (1887-1899)
• Ka Malamalama o Hawaii, Ka Lei Rose o Hawaii (1898)
• Ka Manawa (1870)
• Ka Naʻi Aupuni (1905-1908)
• Ka Nonanona (1841-1845)
• Ka Nupepa Elele Poakolu (1883-1885)
• Ka Nupepa Elele (1885-1892)
• Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (1861-1927)
• Ka Nupepa Puka la Aloha Aina (1893-1894)
• Ka Nupepa Puka la ko Hawaii Pae Aina (1884-1885)
• Ka Oiaio (1889-1896)
• Ka Puuhonua, Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii (1916-1918)
• Ka Wai Ola – Office of Hawaiian Affairs (1980-2023)
• Ke Alahou (1979-1980)
• Ke Alakai O Hawaii (1887-1888)
• Ke Alakai o Hawaii (1919-1920)
• Ke Alakai o Hawaii (1928-1937)
• Ke Alaula (1866-1873)
• Ke Aloha Aina Oiaio (1896)
• Ke Aloha Aina (1895-1920)
• Ke Au Hou (1910-1912)
• Ke Au Okoa (1865-1873)
• Ke Kiai (1902)
• Ke Kilohana o ka Malamalama (1908-1910)
• Ke Koo o Hawaii (1883)
• Ke Kumu Hawaii (1834-1839)
• Ko Hawaii Pae Aina (1878-1891)
• Ko Hawaii Ponoi (1873-1874)
• Kuokoa Home Rula (1907-1912)
• Kuu Hae Hawaii (1913)
• Nuhou (1873-1874)
• Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa (1893)
• ka Hae Katolika (1868-1870)
• The Liberal (1893)

Papakilo Hawaiian Language Newspaper Collection (1834–1980)

• Ahailono o ka Lahui (1890)
• Hawaii Holomua (1891-1912)
• Home Rula Repubalika (1901-1902)
• Honolulu Republican (1902)
• Ka Elele Hawaii, Ka Elele (1844-1854)
• Ka Elele Poakolu (1880-1881)
• Ka Hae Hawaii (1856-1861)
• Ka Hoku o Hawaii (1917-1948)
• Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika (1861-1863)
• Ka Holomua (1913-1914)
• Ka Lahui Hawaii (1875-1877)
• Ka Lama Hawaii (1834)
• Ka Lanakila (1909)
• Ka Lau Oliva (1871-1874)
• Ka Lei Momi (1893)
• Ka Leo o ka Lahui (1889-1896)
• Ka Loea Kalaiaina (1897-1900)
• Ka Makaainana (1887-1899)
• Ka Malamalama o Hawaii, Ka Lei Rose o Hawaii (1898)
• Ka Manawa (1870)
• Ka Naʻi Aupuni (1905-1908)
• Ka Nonanona (1841-1845)
• Ka Nupepa Elele Poakolu (1883-1885)
• Ka Nupepa Elele (1885-1892)
• Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (1861-1927)
• Ka Nupepa Puka la Aloha Aina (1893-1894)
• Ka Nupepa Puka la ko Hawaii Pae Aina (1884-1885)
• Ka Oiaio (1889-1896)
• Ka Puuhonua, Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii (1916-1918)
• Ka Wai Ola – Office of Hawaiian Affairs (1980-2017)
• Ke Alahou (1979-1980)
• Ke Alakai O Hawaii (1887-1888)
• Ke Alakai o Hawaii (1919-1920)
• Ke Alakai o Hawaii (1928-1937)
• Ke Alaula (1866-1873)
• Ke Aloha Aina Oiaio
• Ke Aloha Aina (1895-1920)
• Ke Au Hou (1910-1912)
• Ke Au Okoa (1865-1873)
• Ke Kiai
• Ke Kilohana o ka Malamalama (1908-1910)
• Ke Koo o Hawaii (1883)
• Ke Kumu Hawaii (1834-1839)
• Ko Hawaii Pae Aina (1878-1891)
• Ko Hawaii Ponoi (1873-1874)
• Kuokoa Home Rula (1907-1912)
• Kuu Hae Hawaii (1913)
• Nuhou (1873-1874)
• Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa (1893)
• O ka Hae Katolika (1868-1870)
• The Liberal (1893)

University of Hawaii eVols Newspaper Collection

• Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly
• Daily bulletin
• Daily herald
• Daily Honolulu press
• Democrat
• Evening bulletin
• Garden Island
• Hawaii Progress Holomua/Hawaii Holomua Progress
• Hawaiian gazette
• Hawaiian Star
• Hilo Tribune/Weekly Hilo tribune
• Honolulu republican
• Honolulu Star Bulletin
• Honolulu Times
• Independent
• Independent
• Maui News
• Pacific Commercial Advertiser
• Saturday press
• The Polynesian

University of Hawaii Manoa Portuguese Newspaper Collection

• O Luso Hawaiiano August 1885 to December 1890
• Aurora Hawaiiana [Hawaiian Dawn]  August 1889 to March 1891
• A Uniao Lusitana Hawaiiana. March 1892 to February 1896
• A Sentinella [Sentinel] 1892 to 1896
• O Luso  February 1896 to October 1897, October 1910 to Jan. 1920
• A Setta [Arrow]  1903 to 1921
• O Popular  July 1911 to January 1913
• O Facho [The Torch]

​University of Hawaii Manoa Filipino Newspaper Collection

• Ang Banagbanag = The Dawn, 1939
• Filipino Herald of Hawaii, 1962
• Hawaii Filipino News (Juan C. Dionisio, editor) 1977-1978
• Hawaii Filipino News (Roman R. Cariaga, editor)
• Hawaii Filipino News (Teodoro G. Biano, editor)
• Hawaii Press (Hawaii Filipino News)
• Hawaiian Reporter
• Hawaii’s Filamerican tribune
• Naimbag-a-Nakem
• New Filamerican
• New Philippines
• The Independent
• Ti Managservi
• Ti Mangiturong

Filipino Newspaper Digitization Project

• Ang Banagbanag
• Filamerican Tribune
• Filipino Herald of Hawaii
• Hawaii Filipino News (Biano)
• Hawaii Filipino News (Cariaga) 
• Hawaii Filipino News
• Hawaii Press (Hawaii Filipino News) 
• Hawaiian Reporter
• Naimbag-a-Nakem
• New Filamerican
• New Philippines
• P.I. Commonwealth Chronicle
• Pacific Courier
• Pacific Post News
• Philippine Commonweath Chronicle
• Philippine News Tribune
• The Independent
• Ti Managservi
• Ti Mangiturong
• Ti Progresibo
• Ti Pudno (The Truth)
• Ti Silaw (The Light)
• Ti Timek Ti Vibora Luviminda (The Voice of Vibora Luviminda)

University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth Hawaiian Portuguese Newspapers

• Aurora Hawaiiana 
• Luso
• Luso Hawaiiano
• Popular
• A Sentinella
• A Uniao Lusitana Hawaiiana

Student Collections:

Chaminade University – Honolulu

• ​The Silver Sword

Hawaii Pacific University – Honolulu

• Kalamalama
• Kalamalama

Honolulu Community College – Honolulu

• Ka La

Kalani High School – Honolulu

• Ka Leo O Kalani

Kapi`olani Community College – Honolulu

• Kapiʻo

Leeward Community College – Pearl City

• KaManao Leeward

University of Hawaii – Hilo

• Ke Kalahea, the Herald

​University of Hawaii – Manoa 

• Ka Leo
• Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
• Ka Palapala

University of Hawaii – West Oahu

• The Hoot

Windward Community College – Kaneohe

• Ka Ohana

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Hawaii Resistance Notes
• Liberated Barracks
• O.D.D.
• Sanctuary

Bob Krauss Research Index – an index of English-language newspapers from Hawaiʻi, 1840-1944

• Daily Bulletin (344 index entries)
• Hawaiian Star (2,682 index entries)
• Honolulu Advertiser (990 index entries)
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin (8,792 index entries)
• Pacific Commercial Advertiser (29,388 index entries
• Polynesian (11,621 index entries)
• Evening Bulletin (8 index entries)
• Friend (21 index entries)
• Hawaiian Gazette (4 index entries)
• Hilo Daily Tribune (18 index entries)
• Maui News (105 index entries)

Hawaii War Records Depository Photographs

• Honolulu Star Bulletin
• Honolulu Advertiser

Japanese American Historical Newspapers Collection

• Hilo, HI – ヒロ新報 = The Hilo Shimpo
• Hilo, HI – 布哇人物評論
• Hilo, HI – 布哇朝日 = The Hawaii Asahi
• Hilo, HI – 布哇植民新聞 = Hawaii Shokumin Shinbun
• Hilo, HI – 布哇毎日 = The Hawaii Mainichi
• Hilo, HI – 楽園 = The Paradise
• Hilo, HI – 火山新聞 = The Kwazan
• Hilo/Honolulu, HI – 布哇商業
• Holualoa, Kona, HI – コナ反響 = Kona Echo
• Honolulu, HI – Hawaii Herald
• Honolulu, HI – Hawaii Times = 布哇タイムス
• Honolulu, HI – Labor Review of Hawaii
• Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii Star = ハワイスター
• Honolulu, HI – Voice of Labor
• Honolulu, HI – ハワイ報知 ＝ The Hawaii Hochi
• Honolulu, HI – ほのる々新聞 = The Honolulu News
• Honolulu, HI – やまと = The Yamato
• Honolulu, HI – やまと新聞 = Yamato Shinbun
• Honolulu, HI – 實業之布哇 = The Jitsugyo-no-Hawaii
• Honolulu, HI – 布中タイムス = The Japanese High School Times
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇サンデイ・ニュース = The Hawaii Sunday News
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇プランテーションクロニクル = Hawaii Plantation Chronicle
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇密教 = Hawaii Mikkyo
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇成功者実伝
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇文苑 = The Hawaii Bunen
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇新報 = Hawaii Shinpo
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇新聞 = The Hawaii Shim-Bun
• Honolulu, HI – 布哇日日新聞 = The Hawaiian-Japanese Daily Chronicle
• Honolulu, HI – 教團時報 = Kyodan Jiho (Buddhist Child)
• Honolulu, HI – 日布時事 = The Daily Nippu Jiji
• Honolulu, HI – 日本週報
• Honolulu, HI – 更生沖縄 = Kosei Okinawa 
• Honolulu, HI – 法友
• Honolulu, HI – 火山 = The Volcano
• Honolulu, HI – 週刊布哇新報 = The Weekly Hawaii Shimpo
• Honolulu, HI – 鐘暁
• Kealakekua, HI – 向上 = The Kojyo
• Koloa, HI – 洋園時報 = The Yoen Jiho
• Lihuʻe, HI – 加哇新報
• Paia, HI – Maco Breeze
• Puunene, HI – H. C. & S. Breeze
• Wailuku, HI – 馬哇レコード = The Maui Record
• Wailuku, HI – 馬哇新聞 = The Maui Shinbun
• Waipahu, HI – がくゑん = The Gakuen
• Yōen Jihō / 洋園時報 [The Yoen Jiho], (Koloa, HI)

Small Town Papers

• The Dispatch — Maunaloa
• Kohala Mountain News — Kapa’au

Old Fulton Postcards

• Honolulu HI Bullrtin

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

Other Free Sites:

Honolulu

• The Friend
• The Friend
• Friend
• Friend 
• Friend
• Honolulu Record
• Index to the Honolulu Advertiser & Star Bulletin  (Index only)
• Ka Elele
• Ka Nonanona
• Honolulu  Hawaii Catholic Herald – 2013-present
• Polynesian

Kaneohe Bay

• Hawaii Marine

Pearl Harbor

• Ford Islander 

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 23 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Hawaii Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 69 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Hawaii Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 63 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Hawaii

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 23 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Hawaii 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Newspapers in Hawaii site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. Another searchable database for published newspapers (not necessarily online) is The Hawaiian Historical Society – Helen Chapin’s Guide to Newspapers of Hawaii, 1834-2000.

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.