
Kentucky is one of the states that have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. It also has free content with the Library of Congress Chronicling America site. There are many free online newspapers as well on other sites and there are 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 Bluegrass 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 Kentucky 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. Some are easier than others to navigate – I will leave you to try them and judge for yourself.
(Updated July 2023; recently added links are in BOLD)
Kentucky Historical Newspapers
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Kentucky Newspapers
- Barbourville – Mountain advocate 1904-1935
- Berea – The citizen 1899-1958
- Clay City – The Clay City times 1901-current
- Cloverport – The Breckenridge news 1876-1955
- Columbia – The Adair County news 1897-1987
- Earlington – The bee 1889-19??
- Frankfort – The Frankfort roundabout 1882-1908
- Frankfort – Frankfort weekly news and roundabout 1908-19??
- Frankfort – The Weekly roundabout 1877-1882
- Greenville – The record 1899-1???
- Hartford – The Hartford herald 1875-1926
- Hartford – The Hartford republican 18??-1926
- Hazel Green – The Hazel Green herald 1885-19??
- Hickman – The Hickman courier 1859-current
- Hopkinsville – Daily Kentuckian 1918-191?
- Hopkinsville – Daily south Kentuckian 1881-18??
- Hopkinsville – Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1889-1918
- Hopkinsville – The Kentuckian 191?-19??
- Hopkinsville – Semi-weekly south Kentuckian 1883-1889
- Hopkinsville – The daily Kentuckian 1898-1898
- Hopkinsville – The south Kentuckian 1879-1883
- Jackson – Breathitt County news 190?-19??
- La Center – Liberty 19??-19??
- Lancaster – The central record 18??-current
- Lawrenceburg – About It 190?-19??
- Lexington – Blue-grass blade 188?-19??
- Lexington – The Lexington record 1890-1???
- Lexington – The Lexington standard 1892-1912
- Lexington – Lexington weekly news 1912-19??
- Louisa – The Big Sandy news 1885-1929
- Louisville, Ky., 18??-18?? – The bulletin. [volume]
- Louisville, Ky., 1878-19?? – The Ohio Falls express.
- Louisville – American Baptist 1879-19??
- Louisville – Kentucky Irish American 1898-1968
- Louisville – Ohio valley worker : official paper of the Federated Trades Council of Louisville, Trades and Labor Council of New Albany, Central Labor Union of Jeffersonville 1904-????
- Louisville – The examiner 1847-1849
- Marion – Crittenden press 1879-1907
- Marion – The Crittenden press 1919-current
- Marion – Crittenden record-press 1909-191?
- Marion – The Crittenden record 1904-1907
- Marion – Crittenden record=press 1907-1909
- Marion – Twice-a-week record-press 1909-1909
- Maysville – Daily evening bulletin 1881-1882
- Maysville – Daily evening bulletin 1883-1887
- Maysville – Daily public ledger 1892-191?
- Maysville – Evening bulletin 1882-1883
- Maysville – Maysville weekly bulletin 1864-1866
- Maysville – The dollar weekly bulletin 1862-1864
- Maysville – The evening bulletin 1887-1905
- Maysville – The public ledger 1913-1968
- Millersburg – The Bourbon news 1881-1883
- Mount Vernon – The mountain signal 1887-18??
- Mt Sterling – The Mt Sterling advocate 1890-current
- Mt Vernon – Mount Vernon signal 18??-current
- Owensboro – The Kentucky vindicator 189?-19??
- Owensboro – Kentucky reporter 1???-19??
- Owingsville – Owingsville outlook 1879-192?
- Paducah – The Paducah daily sun 1896-1898
- Paducah – The Paducah evening sun 1906-1929
- Paducah – The Paducah sun 1898-1906
- Paducah – Paducah sun 1???-1902
- Paducah – The Paducah weekly sun 1902-19??
- Paducah – The Sunday chat 1901-19??
- Paris – The Bourbon news 1895-19??
- Paris – Semi-weekly Bourbon news 1883-1895
- Richmond – The Climax-Madisonian 1914-1917
- Richmond – The Kentucky register 190?-1917
- Richmond – The Madisonian 1913-1914
- Richmond – The Richmond climax 1897-1914
- Richmond – The Richmond climax 1917-191?
- Richmond – Richmond daily register 1917-1978
- Richmond – The climax 1887-1897
- Spout Spring[s] – The Spout Spring times 1896-19??
- Stanford – Semi-weekly interior journal 1881-1905
- Stanford – The Stanford interior journal 1911-1912
- Stanford – The interior journal 1872-1881
- Stanford – The interior journal 1905-1910
- Stanford – The interior journal 1912-1984
- West Liberty – Licking Valley courier 19??-current
- Winchester – The Winchester news 1908-19??
Google News Archive
- Bowling Green – Daily News
- Bowling Green – Park City Daily News
- Central City – The Times-Argus
- Central City – The Messenger
- Covington – Licking Valley Register
- Covington – The Covington Journal
- Cromona – Letcher County Community News-Press
- Cromona – The Fress Press
- Greenville – Leader-News
- Greenville – The Greenville Leader
- Harlan – Harlan Daily Enterprise
- Harrodsburg – The Harrodsburg Herald
- Hartford – Times-News
- Hartford – The Ohio County Times-News
- Hopkinsville – Weekly Kentucky New Era
- Hopkinsville – Kentucky New Era
- Leitchfield – Grayson County News-Gazette
- Leitchfield – Leitchfield Grayson County News Gazette
- Middlesboro – Middlesboro Daily News
- Munfordville – The Hart County Herald
- Munfordville – Hart County’s News-Herald
- Owingsville – The Bath County News-Outlook
- Sebree – The Sebree Banner
Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program (sorted by city)
- Albany – Clinton County news
- Barbourville – Mountain advocate
- Bardstown – Bardstown herald (The)
- Bardstown – Bardstown Saturday gazette (The)
- Bardstown – Kentucky standard (Bardstown, Ky.)
- Barren County – Free Press
- Beattyville – Beattyville enterprise (The)
- Bedford – Trimble banner democrat (The)
- Berea – Citizen
- Booneville – Booneville sentinel
- Brooksville – Bracken County news (The)
- Brownsville – Edmonson news
- Calvert City – Lake news (The)
- Carlisle – Carlisle mercury. (The)
- Carlisle – Carlisle weekly
- Carrollton – News-democrat (The)
- Catlettsburg – Sandy Valley advocate (The)
- Clay City – Clay City times
- Cloverport – Breckenridge news (The)
- Columbia – Adair county community voice
- Columbia – Adair County news (The)
- Columbia – Adair progress (The)
- Covington – Lincoln=Grant Herald (Covington, Ky.)
- Crofton – Crofton courier (The)
- Cynthiana – Cynthiana democrat (The)
- Cynthiana – Cynthiana news (The)
- Cynthiana – Kentucky age (The)
- Danville – Danville tribune (The)
- Danville – Kentucky advocate
- Danville – Kentucky tribune (The)
- Danville – Weekly Kentucky tribune (The)
- Danville – Western Presbyterian
- Dawson Springs – Dawson Springs progress (The)
- Dry Ridge – Grant County news (The)
- Earlington – Bee
- Earlington – Hopkinsville banner (The)
- Elizabethtown – Elizabethtown Democrat (The)
- Elizabethtown – Elizabethtown news (The)
- Elizabethtown – News-enterprise (Elizabethtown, Ky.)
- Elkton – Elkton gleaner
- Fairview – Fairview favorite (The)
- Falmouth – Falmouth outlook (The)
- Fort Campbell – Eagle post (The)
- Frankfort – Daily commonwealth (The)
- Frankfort – Frankfort commonwealth (The)
- Frankfort – Frankfort roundabout (The)
- Frankfort – Frankfort weekly news and roundabout
- Frankfort – Guardian of freedom (The)
- Frankfort – Kentuckian (The)
- Frankfort – Star (The)
- Frankfort – The Weekly roundabout
- Frankfort – Tri-weekly commonwealth
- Frankfort – Tri-weekly Kentucky yeoman
- Georgetown – Georgetown herald
- Glasgow – Free Press
- Greenville – Record (The)
- Guthrie – Guthrie commercial (The)
- Harrodsburg – Ploughboy (The)
- Hartford – Hartford herald
- Hartford – Hartford republican (The)
- Hawesville – Hancock clarion (The)
- Hazard – Hazard herald (The)
- Hazel Green – Hazel Green herald (The)
- Henderson – Gleaner (The)
- Henderson – Weekly reporter
- Hickman – Hickman courier (The)
- Hodgenville – LaRue County herald news (The)
- Hopkinsville – Daily Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville – Daily south Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville – Hopkinsville Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville – Kentuckian (The)
- Hopkinsville – Kentucky new era
- Hopkinsville – Semi-weekly south Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville – South Kentuckian (The)
- Irvine – Citizen voice %26 times
- Jackson – Breathitt County news
- Jeffersontown – Jeffersonian (The)
- La Center – Liberty
- La Grange – Oldham era (The)
- Lafayette – LaFayette times (The)
- Lancaster – Central record
- Lawrenceburg – Anderson news (The)
- Lawrenceburg – It
- Lebanon – Lebanon post (The)
- Lebanon – Post (The)
- Lexington – American citizen (The)
- Lexington – Blue-grass blade
- Lexington – Blue-tail fly
- Lexington – Drummer (The)
- Lexington – Idea : the State University of Kentucky (The)
- Lexington – Idea of University of Kentucky (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky farmer and breeder (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky gazette (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky kernel (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky leader (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky live stock record
- Lexington – Kentucky statesman (The)
- Lexington – Kentucky Whig
- Lexington – Lexington morning democrat (The)
- Lexington – Lexington observer and reporter
- Lexington – Lexington press (The)
- Lexington – Lexington record (The)
- Lexington – Lexington standard
- Lexington – Lexington times
- Lexington – Lexington weekly news
- Lexington – Lexington weekly press
- Lexington – Lexington weekly transcript
- Lexington – Lexingtonian (The)
- Lexington – Messenger (The)
- Lexington – Morning democrat
- Lexington – Morning herald (The)
- Lexington – Observer and reporter (Lexington, Ky.)
- Lexington – Oil World
- Lexington – Thoroughbred record
- Lexington – True American
- Lexington – Western monitor
- Liberty – Casey County news (The)
- Louisa – Big Sandy news (The)
- Louisville – Afro-American mission herald (The)
- Louisville – American Baptist
- Louisville – Bulletin (The) (Louisville, Ky.)
- Louisville – Christian observer (Louisville, Ky.)
- Louisville – Christian observer and free Christian commonwealth
- Louisville – Colored democratic voice (Louisville, Ky.)
- Louisville – Daily Louisville Democrat
- Louisville – Daily Louisville times
- Louisville – Evening bulletin (The)
- Louisville – Evening post (The)
- Louisville – Examiner (The)
- Louisville – Farmers%27 home journal
- Louisville – Free Christian commonwealth
- Louisville – Kentucky Irish American
- Louisville – Louisville Anzeiger
- Louisville – Louisville courier-journal (The)
- Louisville – Louisville daily courier (Louisville, Ky. : 1851)
- Louisville – Louisville daily courier (Louisville, Ky. : 1861 : Evening ed.)
- Louisville – Louisville daily Democrat
- Louisville – Louisville daily express
- Louisville – Louisville daily journal (The)
- Louisville – Louisville daily union press
- Louisville – Louisville examiner (The)
- Louisville – Louisville industrial and commercial gazette
- Louisville – Louisville weekly courier
- Louisville – Louisville weekly journal
- Louisville – Ohio valley worker
- Louisville – Presbyterian herald
- Louisville – Voice of masonry and tidings from the craft
- Louisville – Weekly dollar Democrat
- Louisville – Weekly Louisville Democrat
- Louisville – Weekly Louisville Times
- Louisville – Youngs spirit of the South and Central American
- Marion – Crittenden press (The)
- Mayfield – Jackson purchase (The)
- Maysville – Daily public ledger
- Maysville – Dollar weekly bulletin (The)
- Maysville – Evening bulletin
- Maysville – Ledger Independent (The)
- Maysville – Maysville weekly bulletin.
- Maysville – Tri-weekly Maysville eagle (The)
- Maysville – Weekly Maysville eagle (The)
- McKee – Jackson County sun (The)
- Mount Sterling – Kentucky sentinel (The)
- Mount Sterling – Kentucky Whig (The)
- Mount Sterling – Reporter (The)
- Mount Vernon – Mount Vernon signal
- Mount Vernon – Mountain Signal
- Sterling – Mt. Sterling advocate (The)
- Sterling – Mt. Sterling Democrat
- New Haven – Echo (The)
- New York – That same old coon
- Nicholasville – Jessamine journal (The)
- Owensboro – Kentucky reporter
- Owensboro – Kentucky vindicator (The)
- Owenton – News-herald (The)
- Owingsville – Owingsville outlook
- Paducah – Paducah sun
- Paris – Bourbon news (The)
- Paris – Kentucky state flag (The)
- Paris – Western citizen (The)
- Pembroke – Pembroke journal (The)
- Pikeville – Appalachian news-express
- Richmond – Climax-Madisonian (The)
- Richmond – Farmer%27s chronicle
- Richmond – Kentucky register (The)
- Richmond – Luminary (The)
- Richmond – Madisonian (The)
- Richmond – Richmond climax (The)
- Richmond – Richmond daily register
- Richmond – Richmond herald
- Richmond – Weekly Kentucky Messenger (The)
- Richmond – Weekly messenger
- Salyersville – Kentucky mountaineer
- Shelbyville – Kentucky advocate (Shelbyville, Ky.)
- Shelbyville – Shelby sentinel (The)
- Shelbyville – Weekly Shelby news (The)
- Smithland – Jackson republican (The)
- Spout Spring – Spout Spring times (The)
- Springfield – News=leader (The)
- Springfield – Springfield sun (The)
- Stanford – Central dispatch (The)
- Stanford – Interior journal
- Stanford – Semi-weekly interior journal
- Stanford – Stanford banner (The)
- Taylorsville – Spencer magnet (The)
- Tompkinsville – Tompkinsville news (The)
- Trenton – Trenton exponent (The)
- Versailles – Woodford sun
- West Liberty – Licking Valley courier
- Whitesburg – Mountain eagle (The)
- Williamsburg – News journal
- Winchester – National union (The)
- Winchester – Winchester news
- Winchester – Winchester sun (The)
Kentucky Historical Newspapers – Internet Archive
- Adair County Community Voice
- Adair County News.(The)
- Adair Progress (The)
- American Baptist (Louisville, Ky.)
- American Citizen (The)
- Anderson News (The)
- Appalachian News-Express
- Bardstown Herald (Bardstown, Ky. : 1851)
- Beattyville Enterprise (The)
- Bee (Earlington, Ky.)
- Berea Citizen (The)
- Big Sandy News (The)
- Blue-Grass Blade (Lexington, Ky.)
- Blue-Tail Fly
- Booneville Sentinel
- Bourbon News
- Bourbon News (Paris, Ky. : 1895)
- Bracken County News (The)
- Bracken County News.(The)
- Breathitt County News
- Bulletin (The) (Louisville, Ky.)
- Carlisle Mercury. (The)
- Carlisle Weekly
- Casey County News (The)
- Central Kentucky News-Journal
- Central Record
- Central Record (Lancaster, Ky.)
- Christian Observer (Louisville, Ky.)
- Christian Observer And Free Christian Commonwealth
- Citizen (Berea, Ky.)
- Citizen Voice & Times
- Clay City Times
- Clay City Times (Clay City, Ky.)
- Climax (Richmond, Ky.)
- Clinton County News
- Colored Democratic Voice (Louisville, Ky.)
- Courier-Journal
- Crittenden Press (Marion, Ky. : 1879)
- Crittenden Press (The)
- Crittenden Record=Press (Marion, Ky. : 1907)
- Crittenden Record-Press (Marion, Ky. : 1909)
- Crittenden Record-Press (Marion, Ky.)
- Cumberland County News (The)
- Cynthiana Democrat (The)
- Cynthiana News (Cynthiana, Ky. : 1854)
- Daily Commonwealth (Frankfort, Ky.)
- Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky. : 1881)
- Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky. : 1883)
- Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.: 1883)
- Daily Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky. : 1898)
- Daily Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky. : 1918)
- Daily Louisville Democrat
- Daily Louisville Times
- Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, Ky.)
- Daily Racing Form
- Daily Racing Form.
- Daily South Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.)
- Dawson Springs Progress (The)
- Dollar Weekly Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.)
- Drummer (Lexington, Ky.)
- Echo (The)
- Edmonson News
- Elkton Gleaner (Elkton, Ky.)
- Evening Bulletin
- Evening Bulletin (Louisville, Ky.)
- Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky. : 1882)
- Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky. : 1887)
- Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.: 1887)
- Evening Post (Louisville, Ky. : 1893)
- Examiner (Louisville, Ky.)
- Falmouth Outlook (The)
- Farmers’ Chronicle (Richmond, Ky. : 1838)
- Farmers’ Home Journal
- Frankfort Roundabout
- Frankfort Weekly News And Roundabout
- Free Christian Commonwealth
- Free Press
- Gallatin County News (The)
- Georgetown Herald
- Gleaner (The)
- Grant County News (The)
- Greensburg Record-Herald
- Guardian Of Freedom (Frankfort, Ky.)
- Hancock Clarion
- Hancock Clarion (The)
- Hartford Herald (Hartford, Ky.)
- Hazel Green Herald (The)
- Henry County Local
- Herald News
- Hickman County Gazette (The)
- Hickman Courier
- Hickman Courier (Hickman, Ky.)
- Hopkinsville Banner (The)
- Hopkinsville Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.)
- Interior Journal
- Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. : 1872)
- Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. : 1905)
- Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. : 1905); Semi-Weekly Interior Journal
- Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. : 1912)
- It (Lawrenceburg, Ky.)
- Jackson County Sun
- Jeffersonian (Jeffersontown, Ky.)
- Jessamine Journal (The)
- Kentuckian (Frankfort, Ky.)
- Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.)
- Kentucky Advocate (Danville, Ky. : Daily)
- Kentucky Advocate (Shelbyville, Ky.)
- Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program
- Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, Ky. : 1789)
- Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, Ky. : 1809)
- Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
- Kentucky Irish American
- Kentucky Irish American (Louisville, Ky.)
- Kentucky Leader (Lexington, Ky.: Daily)
- Kentucky Live Stock Record
- Kentucky Mountaineer
- Kentucky New Era
- Kentucky Rebel (The)
- Kentucky Register (Richmond, Ky. : 1907)
- Kentucky Reporter (Owensboro, Ky.)
- Kentucky Sentinel (Mount Sterling, Ky.)
- Kentucky Statesman (Lexington, Ky. : 1849 : Semiweekly)
- Kentucky Statesman (Lexington, Ky.: 1849 : Weekly)
- Kentucky Whig (Lexington, Ky. : 1825)
- Kentucky Whig (Lexington, Ky.)
- Kentucky Whig (Mount Sterling, Ky.)
- Lexington Observer And Reporter (Lexington, Ky. : Semiweekly)
- Lexington Observer And Reporter (Lexington, Ky. : Weekly)
- Lexington Press (Lexington, Ky. : 1890 : Daily)
- Lexington Standard (Lexington, Ky.)
- Lexington Times (Lexington, Ky.)
- Lexington Weekly News (Lexington, Ky. : 1912)
- Lexington Weekly Press (Lexington, Ky.)
- Lexington Weekly Transcript (Lexington, Ky. : 1882)
- Lexingtonian (Lexington, Ky.)
- Liberty (La Center, Ky.)
- Licking Valley Courier
- Licking Valley Courier.
- Lincoln=Grant Herald (Covington, Ky.)
- Louisville Anzeiger (Louisville, Ky. : Weekly)
- Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky. : Daily)
- Louisville Courier-Journal.(The)
- Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky. : 1851)
- Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky. : 1861 : Evening Ed.)
- Louisville Daily Democrat (Louisville, Ky. : 1843)
- Louisville Daily Democrat (Louisville, Ky. : 1862)
- Louisville Daily Express (Louisville, Ky. : 1862)
- Louisville Daily Express (Louisville, Ky. : 1869)
- Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Ky. : 1833)
- Louisville Daily Union Press
- Louisville Industrial And Commercial Gazette
- Louisville Weekly Courier
- Louisville Weekly Journal
- Luminary (Richmond, Ky.)
- Madisonian (Richmond, Ky.)
- Maysville Weekly Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.)
- Messenger (Lexington, Ky.)
- Morning Democrat (Lexington, Ky.)
- Morning Herald (Lexington, Ky.)
- Mount Vernon Signal
- Mount Vernon Signal.
- Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, Ky. : 1904 : Weekly)
- Mountain Eagle (Whitesburg, Ky)
- Mountain Eagle (Whitesburg, Ky.)
- Mountain Signal (Mount Vernon, Ky.)
- Sterling Democrat
- National Union (Winchester, Ky.)
- New Voice (Louisville, Ky.)
- News=Leader.(The)
- Observer And Reporter (Lexington, Ky. : 1870 : Semiweekly)
- Ohio Valley Worker
- Oil World (Lexington, Ky.)
- : ([Louisville, Ky.])
- Owingsville Outlook
- Owingsville Outlook (Owingsville, Ky.)
- Paducah Daily Sun (Paducah, Ky. : 1896)
- Paducah Sun
- Paducah Sun (Paducah, Ky. : 1898)
- Paducah Sun (Paducah, Ky. : Weekly Ed.)
- Ploughboy (Harrodsburg, Ky.)
- Post (Lebanon, Ky.)
- Presbyterian Herald (Louisville, Ky.)
- Public Ledger (Maysville, Ky.)
- Record (Greenville, Ky.)
- Richmond Climax (Richmond, Ky. : 1897)
- Richmond Climax (Richmond, Ky. : 1917)
- Richmond Daily Register (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.)
- Richmond Herald (Richmond, Ky.)
- Semi-Weekly Bourbon News
- Semi-Weekly Interior Journal
- Semi-Weekly Interior Journal.
- Semi-Weekly South Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.)
- Shelby Sentinel (Shelbyville, Ky.)
- Springfield Sun (The)
- Star (The) (Frankfort, Ky.)
- That Same Old Coon (New York, Ny)
- The Adair County News
- The Adair County News.
- The Afro-American Mission Herald.
- The Bardstown Saturday Gazette
- The Beattyville Enterprise
- The Big Sandy News.
- The Breckenridge News
- The Central Dispatch (Stanford, Ky.)
- The Climax Madisonian (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.)
- The Climax-Madisonian (Richmond, Ky.)
- The Crittenden Press (Marion, Ky.)
- The Crittenden Record (Marion, Ky.)
- The Crofton Courier (Crofton, Ky.)
- The Cynthiana Democrat
- The Danville Tribune
- The Eagle Post
- The Elizabethtown Democrat
- The Elizabethtown News
- The Fairview Favorite (Fairview, Ky.)
- The Falmouth Outlook
- The Frankfort Commonwealth
- The Frankfort Roundabout
- The Guthrie Commercial (Guthrie, Ky.)
- The Hartford Republican
- The Hazard Herald
- The Hazel Green Herald
- The Hickman Courier
- The Idea Of University Of Kentucky
- The Idea: The State University Of Kentucky
- The Jackson Purchase
- The Jackson Republican
- The Jessamine Journal
- The Kentucke Gazette
- The Kentucky Age
- The Kentucky Farmer And Breeder
- The Kentucky Kernel
- The Kentucky Standard
- The Kentucky State Flag
- The Kentucky Tribune
- The Kentucky Vindicator
- The Lafayette Times (Lafayette, Ky.)
- The Lake News
- The Lebanon Post
- The Ledger Independent
- The Lexington Morning Democrat
- The Lexington Record (Lexington, Ky.)
- The Louisville Examiner
- The Madisonian (Richmond, Ky.)
- The Mt. Sterling Advocate
- The News Democrat
- The News Enterprise
- The News Journal
- The News-Herald
- The Oldham Era
- The Paducah Evening Sun
- The Paducah Weekly Sun
- The Pembroke Journal (Pembroke, Ky.)
- The Reporter
- The Sandy Valley Advocate
- The South Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.)
- The Spencer Magnet
- The Spout Spring Times
- The Stanford Banner (Stanford, Ky.)
- The Stanford Interior Journal
- The Star (Frankfort, Ky)
- The State College Cadet
- The Sunday Chat
- The Tompkinsville News
- The Trenton Exponent (Trenton, Ky.)
- The Trimble Banner
- The Tri-Weekly Maysville Eagle
- The Weekly Kentucky Messenger
- The Weekly Kentucky Tribune
- The Weekly Louisville Times
- The Weekly Maysville Eagle
- The Weekly Roundabout
- The Weekly Shelby News
- The Winchester Sun
- Thoroughbred Record
- Tri-Weekly Commonwealth
- Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
- True American (Lexington, Ky. : 1845)
- Twice-A-Week Record-Press
- Voice Of Masonry And Tidings From The Craft
- Weekly Dollar Democrat
- Weekly Louisville Democrat
- Weekly Messenger (Richmond, Ky.)
- Weekly Reporter
- Weekly Reporter (Henderson, Ky.)
- Western Citizen (Paris, Ky.)
- Western Monitor
- Western Presbyterian (Danville, Ky.)
- Winchester News (Winchester, Ky.)
- Woodford Sun
- Young’s Spirit Of The South And Central American
County and Library Collections:
Adair County
Adair County Library
- Adair County News
Clark County
Clark County Public Library
- Winchester Sun
Clinton County
Clinton County Public Library
- Clinton County News
- New Era
Edmonson County
Edmonson County Public Library
- Gimlet Edmonson News
- Edmonson News
- The Gimlet Edmonson News
- The Edmonson County News
- The Edmonson County Newspaper
Fayette County
Lexington Public Library Newspaper Collection
- Daily Lexington Atlas (1847-1848)
- Kentucky Almanacs
- Kentucky Gazette (1787-1840)
- Kentucky Progress Magazine (1928-1936)
- The Cochran Chronicle (1960)
- The Daily Argonaut (Lexington, KY – 1896-1898)
- The Reporter (1808-1817)
- The True American (1845-1846)
- The Kentucky Reporter (1817-1830)
- Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records
Green County
Green County Public Library
- Green County Record
- Greensburg Herald
- Greensburg Record Herald
- Greensburg Times
- Kentucky Republican
- Metcalfe County Herald
- Record Herald
Johnson County
Johnson County Library
- Big Sandy News
- Free South
- Louisville Times
- Martin County Herald
- Oneida Mountaineer
- Paintsville Herald
- Paintsville Herald News
- Salyersville Herald
- The Paintsville Herald
- The Paintsville Herald-Mountain Chronicle
- Van Lear Herald
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Public Library
- Big Sandy News
- Big Sandy News-Recorder
- Lawrence County Recorder
- The Beattyville Enterprise
- The Big Sandy News
Marion County
Marion County Library
- Lebanon Clarion
- Lebanon Enterprise
- Lebanon Post
- Lebanon Standard and Times
- Lebanon Weekly Standard
- Marion Falcon
- Marion Leader
- Discover Marion County
- The Lebanon Enterprise
- The Lebanon Weekly Standard
- The Standard and Times
McCreary County
McCreary County Public Library
- McCreary County Record
Meade County
Meade County Public Library
- Meade County Journal
- Meade County Messenger
- Meade County Mirror
- Meade County News
- Messenger
- Pioneer
Metcalfe County
Metcalfe Library
- Edmonton Herald News
- Herald News
- Metcalfe County News
- The Herald News
Owen County
- The News Herald
Pulaski County
Pulaski Library
- Central Record
- Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Journal
- Somerset Journal
- The Somerset Journal
- The Commonwealth
- Somerset Pulaski News Journal
- The Central Record
- The Burnside Item
Russell County
Russell County Public Library
- Times Journal
- Russell County News
Scott County
Scott County Public Library
- Ashland Kentuckian
- Ballard Yeoman
- Bath County Reporter
- Bee
- Bouquet
- Bracken Record
- Carlisle County News
- Carlisle Mercury
- Cherokee Advocate
- Cincinnati Daily Commercial
- Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
- Cynthiana News
- Daily Hustler
- Eastern Kentucky Democrat
- Ewing Inquirer
- Fleming County Dispatch
- Fleming County Gazette
- Fleming Flag
- Fleming Gazette
- Fleming News
- Fleming Republican
- Fleming Star
- Fleming True Blue Democrat
- Flemingsburg Gazette
- Flemingsburg Kentuckian
- Flemingsburg News
- Flemingsburg Weekly Republican
- Frankfort Commonwealth
- Georgetown News
- Georgetown Patriot
- Georgetown Times
- Georgetown Weekly Times
- Hustler
- Kentucky Journal
- Kentucky Sentinel
- Kentucky Whig
- Ledger and Times
- Lexington Herald
- Lexington Observer and Reporter
- Lexington Transcript
- Louisville Commercial
- Madisonville Daily Messenger
- Maysville Sun
- Paducah Press
- Paducah Tobacco Plant
- Rough and Ready
- The Georgetown Times
- Weekly Advance
- Weekly Maysville Eagle
- Weekly News
- Weekly Standard
Wayne County
Wayne County Public Library
- Wayne County Outlook
Student Collections:
Alice Lloyd College – Pippa Passes
Asbury University – Wilmore
Bellarmine University – Louisville
Berea College – Berea
Campbellsville University – Campbellsville
Eastern Kentucky University – Richmond
Georgetown College – Georgetown
Kentucky Christian University – Grayson
Kentucky Mountain Bible College – Jackson
Kentucky State University – Frankfort
Kentucky Wesleyan College – Owensboro
Lincoln Institute – Simpsonville
Lindsey Wilson College – Columbia
Morehead State University – Morehead
- Eastern Kentucky Educator
- More-head Light (1927-1929)
- Trail Blazer (1929-2013)
- Mountain Cruiser (1942-1944)
- Morehead State Liberator
Murray State University – Murray
Northern Kentucky University – Highland Heights
Spencerian College – Louisville
Sullivan University – Louisville
Transylvania University – Lexington
Union College – Barbourville
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green
University of Kentucky – Lexington
University of Louisville – Louisville
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Murray State University Community Newspaper Collection
- Benton Tribune
- Calloway Gazette
- Calloway Times
- Fulton Advertiser
- Fulton County News
- Fulton Daily Leader
- Hazel News
- Kentucky New Era Tri-Weekly
- Marshall Courier
- Murray Gazette
- Paducah Daily Register
- Paris, TN Pictorial Souvenir
- Princeton Banner
- Tennessee Prohibitionist
- The Ledger & Times
- The Murray Ledger
- The Murray Ledger & Times
- The News
- The Paducah Daily Sun
- The Paducah Evening Sun
- The Princeton Leader
- The Tribune Democrat
- The Tri-State Defender
- Weekly Kentucky New Era
Northern Kentucky Newspaper Index
- American Sentinel (7)
- Augusta Telegraph (32)
- Battle Ax (6)
- Boone County Banner (411)
- Boone County Recorder-Historical Edition (See Catalog) (144)
- Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati) (2)
- Cincinnati Business Courier (1924)
- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (4)
- Cincinnati Daily Commercial (537)
- Cincinnati Enquirer (42347)
- Cincinnati Post (6403)
- Cincinnati Times-Star (53)
- Colonel Covington’s Chronicle (313)
- Commercial Tribune (272)
- Commonwealth (72)
- Conciliator (7)
- Covington Courier (742)
- Covington Daily News (66)
- Covington Enquirer (34)
- Covington Free Press (110)
- Covington Journal (13162)
- Covington Kentuckian (8)
- Covington Union (164)
- Covington Weekly Globe (5)
- Daily Commonwealth (15067)
- Democratic Union (17)
- Dixie News (2980)
- Erlanger News (13)
- Extra (88)
- Falmouth Outlook (30)
- Florence News (54)
- Free South (430)
- Freeman’S Journal (63)
- Kenton County News (81)
- Kenton County Recorder (2916)
- Kent-On-Bugle (5)
- Kenton-Campbell Courier (6)
- Kentucky And Ohio Journal (115)
- Kentucky Demokrat (20)
- Kentucky Enquirer (187615)
- Kentucky Garland (16)
- Kentucky Intelligencer (47)
- Kentucky Journal (Newport) (6858)
- Kentucky Post (757926)
- Kentucky State Journal (Newport) (13779)
- Kentucky Times-Star (61148)
- Kentucky Weekly News (49)
- Ledger (Covington) (5)
- Licking Valley Register (2493)
- Lounger (29)
- Ludlow Reporter (See Catalog) (585)
- Newport & Covington Daily News (65)
- Newport Local (4261)
- Newport News (495)
- News Enterprise (1619)
- North Kentuckian (139)
- Northern Kentucky News (20)
- Northern Kentucky Observer (38)
- Pikes Campaign Flag (11)
- Saturday Advertiser (34)
- Saturday Evening American (21)
- Sunday Challenger (4046)
- The Church News – A Religious Monthly (295)
- Ticket (4799)
- Walton Advertiser (136)
- Weekly Commonwealth (14)
- Weekly Kentucky Flag (26)
- Weekly Press (10)
- Western Colonizationist & Literary Journal (61)
- Western Globe (193)
- Western Visitor (38)
- Whirlwind News (147)
- Yankee Doodle (49)
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
- EM-16
- Eyes Right
- Flag In Action
- Fun Travel Adventure
- News from the Southern Conference Education Fund
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Buckhorn – Squabbler (Company 547)
- Cadiz – Eagle (Company 599)
- Cadiz – Devil’S Island News (Company 599)
- Cadiz – Hill-Top Chatter Box (Company 599)
- Cadiz – Voice Of Camp Trigg (Company 599)
- Carrollton – The Pick And Shovel (Company 592)
- Chappell – Mountain Echo (Company 512)
- Clearfield – Quill (Company 578)
- Corbin – Whispering Pine (Company 563)
- Cumberland – Black Pine (Company 555)
- Cumberland Falls – Bugler (Company 563)
- Elizabethtown – Helmite (Company 1515)
- Fort Knox – Knox Panther (Company 527)
- Fort Knox – Spectator (Company 527)
- Fort Knox – Torch-Light (Company 527)
- Greenwood – Company Chatter (Company 523)
- Laden – Wild Cat Weekly (Company 512)
- London – Sublimity Blurp (Company 3544)
- London – Sublimity Spotlight (Company 3544)
- Mammoth Cave – Axe And Sledge (Company 582)
- Mammoth Cave – Camp Cade Courier (Company 516)
- Mammoth Cave – Cave Man (Company 543)
- Mammoth Cave – Mammoth Eagle (Company 510)
- McKee – Mckee Rattler (Company 564)
- McKee – Rattler (Company 564)
- Morganfield – Panther (Company 527)
- Noble – Buckhornian (Company 547)
- Pineville – Mountain Laurel (Company 563)
- Pineville – Pine Mountaineer (Company 548)
- Putney – Wildcat News (Company 512)
- Putney – Wildcat News (Company 512)
- Sebree – Sebree Panther (Company 527)
- Stearns – Echoes Of 597 (Company 597)
- Williamsburg – Fore Runner (Company 508)
Kentucky Historical Society CCC Newspapers
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Boone County (48)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Breathitt County (11)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1516, (5)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1517, (1)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1518, (7)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1550, (1)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1551, (1)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3530, (7)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3561, (4)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3562, (1)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 509, (3)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 523, (2)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 548, (3)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 563, (1)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 599, (4)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1502, (38)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1519, (9)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1539, (17)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1540, (11)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1542, (15)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1559, (22)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1562, (8)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 1578, (11)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3535, (67)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3536, (12)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3541, (48)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3544, (39)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3545, (20)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3551, (19)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3552, (48)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3554, (36)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3556, (28)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 3563, (17)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 512, (138)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 516, (8)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 527, (19)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 547, (16)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 555, (8)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 564, (40)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Company 578, (59)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Crittenden County (15)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Daviess County (36)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Edmonson County (8)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Hardin County (14)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Harlan County (236)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Henderson County (11)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Jackson County (43)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Laurel County (69)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, McCreary County (37)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Menifee County (16)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Nicholas County (17)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Pike County (14)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Powell County (19)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Rowan County (59)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Shelby County (15)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Webster County (9)
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Newspapers, Whitley County (12)
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020
- Castle
- Castle on the Cumberland
- Kentucky Inter-Prison Press
- Pea Pickers Picayune, The
- Skytower News, The
- The Bath County News – Outlook Owingsville, Kentucky
- The Harrodsburg Herald Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Hart Countys Newspaper News-Herald Horse Cave, Kentucky
- Leader-News Greenville, Kentucky
- Letcher County Community News-Press Cromona, Kentucky
- The Ohio County Times-News Hartford, Kentucky
- The Sebree Banner Sebree, Kentucky
- The Times-Argus Central City, Kentucky
- Argus Central City
- Hart County Herald Munfordville
- Hart County News Munfordville
- Messenger & Times-Argus Central City
- Ohio County Messenger Hartford
Old Fulton New York Postcards
- Adair County KY News
- Barbourville KY Mountaion Advance
- Bardstown KY Herald
- Bardstown KY Nelson County Record
- Bardstown KY Saturday Gazette
- Bardstown KY Standard
- Bardstown KY Western American
- berea KY Citizen
- Brandenburg KY Meade County Messenger
- Brandenburg KY Meade County Mirror
- Burlington KY Boon County Recorder
- Clay City KY Times
- Cloverport KY Breckenridge News
- Columbia KY Adair County News
- Cynthiana KY News
- Danville KY Weekly Kentucky Tribune
- Earlington KY Bee
- Frankfort KY Daily Commonwealth
- Frankfort KY Roundabout
- Frankfort KY Tri Weekly Commonwealth
- Frankfort KY Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
- Frankfort KY Weekly Roundabout
- Frankfort KY Weely Roundabout
- Geogetown KY Mountain Eagle
- Greenville KY Record
- Hartford KY Herald
- Hartford KY Republican
- Hazel Green KY Herald
- Henderson KY Weekly Reporter
- Hickman KY Courier
- Hickman KY Couriier
- Hopkinsville KY Semi Weekly South Kentuckian
- Hopkinsville KY South Kentuckian
- Jackson KY Breathitt County News
- Jeffersontown KY Jeffersonian
- Lancaster KY Central Record
- Lebanon KY Enterprise
- Lebanon KY Standard Times
- Lebanon KY Weekly Standard
- Lexington KY Blue Grass Blade
- Lexington KY Drummer
- Lexington KY Gazette
- Lexington KY Oil World
- Lexington KY Record
- Lexington KY Reporter
- Lexington KY Thoroughbred Record
- Lexington KY True American
- Lexington KY Weekly Observer and Reporter
- Licking KY Valley Courier
- Louisa KY Big Sanday News
- Louisville KY American Baptist
- Louisville KY Catholic Advocate
- Louisville KY Christian Cmmonwealth
- Louisville KY Courier Journal
- Louisville KY Daily Democrat
- Louisville KY Daily Journal
- Louisville KY Daily Union Press
- Louisville KY Democrat
- Louisville KY Evening Bulletin
- LouisVille KY Examiner
- Louisville KY Industrial Commercial Gazette
- Louisville KY Irish American
- Louisville KY Spirit South
- Louisville KY Voice Of Masonry And Tidings FromThe Craft
- Louisville KY Weekly Courier
- Louisville KY Weekly Democrat
- Louisville KY Weekly Journal
- Louisville KY Weekly Times
- Louisville KY Western Presbyterian
- Lowrenceburg KY It
- Marion KY Crittenden Press
- Marion KY Twice Week Record Press
- Maysville KY Daily Bulletin
- Maysville KY Dollar Weekley Bulletin
- Maysville KY Evening Bulletin
- Maysville KY Evenuing Bulletin
- Maysville KY Public Ledger
- Maysville KY Weekly Eagle
- Mount Vernon KY Signal
- MT Stlring KY Reporter
- MT. Sterling KY Advocate
- New Haven KY Echo
- New Haven KY Misc Newspapers
- Owingsville KY Outlook
- Paducah KY Sun
- Paduch KY Sunday Chat
- Paris KY Bourbon News
- Paris KY Western Citizen
- Richmond KY Climax
- Richmond KY Climax Madisonian
- Richmond KY Daily Register
- Richmond KY Farmers Chronicle
- Richmond KY Weekly Messenger
- Salyersville KY Kentucky Mountainer
- Salyersville KY Mountaineer
- Shelby KY Sentinel
- Shelbyville KY Shelby Sentinel
- Shelbyville KY Weekly Shelby News
- Spoutspring KY Times
- Standford KY Interior Journal
- Stanford KY Semi Weekly Interior Journal
- Walton KY Advertiser
- Winchester KY News
Newspaper Abstracts – Kentucky
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Burlington
Carlisle
Cynthiana
Floyd County
Frankfort
Lexington
Louisville
- Herald-Post Collection (photos only)
- Louisville Leader
- Baptist Argus/Baptist World
- The Temple
- The Kentucky Jewish Chronicle
- The Chronicler-Spokesman
- Community (Louisville)
- Pentecostal Herald
Morehead
Mount Vernon
Owensboro
Walton
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 23 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Kentucky Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 224 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Kentucky Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 143 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Kentucky
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 180 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Kentucky.
And Finally:
You also need to check out the University of Kentucky’s “Kentucky’s Digitized Newspapers” site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper digitization projects. This site also can direct you to where microfilmed newspaper collections can be found.
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.
For other Free Kentucky Links, click on the category of interest:
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Digital Archives
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Naturalizations
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Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
7 replies on “Kentucky Online Historical Newspapers Summary”
Great compilation!
Thank you Cohen!
One thing to remember: The University of Kentucky has the largest collection of Kentucky newspapers. However, even though they are digitizing as fast as they can, they have only scratched the surface. They are very eager to loan out their reels of film via Interlibrary Loan to your local library – and if you live in the south, this loan may very well be FREE, depending on consortia agreements. Check with your local library for more info. If you would like to search for available reels to borrow, check out their microfilm ordering database – yes, it was designed to handle purchase orders, but it is a wonderful browsing tool for checking availability by county, city, and chronologically. I worked for UK for 11 years, and wrote this article in 2011 about their digitizing efforts, as well as the ILL option. The microfilm ordering database is one of the links at the very bottom.
http://journeyspast.blogspot.com/2011/02/digitizing-kentucky-newspapers.html
Thanks Cheri for the addition.
Bowling Green State University is NOT in Kentucky; it is in Ohio.
Where does it say that BG is in Kentucky? The reference is to their database which covers links all over the US
Where can I find Clay County newspapers from roughly 1870s? I’ve looked through quite a bit of the links and the only thing I can find is Clay City but not Clay County.