New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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(This page's most recent update is
July 2024)
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New Mexico is one of the states with a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, and they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as another site for searching old newspapers. There are free online newspapers on other sites and large 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 almost 1,300 newspapers that have been published in the Land of Enchantment – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your New Mexico 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)

New Mexico Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – New Mexico Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• Alamogordo News-Advertiser (Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M.) 1912-1914
• Albuquerque Citizen (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909
• Albuquerque Daily Citizen (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903
• Albuquerque Evening Citizen (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907
• Albuquerque Evening Herald (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1911-1914
• Albuquerque Morning Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926
• Albuquerque Weekly Citizen (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??
• Belen News (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947
• Carlsbad Current (Carlsbad, N.M.) 1899-1907
• Carlsbad Current and New Mexico Sun (Carlsbad, N.M.) 1907-1908
• Carrizozo News (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1908-192?
• Carrizozo Outlook (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945
• Clayton Enterprise (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1888-1906
• Columbus Daily Courier (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920
• Daily Gazette (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1879-1880
• Deming Graphic (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948
• Deming Headlight (Deming, N.M.) 1881-1948
• El Farol (Capitan, Condado De Lincoln, Nuevo México) 1905-19??
• El Hispano-Americano (Belen, Nuevo México) 19??-19??
• El Independiente (Las Vegas, Nuevo México) 1894-19??
• El Nuevo Mexicano (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958
• Estancia News-Herald (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??
• Golden Era (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?
• La Revista De Taos (Taos, Nuevo México) 1905-1922
• La Revista De Taos and the Taos Cresset (Taos, Nuevo México) 1905-1905
• La Revista De Taos and the Taos Valley News (Taos, Nuevo México) 190?-1905
• La Voz Del Pueblo (Santa Fe, Nuevo México; Las Vegas, N.M.) 1889-192?
• Las Nuevas De La Estancia (Estancia, Nuevo Méjico) 1904-1908
• Las Vegas Daily Gazette ([Las Vegas, N.M.]) 1881-1886
• Las Vegas Daily Optic (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908
• Las Vegas Free Press (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???
• Las Vegas Gazette (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1872-18??
• Las Vegas Morning Gazette (Las Vegas, N.M.) 18??-1881
• Las Vegas Optic (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921
• Los Cerrillos Rustler (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891
• New Mexico State Record (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??
• Red River Prospector (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?
• Rio Grande Republican (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914
• Santa Fe Daily New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897
• Santa Fe Gazette (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864
• Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951
• Santa Fe Weekly Gazette (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859
• Santa Fe Weekly Gazette (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869
• Sierra County Advocate (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960
• Southwest-Sentinel (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?
• Taiban Valley News (Taiban, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 19??-1922
• The Alamogordo News (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912
• The Albuquerque Morning Journal (New Albuquerque, N.M.) 1882-1884
• The Black Range (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897
• The Carlsbad Current (Carlsbad, N.M.) 1908-1926
• The Chieftain (Socorro, N.M.) 1890-1901
• The Cimarron Citizen (Cimarron, N.M.) 1908-19??
• The Cimarron News and Cimarron Citizen (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??
• The Cimarron News and Press (Cimarron, N.M.) 1907-19??
• The Clayton Citizen (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??
• The Clayton News (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954
• The Clovis News (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929
• The Columbus Courier (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920
• The Columbus Weekly Courier (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1921
• The Eagle (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???
• The Eddy Current (Eddy [Carlsbad], N.M.) 189?-1899
• The Estancia News (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912
• The Evening Current (Carlsbad, N.M.) 1917-1918
• The Evening Herald (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1914-1922
• The Fort Sumner Review (Fort Sumner, Guadalupe County, N.M.) 190?-1947
• The Kenna Record (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924
• The Las Vegas Gazette (Las Vegas [N.M.]) 1886-1886
• The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1898-190?
• The Lincoln County Leader (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?
• The Lovington Leader (Lovington, N.M.) 1910-1956
• The Mesilla Valley Independent (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879
• The Morning Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1884-1886
• The Morning News (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912
• The Mountainair Independent (Mountainair, N.M.) 1916-1941
• The Old Abe Eagle (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?
• The Roswell Daily Record (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-Current
• The Rustler (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???
• The San Juan County Index (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??
• The San Juan Times (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900
• The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854
• The Socorro Chieftain (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959
• The Socorro Chieftain (Socorro, Socorro County, N.M.) 1884-1890
• The Spanish American (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??
• The Tucumcari News (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907
• The Tucumcari News and Tucumcari Times (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921
• Western Liberal (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919
• White Oaks Eagle (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?
• White Oaks Golden Era (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??

Google News Archive

• Clovis – Clovis Livestock Market News
• Fort Sumner – De Baca County News
• Las Vegas – La Voz Del Pueblo
• Lordsburg – ​Hidalgo County Herald 
• Raton – The Raton Range
• Socorro – Mountain Mail

New Mexico Historical Newspapers

• Alamogordo News, 1900-1913
• Albuquerque Citizen, 1891-1906
• Albuquerque Evening Herald, 1914-1922
• Albuquerque Morning Journal 1908-1921
• Belen News, 1913-1921
• Black Range, 1882-1897 (Socorro County)
• Bland Herald, 1901-1902
• Borderer, 1872-1874
• Carlsbad Current, 1896-1918
• Carrizozo News, 1908-1919
• Carrizozo Outlook, 1915-1921
• Catron County News, 1947-1948
• Cerrillos Rustler, 1888-1891
• Cimarron Citizen, 1908
• Cimarron News and Press, 1907
• Cimarron News-Citizen, 1911-1917
• Clayton Enterprise and Clayton Citizen
• Clayton News, 1915-1922
• Clovis News, 1911-1913
• Columbus Courier, 1911-1920
• Cuervo Clipper, 1910-1922
• Deming Headlight and Deming Graphic, 1890-1921
• El Farol, 1905-1906 (Capitan, NM)
• El Hispano Americano, 1916-1921 (Belen/Valencia County, New Mexico)
• El Hispano-Americano, 1905-1908 (Mora County, New Mexico)
• El Independiente, 1894-1913 (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
• El Nuevo Mexicano, 1900-1922
• Estancia News, 1904-1921
• Fort Sumner Review, 1909-1911
• Gallup Herald, 1916-1923
• Golden Era, 1884-1886 (Lincoln County, New Mexico)
• Kenna Record, 1910-1921
• La Bandera Americana, 1901-1905
• La Voz del Pueblo, 1891-1919
• Las Vegas Daily Optic, 1896-1907
• Las Vegas Free Press, 1892
• Las Vegas Gazette, 1880-1886
• Lincoln County Leader, 1882-1892
• Lordsburg Western Liberal, 1889-1918
• Lovington Leader, 1911-1917
• Mesilla Valley Independent, 1877-1879
• Mountainair Independent, 1916-1920
• New Mexico State Record, 1916-1921
• Raton Comet, 1886
• Raton Independent, 1884-1889
• Red River Prospector, 1901-1907
• Reserve Advocate, 1921-1923
• Revista de Taos, 1905-1922
• Rio Grande Republican, 1888-1890
• Roswell Daily Record, 1903-1910
• San Jon Sentinel, 1910-1916
• San Juan County Index, 1890-1902
• San Juan Times, 1895-1899
• Santa Fe Gazette, 1852-1869
• Santa Fe New Mexican, 1883-1913
• Shiwi Messenger
• Sierra County Advocate, 1885-1917
• Silver City Eagle, 1894-1898
• Socorro Chieftan, 1884-1908
• Southwest Sentinel, 1892-1896
• Spanish-American, 1905-1922 (Roy, Mora County, New Mexico)
• Taiban Valley News, 1917-1921
• Tucumcari News, 1905-1919
• Wagon Mound Sentinel, 1918-1920
• White Oaks Eagle, 1895-1903

County and Library Collections:

Lincoln County Newspaper Archives

• CAPITAN CONDADO DE LINCOLN NM
• CAPITAN NEWS
• CARRIZOZO NEWS
• CARRIZOZO OUTLOOK
• EL FAROL
• LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
• LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS
• LINCOLN INDEPENDENT
• MISCELLANEOUS NEWS PAPERS
• NEW MEXICO INTERPRETER
• PECOS VALLEY REGISTER
• RUIDOSO FREE PRESS
• RUIDOSO NEWS
• THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINER
• THE CAPITAN PROGRESS
• THE CHAVES COUNTY HERALD
• THE CORONA MAVERICK
• THE EDDY ARGUS
• THE LIBERTY BANNER
• THE LINCOLN INDEPENDENT
• THE NOGAL NUGGET
• THE NOGAL REPUBLICAN
• THE ROSWELL REGISTER
• WHITE OAKS EAGLE
• WHITE OAKS GOLDEN ERA
• WHITE OAKS OUTLOOK

Student Collections:

Central New Mexico College – Albuquerque

• CNM Chronicle

Eastern New Mexico University – Portales

• News

Luna Community College – Las Vegas

• Luna Light

Mesalands Community College

• News

New Mexico Highlands University – Las Vegas

• Hot News

New Mexico Military Institute – Roswell

• Pup Tent

New Mexico State University – Las Cruces

• Extension Service News
• New Mexico Collegian
• New Mexico Extension News
• Round-up
• The College Courier
• The New Mexico Farm Courier

New Mexico Tech – Socorro

• Paydirt

San Juan College – Farmington

• The News

St. John’s College – Santa Fe

• The Moon

University of New Mexico – Albuquerque

• Daily Lobo
• Daily Lobo
• The Mirage
• UNM Weekly

University of the Southwest – Hobbs

• News

Western New Mexico University – Silver City

• Mustang

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• A: A Journal of Contemporary Literature 
• Albuquerque Area Education Profile
• Halne’ii of the San Juan Mission
• Indian Forerunner
• Jicarilla Chieftain
• Myths and Techno-Fantasies
• Stooge
• SUM

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Carlsbad – Cactus Courier (Company 320)
• Carlsbad – Camp Cactus Courier (Company 320)
• Camp Crier (Whitewater, NM, 1939)
• Chapparel (Crownpoint, NM, 1940)
• Crownpoint – Chapparel  (Company 2354)
• Crownpoint – Chapparel (Company 2354)
• Prairie Times (Whitewater, NM, 1938)
• Whitewater – Camp Crier (Company 2356)
• Whitewater – Prairie Times (Company 2356)

Capitan Condado de Lincoln Newspaper Index

Surname Index of the Albuquerque Daily Citizen

White Sands Missile Range Newspapers

• Wind and Sand
• Missile Ranger

Small Town Papers

• Clovis Livestock Market News Fort Sumner, New Mexico
• De Baca County News Fort Sumner, New Mexico
• Hidalgo County Herald Lordsburg, New Mexico
• The Independent Edgewood, New Mexico
• Mountain Mail Socorro, New Mexico
• The Raton Range Raton, New Mexico
• Taiban Valley News Taiban
• Fort Sumner Review Fort Sumner

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

Other Free Sites:

Albuquerque

• Revista Catolica
• People of God – 2010-present
• Weekly Alibi

Deming

• Trench and Camp – Camp Cody Edition

Santa Fe

• Santa Fe Reporter

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 34 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – New Mexico Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 242 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – New Mexico Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently over 196 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – New Mexico

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 118 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – New Mexico 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the New Mexico Digital Newspapers site, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. They also have a nice searchable database for microfilm-based collections throughout the state.

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.