Vermont Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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(This page's most recent update is August 2024)
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Vermont is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently, Vermont has the majority of its newspapers available on that site. There are free online newspapers also available 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 about 1,100 newspapers that have been published in the Green Mountain State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Vermont 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)

Vermont Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Vermont Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• Barre Evening Enterprise (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898
• Barre Evening Telegram (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??
• Bellows Falls Times (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965
• Bennington Banner and Reformer (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??
• Bennington Semi-Weekly Banner (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902
• Bradford Opinion (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881
• Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865
• Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928
• Cronaca Sovversiva (Barre, Vt.) 1903-1920
• Essex County Herald (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964
• Green-Mountain Freeman (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884
• Herald and News (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943
• Lamoille Newsdealer (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877
• Le Patriote Canadien (Burlington, Vt. : Montréal) 1839-1840
• Middlebury Register (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937
• National Opinion (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874
• News and Citizen (Morrisville, Vt. ; Hyde Park, Vt.) 1881-Current
• North American (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841
• Orleans County Monitor (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953
• Orleans Independent Standard (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871
• Rutland County Herald (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850
• Rutland Herald (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847
• Rutland Weekly Herald (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877
• Semi-Weekly Windham County Reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901
• Spirit of the Age (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913
• St. Johnsbury Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919
• St. Johnsbury Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920
• State Journal (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836
• The Barre Daily Times (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959
• The Bennington Banner (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894
• The Bennington Daily Banner (Bennington, Vt.) 1877-1877
• The Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961
• The Brattleboro Daily Reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955
• The Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912
• The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867
• The Caledonian-Record (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-Current
• The Daily Banner (Bennington, Vt.) 1891-1891
• The Daily Green Mountain Freeman (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865
• The Evening Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920
• The Lamoille News (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881
• The Londonderry Sifter (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??
• The Manchester Journal (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-Current
• The Middlebury Galaxy (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850
• The Middlebury People’s Press (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843
• The Middlebury Register (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882
• The Middlebury Register and Addison County Journal (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885
• The Northern Galaxy (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848
• The Northern Galaxy, and Middlebury People’s Press (Middlebury, Vt.) 1843-1844
• The People’s Press, and Addison County Democrat (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841
• The People’s Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat (Middlebury, Vt.) 1836-1838
• The Rutland County Herald (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855
• The Rutland Daily Globe (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877
• The Rutland Herald (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852
• The Rutland Weekly Globe (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877
• The Spirit of the Age (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844
• The United Opinion (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970
• The Vermont Freeman (Montpelier, Vt.) 1842-1843
• The Vermont Transcript (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870
• The Vermont Watchman (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911
• The Voice of Freedom (Montpelier, Vt.; Brandon, Vt.) 1839-1848
• The Windham County Reformer (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897
• The Woodstock Age (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845
• Vermont Daily Transcript (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870
• Vermont Farmer (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877
• Vermont Phœnix (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955
• Vermont Telegraph (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843
• Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883
• Weekly Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920
• Windham County Democrat (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853
• Windham County Reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906

Google News Archive

• Bradford – Journal Opinion
• Newport – Express and Standard

County and Library Collections:

Chittenden County
Charlotte News Archive

• The Charlotte News
• Charlotte News

Franklin County
Arvin A. Brown Public Library

• Journal Gazette
• Richford Gazette
• Richford Journal 
• Richford Journal and Gazette

​Lamoille County
Stowe Free Library

• ​News and Citizen 
• Stowe Journal 
• Stowe Reporter 
• The Stowe Reporter 

Windsor County

Fletcher Memorial Library

• The Banner

Student Collections:

Bennington College – Bennington

• Before the End of the World 2007
• Bennington Weekly  1950 – 1952
• Latest Dope  1986
• Pastiche 1968 – 1969
• Snap  2002-2003
• The Beacon  1947 – 1949
• The Bennington Biweekly  1952-1954
• The Bennington Free Press  2007-present
• The Bennington Voice 1992
• The Bugler 1954
• The Collective 1982
• The Commons 1988-1989
• The New Paper 1976 – 1978
• Tool & Die April 13, 1983 to
• Vanguard 1978-1979

Castleton University – Castleton

• Birdseye
• Spartan
• Cairn

Lyndon State College – Lyndonville

• ​Critic

Marlboro College – Marlboro

• Marlboro News

Middlebury College – Middlebury

• The Middlebury Campus
• The Undergraduate
• The Campus
• Riddleybum Scaump
• College Newsletter

Norwich University – Northfield

• Norwich University Record
• Norwich Guidon
• Reveille
• University Regulator
• University Owl

Saint Michael’s College – Colchester

• Defender
• News

University of Vermont – Burlington

• The Vermont Cynic
• The Alumnus
• Alumni Magazine
• UVM Notes
• Vermont Alumni News
• Vermont Alumni Weekly
• Vermont Alumnus

Vermont Technical College – Randolph Center

• Student News

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Longhouse   

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Bellows Falls – Wah Hoo Blues (Company 119)
• Fort Ethan Allen – The Ethan Allen Patriot (Company 170)
• Marshfield – Groton Camp Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield – Groton Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield – Groton Forest Camp Crier (Company 146)
• Marshfield – Groton Forest Crier (Company 146)
• ​Northfield – O. S. & D (Company 198)
• Peru – Peru Eagle (Company 166)
• Plymouth – Coolidge Rambler (Company 145)
• Readsboro – Lookout (Company 124)
• Sharon – Apple-Knocker (Company 199)
• Waterbury – Camel’S Hump Barracks Bag (Company 191)
• Waterbury – See-See-See (Company 191)
• West Burke – Willoughby Whisper (Company 121)
• Windsor – Ascutney Spark (Company 129)
• Windsor – Okemo Life (Company 129)
• Windsor – The Bunk (Company 129)
• Yorktown – Ye Olde York Times (Company 323)
• Groton Forest Camp Crier

Small Town Papers

• Journal Opinion Bradford, Vermont

Old Fulton Postcards

• Bellows Falls VT Times
• Bennington VT Evening Banner
• Brattleboro VT Vermont Phoenix
• Burlington VT Free Press
• Middlebury VT Galaxy
• Middlebury VT Northen Galaxy
• Middlebury VT Peoples Press
• Middlebury VT Register
• Montpelier VT State Journal
• Montpelier VT Vermont Watchman
• Newport VT Vermont Farmer
• Rutland VT Herald
• Rutland VT Weekly Globe
• St Johnbury VT Caledonmian
• Woodstock VT Sprit Of The Age

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

Other Free Sites:

Brattleboro

• Brattleboro Reformer
• Tariff Reform Record
• The Commons
• The Household

Burlington

• Burlington Free Press/Rutland Herald Newspaper Index  (Index)
• Vermont Catholic – July 2009-present
• Seven Days
• Seven Days

Hinesburg

• Out In The Mountains

Middlebury

• Addison County Independent

Montpelier

• Universalist Watchman and Christian Repository

St. Albans

• Messenger

St. Johnsbury

• The Caledonian-Record

Stowe

• The Stowe Reporter

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

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

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 195 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Vermont

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 66 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archives – Vermont

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 545 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Vermont.  Please note that through the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont residents can access for free the state’s newspapers that are part of newspapers dot com’s collection.

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Vermont 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 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.​