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

Google News Archive

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

Castleton University – Castleton

Lyndon State College – Lyndonville

Marlboro College – Marlboro

Middlebury College – Middlebury

Norwich University – Northfield

Saint Michael’s College – Colchester

University of Vermont – Burlington

Vermont Technical College – Randolph Center

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

  • Longhouse   

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

Small Town Papers

Old Fulton Postcards

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

Other Free Sites:

Brattleboro

Burlington

Hinesburg

Middlebury

Montpelier

St. Albans

St. Johnsbury

Stowe

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.


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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

4 replies on “Vermont Online Historical Newspapers Summary”

I have located a copy of the Whitingham News, Vol 1 Issue 1. dated October 20, 1875.
Is this a newspaper that is even on the list of historical newspapers in Vermont ?

looking for william savage obituary, death from feb. 26, 1895
he was born 18 May 1854
Stockbridge, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
i have searched endlessly.
cannot find death or burial record.

I am looking for Nancy Fisk . She married Stephen Darling. Believe he was from Groton. Her parents were Zibiah Pond and Capt. RICHARD FISK.

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