Virginia is one of the states that has 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 several of Virginia’s free newspapers are available on the Library of Congress site. There are many free online newspapers available on other sites and their 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 2,800 newspapers that have been published in the Old Dominion – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are many that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Virginia 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.
(Updated May 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Virginia Newspapers
- Abingdon [Va.], 1849-1883 – The Abingdon Virginian.
- Accomac, Va., 1881-1965 – Peninsula enterprise.
- Alexandria [D.C.], 1822-1824 – Alexandria gazette & advertiser.
- Alexandria [D.C.], 1825-1833 – Phenix gazette.
- Alexandria [Va.], 1808-1812 – Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political.
- Alexandria [Va.], 1811-1826 – The Alexandria herald. [volume]
- Alexandria [Va.], 1812-1817 – Alexandria gazette, commercial and political.
- Alexandria [Va.], 1817-1822 – Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser.
- Alexandria [Va.], 1822-1822 – The Alexandria gazette.
- Alexandria, D.C., 1834-1974 – Alexandria gazette.
- Alexandria, Va., 1861-1862 – The Local news.
- Alexandria, Va., 1868-1874 – The Daily state journal.
- Atlanta, Ga., 1909-1931 – The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian.
- Berryville, Va., 1869-1997 – Clarke courier.
- Big Stone Gap, Va., 1890-1892 – The Big Stone post.
- Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va., 1892-1928 – The Big Stone Gap post.
- Bristol, Tenn., 1865-1867 – The news.
- Bristol, Va. & Tenn., 1867-189? – Bristol news.
- Ceredo, Va., 1857-1861 – Ceredo crescent.
- Charlottesville, Va., 1820-1827 – The Central gazette. [volume]
- Charlottesville, Va., 1827-1860 – Virginia advocate. [volume]
- Farmville, Va., 1890-1934 – The Farmville herald.
- Farmville, Va., 1934-1957 – The Farmville herald and farmer-leader.
- Farmville, Va., 1957-current – The Farmville herald.
- Fredericksburg, Va., 1885-1926 – The free lance.
- Irvington, Va., 1891-1921 – Virginia citizen.
- Jeffersonville, Va., 18??-current – Clinch Valley news.
- Lexington, Va., 1871-1962 – Lexington gazette.
- Lynchburg [Va.], 1829-185? – Lynchburg Virginian. [volume]
- Lynchburg [Va.], 1852-1861 – Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume]
- Mathews C.H. [Court House], 1903-1937 – The Mathews journal.
- Monterey, Highland County, Va., 1877-1972 – Highland recorder.
- Newport News, Va., 1896-current – Daily press.
- Norfolk, Va., 186?-189? – The Norfolk Virginian.
- Norfolk, Va., 1865-1866 – The Norfolk post.
- Norfolk, Va., 1898-1911 – Virginian-pilot.
- Orange Court House, Va., 1867-187? – The native Virginian.
- Portsmouth, Va., 1845-1847 – The New era. [volume]
- Rendezvous of Distribution, Va., 1864-1865 – The Soldiers’ journal.
- Richmond [Va.], 1850-1884 – The daily dispatch.
- Richmond, Va., 1796-1816 – Virginia Argus. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1801-1802 – The Recorder, or, Lady’s and gentleman’s miscellany. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1802-1803 – The recorder. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1804-1815 – The enquirer.
- Richmond, Va., 1815-1867 – Richmond enquirer.
- Richmond, Va., 1824-1832 – Constitutional Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1828-1831 – Daily Richmond Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1833-1840 – Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1840-1842 – Daily Richmond Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1842-1861 – Richmond daily Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1854-18?? – Richmonder Anzeiger.
- Richmond, Va., 1856-1908 – The Central Presbyterian. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1861-1862 – Daily Richmond Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1862-1865 – Richmond Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1865-1869 – Daily Richmond Whig. [volume]
- Richmond, Va., 1883-1938 – Richmond planet.
- Richmond, Va., 1884-1903 – Richmond dispatch.
- Richmond, Va., 1885-18?? – The Labor herald.
- Richmond, Va., 1886-1889 – The Daily times.
- Richmond, Va., 1890-1903 – The times.
- Richmond, Va., 1893-1899 – The Jewish South.
- Richmond, Va., 1903-1914 – The times dispatch.
- Richmond, Va., 1914-current – Richmond times-dispatch.
- Roanoke, Va, 1886-1890 – Roanoke daily times.
- Roanoke, Va., 1890-1895 – The Roanoke times.
- Roanoke, Va., 1895-1897 – The Roanoke daily times.
- Roanoke, Va., 1897-1977 – The Roanoke times.
- Roanoke, Va., 1951-19?? – The Tribune.
- Staunton, Va., 182?-183? – Staunton spectator. [volume]
- Staunton, Va., 183?-1849 – Staunton spectator, and general advertiser.
- Staunton, Va., 1849-1896 – Staunton spectator.
- Staunton, Va., 1896-1916 – Staunton spectator and vindicator.
- Stephens City, Va., 1881-1883 – Stephens City star.
- Tazewell, Va., 1892-1919 – Tazewell Republican.
- Washington [D.C.], 1851-1851 – American telegraph.
- Williamsburg, Va., 1893-192? – Virginia gazette.
- Winchester, Va., 18??-1826 – Winchester gazette.
- Woodstock, Va., 1865-1974 – Shenandoah herald.
Google News Archive
- Charlottesville – The Cavalier Daily
- Colonial Beach – The Westmoreland Journal
- Fredericksburg – The Virginia Herald
- Fredericksburg – The Fredericksburg Star
- Fredericksburg – The Fredericksburg News
- Fredericksburg – Fredericksburg Daily Star
- Fredericksburg – Sunday Free Lance-Star
- Fredericksburg – The Free Lance-Star
- Fredericksburg – The Fredericksburg Ledger
- Fredericksburg – The Daily Star
- Fredericksburg – The Free Lance
- Hampton – The True Southerner
- Hillsville – The Carroll News
- King George – King George Journal
- Marion – The Patriot and Herald
- Norfolk – Virginia Gazette
- Norfolk – The Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald
- Norfolk – Norfolk Herald
- Norfolk – Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald
- Norfolk – Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger
- Petersburg – The Rural Messenger
- Petersburg – The Progress
- Petersburg – The Daily Express
- Richmond – Richmond Afro American
- Richmond – The Daily Richmond Enquirer
- Richmond – Richmond Enquirer
- Richmond – The Examiner
- Richmond – Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser
- Richmond – Virginia Argus
- Saint Paul – Clinch Valley Times
- Staunton – The Valley Virginian
- Winchester – Winchester Virginian
Library of Virginia – Virginia Chronicle
- Abingdon Virginian (Abingdon, VA, 1862-1864)
- Afro-American Churchman (Petersburg, VA, 1886-1890)
- Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political (Alexandria, VA, 1811-1812)
- Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser (Alexandria, DC, 1822-1824)
- Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser (Alexandria, VA, 1817-1822)
- Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA, 1822)
- Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA, 1834-1923)
- Alexandria Gazette, Commercial and Political (Alexandria, VA, 1812-1817)
- Alexandria Herald (Alexandria, VA, 1813-1825)
- American Union (Martinsburg, VA [W. Va.], 1861)
- American Union (Morgantown, VA [W. Va.], 1855-1859)
- Amherst Progress (Amherst, VA, 1904-1922)
- Anti Liquor (Danville, VA, 1890)
- Appomattox and Buckingham Times (Appomattox, VA, 1892-1909)
- Arcadian (Richmond, VA, 1940-2007)
- Augusta News (Waynesboro, VA, 1875-1876)
- Baptist Union (Danville, VA, 1895-1914)
- Bath News (Warm Springs, VA, 1895-1897)
- Bedford Democrat (Liberty, VA, 1889-1922)
- Big Stone Gap Post (Big Stone Gap, VA, 1892-1922)
- Big Stone Post (Big Stone Gap, VA, 1890-1892)
- Bristol News (Bristol, VA & TN, 1868-1878)
- Brunswick Gazette (Lawrenceville, VA, 1895-1903)
- Calhoun Chronicle (Grantsville, W. Va., 1896)
- Campaign (Richmond, VA, 1884-1888)
- Caroline County Circular (Bowling Green, VA, 1980)
- Casket (Suffolk, VA, 1878-1879)
- Central Gazette (Charlottesville, VA, 1824-1827)
- Central Presbyterian (Richmond, VA, 1856-1908)
- Ceredo Crescent (Ceredo, VA, 1857-1860)
- Children’s Friend (Richmond, VA, 1865-1884)
- Christian Observer (Richmond, VA, 1863-1864)
- Church Advocate (Baltimore, MD, 1892-1893)
- Church Bells (Richmond, VA, 1893)
- Church News (Roanoke, VA, 1934)
- Civilian Conservation Corps Newspapers
- Clarke Courier (Berryville, VA, 1899-1910)
- Clinch Valley News (Tazewell C.H., VA, 1886-1922)
- Columbia News (Arlington, VA, 1941-1945)
- Commercial and Industrial Gazette (Richmond, VA, 1874)
- Commercial and Tobacco Leaf (Richmond, VA, 1885)
- Commercial Bulletin (Richmond, VA, 1865)
- Commercial (Richmond, VA, 1868-1869)
- Compiler (Richmond, VA, 1834)
- Constitutional Whig (Richmond, VA, 1824-1832)
- Cooper’s Clarksburg Register (Clarksburg, VA [W. Va.], 1851-1858)
- Crawford’s Weekly (Norton, VA, 1921-1935)
- Critic (Richmond, VA, 1887-1889)
- Culpeper Enterprise (Culpeper, VA, 1905-1909)
- Culpeper Exponent (Culpeper, VA, 1889-1923)
- Culpeper Gazette (Culpeper, VA, 1827-1876)
- Culpeper News (Culpeper, VA, 1908-1911)
- Culpeper Observer (Culpeper, Court House, VA, 1852-1877)
- Daily Advance (Lynchburg, VA, 1881-1883)
- Daily Advocate (Richmond, VA, 1886)
- Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA, 1852-1884)
- Daily Express (Petersburg, VA, 1855-1867)
- Daily Index (Petersburg, VA, 1865)
- Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA [W. Va.], 1859-1865)
- Daily Press (Newport News, VA, 1898-1910)
- Daily Register (Wheeling, W. VA, 1863-1864)
- Daily Richmond Transcript (Richmond, VA, 1835)
- Daily Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser (Richmond, VA, 1833-1838)
- Daily State Journal (Alexandria & Richmond, VA, 1868-1874)
- Daily Sun (Arlington, VA, 1951-1956)
- Daily Times (Richmond, VA, 1886-1889)
- Democrat (Weston, W. VA, 1868-1874)
- Enquirer (Richmond, VA, 1804-1815)
- Evening News (Harrisonburg, VA, 1899-1900)
- Evening News (Roanoke, VA, 1903-1913)
- Evening Truth (Richmond, VA, 1887)
- Exponent (Culpeper, VA, 1881-1900)
- Family Visitor (Pruntytown, VA [W. Va.], 1860)
- Family Visitor (Richmond, VA, 1822-1825)
- Farm Bureau News (Richmond, VA, 1986-1999)
- Farmville Commonwealth (Farmville, VA, 1873)
- Farmville Herald and Farmer-Leader (Farmville, VA, 1934-1957)
- Farmville Herald (Farmville, VA, 1899-1934)
- Farmville Herald (Farmville, VA, 1957-1964)
- Farmville Mercury (Farmville, VA, 1873-1876)
- Free Lance (Fredericksburg, VA, 1899-1911)
- Free-Lance (Norfolk, VA, 1905-1906)
- Gator (Little Creek, VA, 1952-1977)
- Genius of Liberty (Leesburg, VA, 1817-1839)
- Greenbrier Era (Lewisburg, VA [W. Va.], 1854)
- Greenville Banner (Greenville, VA, 1882-1885)
- Growler (Norfolk, VA, 1905)
- Hall Chatter (Waynesboro, VA, 1964-1968)
- Highland Cavalier (Wise, VA, 1954-2014)
- Honaker Herald (Honaker, VA, 1925-1944)
- Honaker Press (Honaker, VA, 1950-1953)
- Idle Hour (Glen Allen, VA, 1891)
- Institute Jewel (Suffolk, VA, 1880)
- Jaguar Journal (Falls Church, VA, 1948-1996)
- Jagwire (Falls Church, VA, 1997-2019)
- Jeffersonian Republican (Charlottesville, VA, 1841-1859)
- Jeffersonian Republican (Charlottesville, VA, 1873-1889)
- Jeffersonian Republican (Lynchburg, VA, 1828-1829)
- Jeffersonian (Richmond, VA, 1931-1979)
- Jewish South (Richmond, VA, 1893-1899)
- Kanawha Valley Star (Charleston, VA [W. Va.], 1858-1861)
- Kenbridge Tribune (Kenbridge, VA, 1909)
- Labor Herald (Richmond, VA, 1886)
- Lebanon News (Lebanon, VA, 1935-2000)
- Leesburg Genius of Liberty (Leesburg, VA, 1839-1843)
- Lexington Gazette (Lexington, VA, 1898-1912)
- Local News (Alexandria, VA, 1861-1862)
- Lunenburg Press (Kenbridge, VA, 1936-1937)
- Lynchburg Daily Virginian (Lynchburg, VA, 1852-1860)
- Lynchburg Press and Public Advertiser (Lynchburg, VA, 1818-1820)
- Lynchburg Press (Lynchburg, VA, 1809-1818)
- Lynchburg Press (Lynchburg, VA, 1821-1822)
- Lynchburg Tri-Weekly Virginian (Lynchburg, VA, 1885)
- Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, VA, 1849-1852)
- Lynchburg Weekly Gazette (Lynchburg, VA, 1799-1805)
- Manassas Democrat (Manassas, VA, 1918)
- Manassas Gazette (Manassas, VA, 1891)
- Manassas Journal (Manassas, VA, 1918)
- Mathews Journal (Mathews C. H., VA, 1905-1912)
- Middletown Weekly (Middletown, VA, 1912)
- Missionary Weekly (Richmond, VA, 1889-1890)
- Monocle (Richmond, VA, 1929-1973)
- Monongalia Mirror (Morgantown, VA [W. Va.], 1852-1855)
- Morning Mail (Richmond, VA, 1853)
- Mountain Laurel (Meadows of Dan, VA, 1983-1995)
- Musical Advocate and Singer’s Friend (Singers’ Glen, VA, 1867-1869)
- Musical Million (Dayton, VA, 1879-1914)
- Native Virginian (Orange C. H., VA, 1867-1870)
- New Era (Portsmouth, VA, 1845-1847)
- New Nation (Richmond, VA, 1866-1867)
- New Regime (Norfolk, VA, 1864)
- News (Bristol, TN, 1865-1867)
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Phenix (Norfolk, VA, 1841)
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Union (Norfolk, VA, 1863)
- Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA, 1865-1866)
- Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA, 1921-1922)
- Norfolk Virginian (Norfolk, VA, 1895-1898)
- Northern Neck News (Warsaw, VA, 1879-1966)
- Odds N Ends (Richmond, VA, 1933-1941)
- Old Dominion (Petersburg, VA, 1830)
- Our Church Paper (New Market, VA, 1875-1904)
- Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac, VA, 1881-1922)
- Penny Post (Richmond, VA, 1854-1855)
- People’s Free Press (Norfolk, VA, 1830)
- People’s Journal (Berryville, VA, 1899-1927)
- Pepergram (Culpeper, VA, 1946)
- Petersburg Daily Index (Petersburg, VA, 1866)
- Petersburg Index (Petersburg, VA, 1866-1868)
- Petersburg Republican (Petersburg, VA, 1819-1820)
- Phenix Gazette (Alexandria, DC, 1825-1833)
- Piedmont Advance (Culpeper, VA, 1886-1888)
- Pocahontas Outlook (Pocahontas, VA, 1883)
- Presbyterian of the South (Atlanta, GA, 1909-1922)
- Primitive Baptist (Tazewell C.H., VA, 1890)
- Princess Anne Times (Virginia Beach, VA, 1915-1918)
- Progress (Newport News, VA, 1913)
- Rappahannock Record (Kilmarnock, VA, 1925-2007)
- Recorder or Lady’s and Gentleman’s Miscellany (Richmond, VA, 1802)
- Recorder (Monterey, VA, 1893-1971)
- Recorder (Monterey, VA, 1972-2007)
- Recorder (Richmond, VA, 1802-1803)
- Reformer (Richmond, VA, 1876)
- Reformer (Richmond, VA, 1885)
- Reformer (Richmond, VA, 1897)
- Republican Farmer (Staunton, VA, 1811)
- Republican, & Petersburg Advertiser (Petersburg, VA, 1802)
- Richmond Christian Advocate (Richmond, VA, 1841-1868)
- Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA, 1884-1903)
- Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, VA, 1815-1867)
- Richmond Mail (Richmond, VA, 1853-1854)
- Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA, 1889-1930)
- Richmond Republican (Richmond, VA, 1848-1851)
- Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA, 1914-1922)
- Richmond Weekly Examiner (Richmond, VA, 1850-1866)
- Richmond Whig and Commercial Journal (Richmond, VA, 1831-1832)
- Richmond Whig (Richmond, VA, 1828-1866)
- Richmonder Anzeiger (Richmond, VA, 1855-1866)
- Riverside (Shenandoah Iron Works, VA, 1880)
- Roanoke Baptist Union (Danville, VA, 1888-1894)
- Roanoke Daily Times (Roanoke, VA, 1889-1890)
- Roanoke Daily Times (Roanoke, VA, 1895-1897)
- Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA, 1890-1895)
- Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA, 1897-1898)
- Roanoke World-News (Roanoke, VA, 1922-1923)
- Salem Sentinel (Salem, Roanoke County, VA, 1895-1902)
- Salem Times-Register and Sentinel (Salem, VA, 1903-1920)
- Salem Times-Register (Salem, VA, 1883-1903)
- Sandy Valley News (Grundy, VA, 1913-1922)
- Scrap Basket (Richmond, VA, 1930-1940)
- Sentinella (Richmond, VA, 1898)
- Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA, 1878-1910)
- Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, VA [W. Va.], 1849-1890)
- Sistersville Daily Review (Sistersville, W. Va., 1905)
- Sistersville Oil Review (Sistersville, W. Va., 1898)
- Smithfield Times (Smithfield, VA, 1928-2013)
- Soldiers’ Journal (Rendezvous of Distribution [Alexandria], VA, 1864-1865)
- Southern Collegian (Lexington, VA, 1873-1899)
- Southern Musical Advocate and Singer’s Friend (Singers’ Glen, VA, 1859-1860)
- Southern Religious Telegraph (Richmond, VA, 1830-1835)
- Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, VA, 1899-2007)
- Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, VA [W. Va.], 1844-1867)
- Staunton Eagle (Staunton, VA, 1809-1810)
- Staunton Reporter (Staunton, VA, 1916)
- Staunton Spectator & General Advertiser (Staunton, VA, 1836-1849)
- Staunton Spectator and Vindicator (Staunton, VA, 1896-1911)
- Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA, 1827-1832)
- Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA, 1849-1896)
- Staunton Telegram (Staunton, VA, 1883)
- Staunton Tribune (Staunton, VA, 1894)
- Staunton Tribune (Staunton, VA, 1927-1931)
- Stephens City Star (Stephens City, VA, 1881-1883)
- Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, VA, 1927-1970)
- Sun (Arlington, VA, 1935-1951)
- Tazewell Baptist (Tazewell C.H., VA, 1890)
- Tazewell Republican (Tazewell, VA, 1897-1912)
- ThroTTle Magazine (Richmond, VA, 1981-1999)
- Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA, 1903-1914)
- Times (Richmond, VA, 1890-1903)
- Towers Leader (Mount Solon, VA, 1926-1928)
- Tribune (Roanoke, VA, 1951-1957)
- True Southerner (Hampton, VA, 1865-1866)
- Union Republican (Norfolk & Petersburg, VA, 1867)
- Virginia Advocate (Charlottesville, VA, 1827-1830)
- Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA, 1797-1816)
- Virginia Beach Weekly (Virginia Beach, VA, 1925)
- Virginia Citizen (Irvington, VA, 1900-1910)
- Virginia Courier (Manchester [i.e. Richmond], VA, 1879)
- Virginia Farm Bureau News (Richmond, VA, 1941-1986)
- Virginia Farmer (Emporia, VA, 1908-1909)
- Virginia Gazette and Independent Chronicle (Richmond, VA, 1787)
- Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, VA, 1897-1913)
- Virginia Index (Richmond, VA, 1859-1860)
- Virginia Star (Culpeper, VA, 1919-1953)
- Virginia State Journal (Alexandria, VA, 1864-1865)
- Virginia Suffrage News (Richmond, VA, 1914)
- Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA, 1899-1900)
- Volcano Lubricator (Volcano, W. Va., 1871-1874)
- Watchman of the South (Richmond, VA, 1837-1844)
- Weekly Enterprise (Culpeper, VA, 1894)
- Weekly New Nation (Richmond, VA, 1867)
- Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, VA [W. Va.], 1862-1908)
- Wenonah War Whoop (Basic, VA, 1919)
- West Virginia Journal (Charleston, W. Va., 1866)
- West Virginia Walking Beam (Volcano, W. Va., 1879-1880)
- Weston Democrat (Weston, W. VA, 1875-1880)
- Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA [W. Va.], 1852-1859)
- Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, W. VA, 1865)
- Wheeling Daily Register (Wheeling, W. VA, 1864-1878)
- Wheeling Register (Wheeling, VA [W. Va.], 1878-1888)
- Wheeling Sunday Register (Wheeling, VA [W. Va.], 1882-1888)
- Winchester Gazette (Winchester, VA, 1811-1824)
- World News (Roanoke, VA, 1913-1922)
- Wytheville Dispatch (Wytheville, VA, 1862-1875)
County and Library Collections:
- The Carroll News
- Grayson-Carroll Gazette
- Galax Gazette
Fairfax County Historical Newspaper Index 1785-2000
- Alexandria Gazette (1785-1788), (July 25, 1854-December 31, 1855) and (May 3, 1860-January 20, 1865)
- Arlington County Record (1932-1933)
- Fairfax City Times (1961-1968)
- Fairfax County Independent (1929-1932)
- Fairfax Herald (1886-1973)
- Fairfax News (1872-1875, includes original image)
- Fairfax News – Herndon Observer (1925-1943)
- The Local News (1861-1862)
- The Rambler, Washington Star (1912-1928, includes transcribed text)
- Reston Times (1965-1987) and (2000)
Frederick County – Handley Regional Library
- Daily Independent
- Daily Item
- Morning News Item
- Peoples Voice
- Philanthropist
- Postscript To The Winchester Advertiser
- Potowmac Guardian And Berkeley Advertiser
- Republican Constellation
- Virginia Centinel
- Virginia Centinel And Gazette
- Virginia Gazette
- Virginia Gazette And Winchester Advertiser
- Virginia Journal And Alexandria Advertiser
- Winchester Gazette
- Winchester Journal
- Winchester Sentinel
Fredericksburg Newspaper Indexes 1736-1926 (Index only)
- Apollo 1803=1804
- Christian Banner, 1850 and 1862
- Courier 1800-1801
- Democratic Recorder 1842-1861
- Fredericksburg Ledger, 1865-1874
- Fredericksburg New Era, 1865-1866
- Fredericksburg News 1847-1884
- Genius of Liberty 1799
- Impartial Observer and the Rights of Man, 1811
- Political Arena 1827-1841
- The Free Lance 1885-1900
- The Free Lance Star 1926-1928
- Virginia Gazette 1736-1780
- Virginia Herald 1787-1876
- Virginia Star 1869-1884
- Fredericksburg Star 1884-1923
- Daily Star, 1877-1926
- Weekly Advertiser 1853-1860
- Weekly Recorder 1844-1847
James L. Hamner Public Library
- The Amelia Bulletin Monitor
Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index
- American Constellation
- Charleston Courier
- Daily Courier
- Daily Democrat
- Daily Express
- Daily Index
- Daily Intelligencer
- Daily National Intelligencer
- Daily Progress
- Daily South Side Democrat
- Morning Advertiser
- National Intelligencer
- Petersburg Daily Index
- Petersburg Daily Times
- Petersburg Index
- Petersburg Index and Appeal
- Petersburg Intelligencer
- Press
- Progress
- Republican, Daily Republican, Petersburg Daily Republican
- Richmond Enquirer
- Rural Messenger
- The Intelligencer & Petersburg Commercial Advertiser
- The Little Cockade
- Virginia Gazette & Petersburg Intelligencer
Mecklenburg County Public Library Digitized Newspapers
- MARRIAGE RECORDS
- MECKLENBURG SUN
- MISCELLANEOUS NEGRO NEWSPAPERS
- MISCELLANEOUS NEWSPAPERS
- NEWS PROGRESS
- SOUTH HILL ENTERPRISE
Prince William County Newspapers (1721–1986)
- The Dumfries & Cherry Hill Merchant
- The Journal Messenger
- The Manassas Democrat 1909-1921
- The Manassas Gazette, 1872-1898
- Manassas Herald
- Manassas Weekly Gazette 1872 -1896, 1898
- The Manassas Journal 1895-1945
- Potomac News 1986, 1987, 1988
- The Prince William News 1921-1923
- Republican Journal & Dumfries Advertiser
- Virginia Gazette & Agricultural Repository
- Virginia Historical Chronicle
Prince William County local newspaper index (1993– )
- Daily Journal (Prince William Journal)
- Manassas Journal Messenger
- Potomac News
- Pulaski News Journal
- Pulaski News Review
- Pulaski Southwest Times
- Pulaski Times Journal
- Radford News Journal
Radford Public Library Newspaper Archives
Rappahannock County
Essex Public Library
- The Rappahannock Times
- Tidewater Democrat
- American
- Conservative Democrat
- Harrisonian
- Marion Democrat
- Marion Herald
- Marion Journal
- Marion News
- Marion Record
- Marion Times
- Marion Visitor
- Patriot and Herald
- Smyth County News
- Southern Star
Washington County Digitized Newspapers Index
- Washington County Journal (1912-1926)
- Journal-Virginian (1927-1949)
- Glade Spring Citizen (1887-1893)
- Washington County News
- Political Prospect (1812-1813)
Virginia Beach Public Library Newspapers
- Princess Anne Times
- Virginia Beach News
- Virginia Beach Sun News
- Sun, Moon, and Stars
- Heritage Discovered
- Alexandria Gazette
- City Gazette
- Enquirer
Student Collections:
Basic High School – Basic
Bluefield College – Bluefield
Christopher Newport University – Newport News
College of William and Mary – Williamsburg
Eastern Mennonite University – Harrisonburg
Fairfax Hall – Waynesboro
Fauquier High School – Warrenton
Ferrum College – Ferrum
George C Marshall High School – Falls Church
George Mason University – Fairfax
Hollins University – Roanoke
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Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
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- Defense Committee, The
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- Mordor News
- On the Beach
- Spartacus
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- Tactics
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Appomattox – Chatter Box (Company 2391)
- Appomattox – Lee Grant (Company 2391)
- Church Road – Scottonian (Company 2341)
- Cleveland – Captain And The Kids (Company 374)
- Cleveland – Captain And The Kids (Company 374)
- Cleveland – Clinch Valley Crow (Company 374)
- Clinchport – Cedarhurst News (Company 374)
- Clinchport – Lonesome Pine Chronicle (Company 355)
- Clinchport – Whispering Breeze (Company 355)
- Clover – Excelsior (Company 354)
- Covington – Alleghanian (Company 379)
- Cumberland – Camp Messenger (Company 2354)
- Damascus – Backbone Star (Company 357)
- Edinburg – Roosevelt Newsletter (Company 322)
- Edinburg – Rooseveltian (Company 322)
- Fredericksburg – Battlefield News (Company 362)
- Fredericksburg – Blow Out (Company 362)
- Front Royal – Dismal Echo (Company 2354)
- Jonesville – Gully Gleanings (Company 391)
- Lawrenceville – The Tattler (Company 349)
- Luray – Big Meadow Beacon (Company 350)
- Luray – Flagpole News (Company 334)
- Luray – Pow-Wow (Company 350)
- Luray – Skyline News (Company 375)
- Lyndhurst – Camp Sherando Windjammer (Company 351)
- Lyndhurst – Sand-Spring Owl (Company 351)
- Lyndhurst – Spring Owl (Company 351)
- Moorman’s River – Ye Trumpeter (Company 338)
- Mount Solon – North River Daily (Company 363)
- Mount Solon – Tracy Daily Tattler (Company 363)
- Mount Solon – Tracy Tattler (Company 363)
- Oronoco – Backwoodsman (Company 2360)
- Oronoco – Blue Ridge Echo (Company 2360)
- Rose Hill – Rose Hill Dodo (Company 339)
- Roxbury – Camp Chickahominy Clarion (Company 376)
- Roxbury – Camplife (Company 376)
- Salem – Voice Of 389 (Company 389)
- South Hill – Pennvagram (Company 2358)
- South Hill – Tombstone (Company 2358)
- Speedwell – Hootowl Holler (Company 358)
- Sugar Grove – Jaccard Courier (Company 358)
- Waverly – Tall Pine (Company 376)
- Wilderness – Out Of The Wilderness (Company 333)
- Williamsburg – Company 247 News (Company 247) (AA)
- Williamsburg – Jamestown Dragon (Company 247) (AA)
- Woolwine – Knob (Company 363)
- Woolwine – Rocky Hollow (Company 363)
- Yorktown – 352nd Observer (Company 352)
- Yorktown – Camp Victory Crier (Company 352)
- Yorktown – Sentinel And Review (Company 323) (AA)
- Yorktown – Ye Olde York Times (Company 323) (AA)
- 1389 Speaks (Bassett, VA, 1938-1940)
- 2380th Traveler (Jonesville, VA, 1935-1936)
- 339th Dodo (Rose Hill, VA, 1936)
- 352nd Observer (Yorktown, VA, 1936)
- Acme (South Hill, VA, 1939-1940)
- Alleghanian (Covington, VA, 1939-1940)
- Among Us (Ridgeway, VA, 1937-1940)
- Arlington News-Gazette (Rosslyn, VA, 1936)
- Back Bay Breeze (Pungo, VA, 1939-1940)
- Backbone Star (Damascus, VA, 1935-1937)
- Battlefield News (Fredericksburg, VA, 1938-1939)
- Beach Beacon (Beach, VA, 1939)
- Big Meadows Beacon (Luray, VA, 1939-1940)
- Black Cat (Natural Bridge Station, VA, 1935)
- Blowout (Fredericksburg, VA, 1935)
- Bob Cat (New Castle, VA, 1938-1940)
- Bomb (Hanover, VA, 1935)
- B-Ridge (National Bridge Station, VA, 1936)
- Buffalo Prints (Amherst, VA, 1936-1938)
- Bushwhacker (New Castle, VA, 1935)
- Cacaphonus Calumny (Natural Bridge Station, VA, 1936)
- Camp 13 News (Natural Bridge Station, VA, 1936-1937)
- Camp Chatter (Dillwyn, VA, 1935)
- Camp Gallion Dispatch (Green Bay, VA, 1935-1938)
- Camp High Lights (Mineral, VA, 1937)
- Camp Messenger (Cumberland, VA, 1936-1937)
- Camp Sherando Wind Jammer (Lyndhurst, VA, 1939-1941)
- Camp Victory Crier (Yorktown, VA, 1940)
- Captain and the Kids (Cleveland, VA, 1936-1938)
- Castle Rock (Pembroke, VA, 1937)
- Cedarhurst News (Clinchport, VA, 1940)
- Cherokee Scalp (Bastian, VA, 1940)
- Chesterfield News (Camp Beach [Beach], VA, 1936-1938)
- Chopawamsic Star (Quantico, VA, 1936)
- Clinch Valley Crow (Cleveland, VA, 1936-1937)
- Company 247 News (Williamsburg, VA, 1934)
- Compass (Lynchburg, VA, 1936-1937)
- Craig Camp Crier (New Castle, VA, 1937-1938)
- Crater Echo (Petersburg, VA, 1939-1942)
- Cumberland Bowl Voice (Jonesville, VA, 1939)
- Cynosure (Ridgeway, VA, 1935-1936)
- Dismal Echo (Front Royal, VA, 1938)
- Dixie Yankee (Joplin, VA, 1937-1940)
- Echo (Dinwiddie, VA, 1936)
- Enrollee’s Home Journal (Bassett, VA, 1936-1937)
- Excelsior (Clover, VA, 1936-1940)
- Fairy Stone (Bassett, VA, 1935)
- Fairystone? (Bassett, VA, 1935)
- Flagpole News (Skyland, VA, 1936-1939)
- Fork News (Scottsburg, VA, 1936)
- Fork News (Scottsburg, VA, 1937)
- Fort Harrison Herald (Richmond, VA, 1937)
- Fortune Hunter (Fort Hunt [Alexandria], VA, 1939)
- Ft. Monroe C.C.C. Bulletin (Fort Monroe, VA, 1937)
- Grin and Take (Chester, VA, 1937)
- Gully Gleanings (Jonesville, VA, 1935)
- Happy Deal (Ridgeway, VA, 1936)
- Harmony Hollow Eagle (Front Royal, VA, 1934)
- Hoot Owl (Clifton Forge, VA, 1937-1940)
- Informer (St. Stephens, VA, 1939-1940)
- Jamestown Dragon (Williamsburg, VA, 1934-1935)
- Jamestown Excavator (Williamsburg, VA, 1937-1940)
- Jeffersonian (Speedwell, VA, 1937)
- Knob (Woolwine, VA, 1940)
- Lighthouse (Cape Henry, VA, 1936)
- Linden Leaflet (Amelia, VA, 1936)
- Lone Eagle (Norton, VA, 1939)
- Lonesome Pine (Clintwood, VA, 1936-1937)
- Lonesome Pine (Rocky Mount, VA, 1936-1937)
- Lucky 13 (Crewe, VA, 1936-1940)
- Memriline (Hot Springs, VA, 1939-1940)
- Mountaineer (Clintwood, VA, 1940-1941)
- Mt. Cross Bugle (Danville, VA, 1935)
- Neighbors (Marion, VA, 1936-1940)
- New Southern Daze (Brandy, VA, 1940-1941)
- News Bulletin (Rosslyn, VA, 1936-1937)
- Nira News (Elkton, VA, 1935-1940)
- North River Sentinel (Mount Solon, VA, 1939-1940)
- North-River-Daily (Mount Solon, VA, 1938)
- Oasis (Fort Story, VA, 1935)
- Out of the Wilderness (Wilderness, VA, 1937-1938)
- Pine-land Echo (Church Road, VA, 1937)
- Potomac Post (Fort Hunt, VA, 1936)
- Pow-Wow (Luray, VA, 1935-1936)
- Question Mark (Chatham, VA, 1939)
- Ragweed News (Fork Union, VA, 1936-1937)
- Ridge Journal (Amherst, VA, 1939)
- Rocky Hollow (Woolwine, VA, 1939)
- Rocky Mount-a-neer (Rocky Mount, VA, 1938)
- Roosevelt News Letter (Edinburg, VA, 1935-1936)
- Rooseveltian (Edinburg, VA, 1936-1940)
- Rosslyn Rooster (Rosslyn, VA, 1938)
- Round Mountain News (Bastian, VA, 1935-1936)
- Salmagundi (Norton, VA, 1940)
- Sand Spring Owl (Lyndhurst, VA, 1934-1936)
- Ship Ahoy (Yorktown, VA, 1936)
- Skyline News (Luray, VA, 1937-1938)
- Skyline Scoops (Luray, VA, 1939)
- Smoker Over (Jonesville, VA, 1939-1940)
- Southern Daze (Berea, VA, 1935-1938)
- Southern Pine Whispers (Amelia, VA, 1937)
- Spider Web (Moseley, VA, 1936)
- Spirit of ’76 (Bedford, VA, 1935)
- Stone Mountain Echo (Moneta, VA, 1939-1940)
- Stratford Sentinel (Baynesville, VA, 1936-1940)
- Swift Creek Babbler (Chester, VA, 1936)
- Tall Pines (Brookshire [West Point], VA, 1936-1937)
- Tattler (Goshen, VA, 1935)
- Tattler (Hot Springs, VA, 1938-1939)
- Tirade (Salem, VA, 1936-1940)
- Tracy Tattler (Mount Solon, VA, 1935-1938)
- Trumpeter (Moormans River, VA, 1940)
- Twin Hills Bugler (Danville, VA, 1938)
- Virginia Creeper (Sandy Level, VA, 1939-1940)
- Voice of 1367 (Cumberland, VA, 1939-1940)
- Voice of 389 (Salem, VA, 1935)
- Voice of ’86 (Clifton Forge, VA, 1935-1936)
- Volcano (Vesuvius, VA, 1935)
- Whippoorwill (Grottoes, VA, 1935-1940)
- Whispering Breeze (Clinchport, VA, 1937)
- White Chimney Eagle (Hanover, VA, 1939)
- Wilderness Krier (Wilderness, VA, 1939-1941)
- Wilderness (Wilderness, VA, 1935-1936)
- Wise Owl (Big Stone Gap, VA, 1936)
- Wise-Cracker (Big Island, VA, 1936-1937)
Geography of Slavery in Virginia 1736-1803 (statewide)
Race & Place: Newspapers 1890-1935
- Charlottesville Reflector
- Richmond Planet
Valley of the Shadow – Civil War Era Newspapers
- Staunton Vindicator (1859-1870)
- Franklin Repository (1859-1870)
- Staunton Spectator (1857-1870)
- Semi-Weekly Dispatch (1861-1862)
- Valley Virginian (1865-1870)
- Valley Spirit (1859-1870)
- Waynesboro Village Record (1863)
- Clinch Valley Times St. Paul, Virginia
- The King George Journal King George, Virginia
- The Westmoreland Journal King George, Virginia
- Jewish News Virginia Beach
- Renewal Magazine Virginia Beach
- Stafford Journal Stafford
- Test Newspaper Archive Urbanna
Old Fulton Postcards
- Hampton VA Southern Workman 1872-1886
- Leesburg VA Genius Of Liberty 1817-1826
- Leesburg VA Genius Of Liberty 1817-1843
- Richmond VA Daily Dispatch 1860-1869
- Virginia Beach Sun 1952-1988 1952-1988
- Virginia Beach VA Virginia Beach Sun 1952-1988
- Virginia Gazette 1775-1776
- Williamsburg VA Virginia Gazette 1736-1780
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My 1700’s ancestors came from Virginia, now WV. Could they be found in these Virginia’s newspapers?
The Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg has an index to obituaries in local newspapers. See http://www.jmlibrary.org/collections/
Looking for obituary, death notice for Samuel Wyatt Garner born 1858. Died between 1898 and 1910?? Greensville Co
Virginia (Skippers, VA.)
any links to the chronicle only have papers dated to 1922. in other words your date timing is way off.
If you are referring to the Virginia Chronicle website then you are mistaken. There are a few more recent than 1922 and they are active on their website.
I am searching for newspapers near or around Rockingham County.
I am looking for marriage/wedding newspaper announcements in Lynchburg between Jan and May 1918. Thank you for any help you can lend.