One of the original Thirteen Colonies, New Hampshire was the first of the new United States to have its own state constitution. Part of the New England region, New Hampshire is the 5th smallest state in the nation, and the 9th least populous.
If you are researching your ancestry from New Hampshire, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online NH newspaper archives: 75 titles to help you search your family history in “The Granite State,” providing coverage from 1756 to Today. There are more than 3.5 million articles and records in our online New Hampshire archives!
Dig deep into our archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your New Hampshire ancestors in these NH newspapers online. Our New Hampshire newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search New Hampshire Newspaper Archives (1756 – 1891)
Search New Hampshire Recent Obituaries (1989 – Current)
Here is a list of online New Hampshire newspapers in the archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The NH newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Date Range* | Collection |
| Amherst | Farmer’s Cabinet | 11/11/1802 – 12/29/1882 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Amherst Village Messenger | 01/09/1796 – 12/05/1801 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Hillsboro Telegraph | 01/01/1820 – 06/29/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Amherst | Amherst Journal | 01/16/1795 – 01/02/1796 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bedford | Bedford Bulletin | 01/08/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Candia, Auburn | Candia-Auburn Post | 12/04/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chester, Hampstead, Sandown | Tri-Town Times: Web Edition Articles | 02/28/2013 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chester, Hampstead, Sandown | Tri-Town Times | 01/20/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Concord | Republican Gazetteer | 11/22/1796 – 04/04/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Star | 04/11/1797 – 10/03/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette | 04/18/1809 – 04/10/1890 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Republican Gazette | 02/05/1801 – 04/28/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Courier of New Hampshire | 02/13/1794 – 10/30/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | New Hampshire Observer | 04/01/1822 – 12/26/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Observer | 01/04/1819 – 03/25/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Mirrour | 09/06/1792 – 09/02/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | American Patriot | 10/18/1808 – 04/11/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Herald | 01/06/1790 – 02/06/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Concord | Concord Gazette | 07/19/1806 – 05/01/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Derry | Nutfield News | 01/13/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Derry | Derry News | 01/08/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Dover | Political and Sentimental Repository, or Strafford Recorder | 07/29/1790 – 01/04/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Phoenix | 02/08/1792 – 08/22/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | Foster’s Daily Democrat | 03/04/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Dover | Sun | 10/10/1795 – 12/26/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Dover | New-Hampshire Republican | 01/03/1825 – 10/30/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Newhampshire Gazetteer | 08/18/1789 – 02/13/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | American Herald of Liberty | 06/04/1793 – 11/18/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Constitutionalist | 05/21/1810 – 06/14/1814 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Exeter Journal | 02/24/1778 – 05/25/1779 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Freeman’s Oracle, and New-Hampshire Advertiser | 07/01/1786 – 10/07/1789 | Newspaper Archives |
| Exeter | Exeter Watchman | 01/07/1817 – 12/07/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Goffstown | Goffstown News | 01/08/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hanover | Dartmouth Gazette | 08/27/1799 – 02/09/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hanover | Eagle | 07/22/1793 – 06/01/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hanover | American | 02/07/1816 – 04/02/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Haverhill | New Hampshire Intelligencer | 12/27/1820 – 11/26/1823 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hooksett | Hooksett Banner | 01/08/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Keene | Columbian Informer or Cheshire Journal | 05/09/1793 – 04/21/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Cheshire Advertiser | 01/19/1792 – 12/06/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | New Hampshire Sentinel | 03/23/1799 – 12/30/1891 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | New-Hampshire Recorder | 08/21/1787 – 02/24/1791 | Newspaper Archives |
| Keene | Rising Sun | 08/11/1795 – 06/23/1798 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingston | Carriage Towne News | 10/08/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Laconia | Lake Village Times | 01/18/1868 – 12/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Londonderry | Londonderry Times | 02/10/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Manchester | Weekly Union | 01/24/1851 – 12/26/1871 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | New Hampshire Journal of Agriculture | 02/26/1850 – 10/26/1853 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Telescope | 01/13/1849 – 10/13/1849 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Mirror and Farmer | 01/07/1865 – 12/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | Manchester Daily Mirror | 01/01/1851 – 12/31/1863 | Newspaper Archives |
| Manchester | New Hampshire Union Leader / New Hampshire Sunday News | 08/15/1989 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Nashua | Telegraph | 07/28/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Portsmouth | War Journal | 03/12/1813 – 12/10/1813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Gazette | 10/07/1756 – 12/30/1851 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Federal Observer | 11/22/1798 – 05/29/1800 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | United States Oracle | 01/04/1800 – 10/15/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Intelligencer | 12/04/1806 – 05/15/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | People’s Advocate | 09/24/1816 – 05/17/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Oracle | 10/22/1803 – 06/30/1821 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Spy | 10/24/1786 – 03/02/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics | 07/07/1821 – 12/30/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Herald of Gospel Liberty | 09/01/1808 – 03/08/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth Herald | 02/18/2015 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Portsmouth | Oracle Post | 10/25/1803 – 06/18/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Political Star | 06/28/1804 – 11/08/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Oracle of the Day | 06/04/1793 – 12/28/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser | 12/24/1784 – 03/12/1788 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Freeman’s Journal | 05/25/1776 – 06/09/1778 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portsmouth | Oracle of New-Hampshire | 05/22/1817 – 09/11/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Salem Observer | 01/08/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Walpole | Democratic Republican | 07/04/1812 – 07/05/1813 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Newhampshire Journal, or, the Farmer’s Weekly Museum | 04/11/1793 – 03/28/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Farmer’s Weekly Museum | 04/04/1797 – 10/15/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Walpole | Political Observatory | 11/19/1803 – 03/20/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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