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Online Resources

• See United States Newspapers for more databases
• 1800-Current Montana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
• Montana Newspapers, 1890-2009, MyHeritage($)
• Montana Online Historical Newspapers
• Historic Digitized Montana Newspapers , ChroniclingAmerica
• Montana Newspaper Archives (1866–1922) at Genealogy Bank($)
• Montana Newspapers
• Montana Online Historic Newspapers - Identifies historical newspapers available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.
• Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• Ancestry.com ($) has a good collection of digital Montana newspapers.
• GenealogyBank.com ($) has nearly two dozen Montana newspaper titles.
• NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
• Smalltownpapers.com
• Chronicling America has some historical issues for the state of Montana online.

Resources for Montana Newspapers

Libraries and Archives

The Montana Historical Society has the largest collection of Montana newspapers. The society has a card file of obituaries, primarily from pre-1920 newspapers.

The Montana State University Libraryand the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana also have some newspaper collections. The FamilySearch Library has not acquired newspapers from the state.

United States Newspaper Directory

The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

“Current” indicates records are available as recently as privacy laws allow. This date can change from year to year. To determine the exact dates available, contact the respective organization/repository.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Some subscription websites are available for free at your local FamilySearch Center or Affiliate Library.