Wisconsin, part of America’s Midwest, is bordered by two Great Lakes: Lake Superior on the north and Lake Michigan on the east. The nation’s 23rd largest state and 20th most populous, Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland” because of all its dairy farms, milk production, and world-famous cheese.
If you are researching your ancestry from Wisconsin, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WI newspaper archives: 105 titles to help you search your family history in the “Badger State,” providing coverage from 1833 to Today. There are more than 7 million articles and records in our online Wisconsin archives!
Dig deep into our archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your Wisconsin ancestors in these WI newspapers online. Our Wisconsin newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Wisconsin Newspaper Archives (1833 – 1992)
Search Wisconsin Recent Obituaries (1989 – Current)
Here is a list of online Wisconsin 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 WI newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Date Range* | Collection |
| Appleton | Appleton Volksfreund | 9/11/1919 – 11/16/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ashland | Daily Press | 1/2/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baraboo | Baraboo News-Republic | 1/1/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bayside | North Shore NOW | 1/27/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Beaver Dam | Daily Citizen | 1/27/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Beloit | Soul City Courier | 10/12/1976 – 1/18/1977 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beloit | Beloit Daily News | 7/26/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Brookfield | Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW | 1/14/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cedarburg | News Graphic | 6/25/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chippewa Falls | Chippewa Herald | 1/30/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chippewa Falls | Chippewa Herald, The: Blogs | 6/21/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbus | Columbus Journal | 1/26/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Dousman | Kettle Moraine Index | 12/2/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac Weekly Commonwealth | 3/24/1858 – 12/15/1858 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac Trade Extension | 2/13/1918 – 2/13/1918 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fond du Lac | Democratic Press | 6/5/1858 – 12/15/1858 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fond du Lac | Daily Fond du Lac Press | 7/23/1866 – 7/25/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fond du Lac | Press | 6/5/1858 – 7/25/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin Chief | 10/15/1856 – 9/29/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Atkinson | Daily Jefferson County Union | 1/12/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fox Lake | Fox Lake Representative | 12/15/1911 – 12/20/1917 | Newspaper Archives |
| Franklin | Oak Creek-Franklin-Greendale NOW | 2/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Galesville | Galesville Independent | 11/5/1874 – 8/30/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Germantown | Germantown-Menomonee Falls NOW | 1/27/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Grafton | Grafton Enterprise | 7/27/1927 – 8/3/1927 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gratiot | Gratiot Reporter | 6/13/1912 – 10/9/1913 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Green-Bay Intelligencer and Wisconsin Democrat | 12/11/1833 – 6/1/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Wisconsin Free Press | 10/3/1835 – 3/30/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Sunday Advance | 6/15/1884 – 7/6/1884 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Green Bay Spectator | 2/21/1852 – 9/28/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Wisconsin Republican | 1/21/1845 – 2/8/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Green Bay | Phoenix | 10/8/1841 – 10/8/1841 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hartford | Times Press | 9/18/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hartland | Living Lake Country: Blogs | 1/10/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hartland | Lake Country Reporter | 1/27/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hartland | Sussex Sun | 11/17/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hayward | Sawyer County Record | 1/11/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| La Crosse | La Crosse Volksfreund | 1/3/1906 – 12/28/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| La Crosse | Wisconsin Labor Advocate | 8/20/1886 – 8/6/1887 | Newspaper Archives |
| La Crosse | Nord Stern | 4/10/1908 – 4/10/1908 | Newspaper Archives |
| La Crosse | La Crosse Tribune | 7/11/1989 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lancaster | Grant County Herald | 3/18/1843 – 12/5/1850 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin State Journal | 3/10/1857 – 12/27/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin Daily Patriot | 9/10/1859 – 11/14/1864 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Weekly Wisconsin Patriot | 7/8/1854 – 10/22/1864 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Daily Argus and Democrat | 1/3/1854 – 7/21/1854 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin Democrat | 10/18/1842 – 5/8/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin Enquirer | 11/8/1838 – 3/27/1841 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin Free Press | 4/3/1984 – 1/12/1990 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin Populist | 9/10/1892 – 11/8/1892 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Wisconsin State Journal | 3/3/1989 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Madison | Capital Times | 3/20/1989 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Mauston | Juneau County Argus | 7/26/1888 – 7/26/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mauston | Juneau County Star-Times | 1/22/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Menomonie | Dunn County News | 12/9/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | 11/11/1966 – 12/31/1968 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Sentinel | 12/10/1844 – 12/30/1968 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Star | 7/22/1967 – 2/10/1977 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Wahrheit | 1/7/1893 – 6/25/1910 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin Free Democrat | 8/23/1848 – 11/28/1860 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin Weekly Advocate | 5/7/1898 – 9/19/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Weekly Sentinel | 6/27/1837 – 6/13/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Advertiser | 7/14/1836 – 3/20/1841 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Journal of Commerce | 3/15/1871 – 12/22/1880 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Soul City Times | 9/14/1968 – 12/16/1971 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Defender | 1/3/1957 – 2/1/1958 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee American | 4/8/1857 – 10/28/1857 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukie Democrat | 8/11/1843 – 2/23/1844 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Guardia | 10/21/1969 – 8/1/1975 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Jugend-Post | 1/1/1895 – 12/28/1895 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin Afro-American | 8/13/1892 – 11/19/1892 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Northwestern Recorder | 12/3/1892 – 3/30/1893 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukiean | 10/28/1844 – 11/4/1844 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee’r Socialist | 9/22/1876 – 9/21/1877 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Herold und Seebote | 1/1/1901 – 1/1/1901 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Herold | 1/1/1901 – 1/1/1921 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Wiskonsin Banner | 9/14/1844 – 9/21/1844 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 1/22/1990 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Blogs | 7/20/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Monroe | Jeffersonian Democrat | 8/14/1856 – 3/26/1857 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mukwonago | Mukwonago Chief | 5/19/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| New Lisbon | Juneau County Argus | 11/8/1858 – 12/6/1894 | Newspaper Archives |
| Oconomowoc | Oconomowoc Focus | 2/3/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Oconomowoc | Oconomowoc Enterprise | 4/14/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Oneida | Kalihwisaks | 5/13/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Oshkosh | Oshkosh True Democrat | 2/9/1849 – 5/12/1857 | Newspaper Archives |
| Park Falls | Price County Review | 6/6/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Phillips | Phillips Bee | 3/3/1999 – 6/3/2014 | Recent Obituaries |
| Portage | Daily Register | 1/7/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Portage | Wisconsin Dells Events | 2/26/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Racine | Weekly Racine Advocate | 1/8/1851 – 4/25/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Racine | Racine Courier | 10/16/1976 – 7/25/1992 | Newspaper Archives |
| Reedsburg | Reedsburg Times-Press | 1/28/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rice Lake | Chronotype | 1/4/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Ripon | Ripon Commonwealth Press | 1/27/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Sauk City | Sauk Prairie Eagle | 5/18/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Sheboygan | Sheboygan Nieuwsbode | 10/6/1849 – 11/7/1850 | Newspaper Archives |
| Spooner | Spooner Advocate | 9/24/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Superior | Superior Telegram | 5/19/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Washburn | County Journal | 4/20/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Waukesha | American Freeman | 9/9/1845 – 12/29/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Waukesha | Waukesha NOW | 2/3/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Waukesha | Freeman | 6/12/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Wauwatosa | Wauwatosa NOW | 9/9/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| West Bend | Washington County Daily News | 7/12/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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