Maine Genealogy
Search Newspapers
As part of its Maine Newspaper Project, the Maine State Library is digitizing well over 100,000 pages from historical Maine newspapers. The images will be hosted at The Digital Maine Repository and at the Library of Congress Chronicling America archive. The newspapers may be accessed through this search interface as well. The following newspapers are currently available:
Androscoggin County
- Le Messager (1905-1915) (Lewiston) (Chronicling America)
Cumberland County
- The Gazette (1798-1799) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- Jenks's Portland Gazette (1799-1805) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- Jenks' Portland Gazette and Maine Advertiser (1802-1803) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- Jenks' Portland Gazette and Maine Advertiser (1803) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- Portland Gazette (1805) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- Portland Gazette & Maine Advertiser (1805-1818) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- The Portland Gazette (1818-1824) (Portland) (Chronicling America)
- The Portland Daily Press (1862-1904) (Portland) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
- Casco Bay Breeze (1903-1917) (South Harpswell) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
Hancock County
- Ellsworth American (1855-1926) (Ellsworth) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
Kennebec County
- Daily Kennebec Journal (1870-1926) (Augusta) (Chronicling America)
Oxford County
- Oxford Democrat (1850-1921) (Paris) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
Sagadahoc County
- Lincoln Telegraph (1838-1842) (Bath) (Chronicling America)
- Northern Tribune (1847-1848) (Bath) (Chronicling America)
- Eastern Times (1850-1856) (Bath) (Chronicling America)
Somerset County
- The Somerset Reporter (1885-1909) (Skowhegan) (Chronicling America)
- The Independent-Reporter (1909-1924) (Skowhegan) (Chronicling America)
Waldo County
- The Republican Journal (1869-1922) (Belfast) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
York County
- The Union and Eastern Journal (1854-1858) (Biddeford) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)
- The Union and Journal (1860-1870) (Biddeford) (Chronicling America) (Digital Maine)