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Kentucky Archives: 102 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

Kentucky became the young nation’s 15th state when it joined the Union on 1 June 1792. Famous for its horse farms, horse racing, and bourbon distilleries, Kentucky is the 37th largest state in the country and the 26th most populous.

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photo of a horse farm in bluegrass country, south of Paris, Kentucky

Photo: horse farm in bluegrass country, south of Paris, Kentucky. Credit: Peter Fitzgerald; Wikimedia Commons.

If you are researching your ancestry from Kentucky, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online KY newspaper archives: 102 titles to help you search your family history in the “Bluegrass State,” providing coverage from 1794 to Today. There are more than 43.5 million articles and records in our online Kentucky newspaper archives!

Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your Kentucky ancestors in these KY newspapers. Our Kentucky newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).

Search Kentucky Newspaper Archives (1794 – 1984)

Search Kentucky Recent Obituaries (1984 – Current)

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Photo: Kentucky State Capitol Building, Frankfort, KY. Credit: RXUYDC; Wikimedia Commons.

Here is a list of online Kentucky newspapers in the historical 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 KY newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Date Range * Collection
Ashland Daily Independent 05/12/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Barbourville Mountain Advocate 09/13/2012 – Current Recent Obituaries
Bardstown Kentucky Standard 09/29/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Bardstown Western American 09/06/1803 – 12/21/1804 Newspaper Archives
Bardstown Bardstown Repository 06/29/1814 – 10/30/1816 Newspaper Archives
Bardstown Candid Review 07/14/1807 – 08/27/1810 Newspaper Archives
Bedford Trimble Banner 09/29/2010 – Current Recent Obituaries
Bowling Green Daily News 07/02/1999 – Current Recent Obituaries
Campbellsville Central Kentucky News-Journal 10/03/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Carrollton Carrollton News-Democrat 07/14/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Columbia Adair Progress 04/27/2011 – Current Recent Obituaries
Corbin News Journal 01/04/2012 – Current Recent Obituaries
Corbin Times-Tribune 05/15/2006 – Current Recent Obituaries
Covington Kentucky Post 04/02/1990 – Current Recent Obituaries
Covington Kentucky Post 07/01/1895 – 04/17/1920 Newspaper Archives
Cynthiana Cynthiana Democrat 10/08/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Danville Advocate-Messenger 08/01/2003 – Current Recent Obituaries
Danville Mirror 09/03/1804 – 10/24/1804 Newspaper Archives
Danville People’s Friend 01/30/1819 – 01/30/1819 Newspaper Archives
Elizabethtown News-Enterprise 04/30/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Frankfort Frankfort Argus 02/03/1808 – 11/12/1834 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Guardian of Freedom 06/19/1798 – 05/26/1804 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Kentucky Journal 12/05/1795 – 12/05/1795 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Palladium 12/25/1798 – 09/06/1816 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Western World 07/07/1806 – 06/08/1810 Newspaper Archives
Frankfort Commentator 07/10/1818 – 02/15/1831 Newspaper Archives
Franklin Franklin Favorite 02/23/2004 – Current Recent Obituaries
Georgetown Georgetown News-Graphic 09/08/2000 – Current Recent Obituaries
Georgetown Telegraph 09/25/1811 – 12/22/1813 Newspaper Archives
Glasgow Glasgow Daily Times 02/09/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Grayson, Olive Hill Journal-Times 07/05/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Harlan Harlan Daily Enterprise 11/17/2005 – Current Recent Obituaries
Harrodsburg Kentucky People 03/18/1870 – 08/25/1871 Newspaper Archives
Hazard Hazard Herald 06/28/2004 – Current Recent Obituaries
Henderson Gleaner 04/14/2006 – Current Recent Obituaries
Hodgenville Larue County Herald News 11/26/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
LaGrange Oldham Era 10/17/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Lancaster Political Theatre 11/18/1808 – 07/26/1809 Newspaper Archives
Lawrenceburg Anderson News 01/02/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Lebanon Lebanon Enterprise 11/20/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Leitchfield Grayson County News Gazette 10/17/2009 – Current Recent Obituaries
Leitchfield Record 08/20/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Lexington Kentucky Gazette 03/15/1794 – 12/28/1837 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Herald 03/20/1904 – 12/31/1982 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Standard 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Morning Herald 01/01/1896 – 03/19/1904 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Herald-Leader 01/25/1984 – Current Recent Obituaries
Lexington Lexington Herald-Leader: Blogs 05/08/2006 – Current Recent Obituaries
Lexington Reporter 03/12/1808 – 06/15/1831 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Stewart Kentucky Herald 07/14/1795 – 09/15/1801 Newspaper Archives
Lexington True American 06/03/1845 – 10/21/1846 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Western Monitor 08/03/1814 – 12/20/1817 Newspaper Archives
Lexington American Statesman 07/20/1811 – 08/14/1813 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Independent Gazetteer 04/19/1803 – 11/16/1805 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Leader 06/16/1901 – 09/15/1981 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Public Advertiser 03/13/1822 – 10/09/1824 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Lexington Herald-Leader 03/01/1951 – 01/15/1984 Newspaper Archives
Liberty Casey County News 08/27/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
London Sentinel Echo 09/18/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Louisville Bulletin 09/24/1881 – 09/24/1881 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Anzeiger 03/28/1923 – 05/31/1928 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Times 09/01/1913 – 09/04/1913 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Ohio Falls Express 07/11/1891 – 07/11/1891 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Eccentric Observer 04/21/2004 – Current Recent Obituaries
Louisville Weekly Courier-Journal 05/19/1879 – 07/29/1889 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Western Courier 11/16/1813 – 09/26/1816 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Daily Louisville Public Advertiser 01/22/1830 – 12/28/1830 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Correspondent 05/11/1814 – 06/28/1817 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Daily Courier 01/19/1853 – 10/26/1868 Newspaper Archives
Madisonville Messenger 05/14/1999 – Current Recent Obituaries
Maysville Eagle 01/19/1815 – 01/14/1846 Newspaper Archives
Maysville Ledger Independent 07/11/2002 – Current Recent Obituaries
Maysville Tri-weekly Maysville Eagle 03/12/1845 – 12/15/1846 Newspaper Archives
Middlesboro Middlesboro Daily News 06/01/2004 – Current Recent Obituaries
Monticello Wayne County Outlook 07/03/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Morehead Morehead News 08/31/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
New Castle Henry County Local 10/09/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Nicholasville Jessamine Journal 10/08/2005 – Current Recent Obituaries
Owensboro Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 09/01/1988 – Current Recent Obituaries
Owenton Owenton News-Herald 01/12/2011 – Current Recent Obituaries
Paris Western Citizen 12/24/1808 – 12/27/1815 Newspaper Archives
Paris Rights of Man 08/30/1797 – 01/10/1798 Newspaper Archives
Prestonsburg Floyd County Times 07/21/2004 – Current Recent Obituaries
Richmond Globe 01/24/1810 – 10/17/1810 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Richmond Register 07/15/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Richmond Luminary 01/18/1812 – 03/08/1816 Newspaper Archives
Russellville Mirror 11/01/1806 – 01/05/1809 Newspaper Archives
Russellville News-Democrat & Leader 12/13/2005 – Current Recent Obituaries
Russellville Weekly Messenger 01/26/1819 – 12/29/1827 Newspaper Archives
Shelbyville Sentinel-News 10/10/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Shepherdsville Pioneer News 10/08/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Somerset Commonwealth-Journal 08/05/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Springfield Springfield Sun 07/08/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Stanford Interior Journal 08/31/2005 – Current Recent Obituaries
Taylorsville Spencer Magnet 07/18/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Washington Republican Auxiliary 08/15/1807 – 08/15/1807 Newspaper Archives
Washington Union 03/08/1814 – 05/09/1817 Newspaper Archives
Washington Weekly Messenger 06/23/1803 – 10/06/1803 Newspaper Archives
Whitley City McCreary County Record 06/07/2007 – Current Recent Obituaries
Williamstown Grant County News and Express 04/15/2008 – Current Recent Obituaries
Winchester Winchester Sun 08/25/2006 – Current Recent Obituaries
Winchester Winchester Advertiser 08/05/1814 – 06/28/1817 Newspaper Archives

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