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Although New Jersey is the 4th smallest state in the Union, it is the 11th most populous—and the most densely populated state in the country. One of the 13 original United States, New Jersey was the location of several major battles during the American Revolutionary War, making our historical newspaper collection a rich genealogy resource for researching your Revolutionary roots.
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If you are researching your ancestry from New Jersey, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online New Jersey newspaper archives: 145 titles to help you search your family history in “The Garden State,” providing coverage from 1777 to Today. There are more than 69 million newspaper articles and records in our online NJ archives!
Dig deep into the online archives and search for obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors in these recent and historical NJ newspapers online. Our New Jersey newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search New Jersey Newspaper Archives (1777 – 1993)
Search New Jersey Recent Obituaries (1985 – Current)
Here is our complete list of online New Jersey 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 NJ newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Date Range | Collection |
| Andover, Stanhope, Newton | Township Journal | 1/12/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Atlantic City | Press of Atlantic City | 1/1/1989 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bayonne | Bayonne Journal | 4/4/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Belleville | Belleville Times | 1/29/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford | Twin-Boro News | 1/7/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Berlin | Record Breeze | 6/17/2005 – 5/21/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Life | 10/22/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bloomingdale, Wanaque | Suburban Trends | 10/3/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Brick | Brick Township Bulletin | 11/6/2002 – 1/21/2010 | Recent Obituaries |
| Bridgeton | Bridgeton Evening News | 2/13/1879 – 1/1/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bridgeton | Washington Whig | 7/31/1815 – 9/13/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bridgeton | News of Cumberland County | 7/31/2004 – 11/3/2012 | Recent Obituaries |
| Bridgeton | News of Cumberland County, The: Web Edition Articles | 4/27/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Burlington | Burlington Advertiser | 4/13/1790 – 12/13/1791 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | Rural Visitor | 7/30/1810 – 7/22/1811 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | New-Jersey Gazette | 12/5/1777 – 2/25/1778 | Newspaper Archives |
| Camden | Camden Democrat | 1/7/1860 – 12/25/1875 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clifton | Clifton Journal | 4/4/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Collingswood | Retrospect | 1/6/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cranford | Cranford Chronicle | 6/9/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cranford | Cranford Chronicle, The: Web Edition Articles | 10/24/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| East Brunswick | East Brunswick Sentinel | 11/4/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Edgewater | Edgewater View | 12/18/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Edison, Metuchen | Edison-Metuchen Sentinel | 10/15/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Egg Harbor City | Egg Harbor Pilot | 3/22/1860 – 2/20/1915 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Der Zeitgeist | 4/6/1867 – 3/23/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Atlantic Democrat | 4/6/1861 – 7/26/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Egg Harbor Beobachter | 1/13/1859 – 4/28/1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Pilot | 12/18/1858 – 3/19/1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Wochentliche Anzeiger | 6/4/1859 – 8/6/1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Egg Harbor Aurora | 8/18/1860 – 11/28/1860 | Newspaper Archives |
| Egg Harbor City | Beobachter Am Egg Harbor River | 10/2/1858 – 12/25/1858 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elizabethtown | New-Jersey Journal | 5/10/1786 – 12/29/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elizabethtown | Federal Republican | 1/25/1803 – 1/17/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elizabethtown | Political Intelligencer | 4/20/1785 – 5/3/1786 | Newspaper Archives |
| Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale | Pascack Valley Community Life | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Englewood | Northern Valley Suburbanite | 1/21/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fairlawn | Community News | 1/7/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fairlawn | Gazette | 1/21/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Flemington | Hunterdon County Democrat: Web Edition Articles | 8/7/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Flemington | Horse News | 6/30/1994 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Flemington | Hunterdon County Democrat | 6/17/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fort Lee | Fort Lee Suburbanite | 12/11/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Franklin Lakes, Oakland | Franklin Lakes-Oakland Suburban News | 11/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Freehold | Atlanticville | 11/4/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Frenchtown | Delaware Valley News | 2/12/2004 – 9/25/2008 | Recent Obituaries |
| Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge Voice | 10/12/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Glen Rock | Glen Rock Gazette | 11/5/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hackensack | Record | 1/2/1985 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hackensack | Hackensack Chronicle | 4/23/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Haddonfield | Haddon Herald | 12/27/2000 – 12/11/2008 | Recent Obituaries |
| Hoboken | Hudson Reporter Publications | 1/3/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Howell, Jackson, Lakewood, Plumstead | Tri-Town News | 11/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Jersey City | Jersey Journal | 5/2/1867 – 6/30/1962 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jersey City | Jersey City News | 1/2/1902 – 3/31/1902 | Newspaper Archives |
| Jersey City | Jersey Journal, The: Web Edition Articles | 7/31/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Jersey City | City Journal | 6/3/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Jersey City | Waterfront Journal | 7/24/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Kearny | Kearny Journal | 6/19/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Kinnelon | Argus | 12/16/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lafayette, Oak Ridge, Ogdensburg, Stockholm, Sussex, Wantage, Vernon | Advertiser-News | 6/9/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Leonia | Leonia Life | 1/22/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Little Falls, Totowa | Passaic Valley Today | 10/8/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Mahwah | Mahwah Suburban News | 3/10/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Manalapan | News Transcript | 3/10/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Maple Shade | Maple Shade Progress | 8/18/2006 – 6/5/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| May’s Landing | Atlantic Journal | 10/13/1859 – 10/24/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Medford | Central Record | 3/22/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middletown, Hazlet | Independent | 1/5/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Midland Park | Midland Park Suburban News | 6/24/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Millburn, Short Hills | Item of Millburn and Short Hills | 4/15/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Millstone, Englishtown, Allentown | Examiner | 1/31/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Montclair | Montclair Times | 4/1/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Moorestown | Newsweekly | 11/14/2003 – 1/22/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Morristown | Palladium of Liberty | 5/5/1808 – 12/26/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Morristown | Genius of Liberty | 5/24/1798 – 3/5/1811 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mount Pleasant | Jersey Chronicle | 5/2/1795 – 4/30/1796 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Brunswick | Jewish Journal | 9/5/1956 – 8/27/1971 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Brunswick | New Brunswick Fredonian | 4/24/1811 – 12/30/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Brunswick | Political Intelligencer | 10/14/1783 – 4/5/1785 | Newspaper Archives |
| New Egypt | New Egypt Press | 10/18/2001 – 1/22/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Newark | Newark Star-Ledger | 1/1/1964 – 12/31/1984 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Newark Daily Advertiser | 3/28/1832 – 12/29/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung | 4/12/1880 – 6/30/1898 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Centinel Of Freedom | 10/5/1796 – 9/19/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Jewish Chronicle | 10/14/1921 – 1/8/1943 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | New-Jersey Telescope | 11/4/1808 – 11/7/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newark | Star-Ledger | 2/13/1996 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Newark | Star-Ledger, The: Web Edition Articles | 7/10/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Newton | AIM Sussex County | 11/6/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| North Brunswick, South Brunswick | North-South Brunswick Sentinel | 1/3/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Nutley | Nutley Sun | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Old Bridge | Suburban | 11/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Parsippany | Parsippany Life | 10/14/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Pemberton | Community News | 1/30/2004 – 3/5/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Pennington | Pennington Post | 1/15/2003 – 6/11/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Rahway | East-Jersey Republican | 5/22/1816 – 7/3/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ramsey | Ramsey Suburban News | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Red Bank | Hub | 11/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Ridgewood | Town News | 1/7/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Ridgewood | Suburban News – A Publication of The Ridgewood News | 1/14/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Ridgewood | Town Journal | 1/7/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Ridgewood | Ridgewood News | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rockaway | AIM Jefferson | 12/18/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rutherford | South Bergenite | 10/8/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Salem | Salem Messenger and Public Advertiser | 11/17/1819 – 4/25/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Salem | Today’s Sunbeam | 7/29/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Salem | Today’s Sunbeam: Web Edition Articles | 1/21/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Secaucus | Secaucus Journal | 5/20/2004 – 2/4/2010 | Recent Obituaries |
| Secaucus | Jersey Journal | 1/16/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Secaucus | Hudson Dispatch | 4/15/2010 – 10/20/2011 | Recent Obituaries |
| Sewell | News Report | 8/26/2004 – 1/22/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Somerville | Messenger-Gazette, The: Web Edition Articles | 1/24/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Somerville | Chronicle | 6/11/2005 – 3/3/2007 | Recent Obituaries |
| Somerville | Messenger-Gazette | 6/9/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Sparta | Sparta Independent | 5/18/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Summit, Berkeley Heights, New Providence | Independent Press | 8/2/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Summit, Berkeley Heights, New Providence | Independent Press: Web Edition Articles | 10/23/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Teaneck | Teaneck Suburbanite | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Trenton | Trenton Evening Times | 1/7/1883 – 3/15/1993 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Trenton State Gazette | 1/12/1847 – 12/31/1898 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Trenton Federalist | 12/2/1800 – 12/27/1824 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | True American | 3/10/1801 – 9/21/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | New-Jersey Gazette | 3/4/1778 – 11/27/1786 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Sentinel | 6/26/1880 – 11/13/1882 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | New Jersey State Gazette | 9/19/1792 – 12/31/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Emporium and true american | 6/16/1827 – 12/13/1828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Miscellany | 6/10/1805 – 12/2/1805 | Newspaper Archives |
| Trenton | Times of Trenton, The: Web Edition Articles | 1/15/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Trenton | Trentonian | 4/12/2000 – 2/20/2012 | Recent Obituaries |
| Trenton | Times | 3/21/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Verona, Cedar Grove | Verona-Cedar Grove Times | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Warren | Warren Reporter | 6/28/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Wayne | Wayne Today | 10/14/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| West Milford | AIM West Milford | 10/9/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| West Milford | West Milford Messenger | 1/7/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Westfield | Westfield Record-Press | 6/10/2005 – 9/26/2008 | Recent Obituaries |
| Williamstown | Plain Dealer | 11/1/2002 – 1/22/2009 | Recent Obituaries |
| Willingboro, Burlington | Burlington County Times | 12/16/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Woodbridge | Woodbridge Sentinel | 11/5/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Woodbury | Woodbury Daily Times | 2/3/1897 – 12/30/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Woodbury | Gloucester County Times | 12/24/2004 – 11/5/2012 | Recent Obituaries |
| Woodbury | Gloucester County Times, The: Web Edition Articles | 3/12/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Woodbury | South Jersey Times | 11/9/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Woodland Park | Herald News | 7/30/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
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