Iowa, located in the heart of the Midwestern U.S., is an integral part of the country’s Corn Belt, with agriculture long being the base of the state’s economy – although recent decades have seen the flourishing of a more diversified economy including manufacturing and information technology. The 26th largest state in the Union, Iowa is the nation’s 30th most populous state.
If you are researching your family roots in Iowa, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online IA newspaper archives: 59 titles to help you search your family history in “The Hawkeye State,” providing news coverage, family stories and vital statistics from 1837 to Today. There are currently more than one million newspaper articles and records in our online Iowa archives!
Dig deep into our archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your Iowa ancestors in these recent and historical IA newspapers online. Our Iowa newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Iowa Newspaper Archives (1837 – 1902)
Search Iowa Recent Obituaries (1992 – Current)
Here is a list of online Iowa 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 IA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Date Range* | Collection |
Adel | Dallas County News | 4/19/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Algona | Algona Upper Des Moines | 8/7/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Ames | Tribune | 11/7/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Ames | Iowa State Daily | 6/20/1995 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Atlantic | Atlantic News Telegraph | 1/3/2006 – 1/6/2011 | Recent Obituaries |
Bettendorf | Bettendorf News | 2/5/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Boone | Boone News-Republican | 11/9/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Burlington | Iowa Territorial Gazette and Burlington Advertiser | 7/10/1837 – 12/15/1838 | Newspaper Archives |
Burlington | Hawk Eye | 1/1/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Cedar Rapids | Gazette | 1/4/1992 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Centerville | Ad Express & Daily Iowegian | 11/29/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Charles City | Charles City Press | 8/1/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Clarinda | Clarinda Herald-Journal | 10/5/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Clinton | Clinton Herald | 8/14/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Corning | Revue Icarienne | 11/1/1878 – 4/1/1888 | Newspaper Archives |
Council Bluffs | Weekly Council Bluffs Bugle | 1/12/1855 – 1/2/1861 | Newspaper Archives |
Council Bluffs | Daily Nonpareil | 12/23/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Creston | Creston News-Advertiser | 3/19/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Davenport | Davenport Democrat and Leader | 10/1/1857 – 12/31/1857 | Newspaper Archives |
Davenport | Wochentliche Demokrat | 1/2/1902 – 1/2/1902 | Newspaper Archives |
Davenport | Quad-City Business Journal | 4/25/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Davenport | Quad-City Times | 1/1/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Decorah | Decorah Newspapers | 9/6/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Denison | Denison Bulletin & Review | 6/14/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Des Moines | Daily Iowa State Register | 1/3/1866 – 8/31/1869 | Newspaper Archives |
Des Moines | Iowa State Bystander | 11/13/1896 – 12/28/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
Des Moines | Iowa Baptist Standard | 5/21/1897 – 5/21/1897 | Newspaper Archives |
Des Moines | Weekly Avalanche | 1/20/1893 – 1/20/1893 | Newspaper Archives |
Dubuque | Telegraph Herald | 8/28/1995 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Forest City | Forest City Summit | 3/20/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Forest City | Britt News Tribune | 3/20/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Fort Madison | Daily Democrat | 5/28/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Glenwood | Opinion-Tribune | 12/9/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Hamburg | Hamburg Reporter | 10/5/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Independence | Independence Conservative | 3/3/1859 – 8/16/1860 | Newspaper Archives |
Kalona | Kalona News | 3/4/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Keokuk | Daily Gate City | 6/16/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Knoxville | Knoxville Journal Express | 8/15/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Logan | Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner | 6/14/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Lone Tree | Lone Tree Reporter | 5/4/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Mason City | Globe Gazette | 1/10/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Muscatine | Muscatine Journal | 10/1/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Nevada | Tri-County Times | 6/16/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Nevada | Nevada Journal | 6/5/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
New Hampton | New Hampton Tribune | 3/8/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Newton | Newton Daily News | 1/2/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Osage | Mitchell County Press-News | 3/2/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Osceola | Osceola Sentinel-Tribune | 10/14/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Oskaloosa | Oskaloosa Herald | 10/27/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Ottumwa | Ottumwa Courier | 5/17/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Pella | Pella Chronicle | 5/15/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Perry | Perry Chief | 6/6/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Red Oak | Red Oak Express | 12/5/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Riverside | Highland Review | 12/15/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Shenandoah | Valley News Today | 3/17/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Sioux City | Sioux City Journal | 1/3/1872 – 8/20/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
Sioux City | Sioux City Journal | 3/2/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Story City | Story City Herald | 6/11/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
Waterloo | Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier | 1/4/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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