New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers

There are around 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Garden State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of New Jersey. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated June 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – New Jersey

• Bridgeton, N.J., 1851-1884 – West-Jersey pioneer. [volume]
• Bridgeton, N.J., 1884-1919 – Bridgeton pioneer.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1886-1891 – The Sunday morning news. [volume]
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1889-1906 – The Jersey City news.
• Morristown, N.J., 1877-1915 – The Morris County chronicle. [volume]
• Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J., 1879-1882 – The semi-weekly news. [volume]
• Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J., 1882-1891 – The news. [volume]
• Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J., 1891-1942 – The Mount Holly news. [volume]
• Newark, N.J., 1907-1908 – The Evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume]
• Newark, N.J., 1908-1909 – The star and Newark advertiser.
• Newark, N.J., 1908-1909 – The Star and Newark advertiser. [volume]
• Newark, N.J., 1909-1909 – The Newark star and Newark advertiser.
• Newark, N.J., 1909-1916 – Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume]
• Newark, N.J., 1916-1939 – Newark star-eagle. [volume]
• Perth Amboy, N.J., 1903-1959 – Perth Amboy evening news. [volume]
• Pleasantville, N.J., 1890-1911 – Pleasantville weekly press.
• Pleasantville, N.J., 1912-1929 – The Pleasantville press.
• Wildwood, N.J., 1890-1906 – Five Mile Beach journal.
• Wildwood, N.J., 1906-1923 – ​Five Mile Beach weekly journal.
• Woodbury, N.J., 1878-1932 – Gloucester County Democrat.

Google News Archive

• Bayonne City – The Bayonne Herald
• Camden – Camden Democrat
• Newark – The Sunday Call
• Newark – Newark Sunday Call
• New Brunswick – Political Intelligence and New-Jersey Advertiser
• Paterson – Paterson Daily Press
• Paterson – The Paterson Weekly Press
• Paterson – The Paterson Press
• Trenton – Evening True American
• Trenton – Trenton True American
• Trenton – Daily True American

New Jersey Historical Portal

• Asbury Park
• Belmar Twp.
• Bernardsville News
• Boonton
• Caldwell
• Carlstadt
• Chatham
• Cliffside
• Cranbury
• Cranford
• Dover
• Glen Ridge
• Haddonfield
• Hightstown
• Hillside
• Hoboken
• Home News Tribune
• Jersey City
• Lake Hopatcong
• Long Branch
• Maplewood
• Matawan
• Metuchen
• Montclair
• Morristown
• New Brunswick
• Nutley
• Ocean City
• Ocean Grove
• Plainfield
• Rahway
• Red Bank
• Ringwood
• Secaucus
• Somerville
• Spring Lake
• Summit
• Tuckerton
• Washington
• Watertown
• Westfield
• Woodbridge

New Jersey Digital Highway – Newspapers
New Jersey Media Group Archives (index; articles must pay)

• The Record
• Herald News

County and Library Collections:
Asbury Park Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal

Atlantic County Digitized Newspapers

• Atlantic Journal     1860
• Hammonton Farmer     1863 and 1866
• South Jersey Republican     1863-1923
• Atlantic Democrat and Cape May County Register     1864-1865
• Atlantic Democrat and Cumberland County Patriot     1866
• Atlantic Democrat   1867-1868
• Hammonton Item     1872-1877
• Mays Landing Record     1877-1906
• Atlantic County Record     1908-1917
• South Jersey Star     1917-1923

Belmar Newspapers

• The Crab
• Coast Advertiser
• Ocean Grove Times
• Coast Echo

Our Town Newspapers

• Our Town

Ramsey Free Library

• The Ramsey Journal
• The Journal
• The Waldwick Journal

Boonton Holmes Times-Bulletin

• Boonton Weekly Bulletin

Burlington County Newspapers

• Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index  
• Batsto Citizens Gazette  
• Bordentown Register/Register News  
• Central Record  
• New Jersey Mirror  
• Times-Advertiser/Community News Index

Cape May Court House Library (in library access only)

• Cape May County Gazette
• Cape May County Herald
• Cape May County Times
• Cape May Daily Herald
• Cape May Daily Star
• Cape May Herald
• Cape May Ocean Wave
• Daily Cape May Wave
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Star of the Cape

Chatham Newspapers

• Chatham Courier
• Chatham News
• Chatham Press

Cherry Hills Public Library

• Cherry Hill News
• Cherry Hill News Suburban
• Delaware Township News
• Cherry Hill And Delaware Township News
• Delaware Township News 

Chester Library (Library access only)

• Observer-Tribune 
• The Mendham-Chester Tribune

Clark Public Library Historical Newspapers 

• Clark Patriot 
• The Eagle 
• Union County Local Source

Cranbury Public Library

• Cranbury Press

Cranford Public Library

• Cranford Chronicle 
• Cranford Citizen & Chronicle
• Cranford Citizen 

Elizabeth Public Library

• Elizabeth Daily Journal

Englewood Public Library Newspapers

• Englewood Press
• Press Journal

Fanwood Memorial Library & Scotch Plains Public Library

• The Scotch Plains – Fanwood Times Newspaper

Franklin Township (Library access only)

• Record (1948-1958)
• Franklin News (1954-1958)
• Franklin News-Record (1958-1998)
• Franklin Focus (1989-1997)
• Spectator (1992-1998)
• Strictly Somerset (1994-1997)

Haddon Heights Library

• The Suburban

Haddonfield Public Library

• The Haddon Gazette
• The Haddon Gazette Suburban
• The Suburban

Hightstown Newspapers

• Excelsior
• Hightstown Gazette
• Village Record
• Daily Graphic
• Independent
• Independent Weekly
• Reporter

Hillside Public Library Newspapers

• Local Source
• Leader
• Times

Jersey City Free Library

• Bergen County Gazette and Jersey City Advertiser
• Daily Courier and Advertiser
• Daily Evening Times
• Daily Sentinel and Advertiser
• Daily Times
• Jersey City Advertiser and Bergen Republican
• Jersey City Daily Times
• Jersey City Gazette and Bergen County Advertiser
• Jersey City Times
• Jersey City Weekly Courier
• The Bergen County Courier
• The Evening Sentinel
• The Hudson County Courier
• The Jersey City Advertiser and Hudson County Republican
• The Jersey City Herald

Lake Hopatcong Newspapers

• The Angular
• The Breeze

Lambertville Free Library Newspapers

• Beacon
• Beacon and Lambertville Record
• Lambertville Beacon
• Peoples Beacon
• The Beacon
• The Lambertville Beacon

Lyndhurst Public Library

• Leader

Maplewood Public Library

• News Record

Matawan Aberdeen Public Library

• Home News Tribune
• Matawan Independent 
• Matawan Journal 

Metuchen Public Library

• Metuchen Recorder
• Metuche Review

Millburn Archives

• The Alert
• The Budget
• The Item of Millburn & Short Hills
• The Thistle
• The Township Tattle

New Brunswick Public Library

• Daily Home News 1887, 1889, 1903-1926
• Daily Times 1871-1916

New Providence Memorial Library

• Millburn-Short Hills Independent Press
• Berkeley Heights New Providence Press
• Berkeley Heights New Providence Independent Press

Newark Public Library Digitized Newspapers

• After Hours Magazine
• Black Mirror News
• Trend Magazine (1957-1959) 
• La Hispanidad Newsletter Collection 
• Advance
• Herald Advance
• New Jersey Herald News
• Newark Herald 
• Family Service Bureau Newsletter
• Grafrica
• Ironbound Voices
• New Community Clarion
• New Community Douglass-Harrison News Highlights
• New Community Intercom
• Tenant Action News
• La Tribuna De New Jersey
• City News
• Information/Informacion

Ocean City Free Public Library Newspaper Archive

• Daily Sentinel (in library)
• Daily Reporter (in library)
• Ledger (in library)
• Ocean City News (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel (in library)
• Cape May County Gazette (in library)
• Somers Point Herald (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel Ledger (in library)

Ocean City Newspapers

• Cape May County Gazette
• Daily Reporter
• Ledger
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Sentinel Ledger

Ocean County Library

• Tuckerton Beacon
• New Jersey Courier

Ocean Grove Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal
• Ocean Grove Times

Paterson Newspaper Archive

• East Paterson News-Record
• Eastside Criterion
• La Voce Italiana

Plainfield Historical Newspaper Collection

• Central New Jersey Times
• The Constitutionalist
• Plainfield Courier-News 
• Daily Press
• Plainfield Daily Press
• Evening News
• Plainfield Evening News
• North Plainfield Weekly Review
• Plainfield Gazette
• Plainfield Record
• Plainfield Union, various names
• The Suburbanite
• The Voice
• Plainfield Courier
• Mid-State Press

Princeton University Library

• Princeton Herald
• Princeton Recollector
• Local Express
• Town Topics
• Princeton University Weekly Bulletin
• Nassau Literary Review
• Daily Princetonian

Rahway Newspapers

• Clark Patriot
• The Daily Record
• National Democrat
• News Herald
• News Record
• Rahway Advocate
• Rahway Progess
• The Rahway Record
• The Weekly Advocate and Times

Randolph Free Public Library

• Randolph News-Journal
• The Home News Of Randolph Township
• The Randolph Reporter

Red Bank Public Library

• Daily Register
• Echo Express
• Red Bank Register

Riverton Historical Newspapers

• The New Era
• The Palmyra Record
• The Riverton Journal
• The Weekly News

Rockaway Township Free Public Library

• Iron Era
• Record

Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library

• Sayreville Times
• South Amboy Citizen

South Brunswick Public Library

• Central Post
• South Brunswick Post

South Plainfield Collection

• The Chronicle (2003 – 2007)
• Observer (1997 – 2002)
• Observer (2003 – 2008)
• Observer (2009 – 2012)
• The Reporter (1990-1994, 2003)

Spring Lake Newspapers

• Asbury Park Journal
• Coast Echo
• Coast Star
• Manasquan Seaside

Summit Free Public Library Historical Newspapers

• Herald
• Observer
• Dispatch
• Herald-Dispatch
• Union County Local Source
• Record

Watertown Newspapers

• Post
• Post Boy
• Sunday Republican
• Watertown Journal
• Watertown News

Westfield Memorial Library Newspapers

• The Westfield Leader
• The Westfield Record Press
• Union County Standard

Woodbridge Township Historic Newspapers

• Avenel Bulletin – 1922 – 1923
• Carteret Press – 1925 – 1965
• Fords Beacon – 1936 – 1960
• Independent Leader – 1940 – 1965
• Leader Journal – 1934 – 1939
• Leader Press – 1967 – 1970
• The Independent Hour – 1876 – 1877
• The Weekly Register – 1898 – 1902
• The Woodbridge Leader – 1926 – 1931
• The Woodbridge News – 1899 – 1902
• Woodbridge Independent – 1919 – 1939
• Woodbridge Leader – 1931 – 1934

Student Collections:
Bergen Community College – Paramus

• Monitor
• Torch

Bordentown Manual Training School – Bordentown

• Ironsides Echo

Caldwell University – Caldwell

• The Caldwell Courier

Centennary College – Hackettstown

• The Quill

College of New Jersey – Ewing

• The Signal

Drew University – Madison

• Acorn

Essex County College – Newark

• The Drum
• Ecco

Farleigh Dickinson University – Teaneck

• Bulletin
• Equinox
• Gauntler
• Tarrevir

Farleigh Dickinson University – Florham

• Bulletin
• Metropolitan
• Pillar

Georgian Court University – Lakewood

• GCU Magazine

Highland Park High School – Highland Park

• The Highland Fling

John P Stevens High School – Edison Township

• The Hawkeye

Kean University – Union

• Reflector
• Independent
• Tower

Monmouth University -West Long Branch

• The Outlook

Montclair State University – Montclair

• Montclarion

New Jersey City University – Jersey City

• Gothic Times

New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark

• Vector

New Jersey School for the Deaf – Ewing Township

• Silent Worker  

North Plainfield High School – North Plainfield

• Tunlaw

Princeton University – Princeton

• Local Express

• Nassau Lit

• Princeton University Weekly Bulletin

• The Daily Princetonian
• Town Topics

Rider University – Lawrenceville

• The Rider News
• Rider News

Ramapo College – Mahwah

• News

Rutgers University – New Brunswick

• Daily Targum

Summit High School – Summit

• Verve

Seton Hall University – South Orange

•  Seton Hall Setonian 

St. Peters University – Jersey City

• Pauw Wow

Stevens Institute of Technology – Hoboken

• Stute

Stockton University – Galloway Township

• Argo
• SS Newssheet (1971)
• Flat Footed Floozies’ Fact Finding Forum (1971)
• Weekly Bulletin (1971-1973)
• Stockton Alumni Journal (1974-1979)
• Spirit of ’48 (1973-1976)
• Stockton Chronicle (1973-1983)
• Stockton Now (2010-2017)
• The Stockton Times (2011-2017)

The College of New Jersey – Ewing Township

• Signal

Thomas Edison State University – Trenton

• Invention
• Signals

West Essex Regional High School – North Caldwell

• Wessev Wire

William Paterson University – Wayne

• Beacon
• Pioneer Times

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Independent Voices – Alternative Press

• Common Sense
• Fort Dix 38 Speak Out
• Forward
• Fragging Action
• Mailing List of Organizations opposed to the War in Vietnam
• New Directions for Women
• New Directions for Women in New Jersey
• Shakedown
• SPD News
• Talisman
• Tamarisk

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Branchville – Camp Paper (Company 1266)
• Branchville – Campus 57 Echoes (Company 1266)
• Branchville – Kittinews (Company 218)
• Branchville – S-71 Weekly (Company 1266)
• Branchville – Stoker (Company 218)
• Branchville – Trail Blazer (Company 218)
• Branchville – Two Eighteen Times (Company 218)
• Butler – 239Ers (Company 239)
• Fort Hancock – Bugler (Company 288)
• Freehold – Monmouth Monitor (Company 259)
• Mays Landing – 265Th Woodsmen (Company 265)
• Mays Landing – Happy Landing (Company 265)
• Morristown – Fort Nonsense News (Company 241)
• Morristown – Jockey Hollow Chips (Company 241)
• New Lisbon – Camp Pack News (Company 237)
• New Lisbon – Flash (Company 235)
• Orange – Mountain-Ear (Company 1281)
• Sussex – High Pointer (Company 216)
• Tuckerton – Bass River Log (Company 225)
• Woodbine – Camp Bulletin (Company 242)
• Woodbine – Nummy Speaks (Company 242)
• Woodbine – Woodbine Camp Courier (Company 242)
• Woodbine – Woodbine Courier (Company 242) 

Old Fulton Postcards

• Asbury Park NJ Daily Press (1876-1901)
• Asbury Park NJ Journal (1898-1901)
• Atlantic City NJ Daily Union (1889-1900)
• Belmar NJ Coast Advertiser (1918-27, 1929-30, 1933-74)
• Bernardsville NJ News (1897, 1903-1922)
• Bloomfield NJ Citizen ( 1872-1913 )
• Bloomfield NJ Independient Press (1891-1961 )
• Bloomfield NJ Record (1873-1936 )
• Bridgeton NJ Pioneer (1884-1917)
• Bridgeton NJ West Jersey Pioneer (1852-1884)
• Clifton NJ Jewish Community News (1980-1985 )
• Cranford NJ Chronicle (1894,95,97,1899-1909)
• Cranford NJ Citizen (1906-1921)
• Dover NJ Iron Era (1872-1905)
• Fair Lawn NJ Israelight (1960-1970 )
• Hackettstown NJ Forum ( 1974-1978 )
• Hackettstown NJ Gazette (1857-1962 )
• Hackettstown NJ Gazetteold ( )
• Hackettstown NJ Warren Republican ( 1883-1920 )
• Hightstown NJ Gazette (1862-1898)
• Hightstown NJ Independent (1846, 1881-1900)
• Hightstown NJ Village Record (1849-1861)
• Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard ( 1931-1936 )
• Jersey City NJ News (1889-1906)
• Little Falls NJ Herald (1929-1960)
• Little Falls NJ Passaic Valley Journal (1975-1982)
• Little Falls NJ Reporter (1919-1929)
• Little Falls NJ Times Herald ( 1960-1975)
• Matawan NJ Journal (1869-1922)
• Ocean Grove NJ Times (1875-1922)
• Paterson NJ Evening News (1895-1896)
• Paterson NJ Morning Call (1885-1922)
• Paterson NJ The Jewish Post (1934-1941 )
• Pattern NJ Federation News  (1970-1986 )
• Perth Amboy NJ Evening News (1903-1921)
• Peterson NJ Daily Gardian (1857-1895)
• Peterson NJ Evening News (1912-1922)
• Plainfield NJ Constitutionalist ( )
• Princeton NJ Town Topics 1946-1956 (1946-1956)
• Rahway NJ Daily Record (1911-1919)
• Rahway NJ National Democrat (1873-1889)
• Red Bank NJ Register (1878-1891)
• Summet NJ Herald (1896-1923)
• Summet NJ Record (1883,89-92,96,14,16,21,23)
• Wayne NJ Passaic Valley Today (1986-1989)

Small Town Papers

• Bernardsville News Bernardsville

The Olden Times – New Jersey
Newspaper Abstracts – New Jersey
​Other Free Sites:
Bernardsville

• Bernardsville News (in library only)

Boonton

• The Weekly Bulletin

Burlington

• Rural Visiter 

Caldwell

• Caldwell News

Camden

• Catholic Star Herald –

Carlstadt

• Free Press (Freie Presse) 

Clifton

• The Beacon – 2014-present
• Post Eagle 2012-

Dover

• Dover Advance

Flemington

• Hunterdon Republican

Fort Dix

• Camp Dix News

Haddonfield

• The Haddonfield Basket

Hoboken

• Hoboken Advisor

Lawrenceville

• Hellcat News

Long Branch

• Daily Record

Maplewood

• Home News

Matawan

• Journal

Metuchen

• The Catholic Spirit – 2014-present

Montclair

• Montclair Times

Morristown

• Morristown Topics
• Morristown Green (clippings)

Newark

• The Catholic Advocate 1958-1964
• The Jewish News
• La Rivista

New Brunswick

• Daily Times
• New-Brunswick Advertiser

Nutley

• The Nutley Sun

Parsippany

• Svoboda (Freedom)

Passaic

• Catholic Falcon / Katoli Cky Sobol 

Paterson

• il messaggero

Plainfield

• Constitution

Princeton

• Town Topics

Secaucus

• Secaucus News

Trenton

• True American (index)
• New Jersey Catholic Journal
• Peces – 2014-present

Tuckerton

• Tuckerton Beacon

Washington

• Washington Star 

West Orange

• The Italian Tribune

Woodland Park

• Eastern Catholic Life – 2012-present