Michigan historic newspapers: 46,039 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Michigan in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| The Detroit Times (Detroit, Mich.) | 1903–1920 | 4,457 |
| Auttaja (Ironwood, Mich.) | 2,532 | |
| The True Northerner (Paw Paw, Mich.) | 1855–1920 | 2,285 |
| Telegram-Herald (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??- | 1,956 | |
| Detroit Evening Times (Detroit, Mich) | 1921–1958 | 1,849 |
| Alma Record (Alma, Mich.) | 1878–1928 | 1,797 |
| The Ypsilanti Daily Press (Ypsilanti, Mich.) | 1928–1962 | 1,728 |
| The L'anse Sentinel (L'anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-Current | 1,722 | |
| Detroiter Abend-Post (Detroit [Mich.]) 18??-19?? | 1,607 | |
| The Diamond Drill (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) | 1887–1996 | 1,593 |
Counties
- Wayne 14,890 pages
- Kent 2,932 pages
- Gogebic 2,532 pages
- Cuyahoga 2,301 pages
- Houghton 2,289 pages
- Van Buren 2,285 pages
- Saint Clair 2,119 pages
- Shiawassee 1,978 pages
- Washtenaw 1,873 pages
- Gratiot 1,797 pages
Cities
- Detroit 14,405 pages
- Grand Rapids 2,932 pages
- Ironwood 2,532 pages
- Saint Louis 2,532 pages
- Cleveland 2,301 pages
- Calumet 2,289 pages
- Paw Paw 2,285 pages
- Yale 2,119 pages
- Owosso 1,978 pages
- Ypsilanti 1,873 pages
By decade
- 1800 to 1809 6 pages
- 1810 to 1819 6 pages
- 1820 to 1829 6 pages
- 1830 to 1839 114 pages
- 1840 to 1849 327 pages
- 1850 to 1859 1,075 pages
- 1860 to 1869 1,607 pages
- 1870 to 1879 1,981 pages
- 1880 to 1889 4,763 pages
- 1890 to 1899 6,070 pages
- 1900 to 1909 4,696 pages
- 1910 to 1919 11,856 pages
- 1920 to 1929 2,474 pages
- 1930 to 1939 1,121 pages
- 1940 to 1949 7,920 pages
- 1950 to 1959 1,634 pages
- 1960 to 1969 630 pages
Languages
- English 41,900 pages
- Finnish 2,532 pages
- German 2,378 pages
- Romanian 2,145 pages
- Croatian 259 pages
- Arabic 190 pages
Ethnic press: German, Romanian, African American, Yugoslavian, Arab, Lebanese, Syrian
Search them by name
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