New York historic newspapers: 105,625 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for New York 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]) | 1866–1924 | 20,177 |
| The Sun (New York [N.Y.]) | 1833–1916 | 18,978 |
| The Evening World (New York, N.Y.) | 1887–1931 | 14,914 |
| The New York Herald (New York [N.Y.]) | 1840–1920 | 13,831 |
| New-York Daily Tribune (New-York [N.Y.]) | 1842–1866 | 7,480 |
| Der Morgen Zshurnal = Jewish Journal and Daily News (New York, N.Y.) | 1938–1953 | 4,362 |
| Yidishes Ṭageblaṭṭ = the Jewish Daily News (New York, N.Y.) | 1885–1928 | 3,715 |
| The Daily Worker (Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.) | 1924–1958 | 3,484 |
| Der Morgen Zshurnal, Yidishes Ṭageblaṭ = the Jewish Morning Journal and the Jewish Daily News (New York, N.Y.) | 1928–1938 | 2,822 |
| Der Tog = the Day (New York, N.Y.) | 1922–1953 | 1,832 |
Counties
- New York 105,242 pages
- Cook 4,953 pages
- Suffolk 1,477 pages
- Cumberland 1,469 pages
- Stafford 1,469 pages
- Strafford 1,469 pages
- York 1,469 pages
- Philadelphia 463 pages
- Monroe 369 pages
- Cuyahoga 345 pages
Cities
- New York 105,242 pages
- Chicago 4,953 pages
- Boston 1,477 pages
- Dover 1,469 pages
- Limerick 1,469 pages
- Portland 1,469 pages
- Philadelphia 463 pages
- Rochester 369 pages
- Cleveland 345 pages
- Newark 307 pages
By decade
- 1760 to 1769 1 pages
- 1770 to 1779 235 pages
- 1780 to 1789 956 pages
- 1790 to 1799 394 pages
- 1800 to 1809 4 pages
- 1810 to 1819 1 pages
- 1820 to 1829 66 pages
- 1830 to 1839 1,338 pages
- 1840 to 1849 6,761 pages
- 1850 to 1859 7,907 pages
- 1860 to 1869 9,589 pages
- 1870 to 1879 10,552 pages
- 1880 to 1889 10,429 pages
- 1890 to 1899 15,219 pages
- 1900 to 1909 10,287 pages
- 1910 to 1919 13,297 pages
- 1920 to 1929 8,099 pages
- 1930 to 1939 4,627 pages
- 1940 to 1949 5,115 pages
- 1950 to 1959 880 pages
- 1960 to 1969 2 pages
Languages
- English 105,625 pages
- Yiddish 14,494 pages
- Croatian 259 pages
- Russian 211 pages
Ethnic press: Jewish, African American, Yugoslavian, Russian, Indians of North America
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