Many Americans may not know this, but Vermont was actually an independent country before becoming part of the United States. Originally territory disputed between New Hampshire and New York, Vermont was not one of the 13 colonies that formed the United States. Instead, the Vermont Republic was founded in 1777 and retained its independence for 14 years. Finally, in 1791, Vermont became the first addition to the young country when it was admitted into the Union as the 14th state. Today Vermont is the 6th smallest state in the nation and the 2nd least populous.
Photo: Vermont State Capitol building in Montpelier. Credit: Jared C. Benedict; Wikimedia Commons.
If you are researching your ancestry from Vermont, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online VT newspaper archives: 88 titles to help you search your family history in “The Green Mountain State,” providing coverage from the 1700s to Today. There are more than 12.5 million articles and records in our online Vermont newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your Vermont ancestors in these VT newspapers. Our Vermont newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Vermont Newspaper Archives (1781 – 2006)
Search Vermont Recent Obituaries (1999 – Current)
Illustration: state flag of Vermont. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Here is a list of online Vermont newspapers in the historical 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 VT newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
Did You Know?
The Rutland Herald is the oldest family-owned newspaper in ongoing operation in the U.S., as well as the second largest in circulation in Vermont. You can explore Rutland Herald news articles and obits from the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s through to today in the VT archives.
| City | Title | Date Range* | Collection |
| Barre | Times Argus | 03/07/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bellows Falls | Vermont Intelligencer | 01/01/1817 – 12/30/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bellows Falls | Bellows Falls Gazette | 12/01/1838 – 05/30/1851 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Bennington Banner | 11/18/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bennington | World | 10/19/1807 – 03/27/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Vermont Gazette | 05/04/1847 – 10/10/1850 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Vermont Gazette | 03/17/1847 – 12/27/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Ploughman; or, Republican Federalist | 07/27/1801 – 02/01/1802 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Vermont Gazette | 12/14/1872 – 12/22/1876 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Tablet of the Times | 01/05/1797 – 08/31/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Bennington News-Letter | 03/25/1811 – 08/14/1815 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Green-Mountain Farmer | 04/17/1809 – 06/10/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Vermont Gazette | 06/05/1783 – 02/16/1847 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Epitome of the World | 02/10/1807 – 10/12/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bennington | Bennington Banner | 02/27/1841 – 12/31/1885 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Semi-weekly Eagle | 08/10/1847 – 12/09/1852 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Brattleboro Reformer | 06/07/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Brattleboro | Brattleboro Messenger | 12/24/1821 – 08/29/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Federal Galaxy | 01/06/1797 – 01/17/1803 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Vermont Phoenix | 10/24/1834 – 12/29/1882 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Independent Inquirer | 09/14/1833 – 09/06/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | American Yeoman | 02/04/1817 – 01/27/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brattleboro | Reporter | 02/21/1803 – 12/05/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | Burlington Gazette | 09/09/1814 – 01/28/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | Burlington Mercury | 06/03/1796 – 03/24/1797 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | American Repertory | 09/28/1821 – 03/25/1823 | Newspaper Archives |
| Burlington | Vermont Centinel | 03/19/1801 – 07/12/1850 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chelsea | Vermont Advocate | 01/12/1830 – 07/30/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chester | Chester Telegraph | 03/29/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chester | Green Mountain Palladium | 06/22/1807 – 04/12/1808 | Newspaper Archives |
| Colchester | Colchester Sun | 01/27/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Danville | North Star | 01/08/1807 – 01/26/1889 | Newspaper Archives |
| Essex Junction | Essex Reporter | 12/30/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Manchester | Manchester Journal | 04/06/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Columbian Patriot | 09/01/1813 – 08/23/1815 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | Addison Eagle | 08/03/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Christian Messenger | 11/06/1816 – 11/23/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | Middlebury Mercury | 12/16/1801 – 07/04/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | Middlebury Campus, The: Middlebury College | 01/16/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | New Market Press | 08/03/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Addison County Independent | 12/27/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Christian Herald | 09/25/1816 – 10/30/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | Green Mountain Outlook | 08/05/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Vermont Mirror | 09/30/1812 – 09/18/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | Valley Voice | 02/28/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Middlebury | Religious Reporter | 04/08/1820 – 09/30/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Middlebury | National Standard | 08/30/1815 – 12/26/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milton | Milton Independent | 10/18/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Montpelier | Argus and Patriot | 07/09/1863 – 12/30/1908 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montpelier | State Journal | 10/25/1832 – 10/25/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montpelier | Vermont Precursor | 11/22/1806 – 11/13/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montpelier | Freemen’s Press | 08/25/1809 – 08/27/1812 | Newspaper Archives |
| Montpelier | Watchman | 11/20/1807 – 12/31/1873 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newport | Newport Daily Express | 07/24/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Northfield | Northfield News | 09/25/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Peacham | Green Mountain Patriot | 02/23/1798 – 01/27/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Putney | Argus | 03/16/1797 – 02/26/1799 | Newspaper Archives |
| Randolph | Weekly Wanderer | 01/24/1801 – 04/06/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Royalton | Vermont Advocate and White River Advertiser | 11/21/1827 – 03/11/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rutland | Rutland Herald | 12/08/1794 – 12/29/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rutland | Herald of Vermont | 06/25/1792 – 09/10/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rutland | Rutland Herald | 10/01/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rutland | Farmers’ Library | 04/01/1793 – 11/29/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rutland | Vermont Mercury | 03/29/1802 – 03/12/1804 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rutland | Vermont Courier | 07/25/1808 – 05/30/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | Vermont State Paper | 06/23/1835 – 04/26/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Messenger | 12/04/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Messenger | 01/25/1838 – 10/12/1933 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Daily Messenger | 04/24/1861 – 04/29/2006 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | Franklin County Advertiser | 07/26/1810 – 10/29/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Adviser | 03/10/1808 – 01/28/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Advertiser | 12/19/1873 – 07/05/1878 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | Champlain Reporter | 05/11/1809 – 06/28/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | American Repertory | 05/15/1823 – 12/26/1833 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Albans | St. Albans Transcript | 03/22/1873 – 07/30/1874 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Johnsbury | Caledonian-Record | 01/05/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| St. Johnsbury | St. Johnsbury Republican | 08/07/1907 – 08/07/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Johnsbury | Caledonian-Record | 09/03/1918 – 12/31/1926 | Newspaper Archives |
| St. Johnsbury | Caledonian | 08/08/1837 – 03/13/1918 | Newspaper Archives |
| Vergennes | Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser | 08/30/1798 – 10/08/1801 | Newspaper Archives |
| Westminster | Vermont Gazette or Green-Mountain Post-Boy | 04/02/1781 – 09/27/1781 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Morning Ray, or, Impartial Oracle | 11/15/1791 – 09/25/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Vermont Republican | 01/02/1809 – 10/09/1834 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Spooner’s Vermont Journal | 08/07/1783 – 11/04/1826 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Washingtonian | 07/23/1810 – 01/22/1816 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Post-Boy | 01/01/1805 – 03/31/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Windsor | Vermont Journal | 06/20/1844 – 10/20/1877 | Newspaper Archives |
| Woodstock | Woodstock Observer | 01/11/1820 – 06/05/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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