Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers

Online Resources

 * Memorial University of Newfoundland - Digital Archives Initiative, Newfoundland Newspapers
 * Transcriptions from Various Newspapers For Newfoundlanders
 * 1810-1890: Newfoundland, Canada, Index of Birth, Marriage & Death Notices from Newspapers, 1810-1890 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1810-1816 - The Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser at Google News - free.
 * The Ancestor Hunt, Free Historical Newspaper Links, Newfoundland and Labrador

Newspaper Directories

 * Suzanne Ellison. Historical directory of Newfoundland and Labrador newspapers, 1807-1987. St. John's, Newfoundland : Memorial University of Newfoundland Library, 1988
 * Newspapers in Memorial University of Newfoundland Library. To access the collection, see Contact us.

Libraries and Archives
The P.A.N.L. and the public library have newspaper collections covering the period from 1810 to the present.


 * The Rooms (Provincial Archives) 9 Bonaventure Avenue P.O. Box 1800, Station C St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5P9 Telephone: (709)757-8030 Email: [mailto:archives@therooms.ca archives@therooms.ca]

The principal repository for newspapers is the Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, which is part of the:

St. John's Public Libraries

 * [[Media:Geneaology-guide2017.pdf|GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR COLLECTION ST. JOHN’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES]]
 * Online Catalogue

This collection has several published and donated family histories.

Newfoundland & Labrador Collection Provincial Resource Library Arts & Culture Centre St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3A3 Telephone: (709) 737-3955 E-Mail:	 genealogy@nlpl.ca
 * Requesting information instructions

Newfoundland and Labrador Published Indexes

 * Mildred Howard. Vital statistics and items from newspapers of Newfoundland, 1831-1872. Mildred Howard, 1983. Includes items published separately in earlier volumes,Vital statistics and items from The Newfoundlander of St. John’s Newfoundland (1980), in two volumes, 1834-1854 and 1854-1870.
 * Mildred Howard. Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser: vital statistics and items. Mildred Howard, 1986-(ongoing?) Published so far, 1810-1845, 1846-1862.


 * Gert Crosbie. Births, deaths, marriages in Newfoundland newspapers. St. John’s: Memorial University of Newfound, Maritime History Archive, 1986-(ongoing). Published so far 1825-1850, 1851-1859, 1860-1865, 1866-1870, 1871-1874, 1875-1877, 1878-1880, 1881-1882, 1883-1884, 1885-1886, 1887-1888, 1889-1890.

Newfoundland and Labrador Unpublished Indexes
The Public Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador has unpublished extracts from newspapers in Twillingate.
 * Extracts of births, marriages and deaths from newspapers in the Conception Bay area of Harbour Grace and Carbonear, circa 1850-1900, a collection at the provincial archives.