The following is the start of creating a Digital Guide to Newspapers Published in Lockport and their availability. If you know of resources to add to this, please contact Jeanette Sheliga at Jeanette@niagaragenealogy.org and/or comment below.
The Library of Congress Chronicling America lists the following newspapers. None of them have been digitized by the Library of Congress at this time.
- The Lockport times. [volume] (Lockport, N.Y.) 1871-187?
- Lockport union-sun & journal. (Lockport, N.Y.) 1915-1915
- Lockport union-sun & journal. (Lockport, N.Y.) 199?-current
- Lockport union-sun. [volume] (Lockport, N.Y.) 1895-1915
- The Lockport union. [volume] (Lockport, N.Y.) 1890-1895
- Lockport weekly advertiser. [volume] ([Lockport, N.Y.]) 18??-1???
- Lockport weekly bee. [volume] (Lockport, N.Y.) 1864-1864
- Lockporter Wochenblatt. [volume] (Lockport, N.Y.) 1885-1???
Newspapers.com does not have any Lockport papers at this time.
NYS Historic Newspapers does not have any Lockport papers at this time.
FultonHistory.com has the following digitized newspapers:
- Lockport NY Daily Journal – 1871-1892, 1898
- Lockport NY Daily Journal Courier – 1859-1869
- Lockport NY Journal – 1901-1905
- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal – 1916-1972
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal website.
The Lockport Public Library lists the following newspapers on microfilm:
- Lockport Daily Advertiser & Democrat – 8/2/1858-12/31/1859
- Lockport Daily Union/Sun – 7/11/1866-12/30/1899
- Lockport Union Sun & Journal – 10/1899-present
Their website also links to a more detailed list of their holdings including missing issues: https://lockportlibrary.org/~lockportlibrary/cmsb/uploads/local-newspapers-microfilm-holdings4.pdf
I know that the Niagara County Historian’s Office has papers on microfilm, but I am not sure what their collection includes at this time.
The Library of Congress lists the following newspapers. If you click on each link and scroll down to the “Libraries That Have It” you can see which institution holds the newspaper:
- The Advance (Lockport, N.Y.) 1883-1???
- The Catholic Visitor (Lockport, N.Y.) 187?-1???
- The Clay Banner (Lockport, N.Y.) 1844-1844
- The Daily Review (Lockport, N.Y.) 1895-19??
- The Daily Sun (Lockport, N.Y.) 1891-1892
- Lock-City News (Lockport, N.Y.) 1877-1???
- Lockport Balance (Lockport, N.Y.) 1835-1838
- The Lockport Chronicle (Lockport, N.Y.) 1859-1862
- Lockport Courier (Lockport, N.Y.) 1844-1859
- Lockport Daily Advertiser and Democrat (Lockport, N.Y.) 1858-186?
- Lockport Daily Advertiser ([Lockport, N.Y.]) 1880-1???
- Lockport Daily Advertiser (Lockport [N.Y.]) 1854-1858
- Lockport Daily Bee and Union ([Lockport, N.Y.]) 186?-186?
- Lockport Daily Bee (Lockport, N.Y.) 1864-186?
- Lockport Daily Journal & Courier (Lockport, N.Y.) 1859-1871
- Lockport Daily Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1905-190?
- Lockport Daily Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1871-1901
- Lockport Daily Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1852-1859
- Lockport Daily Sun (Lockport, N.Y.) 1892-1895
- Lockport Daily Union (Lockport, N.Y.) 1860-186?
- The Lockport Daily Union (Lockport [N.Y.]) 1865-18??
- The Lockport Democrat and Balance (Lockport, N.Y.) 1841-184?
- Lockport Express (Lockport, N.Y.) 1889-1889
- The Lockport Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1901-1905
- Lockport Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1907-1915
- The Lockport Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1852-1859
- Lockport Morning Express (Lockport, N.Y.) 1889-1???
- Lockport Niagaran (Lockport, N.Y.) 1891-1???
- Lockport Observatory (Lockport, N.Y.) 1822-1827
- Lockport Union-Sun & Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 199?-Current
- Lockport Union-Sun (Lockport, N.Y.) 1895-1915
- The Lockport Union (Lockport, N.Y.) 1890-1895
- Lockport Weekly Advertiser ([Lockport, N.Y.]) 18??-1???
- Lockporter Wochenblatt (Lockport, N.Y.) 1885-1???
- The Morning Times (Lockport, N.Y.) 1871-187?
- The News of the Week (Lockport, N.Y.) 1896-1???
- Niagara Cataract (Lockport N.Y.) 1846-18??
- Niagara County Intelligencer (Lockport, N.Y.) 1859-1863
- The Niagara County Pilot (Lockport, N.Y.) 1890-1???
- Niagara Courier (Lockport [N.Y.]) 1828-1859
- The Niagara Democrat and Lockport Balance (Lockport, N.Y.) 1838-1841
- Niagara Democrat and Union (Lockport, N.Y.) 1862-1864
- Niagara Democrat (Lockport, N.Y.) 184?-1862
- The Niagara Democrat (Lockport, N.Y.) 1865-19??
- The Niagara Democrat (Lockport, N.Y.) 1835-1838
- Niagara Intelligencer (Lockport, N.Y.) 1863-186?
- Niagara Journal (Lockport, Niagara Co., N.Y.) 188?-1???
- Niagara Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 186?-18??
- The Niagara Press (Lockport, N.Y.) 1916-????
- The Niagara Sun (Lockport, N.Y.) 1896-19??
- The Niagaran (Lockport, N.Y.) 189?-18??
- Our Fire Side (Lockport, N.Y.) 1854-18??
- Tri-County News (Lockport, N.Y.) 19??-????
- Union-Sun & Journal (Lockport, N.Y.) 1915-199?
NewspaperArchive does not have any Lockport papers at this time.
GenealogyBank has the following Lockport newspapers:
- Union-Sun & Journal – 3/18/2010-Current
- Clay Banner – 10/18/1844
- Workingmen’s Journal – 12/22/1870
Please share any other resources that you may know of to enhance this list with Jeanette Sheliga at jeanette@niagaragenealogy.org.
