Newspaper Search

Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.

Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.

Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.






Newspaper Object Name Date Page Notes
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Coyne 1903-09-12 1 Capt. fined for abandoning sailor at a foreign post
Door County Advocate Barque Emma L. Coyne 1868-12-31 4 Marine disasters 1868 - ran on Eleven Foot Shoal; towed to Detroit, converted into a barge
Door County Advocate Emma L. Neilsen 1897-05-22 8 Took cargo of wood from Jacksonport
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilsen 1898-09-03 1 To have bottom recalked
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilsen 1897-04-17 8 Loaded at Jacksonport
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilsen 1898-01-08 1 One of Manitowoc s winter fleet
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilson 1898-06-11 1 Load of cordwood
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilson 1899-07-15 1 Escursion party on board
Door County Advocate Schooner Emma L. Neilson 1903-04-11 1 Sold by sheriff for $1400
Door County Advocate Emma L. Neilson 1895-11-23 5 Bobstays carried away by tow-line

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This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.

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