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 Steamer Linden 1905-07-15 1 About 10 of smoke stack visible
Door County Advocate Tug Lindrop 1907-02-21 1 Sold at marshal s sale
Door County Advocate Tug Lindrup 1897-01-16 1 Sold for $2500
Door County Advocate Tug Lindrup 1907-02-07 1 Libel placed on it
Manitowoc Pilot Tug Lindrup 1 -floater+ found. Lost overboard aMay 5th.
Door County Advocate Steamer Lindsay 1898-10-08 1 Owned by Atlantic Transportation company + chartered
Door County Advocate Tug Lindup 1903-08-15 1 At Manitowoc for recalking and new iron
Door County Advocate Fish boat Lindy 1936-02-14 1 Caught in ice from storm - shift in wind releases it
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Lineral 1891-08-27 3 The schooner Lineral is in port taking on a cargo of wood for S. Perry, for Milwaukee. The Lineral arrived on Tuesday.
Door County Advocate Schooner Lineria 1896-07-25 5 Waiting for favorable wind

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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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