GenealogyBank has put more than 50 Tennessee newspapers online making it even easier for genealogists to find their old family stories and detailed information for their family tree.
Search millions of Tennessee newspaper articles in our online TN newspaper archives, including birth announcements, marriage notices, obituaries, and local news stories, to find out more about your ancestors from “The Volunteer State.”
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Click and start researching your ancestry now (each title is a link that will take you directly to that newspaper’s search page):
| City | Newspaper | Date Range | Collection |
| Athens | Daily Post-Athenian | 1/11/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Carthage | Carthage Gazette | 8/13/1808 – 7/1/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Carthage | Western Express | 11/21/1808 – 11/21/1808 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chattanooga | Chattanooga Courier | 2/10/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chattanooga | Chattanooga Daily Rebel | 8/9/1862 – 4/27/1865 | Newspaper Archives |
| Chattanooga | Chattanooga Times Free Press | 4/1/1995 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chattanooga | Justice | 12/24/1887 – 12/24/1887 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksville | Clarksville Gazette | 11/21/1819 – 12/23/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksville | Tennessee Weekly Chronicle | 1/27/1819 – 6/7/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksville | Town Gazette | 7/5/1819 – 11/8/1819 | Newspaper Archives |
| Clarksville | Weekly Chronicle | 2/18/1818 – 9/16/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Daily Banner | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | Daily Herald | 1/8/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cookeville | Herald-Citizen | 4/12/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Crossville | Crossville Chronicle | 9/1/1996 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Crossville | Glade Sun | 6/2/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Dayton | Herald-News | 1/6/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Greeneville | Greeneville Sun | 9/14/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Jackson | Jackson Headlight | 1/27/1900 – 1/27/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kingston | Roane County News | 1/14/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Knoxville | Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune | 4/1/1888 – 12/31/1896 | Newspaper Archives |
| Knoxville | Knoxville Enlightener | 1/31/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Knoxville | Knoxville Gazette | 12/7/1793 – 10/29/1806 | Newspaper Archives |
| Knoxville | Knoxville News Sentinel | 1/4/1991 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Knoxville | Negro World | 10/15/1887 – 11/26/1887 | Newspaper Archives |
| Knoxville | Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette | 9/1/1818 – 9/1/1818 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lafayette | Macon County Times | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| LaFollette | LaFollette Press | 11/21/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lenoir City | News-Herald | 9/27/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Maryville | Blount Today | 2/1/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Maryville | Daily Times | 1/1/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Memphis | Commercial Appeal | 1/1/1968 – 12/31/1969 | Newspaper Archives |
| Memphis | Commercial Appeal | 6/27/1990 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Memphis | Memphis Daily Avalanche | 1/1/1866 – 4/30/1869 | Newspaper Archives |
| Memphis | Memphis Triangle | 11/17/1928 – 7/27/1929 | Newspaper Archives |
| Memphis | Tri-State Defender | 2/3/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro Union | 6/6/1939 – 6/6/1939 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Colored Tennessean | 8/12/1865 – 7/18/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Impartial Review | 1/18/1806 – 8/16/1806 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Nashville Gazette | 5/26/1819 – 2/14/1827 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Nashville Post | 1/21/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Nashville | Nashville Scene | 11/23/1995 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Nashville | National Banner and Nashville Whig | 1/1/1834 – 12/30/1836 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Review | 11/10/1809 – 5/3/1811 | Newspaper Archives |
| Nashville | Tennessee Gazette | 2/25/1800 – 5/30/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Newport | Newport Plain Talk | 7/1/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Oak Ridge | Oak Ridger | 2/17/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Paris | Paris Post-Intelligencer | 7/5/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rogersville | Rogersville Review | 12/16/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rogersville | Western Pilot | 8/19/1815 – 8/19/1815 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sevierville | Mountain Press | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Shelbyville | Tennessee Herald | 12/19/1817 – 3/8/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sweetwater | Advocate and Democrat | 6/12/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Tazewell | Claiborne Progress | 10/2/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Wartburg | Morgan County News | 12/19/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
