If you are researching your ancestry from Alabama, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online AL newspaper archives: 127 titles to help you search your family history in the “Yellowhammer State,” providing coverage from 1813 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Alabama newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Alabama in these newspapers. Our AL newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Alabama Newspaper Archives (1813 – 2003)
Search Alabama Recent Obituaries (1991 – Today)
Here is the list of Alabama newspapers in the online archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The AL newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Alabaster | Alabaster Reporter | 08/10/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Albertville | Sand Mountain Reporter | 03/22/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Alexander City | Alexander City Outlook | 01/12/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Alexander City | Lake Magazine | 05/05/2019 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Alexander City | Lake Martin Living | 07/13/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Andalusia | Andalusia Star-News | 07/02/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Anniston | Anniston Star | 10/01/1998 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Anniston | Jacksonville News | 08/27/1998 – 03/06/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Athens | News-Courier | 02/01/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Atmore | Atmore Advance | 11/09/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Birmingham | Birmingham News | 04/27/1993 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Birmingham | Birmingham News: Web Edition Articles | 08/22/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Birmingham | Birmingham Times | 07/15/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Birmingham | Age-Herald | 07/01/1894 – 03/31/1901 | 2124 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Birmingham Courier | 08/19/1899 – 09/12/1903 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Labor Advocate | 06/29/1895 – 12/20/1902 | 234 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Wide-Awake | 01/24/1900 – 01/24/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Birmingham News | 01/01/1963 – 05/15/1965 | 865 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Progressive farmer and southern farm gazette | 01/08/1910 – 03/29/1913 | 142 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Age-Herald | 10/01/1897 – 12/31/1897 | 79 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Birmingham age-herald | 07/01/1894 – 10/03/1895 | 330 | Newspaper Archives |
Birmingham | Birmingham state herald | 10/04/1895 – 03/31/1897 | 462 | Newspaper Archives |
Blakeley | Blakeley Sun | 12/12/1818 – 06/02/1819 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
Brewton | Brewton Standard | 10/08/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cahawba | Alabama Watchman | 08/08/1820 – 12/15/1820 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
Cahawba | Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer | 07/10/1819 – 05/14/1825 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
Claiborne | Alabama Courier | 03/19/1819 – 10/15/1819 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Clanton | Clanton Advertiser | 06/24/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Clanton | Peach Living | 01/31/2019 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Clanton | North Chilton Advertiser | 08/18/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Columbiana | Shelby County Reporter | 03/27/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cullman | Cullman Times | 12/27/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cullman | Nord Alabama Colonist | 07/01/1881 – 07/01/1881 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Dadeville | Dadeville Record | 09/08/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Decatur | Decatur Daily | 08/01/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Demopolis | Demopolis Times | 04/10/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Demopolis | Blackbelt Gazette | 05/25/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Dothan | Dothan Eagle | 08/16/2005 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Eclectic | Eclectic Observer | 04/04/2013 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Enterprise | Enterprise Ledger | 03/26/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Eufaula | Eufaula Tribune | 02/08/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fairhope | Petal paper | 08/30/1956 – 12/05/1963 | 260 | Newspaper Archives |
Florence | Courier Journal | 06/09/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Florence | TimesDaily | 10/01/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fort Deposit | Lowndes Signal | 03/06/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Fort Payne | Times-Journal | 09/13/2003 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Gadsden | Gadsden Times | 06/24/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Gardendale | North Jefferson News | 06/27/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Greenville | Greenville Advocate | 01/05/2000 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Grove Hill | Grove Hill Herald | 03/06/1850 – 12/06/1854 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Grove Hill | Southern Recorder | 02/24/1847 – 11/07/1849 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Guntersville | Advertiser-Gleam | 08/26/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hartselle | Hartselle Enquirer | 10/03/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Hartselle | Morgan Countian | 12/15/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Heflin | Cleburne News | 02/14/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Huntsville | Huntsville Times | 11/06/1991 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Huntsville | Huntsville Times, The: Web Edition Articles | 09/30/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Huntsville | Huntsville Times | 03/23/1928 – 12/31/1991 | 17822 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Alabama Republican | 04/18/1818 – 08/05/1819 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Democrat | 10/03/1833 – 10/03/1833 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Huntsville Gazette | 12/21/1816 – 12/21/1816 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Huntsville Gazette | 06/18/1881 – 12/29/1894 | 692 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Huntsville Star | 01/26/1900 – 01/26/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Huntsville | Madison Gazette | 10/19/1813 – 04/18/1815 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Jacksonville, Piedmont | News Journal | 04/04/2018 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Jasper | Daily Mountain Eagle | 01/22/1998 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
LaFayette | LaFayette Sun | 10/10/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Lanett | Valley Times-News | 03/18/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Leeds | Leeds News | 02/04/2009 – 08/25/2011 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Livingston | Sumter County Record-Journal | 03/02/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Luverne | Luverne Journal | 06/03/2010 – 09/20/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Madison | Madison County Record | 04/30/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Madison | Madison Weekly News | 07/15/2011 – 11/19/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Madison | Madison Living | 09/08/2016 – 09/08/2016 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Madison | Madison Record | 09/21/2018 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Marion | Alabama Baptist | 03/10/1848 – 03/10/1848 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Press-Register | 11/01/1992 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Mobile | Press-Register: Web Edition Articles | 10/01/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Mobile | Advertiser and Chronicle Prices Current and Shipping List | 05/20/1840 – 05/20/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Alabama Planter | 07/21/1851 – 03/27/1858 | 60 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Alabama Staats-Zeitung | 01/10/1900 – 02/08/1917 | 16 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Clay Banner | 02/26/1844 – 10/26/1844 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Cotton Prices Current | 01/17/1849 – 01/21/1851 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Merchants and Planters Price Current and Shipping List | 12/07/1839 – 09/01/1860 | 216 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Evening News | 07/10/1862 – 09/08/1862 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Evening News | 07/02/1862 – 10/22/1864 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Evening Telegraph | 11/03/1864 – 11/03/1864 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser | 01/05/1820 – 12/29/1820 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Journal of Commerce Letter-Sheet Price-Current | 11/11/1840 – 11/18/1854 | 19 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Mercantile Advertiser | 10/07/1833 – 10/07/1833 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Merchants’ Exchange Prices Current | 06/16/1860 – 11/10/1860 | 20 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Register | 10/22/1833 – 02/19/2003 | 10155 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile Shipping and Commercial List | 01/11/1834 – 08/17/1838 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Prices Current and Shipping List of the Commercial Chronicle | 12/29/1838 – 12/29/1838 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Register Shipping List and Prices-Current | 02/21/1840 – 02/06/1841 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile daily commercial register and patriot | 05/15/1841 – 11/26/1841 | 69 | Newspaper Archives |
Mobile | Mobile register and journal | 12/02/1841 – 12/31/1846 | 267 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Daily Alabama Journal | 04/14/1849 – 12/31/1853 | 797 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Daily Confederation | 05/01/1858 – 07/17/1860 | 643 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Loco-foco | 11/03/1840 – 11/03/1840 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Montgomery Advertiser | 05/11/1901 – 12/31/1922 | 7738 | Newspaper Archives |
Montgomery | Montgomery Enterprise | 01/26/1900 – 01/26/1900 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Moulton | Moulton Advertiser | 09/06/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Notasulga | Universalist Herald | 06/01/1874 – 06/01/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Opelika | Opelika-Auburn News | 01/30/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pelham | Pelham Reporter | 07/15/2009 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pell City | St. Clair News Aegis | 07/09/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Pell City | St. Clair Times | 07/26/2001 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Piedmont | Piedmont Journal | 02/11/2010 – 01/18/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Rainsville | Weekly Post | 03/15/2001 – 02/05/2010 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Russellville | Franklin County Times | 10/06/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Scottsboro | Jackson County Sentinel | 09/28/2004 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Selma | Selma Times-Journal | 10/02/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Selma | Daily Chattanooga Rebel | 11/21/1864 – 04/27/1865 | 12 | Newspaper Archives |
St. Stephens | Halcyon | 06/02/1818 – 11/27/1820 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
State-Wide County | al.com: Blogs | 01/15/2007 – 02/22/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Talladega | Daily Home | 01/20/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Tallassee | Tallassee Tribune | 02/27/2013 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Tallassee | Elmore County Living | 06/06/2017 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Troy | Messenger | 08/01/1999 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa News | 05/11/2008 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Tuscaloosa | Alabama Intelligencer and State Rights Expositor | 03/02/1833 – 12/05/1835 | 14 | Newspaper Archives |
Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa Chronicle | 10/20/1827 – 10/27/1827 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Tuscaloosa | Alabama state intelligencer | 01/01/1831 – 12/24/1831 | 50 | Newspaper Archives |
Tuscumbia | North Alabamian | 11/17/1865 – 12/07/1866 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Wetumpka | Wetumpka Herald | 10/06/2014 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Wetumpka | State guard | 05/11/1847 – 10/24/1848 | 42 | Newspaper Archives |
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