Alabama Archives: 159 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Alabama, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online AL newspaper archives: 159 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!

Photo: a stand of Cahaba lilies in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Photo: a stand of Cahaba lilies in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Alabama in these newspapers. Our AL newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

  • Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
  • Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)

Search Alabama Newspaper Archives (1813 – 2018)

Search Alabama Obituaries (1821 – Today)

Illustration: Alabama state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: Alabama state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete 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 Obituaries
Albertville Sand Mountain Reporter 03/22/2001 – Current Obituaries
Alexander City Alexander City Outlook 01/12/2003 – Current Obituaries
Alexander City Lake Magazine 05/05/2019 – Current Obituaries
Alexander City Lake Martin Living 07/13/2015 – Current Obituaries
Andalusia Andalusia Star-News 07/02/2002 – Current Obituaries
Anniston Anniston Star 10/01/1998 – Current Obituaries
Anniston Jacksonville News 08/27/1998 – 03/06/2018 Obituaries
Athens News-Courier 02/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Atmore Atmore Advance 11/09/1999 – Current Obituaries
Birmingham Birmingham News 04/27/1993 – 02/25/2023 Obituaries
Birmingham Birmingham News: Web Edition Articles 08/22/2012 – 02/23/2023 Obituaries
Birmingham Birmingham Times 07/15/2010 – Current 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 04/01/1947 – 12/30/2018 24911 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Progressive farmer and southern farm gazette 01/08/1910 – 03/29/1913 142 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Age-Herald 08/01/1897 – 05/20/1902 1608 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Birmingham age-herald 07/01/1894 – 10/03/1895 421 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Birmingham state herald 10/04/1895 – 07/31/1897 567 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Birmingham Medical News 02/07/2013 – Current Obituaries
Birmingham Birmingham Post-Herald 05/15/1950 – 09/23/2005 17327 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Lede from The Birmingham News 02/03/2023 – Current Obituaries
Birmingham Wide-Awake 01/24/1900 – 01/24/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Birmingham Birmingham Age-Herald 04/01/1947 – 05/13/1950 975 Newspaper Archives
Blakeley Blakeley Sun 12/12/1818 – 06/02/1819 46 Newspaper Archives
Brewton Brewton Standard 10/08/2014 – Current 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
Camp Opelika Der Querschnitt 04/01/1945 – 09/01/1945 4 Newspaper Archives
Camp Rucker Das PW-Echo 06/01/1945 – 02/01/1946 13 Newspaper Archives
Claiborne Alabama Courier 03/19/1819 – 10/15/1819 5 Newspaper Archives
Clanton Clanton Advertiser 06/24/2008 – Current Obituaries
Clanton Peach Living 01/31/2019 – Current Obituaries
Clanton North Chilton Advertiser 08/18/2009 – Current Obituaries
Columbiana Shelby County Reporter 03/27/2002 – Current Obituaries
County al.com: Blogs 01/15/2007 – 02/22/2018 Obituaries
County al.com 02/27/2023 – Current Obituaries
Cullman Cullman Times 12/27/2007 – Current Obituaries
Cullman Nord Alabama Colonist 07/01/1881 – 07/01/1881 1 Newspaper Archives
Dadeville Dadeville Record 09/08/2010 – Current Obituaries
Decatur Decatur Daily 08/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Decatur Decatur Daily 02/26/1912 – 12/31/2007 31929 Newspaper Archives
Demopolis Demopolis Times 04/10/2002 – Current Obituaries
Demopolis Blackbelt Gazette 05/25/2017 – 11/29/2022 Obituaries
Dothan Dothan Eagle 08/16/2005 – Current Obituaries
Eclectic Eclectic Observer 04/04/2013 – Current Obituaries
Enterprise Enterprise Ledger 09/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Eufaula Eufaula Tribune 04/06/2008 – Current Obituaries
Fairhope Petal paper 08/30/1956 – 12/05/1963 260 Newspaper Archives
Florence Courier Journal 06/09/2010 – Current Obituaries
Florence TimesDaily 10/01/2002 – Current Obituaries
Florence Florence Daily News 01/01/1925 – 09/30/1925 194 Newspaper Archives
Florence TimesDaily 09/17/1923 – 12/31/2007 28645 Newspaper Archives
Fort Deposit Lowndes Signal 03/06/2010 – Current Obituaries
Fort Payne Times-Journal 09/13/2003 – Current Obituaries
Gadsden Gadsden Times 06/24/2016 – Current Obituaries
Gardendale North Jefferson News 06/27/2007 – 04/14/2020 Obituaries
Greenville Greenville Advocate 01/05/2000 – Current 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 Obituaries
Hartselle Hartselle Enquirer 10/03/2014 – Current Obituaries
Hartselle Morgan Countian 12/15/2010 – Current Obituaries
Heflin Cleburne News 02/14/1999 – 06/17/2021 Obituaries
Huntsville Huntsville Times 11/06/1991 – 02/24/2023 Obituaries
Huntsville Huntsville Times, The: Web Edition Articles 09/30/2012 – 02/26/2023 Obituaries
Huntsville Huntsville Times 03/23/1928 – 12/30/2018 30112 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 693 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
Huntsville Huntsville News 09/26/1981 – 09/30/1981 3 Newspaper Archives
Huntsville CBS – 19 WHNT 02/09/2012 – Current Obituaries
Huntsville Lede from The Huntsville Times 01/24/2023 – Current Obituaries
Huntsville Huntsville Star 01/26/1900 – 01/26/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Jacksonville, Piedmont News Journal 04/04/2018 – 10/16/2023 Obituaries
Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle 01/22/1998 – Current Obituaries
LaFayette LaFayette Sun 10/10/2012 – Current Obituaries
Lanett Valley Times-News 03/18/1999 – Current Obituaries
Leeds Leeds News 02/04/2009 – 08/25/2011 Obituaries
Livingston Sumter County Record-Journal 03/02/2017 – Current Obituaries
Luverne Luverne Journal 06/03/2010 – 09/20/2018 Obituaries
Madison Madison County Record 04/30/2010 – Current Obituaries
Madison Madison Weekly News 07/15/2011 – 11/19/2018 Obituaries
Madison Madison Living 09/08/2016 – 09/08/2016 Obituaries
Madison Madison Record 09/21/2018 – Current Obituaries
Marion Alabama Baptist 03/10/1848 – 03/10/1848 1 Newspaper Archives
Mobile Press-Register 11/01/1992 – 02/25/2023 Obituaries
Mobile Press-Register: Web Edition Articles 10/01/2012 – 02/22/2023 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 12/17/1821 – 09/30/2012 13718 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
Mobile CBS – 5 WKRG 12/16/2007 – Current Obituaries
Mobile Lagniappe 03/24/2009 – 02/15/2023 Obituaries
Mobile Lede from The Mobile Press-Register 01/24/2023 – Current Obituaries
Mobile Mobile Press 01/01/1970 – 03/23/2006 7983 Newspaper Archives
Mobile Press-Register 04/02/2006 – 12/30/2018 3361 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
Montgomery Alabama State Journal 07/11/1874 – 09/24/1876 436 Newspaper Archives
Montgomery Montgomery Advertiser 05/11/1901 – 08/31/1925 7567 Newspaper Archives
Montgomery Montgomery Enterprise 01/26/1900 – 01/26/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Moulton Moulton Advertiser 09/06/2006 – Current Obituaries
Notasulga Universalist Herald 06/01/1874 – 06/01/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Opelika Opelika-Auburn News 01/30/2008 – Current Obituaries
Pelham Pelham Reporter 07/15/2009 – Current Obituaries
Pell City St. Clair News Aegis 07/09/2008 – Current Obituaries
Pell City St. Clair Times 07/26/2001 – Current Obituaries
Piedmont Piedmont Journal 02/11/2010 – 01/18/2018 Obituaries
Rainsville Weekly Post 03/15/2001 – 02/05/2010 Obituaries
Russellville Franklin County Times 10/06/2014 – Current Obituaries
Scottsboro Jackson County Sentinel 09/28/2004 – Current Obituaries
Selma Selma Times-Journal 10/02/2014 – Current Obituaries
Selma Daily Chattanooga Rebel 11/21/1864 – 04/27/1865 9 Newspaper Archives
Selma Selma The Magazine 07/07/2020 – Current Obituaries
Selma Daily Chattanooga rebel 11/21/1864 – 04/27/1865 11 Newspaper Archives
Sheffield Tri-cities Daily 04/04/1930 – 02/29/1968 279 Newspaper Archives
St. Stephens Halcyon 06/02/1818 – 11/27/1820 58 Newspaper Archives
Talladega Daily Home 01/20/1999 – Current Obituaries
Tallassee Tallassee Tribune 02/27/2013 – Current Obituaries
Tallassee Elmore County Living 06/06/2017 – 01/07/2020 Obituaries
Troy Messenger 08/01/1999 – Current Obituaries
Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa News 05/11/2008 – Current 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
Tuscaloosa State journal & flag 03/20/1846 – 12/25/1846 15 Newspaper Archives
Tuscumbia North Alabamian 11/17/1865 – 12/07/1866 3 Newspaper Archives
Tuskegee Negro Farmer 06/01/1956 – 06/01/1956 1 Newspaper Archives
Warrior Alabama Staats-Zeitung 03/08/1876 – 03/08/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Warrior Alabama Tribune 05/11/1876 – 05/11/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Wetumpka Wetumpka Herald 10/06/2014 – Current Obituaries
Wetumpka State guard 05/11/1847 – 10/24/1848 42 Newspaper Archives

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