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!
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)
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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