Georgia Archives: 247 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Georgia, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online GA newspaper archives: 247 titles to help you search your family history in the “Peach State,” providing coverage from 1763 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Georgia newspaper archives!

Photo: Black Rock Overlook, Georgia. Credit: Dsdugan; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: Black Rock Overlook, Georgia. Credit: Dsdugan; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Georgia in these newspapers. Our GA 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 Georgia Newspaper Archives (1763 – 2003)

Search Georgia Obituaries (1792 – Today)

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

Here is the complete list of Georgia 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 GA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Acworth Bright Side, The [Kennesaw-Acworth Edition] 06/01/2011 – 12/01/2013 Obituaries
Albany Albany Herald 10/20/2009 – Current Obituaries
Alpharetta Alpharetta Neighbor 01/21/2012 – 03/02/2016 Obituaries
Alpharetta, Milton North Fulton Neighbor 03/02/2016 – 12/27/2021 Obituaries
Alpharetta, Roswell Revue & News 01/05/2006 – 10/14/2009 Obituaries
Americus Americus Times-Recorder 06/23/2008 – Current Obituaries
Americus Americus times-recorder 07/10/1900 – 11/30/1925 6990 Newspaper Archives
Athens Athens Banner-Herald 01/01/1999 – Current Obituaries
Athens Southern Banner 03/23/1833 – 01/04/1865 40 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Atlanta Daily World 01/06/2000 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Jewish Times 04/28/2006 – 03/13/2009 Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Journal-Constitution 01/01/1985 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Emory Wheel, The: Emory University 08/25/2002 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Maroon Tiger, The: Morehouse College 08/25/2010 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Adair’s Georgia Land Register 10/01/1867 – 10/01/1867 1 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Atlanta Age 01/13/1900 – 01/13/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Atlanta Prices-Current 04/04/1866 – 04/04/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Jeffersonian 06/17/1909 – 11/17/1910 74 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Methodist Advocate 01/06/1869 – 09/27/1876 195 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Weekly Defiance 10/24/1882 – 02/24/1883 2 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Presbyterian of the South : 01/06/1909 – 12/27/1922 670 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Land of 10 07/05/2016 – 06/29/2018 Obituaries
Atlanta SEC Country 09/10/2015 – 06/21/2018 Obituaries
Atlanta DawgNation 07/13/2015 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta ABC – 2 WSB: Web Edition Articles 05/15/2018 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The: Web Edition Articles 03/30/2013 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Net News 09/01/2010 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The: Blogs 05/02/2011 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Daily Intelligencer 02/07/1863 – 06/19/1866 15 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Daily New Era 09/05/1865 – 07/23/1869 404 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Atlanta Voice 10/25/2017 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Journal 02/24/1883 – 11/04/2001 41137 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Signal, The: Georgia State University 08/29/2001 – Current Obituaries
Atlanta Atlanta Age 01/13/1900 – 01/13/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Golden age 03/01/1906 – 04/22/1915 287 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Voice of Missions 02/01/1900 – 02/01/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Weekly Defiance 10/24/1882 – 02/24/1883 2 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Weekly Georgian 03/03/1914 – 06/30/1914 31 Newspaper Archives
Atlanta Weekly Jeffersonian 01/10/1907 – 03/28/1907 10 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Augusta Chronicle 01/01/1994 – Current Obituaries
Augusta Augusta Chronicle 01/07/1792 – 11/30/2003 49134 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Augusta Herald 07/17/1799 – 12/28/1815 162 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Augusta Union 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Colored American 12/30/1865 – 01/13/1866 3 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Constitutionalist Letter Sheet 01/26/1837 – 01/26/1837 1 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Daily Constitutionalist 03/19/1833 – 12/31/1869 2820 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Georgia Advertiser 08/28/1822 – 08/28/1822 1 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Georgia Gazette and General Advertiser 02/05/1816 – 03/11/1816 4 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Loyal Georgian 01/20/1866 – 02/15/1868 16 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Mirror of the Times 10/31/1808 – 10/28/1811 8 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Southern Centinel, and Universal Gazette 11/28/1793 – 05/31/1798 193 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Weekly Constitutionalist 09/26/1860 – 01/12/1876 4 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Augusta Chronicle, The: Web Edition Articles 01/07/2005 – Current Obituaries
Augusta Augusta Chronicle, The: Blogs 02/27/2008 – 02/03/2015 Obituaries
Augusta ABC – 6 WJBF 01/11/2008 – Current Obituaries
Augusta Trench and camp 10/10/1917 – 02/05/1919 69 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Augusta Family Magazine 02/01/2017 – 02/01/2017 Obituaries
Augusta Augusta Union 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Augusta Colored American 12/30/1865 – 01/13/1866 3 Newspaper Archives
Bainbridge Bainbridge Post-Searchlight 10/03/2014 – Current Obituaries
Bartow, Douglas, Paulding West Georgia Neighbor 04/27/2016 – 11/21/2022 Obituaries
Blackshear Blackshear Times 12/04/2006 – Current Obituaries
Blue Ridge News Observer 03/28/2007 – Current Obituaries
Bremen Gateway-Beacon 06/10/2009 – Current Obituaries
Brookhaven Brookhaven Post 08/12/2013 – 06/27/2017 Obituaries
Brunswick Brunswick News 01/31/2001 – Current Obituaries
Brunswick Brunswick News 01/11/1902 – 05/01/1998 23537 Newspaper Archives
Brunswick Brunswick news 10/02/1906 – 12/25/1922 3046 Newspaper Archives
Brunswick Brunswick times 04/25/1889 – 08/15/1900 548 Newspaper Archives
Brunswick Brunswick times-call 08/16/1900 – 01/10/1902 410 Newspaper Archives
Brunswick Brunswick daily news 05/08/1903 – 09/29/1906 532 Newspaper Archives
Calhoun Calhoun Times 06/05/2009 – Current Obituaries
Canton Cherokee Tribune 11/21/1998 – Current Obituaries
Canton Cherokee Georgian 05/24/1876 – 05/24/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Carrollton Times-Georgian 05/08/2007 – Current Obituaries
Cartersville Bartow Neighbor 12/30/2008 – 12/30/2015 Obituaries
Cartersville Daily Tribune News 08/11/1998 – Current Obituaries
Cedartown Polk County Standard Journal 12/07/2016 – Current Obituaries
Chatsworth Chatsworth Times 11/17/2009 – Current Obituaries
Clayton Clayton Tribune 11/21/2013 – Current Obituaries
Cleveland White County News 07/19/2012 – Current Obituaries
Columbus Columbus Chronicle 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Columbus CBS – 3 WRBL 01/29/2008 – Current Obituaries
Columbus Columbus Chronicle 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Conyers Rockdale Citizen 02/28/2005 – Current Obituaries
Cordele Cordele Dispatch 12/16/2005 – Current Obituaries
Cordele Cordele dispatch 01/05/1916 – 05/26/1920 886 Newspaper Archives
Cordele Cordele daily sentinel 05/20/1920 – 05/27/1920 2 Newspaper Archives
Cordele Cordele dispatch 06/09/1927 – 12/14/1927 161 Newspaper Archives
Cordele Cordele dispatch and daily sentinel 06/02/1920 – 04/07/1926 1667 Newspaper Archives
Cornelia Northeast Georgian 04/12/2013 – Current Obituaries
County Center Square Georgia 11/26/2019 – Current Obituaries
County NRI Pulse 04/29/2020 – Current Obituaries
Covington Newton Citizen 11/16/2007 – Current Obituaries
Cumming Forsyth County News 02/16/2006 – Current Obituaries
Cumming Forsyth Herald 03/23/2006 – 11/30/2009 Obituaries
Dahlonega Dahlonega Nugget 01/04/2012 – Current Obituaries
Dallas Paulding County Sentinel 07/08/2009 – 04/09/2010 Obituaries
Dallas Paulding Neighbor 11/05/2008 – 01/18/2016 Obituaries
Dalton Daily Citizen 10/22/2007 – Current Obituaries
Darien Darien Gazette 01/04/1819 – 09/02/1828 26 Newspaper Archives
Dawson Dawson news 03/13/1889 – 12/29/1925 2005 Newspaper Archives
Dawson Dawson journal 01/04/1883 – 04/28/1887 218 Newspaper Archives
Dawson South western news 05/04/1887 – 03/06/1889 95 Newspaper Archives
Dawsonville Dawson News & Advertiser 06/05/2013 – 09/16/2015 Obituaries
Decatur Decaturish.com 11/06/2013 – Current Obituaries
Decatur DeKalb Neighbor 04/22/2010 – 12/20/2021 Obituaries
Douglasville Douglas County Sentinel 05/21/2007 – Current Obituaries
Douglasville Douglas Neighbor 03/02/2011 – 02/26/2016 Obituaries
Duluth Johns Creek Herald 01/05/2006 – 12/10/2009 Obituaries
Dunwoody Dunwoody Crier 03/03/2004 – Current Obituaries
Echota Cherokee phoenix, and Indians” advocate 03/04/1829 – 10/19/1833 61 Newspaper Archives
Elberton Elberton Star & Examiner 08/02/2004 – Current Obituaries
Ellijay Times-Courier 01/03/2013 – Current Obituaries
Fayetteville Fayette Chronicle 08/25/2011 – 10/25/2012 Obituaries
Fayetteville Fayette County News 12/02/2010 – 08/29/2016 Obituaries
Fayetteville Today in Peachtree City 05/02/2012 – 08/21/2013 Obituaries
Fitzgerald Fitzgerald enterprise 10/03/1902 – 04/13/1912 1145 Newspaper Archives
Fitzgerald Fitzgerald leader 04/02/1912 – 04/12/1912 4 Newspaper Archives
Fitzgerald Fitzgerald leader 03/08/1921 – 04/02/1921 10 Newspaper Archives
Fitzgerald Leader, enterprise and press 11/24/1915 – 03/11/1921 573 Newspaper Archives
Fitzgerald Leader-enterprise 04/16/1912 – 11/08/1915 489 Newspaper Archives
Fitzgerald Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press 11/10/1915 – 11/22/1915 7 Newspaper Archives
Forest Park South Metro Neighbor 01/12/2010 – Current Obituaries
Griffin Griffin Daily News 05/17/2007 – Current Obituaries
Griffin Daily Chattanooga Rebel 06/09/1864 – 09/17/1864 34 Newspaper Archives
Hartwell Hartwell Sun 07/07/2004 – Current Obituaries
Jackson Jackson Progress-Argus 10/23/2007 – Current Obituaries
Jasper Pickens County Progress 10/07/2010 – Current Obituaries
Jesup Press-Sentinel 09/13/2007 – Current Obituaries
Johns Creek Johns Creek Neighbor 11/11/2008 – 12/30/2015 Obituaries
Jonesboro Clayton News Daily 10/10/2009 – Current Obituaries
Jonesboro Clayton Neighbor 08/13/2009 – 08/27/2013 Obituaries
Kennesaw Sentinel, The: Kennesaw State University 06/27/2012 – Current Obituaries
LaGrange LaGrange Daily News 01/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Lake Lanier Lakeside on Lanier 08/01/2010 – Current Obituaries
Lavonia Franklin County Citizen 08/02/2004 – Current Obituaries
Lawrenceville Gwinnett Daily Post 03/16/2005 – Current Obituaries
Leesburg Lee County journal 03/05/1904 – 12/28/1923 897 Newspaper Archives
Loganville Loganville Tribune 08/03/2003 – 10/21/2009 Obituaries
Louisville News and Farmer 05/25/1876 – 05/25/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Louisville American Standard 05/14/1812 – 05/14/1812 1 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Courier 08/21/1811 – 10/30/1811 5 Newspaper Archives
Louisville Louisville Gazette 05/12/1802 – 03/02/1811 38 Newspaper Archives
Louisville News and Farmer and Wadley Herald – Jefferson Reporter 01/01/2015 – Current Obituaries
Macon Macon Sentinel 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Macon Mercantile Mirror and Railroad Guide 09/16/1865 – 09/16/1865 1 Newspaper Archives
Macon Macon Sentinel 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Madison Morgan County Citizen 08/21/2014 – Current Obituaries
Marietta Marietta Daily Journal 12/07/1998 – Current Obituaries
Marietta Chattanooga Daily Rebel 02/23/1864 – 04/22/1864 9 Newspaper Archives
Marietta Cobb County Times 10/05/1916 – 03/26/1925 490 Newspaper Archives
Marietta Marietta Journal 09/18/1868 – 10/31/1998 22018 Newspaper Archives
Marietta Marietta journal 09/18/1868 – 08/26/1909 1809 Newspaper Archives
Marietta Marietta journal 11/15/1918 – 07/31/1924 240 Newspaper Archives
Marietta Marietta journal and courier 09/03/1909 – 11/08/1918 475 Newspaper Archives
Martinez Columbia County News-Times 10/24/2001 – 12/07/2022 Obituaries
McDonough Henry Daily Herald 10/10/2009 – Current Obituaries
McDonough Henry Neighbor 01/12/2010 – 03/01/2016 Obituaries
Milledgeville Union-Recorder 10/24/2007 – Current Obituaries
Milledgeville Georgia Argus 07/05/1808 – 02/14/1816 21 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Georgia Journal 12/12/1809 – 09/22/1835 285 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Milledgeville Republican 03/20/1816 – 03/27/1816 2 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Reflector 11/12/1817 – 02/02/1819 65 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Southern Presbyterian 08/05/1852 – 08/05/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Southern Recorder 02/13/1821 – 03/21/1865 65 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Georgia Republican 09/28/1819 – 09/28/1819 1 Newspaper Archives
Milledgeville Lake Oconee Breeze 11/24/2009 – Current Obituaries
Monroe Walton Tribune 01/01/2006 – Current Obituaries
Moultrie Moultrie Observer 07/05/2007 – Current Obituaries
Mt. Zion Missionary 01/28/1820 – 05/16/1825 5 Newspaper Archives
Nahunta Brantley Beacon 01/06/2021 – Current Obituaries
New Town Cherokee Phoenix 03/06/1828 – 02/04/1829 21 Newspaper Archives
New Town Cherokee Phoenix 02/21/1828 – 05/31/1834 249 Newspaper Archives
Newnan Newnan Times-Herald 10/12/1996 – Current Obituaries
Peachtree Corners Weekly 06/05/2004 – 07/06/2012 Obituaries
Richmond Hill Bryan County Now 03/22/2007 – 10/15/2020 Obituaries
Ringgold, Lafayette Catoosa Walker News 02/19/2017 – Current Obituaries
Rome Rome News-Tribune 12/11/2000 – Current Obituaries
Roswell Milton Neighbor 11/11/2008 – 12/30/2015 Obituaries
Roswell Roswell Neighbor 11/11/2008 – 12/30/2015 Obituaries
Sandy Springs Sandy Springs Neighbor 10/27/2009 – 03/04/2016 Obituaries
Sandy Springs Northside-Sandy Springs Neighbor 12/02/2008 – 03/23/2016 Obituaries
Sandy Springs, Roswell Northside Neighbor 05/16/2016 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Business in Savannah 03/31/2010 – 12/26/2012 Obituaries
Savannah Closeup 11/11/1999 – 01/31/2008 Obituaries
Savannah Coastal Antiques and Art 07/01/2002 – 06/01/2006 Obituaries
Savannah Coastal Senior 06/01/2004 – 06/01/2004 Obituaries
Savannah Savannah Morning News 07/01/1999 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Savannah Tribune 08/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Savannah West Chatham Neighbor 04/28/2010 – 02/16/2011 Obituaries
Savannah Columbian Museum 03/22/1796 – 10/03/1822 1857 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Daily Advertiser 12/08/1868 – 04/23/1875 471 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Gazette of the State of Georgia 02/13/1783 – 02/13/1783 1 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgia Gazette 10/23/1788 – 11/25/1802 541 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgia Gazette 04/07/1763 – 05/23/1770 346 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgia Journal and Independent Federal Register 12/25/1793 – 01/01/1794 3 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgia Republican and State Intelligencer 09/04/1802 – 10/22/1805 20 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgian 01/04/1819 – 01/01/1833 2605 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Public Intelligencer 04/18/1807 – 10/18/1808 36 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Royal Georgia Gazette 08/12/1779 – 12/27/1781 60 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Georgian Shipping and Commercial Record 05/25/1855 – 06/22/1855 4 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Republican 11/07/1817 – 05/27/1819 22 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Republican 03/21/1807 – 03/28/1872 2541 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Republican Prices Current 10/28/1842 – 04/19/1861 111 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Tribune 12/04/1875 – 12/28/1922 1633 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Weekly Echo 08/26/1883 – 02/10/1884 5 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Wholesale Prices Current 11/21/1818 – 05/18/1820 5 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Southern Cross 09/09/1876 – 09/09/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Southern Patriot 07/26/1805 – 03/24/1806 5 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Morning News 10/20/1868 – 11/01/1876 15 Newspaper Archives
Savannah NBC – 3 WSAV 04/01/2018 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Savannah Morning News: Web Edition Articles 09/14/2018 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Morning news 04/14/1887 – 06/06/1900 4706 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Morning news 01/01/1881 – 04/13/1887 2127 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Morning news 06/08/1900 – 12/31/1904 1668 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Georgia Expositor 01/01/1876 – 08/26/1876 6 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Abend Zeitung 05/24/1876 – 05/24/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Weekly News 03/29/1873 – 09/23/1876 3 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Tribune 10/23/1886 – 11/15/1913 110 Newspaper Archives
Savannah Savannah Magazine 09/21/2017 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Current 01/04/2022 – Current Obituaries
Savannah Savannah Weekly Echo 08/26/1883 – 02/10/1884 5 Newspaper Archives
Senoia East Coweta Journal 11/11/2010 – 01/10/2013 Obituaries
Sparta Farmer’s Gazette 06/17/1803 – 08/08/1807 49 Newspaper Archives
Springfield Effingham Now 10/26/2006 – 01/12/2022 Obituaries
St. Mary’s Tribune & Georgian 11/03/2004 – Current Obituaries
St. Simons Island Coastal Illustrated 03/16/2016 – Current Obituaries
St. Simons Island Golden Isles Magazine 03/01/2015 – Current Obituaries
Sylvania Sylvania Telephone 02/19/2009 – Current Obituaries
Thomaston Thomaston Times 10/09/2009 – 12/24/2015 Obituaries
Thomasville Thomasville Times-Enterprise 11/14/2007 – Current Obituaries
Thomson Jeffersonian 12/01/1910 – 10/08/1914 193 Newspaper Archives
Tifton Tifton Gazette 07/25/2006 – Current Obituaries
Toccoa Toccoa Record 06/24/2004 – Current Obituaries
Valdosta Valdosta Daily Times 03/21/2004 – Current Obituaries
Villa Rica Villa Rican 10/14/2009 – Current Obituaries
Washington Monitor 07/29/1809 – 08/06/1814 17 Newspaper Archives
Washington News 02/23/1816 – 04/09/1819 3 Newspaper Archives
Watkinsville Oconee Leader 03/13/2012 – 10/24/2017 Obituaries
Waycross Waycross Journal-Herald 08/25/2005 – Current Obituaries
Waycross Gazette and Land Bulletin 01/27/1900 – 01/27/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
West Point West Point Times-News 10/06/2008 – 11/17/2017 Obituaries
Winder Barrow County News 02/03/2010 – 07/06/2016 Obituaries
Woodstock Cherokee Ledger-News 08/18/2010 – Current Obituaries

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Note on the header image: Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia. The dome is covered with gold leaf mined from the north Georgia city of Dahlonega. Credit: J. Glover (AUtiger); Wikimedia Commons.

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