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Last Saturday Alabama celebrated the 194th anniversary of its statehood—the “Heart of Dixie” was admitted into the Union on 14 December 1819 as the 22nd state.
Illustration: official state seal of Alabama. Credit: Wikipedia.
If you are researching your family roots in Alabama, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online Alabama newspaper archives: 50 titles to help you search your family history in the “Yellowhammer State,” providing coverage from 1816 to Today. There are more than 21 million articles and records in this online collection.
Dig into the archives and search for obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors in these recent and historical AL newspapers online:
Search Alabama Newspaper Archives (1816-1992)
Search Alabama Recent Obituaries (1992-Today)
Here is our complete list of online Alabama newspapers, divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries. 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.
Discover a variety of genealogy records and news stories in these 21 Alabama historical newspapers, listed alphabetically by city:
- Age-Herald (Birmingham) 7/1/1894 – 3/31/1901
- Labor Advocate (Birmingham) 6/29/1895 – 12/20/1902
- Wide-Awake (Birmingham) 1/24/1900 – 1/24/1900
- Blakeley Sun (Blakeley) 12/12/1818 – 6/2/1819
- Alabama Watchman (Cahawba) 8/8/1820 – 12/15/1820
- Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer (Cahawba) 7/10/1819 – 12/30/1820
- Alabama Courier (Claiborne) 3/19/1819 – 10/15/1819
- Grove Hill Herald (Grove Hill) 3/6/1850 – 12/6/1854
- Southern Recorder (Grove Hill) 2/24/1847 – 11/7/1849
- Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville) 12/21/1816 – 12/29/1894
- Huntsville Star (Huntsville) 1/26/1900 – 1/26/1900
- Alabama Staats-Zeitung (Mobile) 12/18/1913 – 2/8/1917
- Mobile Evening Telegraph (Mobile) 1864-1864
- Mobile Register (Mobile) 10/22/1833 – 12/31/1992
- Daily Alabama Journal (Montgomery) 4/14/1849 – 12/31/1853
- Daily Confederation (Montgomery) 5/1/1858 – 7/17/1860
- Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery) 5/11/1901 – 12/31/1922
- Montgomery Enterprise (Montgomery) 1/26/1900 – 1/26/1900
- Halcyon (St. Stephens) 6/2/1818 – 11/27/1820
- Alabama Intelligencer and State Rights Expositor (Tuscaloosa) 3/2/1833 – 12/5/1835
- North Alabamian (Tuscumbia) 11/17/1865 – 12/7/1866
Search recent obituary records for your relatives in these 29 Alabama newspapers, listed alphabetically by city:
- Sand Mountain Reporter (Albertville) 3/22/2001 – Current
- Anniston Star (Anniston) 10/1/1998 – Current
- Jacksonville News (Anniston) 8/27/1998 – Current
- News-Courier (Athens) 2/1/2006 – Current
- Birmingham News (Birmingham) 4/27/1993 – Current
- Birmingham News: Web Edition Articles (Birmingham) 8/22/2012 – Current
- Birmingham Times (Birmingham) 7/15/2010 – Current
- Cullman Times (Cullman) 12/27/2007 – Current
- Decatur Daily (Decatur) 8/1/2006 – Current
- Dothan Eagle (Dothan) 8/16/2005 – Current
- Enterprise Ledger (Enterprise) 3/26/2008 – Current
- Eufaula Tribune (Eufaula) 2/8/2011 – Current
- Times-Journal (Fort Payne) 9/13/2003 – Current
- North Jefferson News (Gardendale) 6/27/2007 – Current
- Cleburne News (Heflin) 2/14/1999 – Current
- Huntsville Times (Huntsville) 1/2/1992 – Current
- Huntsville Times, The: Web Edition Articles (Huntsville) 9/30/2012 – Current
- Daily Mountain Eagle (Jasper) 1/22/1998 – Current
- Valley Times-News (Lanett) 3/18/1999 – Current
- Leeds News (Leeds) 2/4/2009 – Current
- Press-Register (Mobile) 11/1/1992 – Current
- Press-Register: Web Edition Articles (Mobile) 10/1/2012 – Current
- Opelika-Auburn News (Opelika) 1/30/2008 – Current
- St. Clair News Aegis (Pell City) 7/9/2008 – Current
- St. Clair Times (Pell City) 7/26/2001 – Current
- Piedmont Journal (Piedmont) 2/11/2010 – Current
- Weekly Post (Rainsville) 3/15/2001 – 2/5/2010
- Daily Sentinel (Scottsboro) 9/28/2004 – Current
- Daily Home (Talladega) 1/20/1999 – Current
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