Alabama Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 2.000 newspapers that have been published in the Yellowhammer State. And there are quite a few that are indeed available for free online. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Alabama.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated May 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Alabama Newspapers 

• Birmingham, Ala., 1890-1895 – Birmingham age-herald.
• Birmingham, Ala., 1902-1950 – Birmingham age-herald. [volume]
• Birmingham, Ala., 1895-1897 – Birmingham state herald.
• Birmingham, Ala., 1897-1902 – The Age-herald.
• Chattanooga, Tenn., 1862-1864 – The Chattanooga Daily Rebel.
• Griffin, Ga., 1864-1865 – The daily Chattanooga rebel.
• Huntsville, Ala., 1879-1894 – Huntsville gazette. [volume]
• Memphis, Tenn., 1847-1886 – Memphis daily appeal.
• Mobile, Ala., 1834-1841 – Mobile daily commercial register and patriot.
• Mobile, Ala., 1841-1849 – Mobile register and journal.
• Petal, Miss., 1953-19?? – The Petal paper.
• Selma, Ala., 1865-1865 – Chattanooga daily rebel.
• Starkville, Miss., 1910-1920 – The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette.
• Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1829-183? – Alabama state intelligencer.
• Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1843-1846 – State journal & flag.
• Wetumpka, Ala., 1847-18?? – The State guard.

Google News Archive

• Birmingham – The Alabama Citizen
• Centre – Cherokee County Herald
• Clay – Clay News
• Florence – Times Daily
• Gadsden – Gadsden Times
• Linden – The Democrat-Reporter
• Thomasville – Thomasville News
• Tuscaloosa – The Tuscaloosa News
• Tuscumbia – North Alabamian and Times
• Tuskegee – The Tuskegee News
• Vernon – The Lamar Democrat and the Sulligent News
• Vernon – The Lamar Democrat

Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers

• Advertiser and Register
• Advocate and American
• Alabama Beacon
• Alabama Reporter
• Alabama State Journal
• Alabama State Sentinel
• Army Argus and Crisis
• Athens Post
• Autauga Citizen
• Bangor Broad Axe
• Birmingham Iron Age
• Bladon Springs Herald
• Bluff City Times
• Butler News
• Cahaba Gazette
• Chambers Tribune
• Charleston Tri-Weekly Courier
• Cherokee Advertiser
• Choctaw Herald
• Christian Herald
• Claiborne Southerner
• Clarke County Democrat
• Clayton Banner 
• Conecuh-Escambia Star
• Confederate States
• Daily Confederation
• Daily Dispatch
• Daily Echo
• Daily Huntsville Confederate
• Daily Mercury
• Daily Mississippian
• Daily Montgomery Ledger
• Daily Selma Times
• Daily State Sentinel
• Democrat
• Democratic Watchtower
• East Alabama Monitor
• Era and Star
• Eufala Weekly News
• Eufala Weekly Times
• Eufaula Express
• Exponent
• Florence Gazette
• Florence Times-Journal
• Gadsden Times
• Greenville Advocate
• Greenville Weekly Advocate
• Huntsville Confederate
• Huntsville Weekly Democrat
• Huntsville Weekly Independent
• Independent American
• Independent Monitor
• Independent Observer
• Jacksonville Republican
• Lauderdale Times
• Livingston Journal
• Marengo News-Journal
• Marion Commonwealth
• Mobile Advertiser and Register
• Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register
• Mobile Daily News
• Mobile Daily Tribune
• Mobile Evening News
• Mobile Evening Telegraph
• Mobile Morning News
• Mobile Register and Advertiser
• Mobile Republican
• Mobile Weekly Advertiser
• Mobile Weekly Register
• Mobile Weekly Tribune
• Montgomery Daily Advertiser
• Montgomery Daily Mail
• Montgomery Daily Post
• Montgomery Weekly Advertiser
• Montgomery Weekly Mail
• Montgomery Weekly Post
• Moulton Advertiser
• North Alabamian
• North Alabamian and Times
• Observer
• Opelika Observer
• Opelika Weekly Era and Whig
• Opelika Weekly Locomotive
• Opelika Weekly Observer
• Opelika Weekly Times
• Our Mountain Home
• Pickens American
• Russell Register
• Selma Daily Reporter
• Selma Evening Reporter
• Selma Morning Dispatch
• Selma Morning Reporter
• Selma Weekly Reporter
• Shelby Guide
• Shelby Sentinel
• South Western Baptist
• South Western Baptist
• Southern Advertiser
• Southern Advocate
• Southern Argus
• Southern Champion
• Southern Home Journal
• Southern Messenger
• Southern Plantation
• Southern Republic
• Southern Signal
• Southern Statesman
• Southern Watchman
• Spectator
• Spirit of the South
• St. Clair Diamond
• State Rights Advocate
• The Alabama Beacon
• The Eutaw Whig and Observer
• The Independent
• The Selma Daily Messenger
• The Weekly Issue
• Troy Messenger
• Tuscaloosa Observer
• Tusekegee Weekly News
• Union Springs Herald
• Union Springs Herald and Times
• Union Springs Times
• United South
• Universalist Herald
• Weekly Advertiser
• Weekly Advertiser and Register
• Weekly Montgomery Confederation
• West Alabamian
• Wetumpka Spectator
• Wilcox News and Pacificator

County and Library Collections:
Birmingham Public Library Newspapers

• Birmingham Iron Age 1874-1885
• Weekly Iron Age 1884-1887
• Weekly Age 1888-1899
• Pratt City Herald 1899-1901
• Avondale Sun

Birmingham Public Library Newspaper Clippings
Fairhope Public Library

• Fairhope Courier
• Eastern Shore Courier

Guntersville Public Library Historic Newspapers

• The Advertiser-Gleam
• The Guntersville Democrat

Huntsville–Madison County Newspaper Index 

• Alabama Republican
• Daily Huntsville Confederate
• Huntsville Gazette
• Huntsville Independent
• Huntsville Weekly Democrat
• Huntsville Weekly Mercury
• Huntsville Weekly Tribune
• Tennessee Valley News
• The Democrat
• The Evening Banner
• The Evening Tribune
• The Gurley Herald
• The Huntsville Advocate
• The Huntsville Daily Mercury
• The Huntsville Daily Times
• The Huntsville Journal
• The Huntsville Mercury
• The Huntsville News
• The Huntsville Star
• The Huntsville Telegram
• The Huntsville Times
• The Huntsville Weekly Times
• The Journal
• The Mercury-Banner
• The Morning Mercury
• The New South
• The Republican
• The Southern Advocate
• The Weekly Argus
• The Weekly Tribune
• Weekly Community Builder
• Weekly Mercury

Lamar County Newspapers

• The Vernon Pioneer (1875 -1879)
• The Vernon Clipper (1879 – 1880)
• The Lamar News  (1886 – 1887)
• The Vernon Courier (1886 – 1904)

Marion County Newspapers

• Marion Herald – (1887 – 1890)
• Guin Dispatch – (1888 – 1889)
• The Hamilton Times (1890 – 1893)
• Hamilton Free Press  – (1893 – 1894)
• Hamilton News Press – (1895)
• Marion County News – (1896 – 1899)
• Hamilton Appeal (1896)
• Guin Gazette – (1897)
• The Gazette Appeal– (1897)
• The Winfield Enterprise (1899 – 1900)
• The Marion County Democrat (1903-1904)
• The Marion County Republican (1908)

Montevallo Collection

• Calera Journal
• Chronicle
• Montevallo Advertiser
• Montevallo News
• Montevallo Times
• People’s Advocate
• Sentinel
• Spotlight
• Union-Banner

Student Collections:
Air University – Maxwell AFB

• News

Alabama State University – Montgomery

• The Hornet Tribune

Athens State University – Athens

• The Athenian

Auburn University – Auburn

• Orange and Blue
• Plainsman
• Praxis 
• Orange and Blue
• Praxis 

Auburn University – Montgomery

• The Aumnibus

Birmingham Southern College – Birmingham

• Gold and Black
• Hilltop News
• Birmingham College Reporter
• The Gold and Black
• The Hilltop News
• Granny Takes a Trip
• The Southerner
• The Hilltop News

Coffee High School – Florence

• The Stimulator

Faulkner University – Montgomery

• Faulkner News

Huntingdon College – Montgomery

• Talon

Jacksonville State University – Jacksonville

• Chanticleer

Judson College – Marion

• The Triangle

Miles College – Fairfield

• The Milean

Montevallo High School – Montevallo

• Spotlight

Oakwood College – Huntsville

• News

Samford University – Birmingham

• Crimson

Shelton State Community College – Tuscaloosa

• Shelton State Courier
• Shelton State Chronicle

Sparkman High School – Harvest

• The Crimson Crier 

Spring Hill College – Mobile

• The Springhillian
• The Sprnghillian

Troy University – Troy

• Tropolitan

Tuskeee University – Tuskegee

• Tuskegee Student

University of Alabama – Birmingham

• The Kaleidoscope

University of Alabama – Huntsville

• Exponent

University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa

• Crimson White

University of Mobile – Mobile

• News

University of Montevallo – Montevallo

• The Alabamian

University of North Alabama – Florence

• Florala

University of South Alabama – Mobile

• Vanguard

University of West Alabama – Montgomery

• Muse

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Andalusia – Open Pond Breeze (Company 3474) 
• Athens – Bull Thrower (Company 5401) 
• Auburn – Chewacla Echo (Company 4448) 
• Auburn – Sanford News (Company 4447)
• Bay Minette – Baldwin Bawls (Company 484) 
• Bessemer – Camp Jester (Company 487) 
• Brundidge – 4435 Flash (Company 4435) 
• Carrollton – New Deal (Company 3479)
• Chatom – Chatom Chatter (Company 2420) 
• Chunchula – Chunchula Siren (Company 1485) 
• Chunchula – Siren (Company 1485)
• Citronella – Cedar Creek Courier (Company 5412) 
• Clanton – Clanchiala Bugler (Company 3481) 
• Clayton – Messenger (Company 1432) 
• Dadeville – Bullard Bombshell (Company 1405) 
• Dadeville – Camp Hart Mirror (Company 1405) 
• Foley – Gulf Breeze (Company 1425) 
• Fort Payne – Camp Beacon (Company 472) 
• Gainesville – Big Bee (Company 476) 
• Gainesville – John Rogers News (Company 476) 
• Gordon – Chattahoochee Chatter (Company 4449) 
• Greenville – Advocate (Company 4436) 
• Greenville – Mail Bag (Company 4436) 
• Greenville – Mess Kit (Company 4436) 
• Greenville – S.C.S. Sentinel (Company 4436)
• Heflin – Carver Outlook (Company 3477) 
• Huntsville – Camp Clay Broadcast (Company 3486) 
• Huntsville – Camp Clay Crier (Company 3486) 
• Huntsville – Monte Sano Broadcast (Company 5402) 
• Huntsville – Monte Sano Broadcast (Company 3486) 
• Linden – Dope (Company 4437) 
• Oxford – Cheaha Echoes (Company 468) 
• Selma – Valley Creek News (Company 444) 
• Uriah – Tower (Company 1432)
• Weogufka – Flag Mountain News (Company 4498) 
• Weogufka – Reflector (Company 260)
• Wilson Dam – See See See (Company 251)
• Wilson Dam – Wilson Dam Spillway (Company 4499)
• York – William Spratt News (Company 467)

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Left Face
• Our Thing

Old Fulton Postcards

• Calera AL Journal
• Calera AL Shelby Sentinel
• Columbana AL Chronicle
• Guntersville AL Advertiser 
• Jacksonville AL Republican
• Montevallo AL Times

Small Town Papers

• Clay News Pinson, Alabama
• The Democrat-Reporter Linden, Alabama
• The Florala News Florala , Alabama
• The LaFayette Sun – LaFayette, Alabama
• The Lamar Democrat and Sulligent News Vernon, Alabama
• The Pinson News & Jefferson Countian Pinson, Alabama
• Thomasville News Thomasville, Alabama
• The Tuskegee News Tuskegee, Alabama

Agriculture and Rural Life Newspapers

• Alabama Farm Journal
• Alliance Journal
• Farm Journal
• Journal of Progress
• Manufacturer’s Review
• Southern Agriculturist

Southern School News Archive
The Olden Times – Alabama
Newspaper Abstracts – Alabama
Other Free Sites:
Birmingham

• The Alabama Forum
• The American Sentinel

Columbiana

• Shelby Chronicle

Dothan

• The Voice of the Negro

Fort Payne

• Fort Payne Times Journal

Jacksonville

• Jacksonville Republican 

Mobile

• The Catholic Week – 2007-present

Montgomery

• Kilby Sun
• Southern Courier 
• Southern Poverty Law Center Reports
• The Colored Alabamian

Rainsville

• Rainsville Weekly Post