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 July, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

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.
• 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 Newspapers 1861-65

• Advertiser and Register
• Advocate and American
• Alabama Beacon
• Alabama State SentinelY
• Army Argus and Crisis
• Athens Post
• Autauga Citizen
• Bangor Broad Axe
• Birmingham Iron Age
• Bluff City Times
• Butler News
• Cahaba Gazette
• Chambers Tribune
• Christian Herald
• Clarke County Democrat
• Clayton Banner 
• Confederate States
• Daily Confederation
• Daily Huntsville Confederate
• Daily Mercury
• Daily Montgomery Ledger
• Daily Selma Times
• Daily State Sentinel
• Democrat
• Democratic Watchtower
• Eufala Weekly News
• Eufala Weekly Times
• Eufaula Express
• Florence Gazette
• Greenville Advocate
• Huntsville Confederate
• Huntsville Weekly Democrat
• Huntsville Weekly Independent
• Independent American
• Independent Monitor
• Independent Observer
• Jacksonville Republican
• Livingston 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 Weekly Advertiser
• Mobile Weekly Register
• Montgomery Daily Advertiser
• Montgomery Daily Mail
• Montgomery Daily Post
• Montgomery Weekly Advertiser
• Montgomery Weekly Mail
• Montgomery Weekly Post
• Moulton Advertiser
• North Alabamian
• Observer
• Opelika 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
• 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 Eutaw Whig and Observer
• The Independent
• 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

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

Oxford

• Oxford Clippings

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

• Auburn - Chewacla Echo (Company 4448)
• Bay Minette - Baldwin Bawls (Company 484)
• Bessemer - Camp Jester (Company 487)
• Brundidge - 4435 Flash (Company 4435)
• Chatom - Chatom Chatter (Company 2420)
• Chunchula - 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)
• 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)
• Weogufka - Flag Mountain News (Company 4498)

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• Left Face
• Our Thing

Old Fulton Postcards

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

Small Town Papers​

• Clay News Pinson, Alabama
• The Democrat-Reporter Linden, Alabama
• The Florala News Florala , 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