Alabama Newspaper Transcriptions

Newspapers can be used to find valuable genealogical information about historical events in the lives of our ancestors. They supply all sorts of clues about vital statistics (birth, marriage, and death announcements), obituaries, local news, biographical sketches, legal notices, immigration, migration, and shipping information and other historical items that place our ancestors in the context of the society in which they lived.

Statewide Resources:

• Hosted at Ancestry.com
  • Alabama Newspapers and Periodicals $
    This manuscript details all Newspapers and Periodicals published in 1915. It is organized by county.
  • Historical Newspaper Collection $
    Read history as it was happening in more than 6 million pages from over 400 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700’s. The full-text index and Advanced Image Viewer deliver highlighted search hits on every page. Your Newspaper subscription also includes access to the new Obituary Collection that contains more than 2 million obituaries.
• Hosted at Alabama Department of Archives and History
• Alabama Newspapers on Microfilm Database
  This database includes newspapers that are available on microfilm.
• Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886

Autauga County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Autauga Genealogical Society
  • Marriages Notices ca. 1849-1853 (Caver)
  • Death and Marriage Notices ca. 1853-1867 (Caver)
  • Marriage Notices ca. 1890-1891 (Caver)
  • Death Notices from the Prattville Progress 1935 (Caver)
• Hosted at Autauga County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Death Notice For Mrs. Wells Of Prattville, Autauga & Montgomery, Alabama

Baldwin County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Baldwin County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Bryers Vs Hadley Feud, Baldwin, Alabama
  • Military Draft Article, Baldwin, Al
  • Death Notice Joel Johnson, December 29 1881, Baldwin, Alabama
• Hosted at Silverhill History
  • Silverhill News 1902-1908
• The Baldwin Times

Barbour County, Alabama Newspapers

• Eufaula Tribune

Blount County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Blount County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Excerpts Of Interest From “Southern Plantation,” January – March 1875, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Golden Wedding December 13 1965
  • Golden Wedding November 1975

Bullock County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Bullock County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives
  • New Paster, Rev. J. H. Curry
  • Changes of Residence

Butler County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Butler County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives
  • 1899 News Articles, Butler, Al
  • 1919 News Articles, Butler, Al
  • 1922 Oakey Streak Newspaper, Butler, Al
  • Southern Female College. July 11 1872
  • Marker At The Grave Of John H. Watts Unveiled November 11 1929
  • Jeremiah Watts – Butler Co., Al
  • Newspaper: Magnolia Cemetery Article, Butler, Al
  • Oakey Streak 1902, Butler, Al
  • Oakey Streak 1926, Butler, Al
  • Phil Andrews Killed By Wiley Henderson, Butler, Alabama
  • Parrish Gin Fire, Butler, Al
  • Pigeon Creek 1924, Butler, Al
  • Pigeon Creek 1902, Butler, Al
  • Perry-Roach Wedding, Butler, Al
  • Spotlight On: History Of Butler Co., Al – Butler Co., Al
  • Tommy Pouncey (Newspaper Clipping)- Butler Co., Al
  • Cleveland Train Wreck (Men Of The 33rd Al, Csa) – Butler Co., Al
• Hosted at Butler County, USGenWeb
  • Isaac Goodson Murder 1874
  • Pigeon Creek 1897
  • Butler County 1897
  • Butler & Pigeon Creek 1897
  • Pigeon Creek 1900
  • Pigeon Creek 1921
  • Pigeon Creek, etc. 1921
• Hosted at Tracking Your Roots
  • Assorted Butler County, AL Newspaper Articles 1902-1926
• Greenville Advocate

Calhoun County, Alabama Newspapers

• Anniston Star
• The Jacksonville News
• The Piedmont Journal Independent

Chambers County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Chambers County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Marriage Of Ben Alford And Dora Mae Burkes, Chambers, Alabama
  • Standing Rock School Faculty, 1915-1916 October 6 1915
  • Rousseau’s Raid May 17 2004
  • Locals Are Member Of First Family May 24 2004
  • Remembering The Fallen Of Wwii May 31 2004
  • Ol’ Man River On Langdale June 28 2004
  • Indians Commenced Hostilities, Chambers, Alabama
  • Anniversary Celebration For Mr. And Mrs. Joseph H. Harris, Chambers, Alabama
  • New President For Lafayette College, Chambers, Alabama
  • New President For Lafayette College, Chambers, Alabama
  • Centenarian November 21 1968
  • Spring 1915 Trade Day In Lafayette April 7 1915
  • Meeting Of Hickory Flat Lodge, No. 392, A. F.&A. M., June 16 1915
  • Shooting Near Fredonia June 2 1915
  • The Murder Of A. J. Fant
  • The Murder Of L. T. Fetner
• The Valley-Times News

Cherokee County, Alabama Newspapers

• Cherokee County Herald
• The Gaylesville Enterprise
• The Post
• The Gadsden Messenger
• The Gadsden Times
• Rome News-Tribune

Chilton County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Chilton County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Logan Family Reunion, Chilton, Alabama
• Clanton Advertiser

Choctaw County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Choctaw Advocate
• The Choctaw Sun

Clarke County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Clarke County Democrat
• The South Alabamian
• The Thomasville Times

Clay County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Clay County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Elizabeth Lizzie “Betsy” Condry Robertson 90th Birthday 1909
  • Marriage Of R. A. Griffin And Inez Ware, 1920, Clay, Alabama
  • The Tornado Of 1932 And Clay County
  • Storm Strikes Near Cragford Kills H. Garrett Injures Others 1939
  • Willis Robertson Found Dead July 29 1955

Cleburne County, Alabama Newspapers

• Anniston Star
• The Cleburne News

Coffee County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Enterprise Ledger
• Southeast Sun

Colbert County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Colbert County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • The Tuscumbian And Lauderdale County Newspapers 1824 – 1827
  • Personal Tidbits From Colbert, April 1936, Colbert, Alabama
• Hosted at Colbert County, ALGenWeb
  • The North Alabamian Marriage Announcements
  • The Tuscumbia Enquirer Marriage Announcements
  • Letters Left in the Tuscumbia Post Office 1837
  • 1837 Steam Boat Register
  • Stray Horses in 1837
  • Train Wreck Of 1892
  • Train Wreck Near Tuscumbia 1931

Coosa County, Alabama Newspapers

Covington County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Andalusia Star News

Crenshaw County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Luverne Journal

Cullman County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Cullman County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Golden Wedding December 13 1965
  • Golden Wedding November 1975
• Cullman Times

Dale County, Alabama Newspapers

Dallas County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864
• The daily Chattanooga rebel. (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865
• Chattanooga daily rebel. (Selma, Ala.) 1865-1865
• Hosted at Dallas County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Death Notice For Mrs. B. B. Walthall, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Death Notice For Captain R. H. English, Montgomery, Alabama
• Hosted at Anita’s Family Folly Too
  • Abstracts from The Selma Morning Times
• Selma Times-Journal

De Kalb County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Times-Journal
• Rainsville: The Weekly Post

Elmore County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Elmore County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Abstracts Of The State Guard (1847-1848)
  • William Parker – Memorial Service And Dedication
• The Wetumpka Herald

Escambia County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Escambia County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Escambia-Baldwin-Clarke County Alarchives News…..Card Of Thanks July 1936
  • The Pine Belt News, 1895, Brewton, Al – Escambia Co.
  • Articles From The Pine Belt News, 1895 – Escambia Co., Al
  • Disastrous Train Wreck – Escambia/Butler Co., Al
  • 1997 Vitals Extracted From The Brewton Standard, Brewton, Escambia Co., Al
  • 1998 Vitals Extracted From The Brewton Standard, Brewton, Escambia Co., Al
• The Atmore Advance
• The Brewton Standard

Etowah County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Etowah County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Abstraction Of The Gadsden Time Newspaper, Jan. 14, 1935, Etowah, Alabama
• The Gadsden Times
• The Gadsden Messenger

Fayette County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Fayette County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Advertisement Placed By Reuben Mcduffie Cain September 5 1856

Franklin County, Alabama Newspapers

• Franklin County Times

Houston County, Alabama Newspapers

• The Dothan Eagle

Jackson County, Alabama Newspapers

• Daily Sentinel

Jefferson County, Alabama Newspapers

• Birmingham Public Library Newspaper Clippings
• Hosted at Jefferson County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Centenarian November 21 1968
  • Golden Wedding December 13 1965
  • Golden Wedding November 1975
  • Baptist Union Of West Alabama. July 11 1872
  • Marriage Announcement For John Lesene Dewitt And Martha Estes, Jefferson, Alabama
  • Marriage Announcement For Ruby Story & Ralph Jones, Jefferson, Alabama
  • Barbour-Alabama Diocesan Convention June 1 1894
  • Dead 25: In List Of Dead Are Some Of Most Prominent People Of Birmingham March 26 1901
  • Oil In Alabama November 2 1893
  • Back To His Old Homes November 2 1893
  • Woman (Maggie Rozier) To See 106th Birthday 1964
  • Burial Notice For James Trumbal Greathouse, Jefferson, Alabama
• Alabama Messenger
• Birmingham News
• Birmingham Post-Herald
• North Jefferson News

Lamar County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Alabama Genealogy Trails
  • The Vernon Pioneer 1875-1879
  • The Vernon Clipper 1879-1880
  • The Lamar News 1886-1887
  • The Vernon Courier 1886-1904
• Hosted at Lamar County Kin
  • The Eagle Eye December 19 & 26, 1894
  • The Eagle Eye 1896
  • The Lamar Democrat January 17,1900
  • The Lamar Democrat October 20, 1926
  • The Lamar Democrat January 4, 1922
  • The Lamar News 1885
  • The Lamar News July 2, 1885
  • Lightning January 20, 1897
  • Lightning January 5, 1899
  • Lightning February 8, 1899
  • Lightning December 14, 1899
  • Vernon Courier November 18, 1887

Lauderdale County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Lauderdale County, ALGenWeb
  • Miscellaneous Newspapers 1871 – 1910
  • The Florence Gazette 6 Nov 1878 – Yellow Fever
• Times Daily

Lawrence County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Lawrence County, ALGenWeb
  • Bits & Pieces from Moulton Advertisers & Lawrence County Area papers 1
  • Bits & Pieces from Moulton Advertisers & Lawrence County Area papers 2
• Moulton Advertiser

Lee County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Lee County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Through Out East Alabama 1902
  • Throughout East Alabama November 27 1903
  • Throughout East Alabama December 8 1903
  • Throughout East Alabama December 15 1903
• Opelika-Auburn News

Limestone County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Limestone County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Articles Of Interest From The Alabama Courier, Limestone, Alabama
  • Excerpts Of Interest From “Southern Plantation,” January – March 1875, Montgomery, Alabama
• The News Courier – Athens

Lowndes County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Lowndes County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Centenarian November 21 1968
  • A. Protis Mckeithen Killed, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Wedding Announcement Of Caswell William Garrett And Eva Freeman, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Death Of Engineer Lewis, The Pine Belt News, Escabmia, Alabama
  • Marriage Announcement For Fort Hargrove & Jane Argyra Owen, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Legal Notice, George W. Garrett Estate, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Jacob, A Negro Man, Jailed In Lowndes, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Miss Calhoun Honored With Prenuptial Parties, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Notices From Various Lowndes Newspapers, Lowndes, Alabama
  • A Fatal Difficulty At Fort Deposit, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Negro Man, Sirous, Jailed, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Valuable Plantation And Thirty Negroes For Sale, Lowndes, Alabama
  • Dr. William Payne Russell Killed In Duel, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Deaths Of Lewis, Scott, And Snow Families, Lowndes, Alabama

Macon County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Macon County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Capt. Bird Fitzpatrick January 25 1881

Madison County, Alabama Newspapers

• HMCPL Obituary Index
  Obituary index to the 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, and Weekly Mercury.
• Hosted at David Glover’s Genealogy Page
  • The Weekly Community Builder (March 23, 1922)
  • The Weekly Community Builder (April 7, 1927)
  • Huntsville Daily Mercury (May 19, 1886)
  • Huntsville Times (February 1940)
  • Huntsville Times (March 27, 1932)
  • Huntsville Times (March 30, 1932)
  • Huntsville Times (March 15, 1943)
  • Huntsville Times
  • Madison County Record

Marengo County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Anita’s Family Folly Too
  • Abstracts from The Exponent

Marion County, Alabama Newspaper Transcriptions

• Marion County Alabama Newspaper Gleanings
  • 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

Marshall County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Marshall County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • John Freeman Kills John Crow At M’ville Sunday Afternoon, Marshall, Alabama
  • Ervin Swords, Confederate Veteran Remembrances, Marshall, Alabama
  • Murder Of Deputy Sheriff August 18 1943
  • A Cruel And Brutal Murder. January 11 1844
  • Death Notices For Mr. Lenderman, Mr. Wallace, And Mr. & Mrs. Warnick’s Daughter
• The Advertising-Gleam
• Sand Mountain Reporter

Mobile County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Mobile County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Death Notice For Don Miguel De Siderlo Eslava, Mobile & Montgomery, Alabama
• Call News
• Mobile Register

Monroe County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Monroe County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Emigrants To Brazil, 1866, Monroe, Alabama
  • Accidental Death Of Elizabeth Fore, Monroe, Alabama
  • Some Photo Captions From The Monroe Journal Supplemental Edition, May 1, 1969, Monroe, Alabama
  • Nathaniel Broughton Migrated Here From South Carolina, Monroe, Alabama
  • Marriage Of F. T. Thames & Daisy Nored, Monroe, Alabama
  • Marriage Of J. P. Thames & Callie Roberson, Monroe, Alabama
  • Murder Of Dr. William Whizenant By Sam Nettles, Monroe, Alabama
  • Necrology From The Monroe Journal 1810-1910, Monroe, Alabama
• The Monroe Journal

Montgomery County, Alabama Newspapers

Morgan County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Morgan County, ALGenWeb
  • Various Morgan County Newspaper Articles
• The Decatur Daily
• Hartselle Enquirer

Perry County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Perry County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Death Notice For Mrs. B. B. Walthall, Montgomery, Alabama
• Hosted at Perry County, ALGenWeb
  • Some Perry County and Area Newspapers

Pickens County, Alabama Newspapers

• Pickens County Herald

Pike County, Alabama Newspapers

Randolph County, Alabama Newspapers

Russell County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Russell County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Circuit Court Of Russell County Adjourned, Russell, Alabama
  • Russell Register, Local News, Russell Co., Alabama, Aug 5, 1875
  • Russell Register, Local News, Russell Co., Alabama, Aug 12, 1875
  • Russell Register, Local News, Russell Co., Alabama, Aug 19, 1875
  • Russell Register, Local News, Russell Co., Alabama, Aug 26, 1875
  • Homicide In Lee County, Skipper, Collins, 1881, Alabama
  • H.K. Lamb December 20 1889
  • Phenix City Is Again Blood-Stained October 15 1908
  • Policemen In Duel, One Instantly Killed – 1913 May 20 1913

Shelby County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Shelby County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Marriage Announcement For John Lesene Dewitt And Martha Estes, Shelby, Alabama
  • Marriage Announcement For Ruby Story & Ralph Jones, Shelby, Alabama
• Shelby County Reporter

Sumter County, Alabama Newspapers

• Sumter County Record-Journal

Talladega County, Alabama Newspapers

• Daily Home
• Southeast Sun

Tallapoosa County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Tallapoosa County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Democratic Meeting 1860
  • Through Out East Alabama 1902
  • Throughout East Alabama November 27 1903
  • Throughout East Alabama December 8 1903
  • Throughout East Alabama December 15 1903
• Hosted at the Alexander City Outlook

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Newspapers

• Hosted at Tuscaloosa County, USGenWeb Archives Project
  • Uncle Leroy’s Deer Hunt, Walker, Alabama
• Hosted at Matt Simon’s Projects
  • The Tuskaloosa Gazette Index 1875-1876
• Northport Gazette
• Tuscaloosa News

Walker County, Alabama Newspapers

• Daily Mountain Eagle

Washington County, Alabama Newspapers

• Call News

Wilcox County, Alabama Newspapers