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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Department of Archives and History maintains the largest collection in the state of microfilmed newspapers.  Newspaper microfilm may be viewed at the library, may be borrowed through interlibrary loan or reels may be purchased. 

Online Databases:

Newspapers on Microfilm Database - This database contains a listing of all microfilmed newspaper holdings by the department and can be searched by county, title or type of newspaper.

Hardbound Newspapers Database - This database contains a listing of their holding of original newspapers and can be searched by county, newspaper title, or type of newspaper.

Contact Information:

Mailing Address:

Alabama Department of Archives and History

PO Box 300100

Montgomery, AL  36130-0100

Physical Address:

624 Washington Avenue

Montgomery, AL  

Website:  http://www.archives.alabama.gov/

Email:  reference@archives.alabama.gov

Telephone: 334-353-4706

Fax:  334-240-3433

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com

has over 16,000,000 newspaper pages currently online and their database continues to grow each month.   These pages are from over 1,000 different newspapers in the U. S., U. K. and Canada, dating back to the 1700's.

The Ancestry.com Historical Newspaper Collection at the time of this writing, includes the following newspapers in Alabama:

The Cullman Democrat (Cullman, Alabama)  1930-1951 

The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Alabama)  1908-1951 

The Southern Immigrant (Cullman, Alabama)  1878-1878 

Ancestry.com also has an Obituary Collection
that currently contains over 9,000,000 obituaries.  At the time of this writing, the Alabama obituaries included are from the following newspapers:

Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, AL)  2003-2007 

Andalusia Star News (Andalusia, AL)  2003-2005 

Anniston Star, The (Anniston, AL)  2003-2007 

Atmore Advance (Atmore, AL)  2003-2007 

Birmingham Times, The (Birmingham, AL)  2005-2005 

Brewton Standard (Brewton, AL)  2004-2005 

Cherokee County Herald (Centre, AL)  2003-2006 

Clanton Advertiser (Clanton, AL)  2003-2007 

Cleburne News, The (Heflin, AL)  2003-2007 

Cullman Times, The (Cullman, AL)  2004-2007 

Daily Home, The (Talladega, AL)  2004-2007 

Daily Mountain Eagle (Jasper, AL)  2004-2004 

Decatur Daily, The (Decatur, AL)  2004-2005 

Demopolis Times (Demopolis, AL)  2003-2005 

Dothan Eagle, The (Dothan, AL)  2003-2005 

Enterprise Ledger (Enterprise, AL)  2004-2004 

Gadsden Times (Gadsden, AL)  2003-2006 

Greenville Advocate (Greenville, AL)  2004-2004 

Hartselle Enquirer (Harselle, AL)  2004-2007 

Jacksonville News (Jacksonville, AL)  2003-2007 

Messenger, The (Troy, AL)  2003-2007 

Mobile Register, The (Mobile, AL)  2004-2007 

Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)  2003-2007 

Opelika-Auburn News (Opelika, AL)  2003-2007 

Pickens County Herald (Carrollton, AL)  2004-2006 

Selma Times-Journal (Selma, AL)  2003-2007 

Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana, AL)  2003-2007 

Shoals Times Daily (Florence, AL)  2004-2007 

Southeast Sun (Enterprise, AL)  2004-2007 

Sumter County Record-Journal (Livingston, AL)  2004-2005 

The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL)  2004-2006 

Times Daily (Florence, AL)  2003-2007 

Tuscaloosa News, The (Tuscaloosa, AL)  2003-2007 

Valley Times-News, The (Lanett, AL)  2003-2003   

If you do not have a current subscription to Ancestry.com, you can use the free trial link:

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WorldVitalRecords.com

WorldVitalRecords.com has recently added small town newspapers to their collection of online databases.  They currently have over 1,000,000 newspaper pages online and will continue to add over 100,000 pages each month.

The WorldVitalRecords.com Small Town Papers Collection, at the time of this writing, includes the following newspapers in Alabama:



Clay News (Clay, Alabama)  

Democrat Reporter (Linden, Alabama)   

Florala News (Florala, Alabama) 

Lamar Democrat and Sulligent News (Vernon, Alabama)

They offer the following subscription packages:

6-Month Package - Six month access to all databases.

Yearly Package - One full year of access to all databases.

Two Year Package - Two full years of full access to all databases, plus one year subscription to the print publication Everton's Genealogical Helper.

Library of Congress

Library of Congress holds one of the largest newspaper collections in the world, comprised not only of the major titles published in all 50 states and territories of the United States, but also of titles from most independent countries and many dependent states that have existed during the past three centuries.  Their collection holds over 9,000 US newspaper titles and over 25,000 non-US newspaper titles on over 500,000 microfilm reels and most are available through interlibrary loan.

Mailing Address:

Serial and Government Publications Division

Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave. SE

Washington, D.C. 20540-4760

Physical Address:

101 Independence Ave. SE

Madison Building, LM-133

Washington, D.C. 20540-4760

Website:  http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/lcnewsp.html

Telephone:  202-707-5691

Fax:  202-707-6128