Historic newspapers · Georgia

Georgia historic newspapers: 69,318 free digitised pages

Name: Georgia historic newspapers (Chronicling America)
Creator: Library of Congress
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Georgia in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-07. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.

Titles with the most digitised pages

Newspaper	Years	Pages online
Atlanta Daily World (Atlanta, Georgia)		10,344
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)	1847–1886	8,073
Americus Times-Recorder (Americus, Ga.; [Americus, Ga.?])		7,278
The Morning News (Savannah, Ga.)	1887–1900	4,802
Southern Christian Advocate (Charleston, S.C.)	1837–1948	4,298
Atlanta Georgian (Atlanta, Ga.)	1912–1939	3,680
The Brunswick News (Brunswick, Ga.; [Brunswick, Georgia?])	1906–2016	3,139
The Savannah Tribune (Savannah [Ga.]; Savannah, Ga.)	1876–1960	2,793
Savannah Morning News (Savannah)	1868–1887	2,128
The Dawson News (Dawson, Ga.; Dawson, Georgia)		2,006

Counties

Fulton 26,021 pages
Bibb 12,373 pages
Chatham 12,021 pages
Dallas 8,344 pages
Spalding 8,115 pages
De Soto 8,073 pages
Grenada 8,073 pages
Hinds 8,073 pages
Montgomery 8,073 pages
Shelby 8,073 pages

Cities

Atlanta 26,021 pages
Macon 12,373 pages
Savannah 12,021 pages
Selma 8,344 pages
Griffin 8,115 pages
Grenada 8,073 pages
Hernando 8,073 pages
Jackson 8,073 pages
Memphis 8,073 pages
Montgomery 8,073 pages

By decade

1820 to 1829 51 pages
1830 to 1839 159 pages
1840 to 1849 519 pages
1850 to 1859 1,394 pages
1860 to 1869 3,250 pages
1870 to 1879 3,755 pages
1880 to 1889 6,426 pages
1890 to 1899 6,338 pages
1900 to 1909 10,457 pages
1910 to 1919 15,324 pages
1920 to 1929 7,622 pages
1930 to 1939 3,890 pages
1940 to 1949 4,413 pages
1950 to 1959 4,151 pages
1960 to 1969 1,748 pages

Languages

English 69,318 pages
Cherokee 84 pages

Ethnic press: African American, Indians of North America

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