Georgia Newspapers

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Online Resources

 * Georgia Online Historical Newspapers
 * Georgia Newspapers ($)
 * Chronicling America - Georgia Newspapers
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia, index.
 * Georgia Newspaper Archives (1763–2003), Genealogy Bank, index

History
The first Georgia newspaper was the Georgia Gazette published in Savannah beginning in 1763.

Resources for Georgia Newspapers
The Digital Library of Georgia Sharing Georgia's History and Culture Online: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers (the South Georgia database is the largest)

Libraries and Archives

 * The Family History Library, the Georgia Department of Archives and History, and the Georgia Historical Society have an every-name index of Savannah newspapers from 1836 to 1845 An index to deaths and marriages from 1763 to 1845 is also available. See . The Georgia Department of Archives and History is preparing similar indexes for some Augusta and Milledgeville newspapers.


 * The Family History Library has a film copy of the vital records card file at the Jacksonville Florida Family History Center This file has names found in newspapers of North Florida and South Georgia for the years 1895 to 1945.


 * A guide to the extensive collections of newspapers at the libraries of the University of Georgia is Georgia Newspapers on Microfilm at the UGA Libraries (N.p.: 1978) ).


 * To accesss newspaper records available through the Family History Library, use the Place-name Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:


 * GEORGIA - NEWSPAPERS
 * GEORGIA, [COUNTY] - NEWSPAPERS
 * GEORGIA, [COUNTY], [CITY] - NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper Directory
The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

Digital Issues Online
The Digital Library of Georgia has several Historic Newspapers online.

Web Sites

 * Milledgeville Historic Newspapersis a free searchable site for Georgia newspapers.
 * Georgia Newspapers from 50 States.com