Florence-Lauderdale Public Library

Lauderdale County (1826–)

American Democrat (a Know-Nothing paper) Two extant issues. September 11th and 18th , 1856.

Florence Banner. *

1883 – 1890
1892.

Flor-Ala. (Florence Normal/Florence State/UNA paper) 1931– *

Florence Appeal. August, 1896.

Florence Democrat. 1899 – 1900. **

Florence Enquirer. March 23, 1840 – March 31, 1847. Scattered issues.

Florence Evening Bulletin. February – May, 1901. *

Florence Gazette (Florence’s first paper, founded in 1818). **

1825 (one issue)
1827 (one issue)
1855 (two issues)
October, 1858 – April, 1863. Scattered issues.

Florence Gazette.

1875.
March 6, 1878 – Dec. 25, 1880.

Florence Gazette. Jan. 5, 1893 – Dec. 26, 1895. **

Florence Herald (formerly the Florence Wave). June 22, 1889 – April 24, 1975. **

Florence Herald-Picture. April 24, 1975 – Feb. 17, 1982. *

Florence Journal. 1865 – March 29, 1871. **

Florence Standard-Journal. June 29, 1897 – October 7, 1898.

Florence Times/Florence Times-News/Tri-Cities Daily/Times Daily. This paper began in June of 1890.

July 4, 1890 – present

Florence Times-Journal. February 26, 1873 – October 7, 1874. **

Florence Tribune. January 4, 1934 – November 15, 1934.

Florence Wave. 1886 – June, 1889. *

Lauderdale Journal. October 23, 1896 – January 22, 1897.

Lauderdale News. December, 1879 – November, 1883. Incomplete issues. *

Lauderdale Times. April 11, 1871 – November 19, 1872.**

North Alabama Farm and Home (Florence). April 6, 1875. Only known issue.

Florence North Star. February – December, 1884. *

Rogersville News . July, 1919 – 1920. *

Times and Journal. November 27, 1872 – February 19, 1873. **

The Watcher. (Florence African-American). August, 1888 – May, 1889. *

Waterloo Tribune. February, 25 – October 8, 1897.

* Available only at Collier Library on the UNA Campus
**Available at Public Library and Collier.

Note: Reference keeps the paper copies of the Times Daily until we get the microfilm. We normally get the current month on microfilm two/three months later. We also have published obituary indices for the Florence Times, 1890 – 1947; Times Daily, 1985 – 1987, 1989 – 1997; Florence Herald, 1919, 1955 – 1968. This is a work in progress. Many of these indices are also on Pat Mahan’s Lauderdale County Genealogy site. She also coordinates the Colbert County site, which is linked to Lauderdale.

Colbert County (1872-1969)
Note: Colbert was a part of Franklin County until 1867, at which time it became a separate county.

Alabamian Dispatch (Tusc.)

August 1, 1907 – December 29, 1916
January 23 – December 26, 1918
January 2, 1920 – December 25, 1924

American Star (African-Amer. Tusc.)

January 9, 1901 – December 15, 1907
January, 1908 – December, 1912

The Clarion! (Tusc.) March 21, 1885 – December 30, 1886.

Colbert County Banner (Tusc.) March 21, 1895 – June 13, 1896.

Colbert County Reporter (Tusc.) 1911 – 1969. Some issues and years missing.

The Leighton News.

February, 1894 – December 31, 1897 (Note: in book format)
January 1, 1913 – December 25, 1915

The Muscle Shoals Advertiser. February 13, 1942 – December 29, 1944.

North Alabamian (Tusc.)

April 4, 1872 – December 25, 1873
January 6, 1876 – July 24, 1907

The Reaper (Sheff.) January 19, 1901 – December 24, 1904.

Sheffield Daily Enterprise. 1885-1886.

Sheffield Enterprise.

January – December, 1889
January, 1891 – June 15, 1893.

Sheffield Reaper.

March 9, 1891 – December 31, 1892
May 18, 1905 – December 20, 1906
January 2, 1908 – December 24, 1909
January 6, 1911 – November 15, 1912
January 8, 1915 – December 3, 1915

Sheffield Record. January 8 – December 3, 1898.

Sheffield Standard.

November 11, 1893 – December 24, 1896
December 10, 1898 – December 22, 1916
January 2, 1920 – May 26, 1939

Sheffield Times. March 14 – October 10, 1891.

Standard and Times (Sheff.) 1934-1936.

Tuscumbia Democrat. March 27, 1879 – February 15, 1883.

Tuscumbia Dispatch. January 1, 1903 – July 20, 1907.

Tuscumbia Times. January 1, 1925 – May 26, 1939.

Weekly Dispatch (Tusc.)

October 19, 1886 – December 17, 1889
June 20, 1896 – December 29, 1898
May 25, 1899 – December 25, 1902

West Colbert News (Cherokee). 1915-1916. One roll.**

Franklin County, Alabama (1824-1866)
Note: Colbert split from Franklin in 1867.

Franklin Chronicle (Tusc.) April – July 16, 1829.

Franklin County Times (Russ.) June 7, 1915 – February 3, 1920.

Franklin Times (Russ.) September 22, 1899 – February 24, 1914.

North Alabamian (Tusc.) December, 1836 – May 11, 1866. Incomplete, scattered issues.

The Tuscumbian. September 8, 1824 – January 27, 1827.

The Tuscumbia Enquirer. October 27, 1852 – October 17, 1855. Scattered, incomplete issues.

The Tuscumbia Patriot May 26 – August 18, 1827. Incomplete, scattered issues.

Lawrence County, Alabama (1858-1922)
Note: We have book abstracts of marriages and obituaries from the Moulton papers from 1855–1905.

Moulton Advertiser. January 6, 1871 – December 24, 1922.

Moulton Democrat. January 20, 1855 – December 4, 1858. Incomplete issues.

Limestone County, Alabama (1867-1900)

Note: We have book abstracts of death notices and obituaries for the Weekly Post for 1869 and other Limestone papers for 1828 – 1891.

Athens Array. November 3, 1899 – November 9, 1900.

Athens Weekly Post. February 21, 1867 – December 12, 1868

Morgan County (1899-1918)

Decatur Weekly News. Incomplete issues.

October 6, 1899 – December 30, 1904
May 5, 1906 – March 6, 1909
January 7, 1915 – May 2, 1918

Wayne County, Tennessee (1880-1895)

Clifton Enterprise.

December 20, 1894
January 1, 1893
May 2, 1895

Clifton Mirror. Incomplete issues.

October 27, 1904 – October 22, 1908
May 6, 1910 – May 22, 1910
August 19, 1910 – April 5, 1912
April 19, 1912
May 10, 1912
August 16, 1912

Clifton Times.

May 29, 1890
July 3, 1890
March 16, 1893

Collinwood Pilot. May 11, 1916.

The Wayne Countian. (Waynesboro).

April 7, 1916
June 22, 1917
May 20, 1920
June 10, 1921
July 1, 1921
July 8, 1921
June 23, 1922
January 5, 1923 – December 30, 1927

Wayne Citizen (Clifton). December 23, 1880. One extant issue.

Wayne County Citizen. (Clifton) November 2, 1876. One extant issue.

The Wayne County News.

October 6, 1933
February 2, 1945
February 19, 1945
February 23, 1945

The Waynesboro Citizen.

July 19, 1906
September 26, 1907

The Waynesboro Tribune.

January 21, 1897
February 4, 1897
April 22, 1897
September 23, 1897

Lawrence County, Tennessee (1846-1935)
Note: We also have published transcriptions of obituaries from the Lawrenceburg Democrat-Union for 1975 – 1994, and for the Democrat-Union and the Lawrence County Advocate for the years 1995 – 2002. 976.842 CRO and 976.842 PIC.

The Academist (Lawrenceburg).