Mississippi is one of the states that does not have a central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and Mississippi has most of its online newspapers available on that site. Mississippi also has additional newspapers from other websites. Some are free and many require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
There are over 1,500 newspapers that have been published in the Magnolia State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Mississippi ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. .
(Updated June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Mississippi
Google News Archive
County and Library Collections:
Coahoma County
Carnegie Public Library
Wayne County
Waynesboro Wayne County Library System (in library only)
Student Collections:
Alcorn State University - Lorman Delta State University- Cleveland East Mississippi Community College - Scooba Hinds Junior College - Raymond Jackson State University - Jackson Millsaps College - Jackson Mississippi College - Clinton Mississippi Delta Community College - Moorhead Mississippi State University - Starkville Northeast Mississippi Community College - Booneville Southwest Mississippi Community College - Summit University Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg University of Mississippi - Oxford
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Southern Miss History Digital Collection
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1941
Independent Voices - Alternative Press
Old Fulton Postcards
Small Town Papers
Southern School News Archive
The Olden Times - Mississippi
Newspaper Abstracts - Mississippi
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Biloxi Holly Springs Jackson Natchez Vicksburg
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 19 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Mississippi Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 273 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Mississippi Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 27 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Mississippi
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 344 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Mississippi
And Finally:
You also need to check out the Mississippi Department of Archives and History site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to newspaper projects.
Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
There are over 1,500 newspapers that have been published in the Magnolia State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Mississippi ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. .
(Updated June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Mississippi
- Aberdeen, 1842-1848 - Mississippi advertiser.
- Aberdeen, Miss, 1848-1853 - The weekly independent.
- Aberdeen, Miss., 1854-1860 - Weekly conservative.
- Aberdeen, Miss., 1856-18?? - Sunny South.
- Aberdeen, Miss., 1866-current - The Aberdeen examiner.
- Aberdeen, Miss., 1878-1933 - The Aberdeen weekly.
- Bay Saint Louis, Miss., 1892-current - The Sea coast echo.
- Biloxi, Miss., 1895-19?? - The grander age.
- Brookhaven, Miss., 1875-1883 - The Brookhaven ledger.
- Brookhaven, Miss., 1883-1891 - The Brookhaven leader.
- Brookhaven, Miss., 1895-1905 - The Leader.
- Brookhaven, Miss., 1905-1941 - The Semi-weekly leader.
- Canton, Miss., 18??-1837 - Canton herald and Mississippi intelligencer.
- Canton, Miss., 18??-1882 - The Canton mail.
- Canton, Miss., 1837-1839 - Canton herald.
- Canton, Miss., 1839-1841 - Madison Whig advocate.
- Canton, Miss., 1841-1851 - The Mississippi Creole.
- Canton, Miss., 1842-1844 - Independent Democrat.
- Canton, Miss., 1850-1855 - The Madisonian.
- Canton, Miss., 1851-1863 - American citizen.
- Canton, Miss., 1863-1864 - The tri-weekly citizen.
- Canton, Miss., 1864-1890 - American citizen.
- Canton, Miss., 1893-1906 - The Canton times.
- Canton, Miss., 1894-19?? - The weekly picket.
- Carrollton, Miss., 18??-18?? - The Carrollton Democrat.
- Carrollton, Miss., 1840-1842 - Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser.
- Carrollton, Miss., 1843-1843 - The hornet.
- Carrollton, Miss., 1844-18?? - Mississippi Democrat.
- Carrollton, Miss., 1844-1845 - Western statesman.
- Carrollton, Miss., 1845-1846 - The Whig creed.
- Clinton, Miss., 1838-1839 - Southern marksman.
- Clinton, Miss., 1885-1888 - Sword and shield.
- Columbus, Miss., 1???-19?? - The Columbus dispatch.
- Columbus, Miss., 18??-18?? - Columbus Democrat.
- Columbus, Miss., 18??-1852 - The primitive Republican.
- Columbus, Miss., 1834-1842 - Southern Argus.
- Columbus, Miss., 1842-1843 - The Democratic Whig.
- Columbus, Miss., 1843-18?? - Columbus Whig.
- Columbus, Miss., 1851-1856 - Southern standard.
- Columbus, Miss., 1865-18?? - Mississippi index.
- Columbus, Miss., 1869-1893 - Columbus index.
- Columbus, Miss., 1875-1883 - The patron of husbandry.
- Columbus, Miss., 1893-1922 - The Columbus commercial.
- Columbus, Miss., 19??-1922 - The Columbus dispatch.
- Columbus, Miss., 1902-1905 - The Columbus weekly dispatch.
- Columbus, Miss., 1905-1908 - The Columbus dispatch.
- Columbus, Miss., 1908-19?? - The Columbus weekly dispatch.
- Corinth Miss., 1863-1863 - Corinth chanticleer.
- Corinth, Miss., 1862-186? - The Corinth war eagle.
- Corinth, Miss., 1894-19?? - The Weekly Corinthian.
- Corinth, Miss., 1895-current - The Daily Corinthian.
- DeKalb, Miss., 1898-1908 - The Southern star.
- Ellisville, Jones, Miss., 1881-1891 - The Alliance eagle.
- Ellisville, Miss., 1888-1905 - The New South.
- Ellisville, Miss., 1905-1909 - The new South-news.
- Ellisville, Miss., 1909-1924 - The Jones County news.
- Fayette, Miss., 1861-1862 - The Gazette.
- Goodman, Miss., 1866-18?? - The national star. [volume]
- Grand Gulf, Miss., 1834-1839 - Grand Gulf advertiser.
- Greensboro, Choctaw, Miss., 18??-18?? - The Southern motive.
- Greenville, Miss., 1868-1917 - The Greenville times.
- Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss., 1916-1919 - The daily commonwealth.
- Greenwood, Miss., 1896-1923 - The commonwealth.
- Greenwood, Miss., 1919-1926 - Greenwood daily commonwealth.
- Grenada, Miss., 1868-1955 - The Grenada sentinel.
- Grenada, Miss., 1885-18?? - The Grenada gazette.
- Handsboro, Miss., 1858-1878 - The Handsboro Democrat.
- Hattiesburg, Miss., 18??-1909 - Hattiesburg daily progress.
- Hattiesburg, Miss., 1907-1908 - Hattiesburg daily news.
- Hattiesburg, Miss., 1908-1917 - The Hattiesburg news.
- Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., 1869-1876 - The Copiahan. [volume]
- Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., 1876-1885 - The weekly Copiahan. [volume]
- Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., 1885-1888 - Signal-Copiahan.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1860-1861 - Copiah County news.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1865-186? - The weekly Copiahan.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1875-1??? - Mississippi Democrat.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1882-1883 - The Copiah signal.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1883-1885 - The Hazlehurst signal.
- Hazlehurst, Miss., 1888-1899 - Copiah signal.
- Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss., 1898-1970 - Times-promoter.
- Hernando, Miss., 1879-1898 - DeSoto times.
- Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., 1853-18?? - The Mississippi times.
- Holly Springs, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1839-1840 - Holly Springs banner.
- Holly Springs, Misp. [i.e. Miss.], 1841-18?? - Holly Springs gazette.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1838-1839 - Marshall County Republican and free trade advocate.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1839-18?? - Marshall County Republican.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1839-1839 - The Southern banner.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1840-1841 - Conservative, and Holly Springs banner.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1841-1841 - Southern banner.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1842-1846 - The guard.
- Holly Springs, Miss., 1851-1852 - Mississippi palladium.
- Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss., 18??-18?? - Southern patriot.
- Houston, Miss., 1914-19?? - The hummer.
- Jackson, Miss., 185?-18?? - Weekly flag of the Union.
- Jackson, Miss., 1850-18?? - Flag of the Union.
- Jackson, Miss., 1859-1864 - The weekly Mississippian.
- Jackson, Miss., 1863-1882 - The weekly clarion.
- Jackson, Miss., 1866-1866 - Daily clarion and standard.
- Jackson, Miss., 1866-1866 - Daily Mississippi clarion and standard.
- Jackson, Miss., 1866-1866 - The daily Mississippi clarion.
- Jackson, Miss., 1866-1888 - The Daily clarion.
- Jackson, Miss., 1873-1??? - The farmers' vindicator.
- Jackson, Miss., 1877-1882 - The comet.
- Jackson, Miss., 1883-1888 - The clarion.
- Jackson, Miss., 1892-1895 - Mississippi leader.
- Jackson, Miss., 1894-1??? - Kate Power's review.
- Jackson, Miss., 1907-1909 - The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home.
- Kilmichael, Miss., 19??-19?? - The New Mississippi Socialist.
- Kosciusko, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1844-18?? - Central journal.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 18??-1898 - The Kosciusko star.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1838-1839 - Spirit of Kosciusko.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1839-18?? - Central register.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1843-1844 - Attala register.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1844-1844 - Jeffersonian Democrat.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1844-1845 - Jeffersonian.
- Kosciusko, Miss., 1846-1872 - Kosciusko chronicle.
- Lexington, Miss., 18??-18?? - The Lexington advertiser. [volume]
- Lexington, Miss., 1838-18?? - Lexington union.
- Lexington, Miss., 1838-187? - Lexington advertiser.
- Lexington, Miss., 1840-18?? - Whig Republican.
- Lexington, Miss., 187?-18?? - The advertiser. [volume]
- Lexington, Miss., 1902-1903 - The Progress-advertiser.
- Lexington, Miss., 1904-1985 - The Lexington advertiser.
- Lexington, Miss., 1906-1906 - The Holmes County times.
- Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1838-1840 - Piney Woods planter.
- Liberty, Miss., 1835-1866 - Liberty advocate.
- Liberty, Miss., 1838-1838 - Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector.
- Liberty, Miss., 1866-current - The Southern herald.
- Louisville, Miss., 1842-1843 - Louisville messenger.
- Macon, Miss., 1838-1840 - Macon intelligencer.
- Macon, Miss., 1841-1842 - Macon herald.
- Macon, Miss., 1848-1849 - The Noxubee rifle.
- Macon, Miss., 1849-1859 - Union beacon.
- Macon, Miss., 1859-1995 - Macon beacon.
- Magnolia, Miss., 1872-current - The Magnolia gazette.
- Memphis, Tenn., 1847-1886 - Memphis daily appeal.
- Meridian, Miss., 1863-1866 - The daily clarion.
- Monticello, Miss., 1837-18?? - The Pearl River banner.
- Ocean Springs, Miss., 1???-1905 - The progress.
- Ocean Springs, Miss., 1905-1905 - The Ocean Springs progress.
- Okolona, Miss., 18??-1??? - The people's messenger.
- Okolona, Miss., 1851-1875 - The prairie news.
- Okolona, Miss., 1880-1900 - The Chickasaw messenger.
- Okolona, Miss., 1900-current - Okolona messenger.
- Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss., 1876-current - Oxford eagle.
- Oxford, Miss., 1845-18?? - The organizer.
- Oxford, Miss., 1856-18?? - The Oxford signal.
- Oxford, Miss., 1860-18?? - The Oxford intelligencer.
- Oxford, Miss., 1865-18?? - The Oxford falcon.
- Panola Panola County, Miss., 1856-1857 - The Panola star.
- Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1845-1845 - The lynx.
- Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1845-1846 - The Panola lynx.
- Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.], 1846-1846 - The Panola Miss. lynx.
- Panola, Miss., 1846-18?? - The Mississippi lynx.
- Panola, Miss., 1856-1856 - The Southern star.
- Panola, Miss., 1857-1881 - The weekly Panola star.
- Pascagoula, Miss., 1873-1878 - The star of Pascagoula.
- Pascagoula, Miss., 1878-1920 - The Pascagoula democrat-star.
- Pascagoula, Miss., 1905-1920 - The Pascagoula chronicle.
- Pascagoula, Miss., 1920-1941 - The chronicle-star.
- Pass Christian, Miss., 18??-1??? - The coast beacon.
- Paulding, Miss., 1837-1863 - The eastern clarion.
- Paulding, Miss., 1845-18?? - True Democrat.
- Philadelphia, Miss., 1881-current - The Neshoba Democrat.
- Ponola [sic] Panola, Miss., 1843-1844 - The Weekly register.
- Ponola [sic], Miss., 1843-1843 - Ponola [sic] weekly register.
- Pontotoc, Miss., 1841-1842 - The Spirit of the times.
- Pontotoc, Miss., 1842-18?? - Southern tribune.
- Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss., 1848-18?? - The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1824-1833 - The Port-Gibson correspondent, and Mississippi general advertiser.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1833-1848 - The Port-Gibson correspondent.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1842-1848 - Port-Gibson herald.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 185?-1857 - The Port Gibson reveille.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1851-185? - Southern reveille.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1858-18?? - Daily southern reveille.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1865-1867 - The weekly standard.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1876-1890 - The Southern reveille.
- Port Gibson, Miss., 1890-current - The Port Gibson reveille.
- Ripley, Miss., 1837-18?? - The Ripley transcript.
- Ripley, Miss., 1843-1897 - The Ripley advertiser.
- Rodney, Miss., 1834-1838 - Southern telegraph.
- Rodney, Miss., 1838-1840 - The Rodney telegraph.
- Sardis, Miss., 1871-1872 - The daily Panola star.
- Sardis, Miss., 1882-18?? - The Panola weekly star.
- Scooba, Miss., 1875-1908 - The Kemper herald.
- Starkville, Miss., 1870-18?? - East Mississippi times.
- Starkville, Miss., 19??-1926 - East Mississippi times.
- Starkville, Miss., 1902-1960 - The Starkville news.
- Starkville, Miss., 1895-1909 - The Southern farm gazette.
- Starkville, Miss., 1910-1920 - The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette.
- Tupelo, Miss., 1876-1924 - The Tupelo journal.
- Vicksburg, Miss., 1864-1867 - The Vicksburg weekly herald.
- Vicksburg, Miss., 1868-1883 - Vicksburg weekly herald.
- Vicksburg, Miss., 1884-18?? - Weekly commercial herald.
- Vicksburg, Miss., 1898-19?? - The golden rule.
- Winona, Miss., 18??-1??? - New farmer.
- Woodville, Miss., 1832-1832 - Southern planter.
- Woodville, Miss., 1833-1844 - Woodville Republican.
- Woodville, Miss., 1844-1847 - The Republican.
- Woodville, Miss., 1847-1853 - The Woodville Republican.
- Woodville, Miss., 185?-current - Woodville Republican.
- Woodville, Miss., 1853-18?? - The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 18??-1855 - The Yazoo City weekly Whig.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 183?-1840 - The Yazoo City Whig and political register.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1839-18?? - State rights and democratic union.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1840-1842 - The Yazoo Whig and political register.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1842-1844 - The Yazoo City Whig and political register.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1844-18?? - The Yazoo Democrat.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1855-18?? - The weekly American banner.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1858-18?? - The Yazoo Democrat.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1878-1916 - The Yazoo sentinel.
- Yazoo City, Miss., 1878-1976 - Yazoo City herald.
- Yazoo, Miss., 1844-1851 - The Yazoo City Whig.
Google News Archive
- Lexington - Holmes County Herald
- Liberty - Southern Herald
- Natchez - Natchez News Leader
- Wiggins - Stone County Enterprise
- Woodville - Woodville Republican
County and Library Collections:
Coahoma County
Carnegie Public Library
- Clarksdale Blues Star
- Clarksdale Challenge
- Clarksdale Daily Press
- Clarksdale Daily Press Register
- Clarksdale Daily Register
- Clarksdale Daily Register and Daily News
- Clarksdale Press Register
- Clarksdale Register
- Clarksdale Register and Daily News
- Coahoma County Board of Supervisors Minutes
- Coahoma County Land Assessment
- Coahomian
- Coahoma Living
- Census
- Daily Clarion Ledger
- Daily Democrat Times
- Daily Register
- Delta Register
- Early Pioneers and Leaders
- Estates Decedents
- Fort Adams Item
- Friars Point Coahomian
- Friars Point Delta
- Friars Point Gazette
- Friars Point Weekly Delta
- Gainesville Advocate
- Marriage Records Blacks
- Marriage Records Blacks and Whites
- Marriage Records White
- Mayor Court Docket
- McInnis Porter
- McInnis Porter McNeil Nowell Funeral Home Records
- McNeil Nowell Funeral Home Records
- Minutes Board of Supervisors
- Mississippi Death Certificate
- Natchez Democrat
- New Coahomian
- News Register
- Nowell Funeral Home Records
- Will Record
- Women Voter
- Profile
- Scrapbooks and Weddings Anniversaries
Wayne County
Waynesboro Wayne County Library System (in library only)
- Dixie Press
- Jasper County News
- Jasper County Review
- Newton County Index
- Newton Dispatch
- Newton Free Press
- Newton Weekly Ledger
- The Wayne County News
- Wayne County News
- Wayne County Observer
- Waynesboro Beacon
- Weekly Aurora
Student Collections:
Alcorn State University - Lorman Delta State University- Cleveland East Mississippi Community College - Scooba Hinds Junior College - Raymond Jackson State University - Jackson Millsaps College - Jackson Mississippi College - Clinton Mississippi Delta Community College - Moorhead Mississippi State University - Starkville Northeast Mississippi Community College - Booneville Southwest Mississippi Community College - Summit University Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg University of Mississippi - Oxford
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Southern Miss History Digital Collection
- The Reveille
- Vardaman's Weekly
- Teachers College News
- Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad News
- New Standard Newspaper
- The Golden Age Newspaper
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1941
- Ashland - Schoonmaker Herald (Company 489)
- Batesville - Camp Conner Crier (Company 473)
- Brookhaven - Camp Chitto News (Company 471)
- Canton - [Question Marks] (Company 4428)
- Morton - Camp Delano News (Company 4444)
- Newton - Camp Tallahalla News (Company 479)
- Oxford - Bullet (Company 481)
- Oxford - Camp Parks Crier (Company 473)
- Oxford - Eyes Of The Woods (Company 464)
- Potts Camp - Dixie Doxey (Company 486)
- Tupelo - John Rankin News (Company 482)
- Vicksburg - Coupla Camps Courier (Company 474)
- Vicksburg - Monthly Review (Company 474)
- Vicksburg - Pick & Shovel (Company 474)
- Vicksburg - Tri-Co Echo (Company 474)
Independent Voices - Alternative Press
Old Fulton Postcards
Small Town Papers
- Holmes County Herald Lexington, Mississippi
- The Southern Herald Liberty, Mississippi
- Stone County Enterprise Wiggins, Mississippi
- The Woodville Republican Woodville, Mississippi
Southern School News Archive
The Olden Times - Mississippi
Newspaper Abstracts - Mississippi
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Biloxi Holly Springs Jackson Natchez Vicksburg
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 19 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Mississippi Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 273 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Mississippi Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 27 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Mississippi
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 344 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Mississippi
And Finally:
You also need to check out the Mississippi Department of Archives and History site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to newspaper projects.
Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
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