Georgia Historic Newspaper Update – Spring 2018

The Digital Library of Georgia has added several new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website in 2018. Included below are a list of the most recent additions.

Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State, 1789-1806

Augusta Herald, 1799-1821

Augusta Washingtonian, 1843-1845

Daily Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta), 1840-1859

Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1847-1851

Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1856-1859

Georgia State Gazette, or, Independent Register (Augusta), 1786-1789

Houston Home Journal (Perry), 1991-1993

Lyons Progress, 1905-1924

Mirror of the Times (Augusta), 1808-1814

Southern Centinel, and Gazette of the State, 1795-1796

Tri-Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel, 1839-1851, 1872-1875

Tri-Weekly Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1850-1867

Tri-Weekly Republic (Augusta), 1849-1851

Toombs County Local (Vidalia), 1911

Washingtonian, or Total Abstinence Advocate (Augusta), 1842-1843

Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta), 1838-1857

Weekly Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1856-1863

Weekly Georgia Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1851

Weekly Georgia Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1851-1855

Weekly State Rights’ Sentinel (Augusta), 1836

 

The DLG has also added several previously digitized newspaper titles to the GHN website, including:

Advertiser (Brunswick), 1875

Advertiser and Appeal (Brunswick), 1882-1886

Albany Weekly Herald, 1892-1901

Albany Patriot, 1845-1866

Bainbridge Democrat, 1881-1909

Bainbridge Weekly Democrat, 1872-1876

Brunswick Advertiser, 1875-1881

Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal, 1881

Cuthbert Appeal, 1867-1884

Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal, 1884-1888

Post-Search Light (Bainbridge), 1903-1913

Red and Black (Athens), 1994-2006

Search Light (Bainbridge), 1901-1903

Tifton Gazette, 1892-1919

Tri-Weekly Sumter Republican (Americus), 1866-1867

Vienna News, 1902-1918

Waycross Evening Herald, 1911

Waycross Weekly Herald, 1894-1902

Waycross Weekly Herald, 1908-1910

Weekly Advertiser-Appeal (Brunswick), 1888

Weekly Sumter Republican (Americus), 1870-1885

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Most Popular Newspapers in GHN for 2018

During 2018 and 2019, we’ll be incorporating all our newspaper content into a single newspaper portal, Georgia Historic Newspapers. Check out the most popular newspaper titles in GHN for 2018 thus far.

  1. Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994: 23,886 pageviews
  2. Walker County messenger. (LaFayette, Ga.): 21,485 pageviews
  3. Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-196218,945 pageviews
  4. Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912: 16,890 pageviews
  5. Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872 12,506 pageviews
  6. Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-: 12,312 pageviews
  7. Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-184710,261 pageviews
  8. The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957: 9,146 pageviews
  9. Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current: 7,702 pageviews
  10. sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907: 8,383 pageviews

The two most popular issues so far in 2018 have been the August 3, 1864 issue of the Southern Recorder followed by the September 16, 1880 issue of the Walker County Messenger.

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