{"id":9302,"date":"2025-04-18T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9302"},"modified":"2025-04-18T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:55:11","slug":"georgia-historic-newspapers-update-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9302","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Spring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053288\/1970-04-16\/ed-1\/seq-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9308\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ludowici-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the Ludowici news., April 16, 1970\" width=\"507\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ludowici-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ludowici-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ludowici-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ludowici.jpg 1482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past winter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dlg.usg.edu\/\">Digital Library of Georgia<\/a> released several new grant-funded newspapers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/\">Georgia Historic Newspapers<\/a> website. Included below is a list of newly available titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Burke County Genealogical Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053843\/\"><em>Millen News<\/em>, 1903-04, 1932, 1942<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053289\/\"><em>True Citizen <\/em>(Waynesboro), 1926-1959<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Georgia Public Library Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053102\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053102\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Brantley Countian<\/em> (Nahunta), 1925-1926<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk566189\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053103\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053103\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Brantley Enterprise<\/em> (Nahunta), 1927-1973<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink x_elementToProof\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053036\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Defender<\/em> (Fort Gaines), 1918<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk100318\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053040\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Fort Gaines Sentinel<\/em>, 1902-1911<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053038\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Fort Gaines Tribune<\/em>, 1883<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2025239493\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2025239493\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Heard County Citizen<\/em> (Franklin), 1906-1907<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk579600\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053288\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053288\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"10\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Ludowici News<\/em>, 1939-1970<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053101\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Nahunta Banner<\/em>, 1921-1925<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053282\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"9\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>News and Banner<\/em> (Franklin), 1894-1954<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk393927\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn82014817\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn82014817\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Soperton News<\/em>, 1919-1971<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk933976\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053039\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053039\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Southwest Georgian<\/em> (Fort Gaines), 1912-1929<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk621300\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053029\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>Weekly Chronicle<\/em> (Fort Gaines), 1891<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles digitized in partnership with Kennesaw State University Museums, Archives and Rare Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn61311684\/\"><em>Southern Voice<\/em> (Atlanta), 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Lucy Hilton Maddox Memorial Library Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn85034007\/\"><em>Early County News<\/em> (Blakely), 1985-1990<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Title funded by the National Digital Newspaper Program with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn82015425\/\"><em>Atlanta Daily World<\/em>, 1940-1954<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the University of Georgia Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052355\/\"><em>124th Infantry Alligator<\/em> (Fort Benning), 1942<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053936\/\"><em>Elberton Star,<\/em> 1893<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2014233618\/\"><em>Regimental Mirror<\/em> (Fort Benning), 1944<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles made available as part of UGA&#8217;s Libraries Digital Newspaper Preservation Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2008233466\/\"><em>Advance<\/em> (Vidalia), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239337\/\"><em>Atlanta Intown<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052391\/\"><em>Banks County News<\/em> (Homer), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2021241459\/\"><em>Barrow News-Journal<\/em> (Winder), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2014233574\/\"><em>Braselton News<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239316\/\"><em>Brookhaven Reporter,<\/em> 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239315\/\"><em>Buckhead Reporter<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/00211074\/\"><em>Champion<\/em> (Decatur), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239335\/\"><em>Dawson County News<\/em> (Dawsonville), 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239319\/\"><em>Dunwoody Reporter<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239339\/\"><em>Fayette County News<\/em> (Thomaston), 2023-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn94029049\/\"><em>Flagpole<\/em> (Athens) 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn84007709\/\"><em>Forsyth County News<\/em> (Cumming), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053115\/\"><em>Georgia Post<\/em> (Knoxville) 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053224\/\"><em>Herald-Gazette<\/em> (Barnesville), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053164\/\"><em>Herald-Journal<\/em> (Greensboro), 2015-2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052427\/\"><em>Islander<\/em> (St. Simons Island), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053140\/\"><em>Jackson Herald<\/em> (Jefferson), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239313\/\"><em>Jenkins County Times<\/em> (Millen), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054072\/\"><em>Lee County Ledger<\/em> (Leesburg), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn91074158\/\"><em>Madison County Journal<\/em> (Hull), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053843\/\"><em>Millen News<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053682\/\"><em>Monroe County Reporter<\/em> (Forsyth), 2023-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053277\/\"><em>Monticello News<\/em>, 2022-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn85027057\/\"><i>Oglethorpe Echo <\/i>(Watkinsville), 2014-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053667\/issues\/2013\/\"><em>Oconee Enterprise<\/em> (Watkinsville), 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053221\/\"><em>Pickens County Progress<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053260\/\"><em>Pike County Journal and Reporter<\/em> (Zebulon), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239320\/\"><em>Sandy Springs Reporter<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn95003657\/\"><em> Savannah Tribune<\/em> (Savannah), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239322\/\">StarNews (Carrollton), 2013-2019, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239314\/\">Sylvania Times. (Sylvania) 2012-2013, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054051\/\"><em>Taylor County News and the Butler Herald<\/em>, 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053622\/\"><em>Times<\/em> (Gainesville), 2020-2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2004213143\/\"><em>Tribune &amp; Georgian<\/em> (St. Mary&#8217;s), 2018-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053289\/\"><em>True Citizen<\/em> (Waynesboro), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053488\/\"><em>Walker County Messenger<\/em> (LaFayette), 2015-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054146\/\"><em>Wiregrass Farmer<\/em> (Ashburn), 2005-2007, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past winter, the Digital Library of Georgia released several new grant-funded newspapers to the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. Included below is a list of newly available titles. Titles funded by the Burke County Genealogical Society Millen News, 1903-04, 1932, 1942 True Citizen (Waynesboro), 1926-1959 Titles funded by the Georgia Public Library Service Brantley Countian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Spring 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[588,682,518,279,296,1284,399,409,414,16],"class_list":["post-9302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dlg-collections","tag-african-american-newspapers","tag-black-newspapers","tag-georgia-historic-newspapers","tag-gpls","tag-lgbt","tag-military-newspapers","tag-national-endowment-for-the-humanities","tag-ndnp","tag-newspaper-releases","tag-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9302"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9326,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}