Newspapers tend to change names, publishers, stop publishing, or merge over time. It is difficult to navigate through references, trying to locate the name or year of a newspaper required for research. This page attempts to lay out the newspaper "families" as a help to researchers.
Changes in the titles of these newspapers do not always correspond to locations either on a reel, in the library, or an alternate format; please consult the master list for notes on locations or formats available.
Mobile Daily Register (AL)
Feb 17, 1859-June 29, 1860
Mobile Advertiser and Register (AL)
June 7-Oct 31, 1861; Jan 18, 1862- June 6, 1863
Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register (AL)
June 9, 1863-May 26, 1864
Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, NC)
April 9, 1857-April 29, 1858
Daily Herald (Wilmington, NC)
May 10, 1859-July 16, 1860
Daily Free Trader (Natchez, MS)
Feb 2-6, 1858
Natchez Daily Free Trader (MS)
Feb 1859- Sept 28, 1860
Memphis Daily Avalanche (TN)
1861-1862(holdings incomplete); Jan-March 4, 1866
Daily Memphis Avalanche (TN)
March 6-Nov 2, 1866
These two papers are related but neither merge nor follow each other.
Memphis Weekly Appeal (TN)
1858; Dec 21, 1859-Dec 5, 1860
Memphis Daily Appeal (TN)
1857-1866 (holdings incomplete)