Historic:
Georgia Historic Newspapers provides online access to eleven newspaper titles published in Milledgeville from 1808 to 1920. Consisting of over 49,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. Because Milledgeville served as the state capital from 1804 to 1868, during the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods in the state's history, the site will provide researchers with particular historical insight into Georgia politics during the nineteenth century.
1808 The Milledgeville Intelligencer, printed by A. McMillan on Franklin Street began and ended publication.
1808 The Georgia Argus was established.
1809 Seaton and Fleming Grantland established the Georgia Journal.
1819 The Southern Recorder was established by Richard McAllister Orme and Henry Denison.
1830 The Federal Union was established with John Polhill as editor.
Current:
The Union Recorder
The Baldwin Bulletin
The following local newspapers are available on microfilm in the GC Library. Use the Georgia Newspaper Project Holdings List (Ref PN4897 .G6 S47) to verify issues.
| Newspaper | Dates Available in Russell Library | Index(es) and Call Number |
| Milledgeville Intelligencer | November 22, 1808 | |
| Georgia Journal | November 3, 1809 - December 22, 1840 | Genealogical Abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper, 1809-1840 Ref F285 .H27 |
| Georgia Argus (Reel also contains Rural Cabinet published in Warrenton, GA. for August 20, 1831) |
January 9, 1810 - December 26 1810and March 1, 1815 |
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| Milledgeville Republican and Reflecto | March 20, 1816- February 2, 1819 | |
| Southern Recorder | February 15, 1820 - July, 1872 | Southern Recorder Index 1820-1874 Ref F294.M6 A76 1984 AND Milledgeville, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Genealogical-related information Ref F294 .M6E82 |
| The Southron | February 23, 1828 | |
| Georgia Statesman; Filed as: Statesman and Patriot; Times and States' Rights Advocate; and Georgia Times and State Rights' Advocate | December 20, 1825 - July 3, 1830; January 15, 1833 - January 18, 1834 |
Volume 12 of Milledgeville, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Genealogical-related information Ref F294 .M6E82 |
| Federal Union | July 10, 1830 - August 21, 1872 Last reel contains Union and Recorder for August 28, 1872 - October, 1872] |
Baldwin County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Genealogical-related information Ref F292 .B15 |
| Milledgeville Standard of Union and Free Trade Advocate; Standard of Union | April, 1834; January - August, 1841 | Volume 12 of Milledgeville, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Genealogical-related information Ref F294 .M6E82 |
| Union and Recorder Union-Recorder |
November, 1872 - August, 1884 September, 1884 to present [Last reel of the Federal Union contains Union and Recorder for August 28, 1872 - October, 1872] |
Baldwin County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Genealogical-related information Ref F292 .B15 |
| Milledgeville News | January 9, 1909 - December, 1922** **Many gaps: see labels on the three boxes |
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| Future Citizen | June, 1914 - August, 1916 | |
| The Milledgeville Times | September 4, 1931 - September 2, 1932 | |
| Milledgeville Daily Times | March 27, 1939 - May 8, 1942 | |
| Baldwin News | June 16, 1958 - December 14, 1965 | |
| Baldwin Bulletin | April 13, 2000 to present. (Request at Circulation Desk) |