Historical issues of the Bolivar Bulletin are now available online at the Chronicling America website. These issues were digitized as part of the Tennessee Newspaper Digitization Project and are wonderful to now have online! Old newspapers are a great source of information – from births, marriages, deaths, and many interesting stories about local residents. Issues available online span September 1865- December 1881.

The Bolivar Bulletin also contains news from surrounding counties, so check it out if your persons of interest lived near Hardeman County.  You can access individual issues at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033306/.  You can also search through old issues using the Chronicling America search screen at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033306/ and choosing “The Bolivar Bulletin” from the Select Newspaper list.