The newspaper currently known as the The Herald-Sun comes from a complex genealogy of newspapers. Below is a list of pre-cursor and related papers, including the “forbears” of both The Durham Morning Herald and The Durham Sun which joined together to become The Herald-Sun in 1991.
- The Durham Weekly Globe, a related title published by Edward A. Oldham from 1872 some time in the 1890s.
- The Durham Daily Globe, published by Edward A. Oldham from 1889-1894
- The Globe-Herald, published 1894-1895
- Morning Herald, published daily in a short-lived run in 1894
- Durham Globe, published weekly by R. H. Cowan from 1895 through an unknown end date
- The Morning Herald, published daily from 1896-1919
- Durham Morning Herald, published daily for most of its run from 1913-1990
- Durham Daily Sun, published daily by Jas. A. Robinson from 1889-1913
- The Sun, a related title published weekly by Jas. A. Robinson from 1896 with an unknown end date
- The Durham Sun, published daily for most of its run from 1913-1990
