Alabama
Statehood: 14 Dec 1819
22nd state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Tennessee
South: Florida
East: Georgia
West: Mississippi
Capital: Montgomery
Largest city: Birmingham
Map: Alabama, 1820
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Alabama Department of Archives and History Digital Collections
Birmingham Public Library Digital Collection
Birmingham Public Library Databases
Encyclopedia of Alabama, Alabama Humanities Foundation
Wallace State Community College Genealogy Collection
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Alabama
Community History Archive Newspapers: Alabama
Small Town Newspapers
(Select to Alabama)
Virtual Libraries
State of Alabama
Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, Willis Brewer, 1872.
Alabama Official and Statistical Register, Thomas M. Owen, L.L.D., 1907.
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 4, in Four Volumes, Thomas McAdory Owen, L.L.D., 1921.
History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period, vol. 1, Albert James Pickett, 1851.
Additional websites
Historical Markers and War Memorials in Alabama
Maps
Alabama Maps, Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Maps, Library of Congress
Alabama Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Alabama County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Historical Maps Works: Alabama
Manuscripts
Alabama Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Alabama Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Military Records
Alabama, Register of Officers, 1820-1863, (Ancestry)
Revolutionary War
Alabama Revolutionary War Soldiers, (Ancestry)
Alabama, Revolutionary War Residents, 1776-1783 (Ancestry)
Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama (Ancestry)
Civil War
Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865, Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865, Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
(Family Search, indexed)
List of staff officers of the Confederate States Army (Ancestry)
Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927
(Family Search, by county)
Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921, (Ancestry)
Alabama, Confederate Pension and Service Records, 1862-1947, Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930’s (Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, (Ancestry)
Alabama, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880
(Family Search, indexed, images)
Alabama, Questionnaires of Widows of Confederate Soldiers, 1927, (Ancestry)
World War I
Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Military Card Files,1917-1918
Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
Alabama, World War I Gold Star Index, 1917-1918, (Ancestry)
World War II
Korean War
Alabama Soldiers in the Korean War, 1950-1952
Alabamians at War—ADAH Public Information Subject Files. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
National Guard
Alabama, National Guard Index Cards, 1897-1924, (Ancestry)
Records Sets-State Level
Alabama Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Alabama Record Sets (Family Search)
Births
Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930
(Family Search, indexed)
Marriages
Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969
(Ancestry)
Alabama, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1825
(Ancestry)
Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967
(Ancestry)
Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
(Family Search, by county, not fully indexed)
Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
(Ancestry)
Alabama, WPA Marriage Index, 1814-1935
(Ancestry)
Alabama: Marriages, 1816-1957
(American Ancestors)
Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
(Ancestry)
Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936
(Family Search, indexed, no images)
Alabama Divorce Index, 1950-1959
(Ancestry)
Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920, Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Ancestry)
Deaths, Burials, Estate
Alabama Probate Records, 1809-1985
(Family Search)
Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
(Ancestry)
Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1974
(American Ancestors)
Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959
(Ancestry)
Alabama Death Record of State Convicts, 1843-1951, Death Record of State Convicts, 1843–1951., Alabama Department of Corrections and Institutions, Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), Montgomery, Alabama, (Ancestry)
Alabama Cemetery Records
(Ancestry)
Alabama, Mobile Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836-1995
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999
(Ancestry)
Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976
(Family Search, by county, not fully indexed)
Land Records
Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 (Ancestry)
Court Records
Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama, Madison County Chancery and Circuit Court Records, 1829-1968
(Family Search, not indexed, by type, file name)
Alabama, Sumter County Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950
(Family Search, not indexed, by type, file name)
Census and People Related Records
Census records
Alabama State Census, 1820-1866,
Alabama Department of Archives and History,
(Ancestry)
Alabama State Census, 1855
(Family Search, indexed)
Alabama State Census, 1866
(Family Search, indexed)
Other
Alabama, Church Records, 1831-1994
(Family Search, index)
Alabama, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, Church Records, 1837-1970, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. Church Records, 1837-1970. Birmingham, Alabama (Ancestry)
Alabama, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872
(Family Search)
Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
(Ancestry)
Alabama, Surname Files, 1901–2005
(Ancestry)
Alabama, Voter Registration, 1867
Alabama Department of Archives and History,
(Ancestry)
List of Alabama Counties
Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, De Kalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston
Original counties as listed in the 1819 Alabama Constitution, Schedule, Article 6, Schedule, Sect. 8: were Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Cahawba, Clark, Conecuh, Cotaco, Dallas, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Mobile, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Washington. Alabama County Creation Dates and Parent Counties.