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Alabama Census Notes:

Alabama was first included in the Territory of Mississippi 1798, Territory of Alabama 1817 and  achieved statehood in 1819.

Federal census schedules for Alabama  include: 1820 (partial), 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (partial), 1900, 1920, and 1930.

Special note about the 1820 Federal census for Alabama.  Much of the 1820 Federal Census for Alabama was lost.  What remains are 1820 census schedules for the following counties:  Baldwin, Conecuh, Dallas, Franklin, Limestone, Shelby, St. Clair and Wilcox.

1890 Alabama Federal census records were for the most part lost in a fire.  However remnants of it exist for Perry County: 

Perryville - Beat 11

Severe - Beat 8.

Alabama State census records for years 1855 & 1866 exist and are available at the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).  There is also an 1820 state census of which only part of Lawrence County survives.

Special Alabama censuses include 1866 census of heads of households for both whites and African Americans, 1907 Confederate census, and 1921 Confederate census.

Mobile Spanish Census records exist for years 1786, 1787, 1789 & 1805.

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Alabama Records

On CD ROM

1607-1789 Census Index, Colonial America

1850 Alabama Census Records

1850-1880 U.S. Mortality Index

1870 U.S. Census Index

1900 Census is Online  

1700s-1800s Early Settlers

1790-1907 Land Records

1800-1900 Marriage Index

AL, GA, SC 1641-1944 Marriages

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Vital Records:

Alabama Vital Records

P.O. Box 5625
Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
Phone (334) 206-2999

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They have birth and death records from 1908 to present and some scattered earlier records.  

Marriage records are available from the county clerks offices of each individual county.

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Online History Books

1873 Cholera Epidemic in Alabama

1881 History of Conecuh County

History of Alabama (pub. 1851)

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Alabama

(Statehood 1819)

Statewide Alabama Census Records Online:

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Jackson County (formed 1819 from the 1816 Cherokee Cession)

1830 Federal Census Images

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription - Use with above index.

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by page #.

1850 Federal Census Agricultural Schedule

1851 Census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi

1851 Chapman Rolls

1860 Federal Census Images

Other Records

1819 Settlers on Indian Lands in Jackson Co., AL and Marion Co., TN

Military Records

Vital Records at Jackson County USGenWeb Archives

Jefferson County (formed 1819 from Blount)

Southwest Jefferson County Census Records - PDF Files (must have Acrobat Reader to download files which include 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 Federal Census for SW Jefferson County)

1850 Federal Census Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription - Use above census index.

1860 Federal Census of Cahaba Valley - District 32

1900 Federal Census Records Transcription for ED 104 (use census index above)

1930 Federal Census Records Index and Transcription (partial)

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-123 - Johns Town

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-147 - Alabama State Training School for Girls

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-151 - Warrior Town

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-153 - Brookside Town

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-154 - Cardiff Town

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-155 -Precinct 18

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-163 -Precinct 24

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-172 -Precinct 27

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-173 -Precinct 28 & Sayre

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-185 -Graysville Town

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-186 -Pinkney City

1930 Federal Census of ED 37-191 - Sayreton Village

Other Records

1870-1899 Probate Index of Book A

Jones County  (See Lamar)

Lamar County (formed 1868 from Marion, Fayette, & Pickens)

In 1867 - Jones County; in 1868 - Sanford County, and became Lamar County in 1877.

1870 Federal Census Records Index of Sanford County  (Now Lamar)

1870 Federal Census Images of Sanford County 

1880 Federal Census Records Index

1880 Federal Census Images

1900 Federal Census Images

Lauderdale County (formed 1818 from the 1816 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession)

1830 Federal Census Records Index with Linked Transcription

1830 Federal Census Records Transcription

1830 Federal Census Images

1840 Federal Census Records Transcription

1840 Federal Census Images

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Index

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription of 2nd Division East of the Military Road

1850 Agricultural Census Schedules

1850 Industrial Census Schedules

1850 Slave Census Schedules

1860 Agricultural Census Schedules

1860 Industrial Census Schedules

1860 Slave Census Schedules

1866 State Census Records of White Population

1866 State Census Records of Black Population

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription

1870 Industrial Census Schedules

1870 Federal Census Mortality Schedule

1900 Federal Census Records Index

1900 Federal Census Records Index at Lauderdale County GenWeb

1907 Confederate Veterans Census Records

1930 Federal Census Index (partial)

Other Records

1810 Double Head Reserve Petition with names of signers

1866 Tax List

Lawrence County (formed 1818 from the 1816 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession)

1820 Federal Census Records

1820 Federal Census Records Transcription

1830 Federal Census Records Index & Transcription

1840 Federal Census Records Index & Transcription

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription

1850 Federal Census Transcription at USGenWeb Census Project

1850 Federal Census Agricultural Schedule

1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule at RootsWeb

1850 Federal Census of Slave Schedules

1860 Federal Census Records Transcription

1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule

1860 Federal Census Largest Slaveholders & 1870 Census Surname Matches

1866 State Census Records

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription

1900 Federal Census Records Index & Images (incomplete)

1900 Federal Census Index of PinHook (partial - in progress)

1900 Federal Census Transcription of PinHook (partial - in progress)

1900 Federal Census of PinHook (partial - in progress)

1910 Federal Census Index for Head of Household

1920 Federal Census Index for Head of Household

Other Records

Lawrence County Land Patents Database.  

Surnames starting with: A-C   D-G   H-K   L-O   P-S   T-Z

1905 Confederate Soldier Warrants Receipts

Lee County (Formed 1866 from Chambers, Macon, Russell and Tallapoosa.)

Other Records

Early Settlers of Lee County

Early Settlers in Salem

Lee County Land Patents Database. 

Surnames starting with: A-C   D-G   H-K   L-O   P-S   T-Z

Limestone County (formed 1818 from the 1816 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession)

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Athens

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Mooresville

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Township 1

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Township 2

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Township 3

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Township 4

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription of Township 5