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Alabama Genealogy

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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED

Part of the Mississippi Territory, 1798; Alabama Territory, 1817

STATEHOOD

1819

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)

1706, 1721, 1725, 1810, 1816, 1850, 1866

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS

1830

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE

Public

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN

1908

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN

1936

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS

Alabama Center for
Health Statistics
Box 5625
Montgomery, AL 36103
(334) 206-5418

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Tracking Down Southern Ancestors After the Civil War

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Did your Southern ancestors vanish in the social and economic upheaval that followed the Civil War? We’ll show you the best records to track them down.

Southerners’ Migrations: Where Did They Go?

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Birmingham Public Library’s Genealogy Research Heaven

Alabama, Libraries and Archives

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Alabama Records Details and Resources

Alabama

Where to find Alabama census records, immigration records, land records, maps, vital records and more.

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