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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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1832 Creek Treaty with signers

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Alabama

(Statehood 1819)

Statewide Alabama Census Records Online:

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Dallas County (formed 1818 from Montgomery)

1820 State Census Records

1820 State Census of Slave Holders and Free Persons of Color

1830 Federal Census Images

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Agricultural Schedule

1860 Largest Slaveholders in 1860 Census and Surname Matches in 1870 Census

1866 State Census of Colored Population

Other Records

1837-1894 Church Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Vital Records at Dallas County GenWeb Archives

Dekalb County (formed 1836 from the 1835 Cherokee Cession)

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1851 Census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi

1910 Federal Census Images

1920 Federal Census (Moore's Beat)

Elmore County (formed 1866 from Autauga, Cossa, Montgomery & Tallapoosa)

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription (partial) - Use with above index.

1870 Federal Census Records - Pages 1A-8A

1870 Federal Census Records - Pages 8B-15B

1870 Federal Census Records - Pages 16A-23A

1910 Federal Census Images

Other Records

1867-1906 Wills Transcription of Will Book A

1887 Elmore County Medical Society Members and Physicians

History of Tallassee Alabama Surname Index

Escambia County   

(Formed from portions of Conecuh, Monroe & Baldwin Counties on Dec. 10, 1868)

1880 Federal Census Records Transcription of ED 76

1907 Census of Confederate Pensioners

Other Records

1800s-1900s Register of Licensed Practitioners of Medicine

1880-1904 Convict Docket Index

1894 Delinquent Tax Payer List

1895 Muster Roll of the Pollard Light Guards

1915-1953 Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists Licenses

1918-1932 Registry of the Insane

1933 CCC Camp Roster

Index to Probate Records, Book A

Index to Probate Records, Book B

Registered Voters from Poll Tax Records

Vital Records at Escambia County GenWeb Archives

Voters List for Beat 1, District 1

Voters List for Beat 1, District 2

Voters List for Beat 2, District 3

Voters List for Beat 2, District 4

Etowah County  (formed 1868 from Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Dekalb, Marshall & St. Clair)

Originally formed 1866 as Baine County.  Abolished 1 Dec 1868 and re-established as Etowah County on the same day.

No known census online.  Submit a census link here.

Other Records

1886 Incorporation Papers for Walnut Grove with signers listed

1923 Confederate Pensioners List

1931-1946 Honorably Discharged WWI Veterans

Fayette County (formed 1824 from Marion, Pickens, & Tuscaloosa)

1830 Federal Census Images

1840 Federal Census Transcription - Pages 1-6

1840 Federal Census Transcription - Pages 7-12

1840 Federal Census Transcription - Pages 13-18

1840 Federal Census Transcription - Pages 19-24

1840 Federal Census Transcription - Pages 25-30

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames A-E

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames F-L

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames M-R

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames S-Z

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

1850 Federal Census Images

1850 Federal Census Records - Slave Schedules

1860 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1860 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames A-L

1860 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames M-Z

1860 Federal Census Images

1860 Federal Census Records - Slave Schedules

1866 State Census of Colored Population

1870 Federal Census Images

1891 Voters List

1902 Poll List

1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers.  Surnames: A-G  H-O  P-Z

Other Records

1867 Voters Registration List

Federal Land Patent Owners in Fayette County

Land Maps Showing Original Landowners in Fayette County

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

1820 Federal Census Records

1830 Federal Census Images

1840 Federal Census of Free Negro Heads of Families

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census of Free Persons of Color

1850 Federal Census Agricultural & Manufacturing Schedules

1860 Federal Census Records - Extraction of Thompson Families

1860 Federal Census Large Slaveholders

1910 Federal Census Images

Geneva County (formed 1868 from Dale, Henry & Coffee)

1870 Federal Census Records Index

1870 Federal Census Records Index of Township 1

1870 Federal Census (download)

1870 Federal Census Transcription at Tracking Your Roots

1880 Federal Census Images

1900 Federal Census Images

1910 Federal Census, Hacoda Precinct - Names only

1910 Federal Census Images of Piney Grove Precinct

1910 Federal Census Images - Part 1

1910 Federal Census Images - Part 2

1920 Federal Census Images - Part 1

1920 Federal Census Images - Part 2

1920 Federal Census partial (download)

Other Records

1878-1896 Records of Sandy Creek Baptist Association Church

Reconstructed Federal Land Tax Book for Geneva County

Greene County (formed 1819 from Conecuh)

1830 Federal Census - Names in the census

1830 Federal Census Images

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

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

1860 Federal Census Images

1860 Federal Census Largest Slaveholders & 1870 Census Surname Matches

1866 State Census Records of Colored Population

1900 Federal Census Images

1910 Federal Census Images

Other Records

1824-1829 Orphans Court Index - Surnames A-L

1824-1829 Orphans Court Index - Surnames M-Z

War Pensioners in Greene County

Hale County (formed 1867 from Greene, Marengo, Perry & Tuscaloosa)

1870 Federal Census Records of Black and Mulatto Households

Hancock County (formed 1850 from Walker.  Name changed to Winston 1858)

See Winston

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription

Henry County (formed 1819 from Conecuh)

1830 Federal Census Images

1840 Federal Census Records

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

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

1850 Federal Census Agricultural Schedule

1855 State Census Records

1860 Federal Census Records (partial)

1870 Federal Census Records (partial)

1910 Federal Census Images

Other Records

1907 Census of Confederate Pensions

Houston County (formed 1903 from Dale, Geneva & Henry)

No known census online.  Submit a census link here.