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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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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.  

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Monroe County (formed 1815 from the 1814 Creek Cession & Washington)

1816 Census Index of Names

1830 Federal Census Records Index

1830 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by page #.

1840 Federal Census Records Index

1840 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by page #.

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames A-C

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames D-H

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames I-O

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames P-R

1850 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames S-Z

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

1850 Federal Census Records Slave Schedule

1860 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames A-I

1860 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames J-R

1860 Federal Census Records Index - Surnames S-Z

1860 Federal Census Records Slave Schedule

1860 Large Slave Holders Census Records & 1870 Federal Census Surname Matches

1880 Federal Census Records Extraction of Mulattoes

Other Records

1854 Tax Assessors Book

1870 Lone Star Branch of LDS Church Membership List

1890 Zion Baptist Church Membership List

Vital Records at Monroe County USGenWeb Archives

Montgomery County (formed 1816 from Monroe)

1850 Federal Census Transcription of City of Montgomery City - Ward 1

1850 Federal Census Transcription of City of Montgomery City - Ward 2

1850 Federal Census Transcription of City of Montgomery City - Ward 3

1860 Federal Census Records Transcription - partial - pages 1-100 only.

1860 Large Slave Holders Census Records & 1870 Federal Census Surname Matches

1870 Federal Census of Montgomery City - Part 1

1870 Federal Census of Montgomery City - Part 2

1870 Federal Census of Montgomery City - Part 3

1870 Federal Census of the City Jail

1870 Federal Census of Army Garrison in Montgomery County

Morgan County (formed 1818 from Cherokee Turkeytown Cession)

1830 Federal Census Names Index

1830 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by page #.

1830 Federal Census at Genealogy Shoppe

1840 Federal Census at Genealogy Shoppe

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription - Use with above index.

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription of Division 9

1850 Federal Census Records Transcription of Division 10

1850 Federal Census at Genealogy Shoppe

1850 Federal Census Index of Slave Schedules

1850 Federal Census Transcription of Slave Schedules - Part 1

1850 Federal Census Transcription of Slave Schedules - Part 2

1850 Federal Census Transcription of Slave Schedules - Part 3

1870 Federal Census at Genealogy Shoppe

1870 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by page #.

1880 Federal Census Images

1900 Federal Census Records Transcription

Other Records

1900s Hebron Church of Christ Membership Roll

Morgan County Land Patents Database.  

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

Vital Records at Morgan County USGenWeb Archives

Perry County (formed 1819 from Montgomery)

1830 Federal Census Records Index

1830 Federal Census Records Transcription

1840 Federal Census Records Index

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

1860 Federal Census Records Transcription

1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules

1860 Large Slave Holders Census Records & 1870 Federal Census Surname Matches

1860 Federal Census - Extraction of teachers

1866 State Census of Colored Population

1870 Federal Census of Black and Mulatto Households

Other Records

1836 Muster Roll of Perry County Soldiers in Creek Indian Wars

1846-1847 Muster Roll of Soldiers in The Mexican War

1820-1871 Ocmulgee Baptist Church Black and Slave Church Members

Pickens County (formed 1820 from Tuscaloosa)

1830 Federal Census Index

1830 Federal Census Records

1840 Federal Census Index - Surnames A-P

1840 Federal Census Index - Surnames R-Y

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

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

1860 Federal Census - Poorhouse Residents

1880 Federal Census Records Transcription (partial) - Use with above index.

1880 Federal Census Records Transcription - Census files arranged by ED#.

Pike County (formed 1821 from Henry & Montgomery)

1830 Federal Census Records Transcription of Franklin Division

1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications

1850 Federal Census Index of Slave Schedules

1850 Federal Census Transcription of Slave Schedules

1860 Federal Census Records Transcription - Use with above index.

1920 Federal Census Images

1930 Federal Census Image of Pike County Alms House

1930 Federal Census Images of Louis Short Baptist Widows and Orphans Home

Other Records

Pike County Land Patents Database.

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