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Alabama Genealogy & Family Trees

Explore Alabama genealogy and family history resources, including free online Alabama genealogy databases, with these helpful guides for tracing your Alabama surnames and family tree. (Scroll down for more links below the ad.)
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Alabama Vital Records - Births, Marriages & Deaths
Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in Alabama, and how to obtain Alabama birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to Alabama birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.
Alabama Department of Archives & History
Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in Alabama, and how to obtain Alabama birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to Alabama birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.
Alabama Census Online
Find links to free online census records for Alabama from Mark E. Reed
Alabama Genealogical & Historical Societies
Society Hill offers a good listing of genealogical and historical societies in Alabama with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites (when available).
Alabama Counties - Cyndi's List
Well-maintained list of locality-specific resources, includes links to Alabama genealogy records, mailing lists, organizations, and archives - organized by county.
Alabama GenWeb
State resources on this huge volunteer Web site include census, vital records, queries, surname listings, publications, associations and libraries, lookup volunteers, and more!
Alabama Department of Archives & History
A wonderful source of information on state and federal censuses, land records, county records, vital records, city directories, surname files, and African American research.
Alabama Migrations
Search for or submit migration information on your ancestors journeys into or out of Alabama.
Alabama Genealogical & Historical Societies
Society Hill offers a good listing of genealogical and historical societies in Alabama with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites (when available).
Books We Own
Part of the worldwide Books We Own project, this Alabama page contains listing of genealogy and history books with volunteers willing to do lookups.
Alabama Migrations
Search for or submit migration information on your ancestors journeys into or out of Alabama.
Census Online - Alabama Census Records
Find links to free online census records for Alabama, compiled by Mark E. Reed.
Alabama Genealogy Research Outline - FamilySearch
Learn how to research your Alabama ancestors with this free compilation of Alabama genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.
Cyndi's List - Alabama Counties
Well-maintained list of locality-specific resources, includes links to Alabama genealogy records, mailing lists, organizations, and archives - organized by county.
Alabama USGenWeb
State resources on this huge volunteer Web site include census, vital records, queries, surname listings, publications, associations and libraries, lookup volunteers, and more!
Family History Centers in Alabama
Family History Centers, outreaches of the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, are located throughout the world to help individuals search the records of their ancestors.
Genealogy Helplist - Alabama
Find volunteers willing to do genealogical lookups for the state of Alabama.
FamilySearch - Alabama Genealogy Research Outline
Learn how to research your Alabama ancestors with this free compilation of Alabama genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.
Genealogy Resources in Alabama
Jean Brandau has compiled an outstanding list of Alabama genealogy resources including African-American, military, Civil War, history, Alabama county information, Native American, and Southern history.
GenForum Alabama
A free message board devoted to Alabama queries.
Mailing Lists for Alabama
John Fuller and Christine Gaunt maintain a wonderful list of genealogy mailing lists for Alabama and its counties, plus information on how to subscribe to each.
Tombstone Transcription Project
Browse this free registry, by state and county, to find transcribed cemetery data for the state of Alabama. A special project of USGenWeb.
Online Census Project
Online census data transcribed by hard-working volunteers of this USGenWeb project. Some years and counties are not yet available.  Consider signing up to help!
Vital Records Information
A guide to obtaining copies of Alabama vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.
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