Lamar County, Alabama Genealogy

Guide to Lamar County, Alabama ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named in honor of Senator Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, member of the United States Senate from Mississippi. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Lamar County Courthouse 330 First St. NE. PO Box 434 Vernon, AL 35592 Phone: 205-695-7193 Fax: 205-695-0046 Lamar County Website Probate Office has marriage records 1867-1997, probate and land records; Circuit Clerk Office has divorce and Court Records

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

Cemeteries
The following web site has additional information on Lamar county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Alabama cemetery records by county.

Census Records
State Census


 * 1866 at FamilySearch

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)

Military Records
Civil War


 * - 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B "Jefferson Volunteers"
 * - 18th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C (Cahaba Valley Rangers)
 * - 18th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G (Yancey Guards [or Yancey Rangers])
 * - 19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C (Jefferson Warriors)
 * - 20th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C and G
 * - 28th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D, G and H
 * - 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K
 * - 43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G
 * - 58th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C and D


 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1871-1880 at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1930 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch

World War II
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Alabama Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both and pay-to-access websites.
 * Obituary Index Birmingham Area Newspapers(Birmingham News, May 1929 - January 1980;Birminham World, September 1940 - December 1996; Methodist Christian Advocate / Alabama Christian Advocate, January 1929 - December 1979; Shelby County Reporter, January 1932 - December 1979)
 * Alabama Citizen - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1913-1918

Obituaries
USGenWeb Archives Project - transcribed obituaries for Jefferson County.

Voting Records
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Jefferson County has one book.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1985 at FamilySearch
 * 1818-1840 Images of Loose Wills (and index) Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1856-1880 Wills (with index) Southeastern Genealogy ($)

School Records

 * Birmingham Southern College: 1914-2008 (via the Internet Archive)
 * Howard College Student Catalogs (currently Samford University): 1847-1908 (via the Internet Archive)

Tax Records
Jefferson County Tax Payment Records ~  County of Jefferson (searchable database)


 * 1865-1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry $

Birth

 * 1881-1930 at FamilySearch
 * 1881-1930 - at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1808, 1815, 1818-1879, 1885, 1898, 1923, 1930, 1936-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1920 Alabama Marriages
 * 1809-1920 (Selected Counties)] at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch
 * 1818-1928 Jefferson County Marriage Books 1-28 Index 1818-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1818-1845 Grant, Orena V. Orena V. Grant Genealogical Collection (Marriages and Cemetery Records): From Southeastern, North and South Central States Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1964. Digital version at Ancestry $
 * 1819-1875 Jefferson County, Alabama Marriages 1819 to 1875 at
 * 1819-1875 "Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920" at Ancestry $
 * 1928-1949 in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch
 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry $

Death

 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
 * 1881-1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Archives
Birmingham Public Library, Archives & Manuscripts Dept 2100 Park Place Birmingham AL 35203 Phone: 205-226-3631 Website

Family History Centers
Bessemer Alabama Family History Center 831 Briarwood Dr Bessemer, Alabama, 35022-4577 205-425-7928 Website

Birmingham Alabama Family History Center 2780 Altadena Rd Birmingham, Alabama, 35243 Website

Birmingham 2nd Alabama Family History Center 1337 Old Springville Rd Birmingham, Alabama 35235 205-854-0300 Website

Leeds AlabamaFamily History Center 1101 Rockhampton St NE Leeds, Alabama, 35904-1326 Website

Gardendale Alabama Family History Center 1925 Mt Olive Blvd Gardendale, Alabama 35071 205-631-6765 Website

Libraries
Birmingham Public Library Southern History Department 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone: 205-226-3665

Societies
Birmingham Genealogical Society P. O. Box 2432 Birmingham, AL 35201 Facebook
 * Publication: Pioneer Trails

Birmingham Historical Society 1 Sloss Quarters Birmingham, AL 35222 205-251-1880 Publication: Birmingham Historical Society Journal | Website

Birmingham-Jefferson Historical Society PO Box 130285 Birmingham, AL 35213-0285 205-871-6213

Hueytown Historical Society P. O. Box 3313 Hueytown, AL 35053 Website

West Jefferson County Historical Society P. O. Box 184 Bessemer, AL 35021-0184 205-426-1633

Birmingham African-American Society Group 205-901-6387

Southeast Alabama Genealogical and Historical Society P. O. Box 246 Dothan, AL 36302-0246 Phone:334-794-8378
 * Publications: Wiregrass Roots SEAGHS Magazine

Alabama Genealogical Society Samford University P. O. Box 2296 Birmingham, AL 35229 Website

Jefferson County Historical Commission 4700 7th Ct South Birmingham, AL 35222 205-324-0988 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project may have maps, name indexes, history, or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Jefferson County, ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Jefferson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jefferson County AL Genealogy (Alabama Genealogy)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
 * United States Resources: Alabama
 * Al Gen Web