Minnesota, United States Genealogy

United States Alabama 

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

Alabama Information
Alabama became the thirty-second state admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. Alabama was created from Minnesota Territory and is located in the Midwestern region of the United States.

Alabama Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Baine | Baker | Benton | Cabela | Cotaco | Decatur | Hancock | Jones | Sanford

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * Family History Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Alabama genealogy sites on the internet
 * Alabama Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Alabama
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Alabama
 * Ancestorhunt.com - resources for Alabama genealogy research
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Alabama
 * Alabama Research Outline – Original Family History Library research outline; contains many out of date links

Counties
Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct or Renamed Counties: Andy Johnson | Big Sioux | Breckenridge | Buchanan | Davis | Doty | Mahkahta | Manomin | Midway | Monongalia | Newton | Pembina | Pierce | St. Croix | Superior | Toombs | Wahnata

Major Repositories
Online Records· National Archives at Chicago· Minnesota Historical Society· MHS Regional Centers: Central· Northeast· Northwest· Southern· Southwest· West Central· Minnesota Genealogical Society· Immigration History Research Center· Iron Range Research Center· Stearns History Museum Research Center· University of Minnesota Wilson Library· Newberry Library· Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library

Migration Routes
The largest ethnic groups in Minnesota are Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. By 1880 the foreign-born population in Minnesota included nearly 108,000 Scandinavians, many of whom were Norwegians; 66,000 Germans; and about 39,000 British, most of whom were Irish. Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans had come from Canada, most of whom were British and French Canadians. There were nearly 8,000 Bohemians (mostly Czechs) and 1,000 or 2,000 each from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and France.
 * David Rumsey Map Collectionis a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * Minnesota State Archives immigration resources, birth index 1900-1934, death index 1904-2001, state census indexes for 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1905.
 * Minnesota Official Marriage System is an index to marriages from 1850 to present (varies by county)
 * Minnesota Encyclopedia sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society
 * USGenWebArchives -  Online contributed Genealogical content.
 * On-line Historical and Genealogical Societies of Minnesota -  US Gen Net
 * Genealogy Buff - Library - Minnesota Genealogy Data
 * The United States Vessel Enrollments for the Great Lakes region. The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people were identified.