Alabama Online Genealogy Records

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Alabama Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a family history center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.
Vital Records Births 1881-1930: Alabama Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1881-1930: Alabama, County Birth Registers at FamilySearch; index only Marriages 1784-1920: Alabama Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records at Ancestry; index and Images ($) 1800-1969: Alabama Marriage Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1802-1825: Alabama Compiled Marriages at Ancestry ($) 1805-1967: Alabama County Marriage Records at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1809-1950: Alabama County Marriages at FamilySearch; index and images 1809-1920: Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties at Ancestry ($) 1814-1935: Alabama Marriage Indexes at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1816-1957: Alabama Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1816-1942: Alabama Select Marriage Indexes at Ancestry ($) 1818-1936: Alabama County Marriages at FamilySearch; index and images Deaths 1784-1920: Alabama Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records at Ancestry; index and Images ($) 1843-1951: Alabama Death Record of State Convicts at Ancestry ($) 1881-1952: Alabama Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1881-1974: Alabama Deaths and Burials Index at Ancestry; index ($) 1908-1974: Alabama Deaths at FamilySearch; index only 1908-1959: Alabama Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1936-2007: US Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; incomplete index ($) US Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index Divorce 1950-1959: Alabama Divorce Index at Ancestry; index ($) African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records 1865-1872: Alabama Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records at FamilySearch; images only Archives and Libraries 1901-2005: Alabama Surname Files at Ancestry; index ($). Biography WPA Index to Alabama Biography at Birmingham Public Library; index Early Settlers of Alabama at Ancestry ($) Cemetery Records 1933-1990: US Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files at Ancestry ($) Alabama cemetery records at Ancestry ($) Alabama Cemetery Records at Interment.net Cemetery Records at Findagrave.com BillionGraves Cemetery Records at BillionGraves Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1810-1890: Alabama Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index ($) 1820: Alabama Census Returns at Ancestry ($) 1820-1866: Alabama State Census at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1855: Alabama State Census at FamilySearch; index only 1866: Alabama State Census at FamilySearch; index Church Records 1830s-1970s: Alabama Episcopal Church Records at Birmingham Public Library; index 1831-1994: Alabama Church Records at FamilySearch; index 1837-1970: Alabama Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records at Ancestry; index and images ($) Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America Family Histories at Ancestry; index and images ($) Court and Criminal Records 1784-1920: Alabama Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records at Ancestry; book ($) 1886-1952: Alabama Convict Records at Ancestry; index and images ($) Immigration Records See United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1820-1835: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 7 at Ancestry; abstracts ($) 1820-1870: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 4 at Ancestry; abstracts ($) 1820-1874: United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports at FamilySearch; images 1845-1849: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 8 at Ancestry; abstracts ($) 1849-1862: Passports and ship passengers: Mobile, Alabama at FamilySearch; index 1904-1962: Alabama Arriving Passenger Lists at Ancestry ($) Cultural Immigration Groups 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Alabama Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Alabama Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Alabama Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Alabama Indigenous Peoples of Alabama See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1820-1908: US Bureau of Land Management Tract Books at FamilySearch; images only pre-1908: Land Patents - Alabama at MyHeritage; index ($) pre-1908: Alabama Homestead and Cash Entry Patents at Ancestry; index only ($) Maps Maps of Alabama from MapofUS.org Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries	Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1897-1924 - Alabama National Guard Index Cards at Ancestry; index and images ($) Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Alabama Revolutionary War Soldiers at Ancestry; transcripts ($) Revolutionary soldiers in Alabama, Vol. III at FamilySearch; images, index War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Index for compiled service records, Alabama units - Florida War Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1865: Alabama Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index and images 1861-1865: Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1862-1947: Alabama Confederate Pension and Service Records at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1865-1872: Alabama Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records at FamilySearch; images only 1871-1880: Alabama Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims at FamilySearch; index only 1880-1930s: Alabama Confederate Pension Applications at FamilySearch; index only 1907, 1921: Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1907, 1921, 1927: Alabama Census of Confederate Veterans at FamilySearch 1927: Alabama Questionnaires of Widows of Confederate Soldiers at Ancestry; index and images ($) Alabama Civil War Service Cards File Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1917-1918: Alabama Military Card Files at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1917-1918: Alabama World War I Gold Star Index at Ancestry; index ($) 1917-1919: Alabama World War I Service Cards at FamilySearch; index World War I Gold Star Database at Alabama Department of Archives and History; index World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: Alabama World War II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index and images Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1950-1952: Alabama Soldiers in the Korean War at Ancestry; index and images ($) Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Alabama Alabama, US Soldiers in the Korean War at Ancestry; index and images ($) Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Alabama Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Alabama Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1795-1925: US Passport Applications at Ancestry ($) 1794-1995: US Naturalization Records Indexes for Alabama at Ancestry ($) 1909-1991: Alabama Naturalization Records at Ancestry ($) Newspapers 1813-2003: Alabama Newspaper Archives at GenealogyBank ($) Gleanings from Alabama newspaper files at Ancestry ($) Historic American Newspapers Alabama at Chronicling America Alabama Newspapers at Newspaper Abstracts ($) Historical Newspapers in Alabama at Newspapers.com ($) Obituaries 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index and images 2001-2014: Currentobituary.com index at FamilySearch; index and images Occupations 1818-1939: Alabama Civil Appointments at Ancestry; index ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at FindMyPast; index and images ($) Probate Records 1753-1999: Alabama Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry.com; index and images, incomplete ($) 1784-1920: Alabama Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records at Ancestry.com; index and images ($) 1808-1870: Index to Alabama Wills at Ancestry ($) 1809-1985: Alabama Probate Records at FamilySearch; index and images 1830-1976: Alabama Estate Files at FamilySearch; index and images Tax Records 1862-1874: US Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only Voting Registers 1834-1981: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards at FamilySearch; index 1867: Alabama Voter Registration Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History; index and images

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