Alabama
Online and Offline Genealogical Resources for Alabama
Are you looking for information on your Alabama ancestors? You will be happy to know that there are plenty of places to look, both online and offline. Alabama is one of the better states in the south for finding genealogical information. It has very few counties with courthouses that burned, even during the Civil War, and it has a long and strong commitment to preserving old records. With many southern states, you might run into brick walls and frustration due to lack of information at the county, state, and even federal level. This is not so in Alabama. Here are the best online and offline sources for discovering your Alabama ancestors.
This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups
Marriage Index: Louisiana, 1718-1925
This database contains approximately 285,000 marriage records from 58 selected parishes (counties) in Louisiana. Records begin as early as 1718 in St. Helens Parish. There are no records for any parishes for the years 1719-1727 and 1729-1733.
Marriage Index: IL, IN, KY, OH, and TN, 1720-1926
This database contains marriage records for selected years from 221 selected counties in five states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. There are approximately 369,000 records dating from as early as 1720 and continuing to the early 1900s.
Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944
This database contains marriage records for selected counties and years from 114 counties in Alabama and Georgia. County records were not used for South Carolina; instead, other sources containing marriage records were compiled.
