Talladega County, Alabama Genealogy

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

Description
Talladega County name is derived from the Muscogee (Creek) Native American word "Tvlvteke", from the Creek "tålwa", meaning "town", and "åtigi", or "border". The name indicates a location on the boundary between Creek tribal lands and Cherokee and Chickasaw tribal lands. The county is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Talladega County Courthouse Northern Division Talladega 148 E St N Talladega, AL 35161 Phone: 256-761-2103 ext. 1208 Fax: 256-480-5291 Southern Division Sylacauga 400 N Norton Ave PO Box 183 Sylacauga, AL 35150 Phone:256-245-4352 Fax: 256-249-1013 Talladega County Website Probate Court has marriage, probate and land from 1833, Military Discharge Records from 1930, Chancery Court has divorce records 1888-1892

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

Bible Records

 * Bible Records from Talladega County at Tracking Our Roots
 * Bible Records - Talladega/Clay Co.'s - Alabama at Carmichael Bible
 * Talladega County at AlGenWeb
 * Talladega County, Alabama Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * Talladega County, Alabama Bible Records at Alabama Genealogy

Biographies

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Pg. 167. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.
 * Talladega County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project

Census Records
State Census


 * 1855   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1866  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records

 * 1831-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1842-1900 (*); Chancery, Circuit, and Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1893-1939 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Directories

 * 1931 Polk's Anniston (Alabama) City Directory, 1931. 1931. Polk Publishing. Birmingham, AL: R.L. Polk Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry — index & images ($)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Funeral Homes

 * Community Funeral Home in Sylacauga
 * Grace Memorial Chapel in Sylacauga
 * Midway Memory Gardens Funeral Home and Cemetery in Talladega
 * S.M. Goodson Funeral Home and Crematory in Talladega
 * Sunset Memorial Chapel in Childersburg
 * Talladega Funeral Home in Talladega
 * Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary in Talladega
 * Usrey Brown Service Funeral Home and Pine Hill Memorial Park in Talladega
 * Zion Memorial Funeral Home in Sylacauga

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Historic Tales of Talladega. By E. Grace Jemison. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1959. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Sketches of Talladega County, Alabama. Works Prpgress Administration. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Library, 1937. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * Alabama Maps and Blueprints Collection at Alabama Department of Archives and History – maps can be browsed by location or subject

Military Records
Multiple Wars
 * ca.1918-ca.1962  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection ; index, images at partner site
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History


 * - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G (Alabama Rifles)
 * - 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E
 * - 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E "Talladega Davis Blues"
 * - 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K
 * - 13th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C
 * - 14th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I "Hillabee Rifles"
 * - 18th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K (Confederate Blues)
 * - 25th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G and H
 * - 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A " The Walker Reynolds Guards"
 * - 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A
 * - 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C, F and I
 * - 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B, E and F
 * - 42nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G
 * - 51st Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers, Company C and F

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Other Records
Voter Registration
 * 1834-1981 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1753–1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1985 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1829-1960 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1976 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1833-1907 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1833-1936 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1843-1929 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1857-1887 (*); Probate Judge at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1865-1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Talladega County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1881-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1802-1825 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1825 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1920 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809–1950  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1816–1957  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1818-1936 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * Marriages at ALGenWeb

Death

 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1881-1974 Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1908-1959 Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908-1959 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Archives
Alabama Department of Archives and History 624 Washington Ave PO Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36104 Phone: 334-242-4435 Email: [mailto:mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov] Website Facebook

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anniston Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Leeds Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Talladega Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Birmingham Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County - an affiliate library
 * Shelby County Museum and Archives - an affiliate library

Libraries
B B Comer Memorial Library 314 North Broadway Sylacauga, AL 35150 Phone: 256-249-0961 Email: [mailto:comerlibrary@bbclibrary.net comerlibrary@bbclibrary.net] Website Facebook Earle A Rainwater Memorial Library 124 9th Avenue SW Childersburg, AL 35044 Phone: 256-378-7239 Email: [mailto:rainwaterlibrary@yahoo.com rainwaterlibrary@yahoo.com] Website Facebook Talladega Armstrong Osborne Public Library 202 South Street East Talladega, AL 35160 Phone: 256-362-4211 Email: [mailto:talladeg@yahoo.com talladeg@yahoo.com] Website Facebook

Societies
Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society One Cabot Avenue PO Box 8268 Gadsden, AL 35902 Email: [mailto:neagslib@comcast.net neagslib@comcast.net] Website Facebook Publication: Northeast Alabama Settlers Talladega County Historical Association 106 Broome St Talladega, AL 35160 Phone: 205-362-2219 Publication: TCHA newsletter

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project. Record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Talladega County ALGenWeb. Record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Talladega County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – 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.

Research Guides

 * Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama: Talladega County. Birmingham, Ala.: The Project, 1940. Online at: Ancestry ($).