Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy

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

Description
Dallas County was created on 9 February 1818 and was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander J. Dallas of Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Selma. It is located in the south-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse 105 Lauderdale St PO Box 327 Selma, AL 36702 Phone: 874-2523 Fax:  334-877-0637 Dallas County Website Probate Judge has marriage records from 1818 Divorce Records from 1917 Probate Records from 1821 and land records from 1820

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

Bible Records

 * Dallas County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives Project

Biographies

 * Memorial Record of Alabama, Dallas County (p844) 1893. Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library


 * Dallas 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 Baptist
 * FamilySearch Places
 * Jackson, Walter M. The First Hundred Years: A History of the Selma Baptist Church of Christ, Commonly Known as the First Baptist Church of Selma. Selma, Ala., 1942. Digital version at Ancestry $

Methodist
 * Fry, Anna M. Gayle. Memories of Old Cahaba. Nashville, Tenn.: Printed for the author by the Publishing House of the M.E. Church, 1908. Digital version at Ancestry $

Court Records

 * 1818-1851 (*); Orphans' and Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1844-1928 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1905-1911 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1908-1914 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Directories

 * Dallas County, Alabama Online Historical Directories at Online Historical Directories - Google Sites

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1883-1893, 1925-1930 in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * Slaves and their owners - Centre Ridge Presbyterian Church, 1842-1911.

Funeral Homes

 * Ashley's J.H. Williams and Sons Funeral Home in Selma
 * Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home in Selma
 * Lewis Brothers Funeral Home in Selma
 * Randall Miller Funeral Service in Selma
 * Selma Funeral Home in Valley Grande
 * Walker Mortuary in Selma

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

 * Memories of Old Cahaba. By Anna M. Gayle Fry. Nashville, TN: Publishing House of M.E. Church, South, 1908. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Pg. 189. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.

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 Civil War Service Database at Alabama Department of Archives and History - index
 * 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


 * - 2nd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company I
 * - 3rd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company D (formerly Jackson County Mounted Rifles)
 * - 3rd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company F (formerly Murphy's Independent Co.)
 * - 3rd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company I (formerly Lenoir County Cavalry)
 * - 3rd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company K
 * - 4th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A (Governor's Guard)
 * - 4th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A (subsequently, Company F)
 * - 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H (Mounted)
 * - 8th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D (Independent Blues)
 * - 20th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B
 * - 28th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I
 * - 44th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A and G
 * - 51st Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers, Company I
 * - 58th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battle was fought in Dallas County:
 * April 2, 1865 - Selma.
 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

World War I
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1940-1966 Alabama Active Military Service Reports at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

Newspapers

 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * Alabama Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both and pay-to-access websites.
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Other Records
Voter Registration Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Dallas County lists six books, but books 4 and 6 appear to be duplicates of Volume 5.
 * 1834-1981  at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and some images


 * Book 1
 * Book 2
 * Book 3
 * Book 5

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1985 (*) at FamilySearch. - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1817-1980 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1818-1957 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1821-1848 Images of Wills (and Index) 1821-1848 at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1830-1976  (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & 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 $

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

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

 * Alexander City Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Auburn Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Demopolis Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Wetumpka Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Elmore County Museum - an affiliate library

Libraries
Selma Dallas County Public Library 1103 Selma Avenue Selma, AL 36701 Phone: 334-874-1725 Email: [mailto:becky@selmalibrary.org becky@selmalibrary.org] Website Facebook

Societies
Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society PO Box 971 Selma, AL 36702 Email: [mailto:info@bbaaghs.org info@bbaaghs.org] Facebook Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society PO Box 586 Selma, AL 36702-0586 Phone: 334-412-8550 Email: [mailto:president@historicselma.org president@historicselma.org] Website Facebook

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.
 * Dallas 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.