Jefferson County, Alabama Genealogy

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Parent County
1819--Jefferson County was created 13 December 1819 from Blount County. County seat: Birmingham

Record Loss
1870 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following article on the Burned Counties Research

and also comparable article by Michael John Neill at the Ancestry.com blog site.

Cities
Adamsville | Bessemer | Birmingham | Brighton | Center Point | Clay | Fairfield | Fultondale | Gardendale | Graysville | Helena | Homewood | Hoover | Hueytown | Irondale | Leeds | Lipscomb | Midfield | Mountain Brook | Pinson | Pleasant Grove | Sumiton | Tarrant | Trussville | Vestavia Hills | Warrior

Towns
Argo | Brookside | Cardiff | County Line | Kimberly | Maytown | McCalla | Morris | Mulga | North Johns | Sylvan Springs | Trafford | West Jefferson

Census Designations
Chalkville | Concord | Edgewater | Forestdale | Grayson Valley | McDonald Chapel | Minor | Mount Olive | Rock Creek

Neighboring Counties
Bibb | Blount | Saint Clair | Shelby | Tuscaloosa | Walker

Cemeteries

 * Adams Cemetery
 * Adger Cemetery
 * Atwood Cemetery
 * Bagley Bend Cemetery
 * Bass Cemetery
 * Bass Cemetery
 * Beth-El Cemetery
 * Bibb Cemetery
 * Bivens Chapel Cemetery
 * Brewer Cemetery
 * Brighton Cemetery
 * Bush Cemetery
 * Cahaba Heights Cemetery
 * Cain Creek Cemetery
 * Cardiff Cemetery
 * Castle Heights Memorial Gardens
 * Cedar Hill Cemetery
 * Creel Cemetery
 * Crooked Creek Cemetery
 * Crumley Chapel Cemetery
 * Dug Hill Cemetery
 * Earltown Cemetery
 * East Lake Cemetery
 * Edward Cemetery
 * Elmwood Cemetery
 * Emanuel Cemetery
 * Fairington Cemetery
 * Forest Crest Cemetery
 * Forest Hill Cemetery
 * Fraternal Cemetery
 * George Cemetery
 * George Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery
 * Glasgow Hill Cemetery
 * Grace Hill Cemetery
 * Greenwood Cemetery
 * Higgins Cemetery
 * Highland Memorial Gardens
 * Hodges Cemetery
 * Hughes Cemetery
 * Inglenook Cemetery
 * Jefferson Garden of Memories
 * Jefferson Memorial Gardens
 * Joley Cemetery
 * Knesses Israel Cemetery
 * Lakeview Cemetery
 * Lawler Cemetery
 * Lincoln Cemetery
 * Linn Cemetery
 * Linns Crossing Cemetery
 * Maben Cemetery
 * Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Cemetery
 * Mason Cemetery
 * Massey Cemetery
 * Massey Pioneer Cemetery
 * McCombs Cemetery
 * McElwain Cemetery
 * Midway Cemetery
 * Moncrief Cemetery
 * Morris Cemetery
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron Cemetery (starting with Armstrong)
 * Mount Nebo Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * Narl Cemetery
 * New Horizon Memorial Gardens
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Oakdale Cemetery
 * Oakland Cemetery
 * Pine Hill Cemetery
 * Pinson Cemetery
 * Prescott Cemetery
 * Providence Cemetery
 * Reed Cemetery
 * Roberts Cemetery
 * Sadlers Cemetery
 * Saint Michaels Cemetery
 * Salter Cemetery
 * Salter Cemetery (starts w/Cirillo)
 * Shadowlawn Memorial Park
 * Shady Grove Cemetery
 * Sheritt Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Smithson Cemetery
 * Taylors Chapel Cemetery
 * Toadvine Cemetery
 * Trussville Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery
 * Union Grove Cemetery
 * Union Grove Cemetery
 * Union Hill Cemetery
 * Valhalla Cemetery
 * Valley Creek Cemetery
 * Village Falls Cemetery
 * Virginia Mines Cemetery
 * Walkers Chapel Cemetery
 * Weaver Cemetery
 * Wise Cemetery

BillionGraves:


 * Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Trussville
 * New Hope Cemetery, Irondale
 * Reed Cemetery, Birmingham
 * Taylors Chapel Cemtery, Clay

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Birmingham
 * McCalla

Newspapers

 * Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers (Birmingham News, May 1929 - January 1980;  Birminham World, September 1940 - December 1996; Methodist Christian Advocate / Alabama Christian Advocate, January 1929 - December 1979; Shelby County Reporter, January 1932 - December 1979)
 * Alabama Citizen - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1913-1918

Yearbooks

 * Birmingham Southern College: 1914-2008 (via the Internet Archive)
 * Howard College Student Catalogs (formerly Samford College): 1847-1908 (via the Internet Archive)

Societies and Libraries
Genealogy Southern History Department Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bessemer Alabama Family History Center
 * Bessemer, Alabama,
 * Birmingham Alabama Family History Center
 * Birmingham, Alabama,
 * Birmingham 2nd Alabama Family History Center
 * Birmingham, Alabama
 * Leeds Alabama
 * Leeds, Alabama
 * Gardendale Alabama Family History Center
 * Gadendale, Alabama

Web Sites

 * Jefferson County, ALGenWeb - part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Jefferson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jefferson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)