DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |DeKalb County

County Courthouse
DEKALB COUNTY 111 Grand Avenue SW Fort Payne, AL 35967 Phone:(256) 845-8525

Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate and land records County Health Department has birth, death and burial records Clerk Circuit Court has court records

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.

Parent County
1836--De Kalb County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835. County seat: Fort Payne

Record Loss
The Cherokee County court house burned. Some of its records were given to De Kalb County. The records can be found in a old building in Fort Payne, the county seat.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chattooga County, Georgia
 * Dade County, Georgia
 * Etowah
 * Gadsden County, Florida
 * Jackson
 * Marshall
 * Walker County, Georgia

Cemeteries

 * Anthony Collins Cemetery
 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Bankhead Cemetery
 * Bean Cemetery
 * Belchers Chapel Cemetery
 * Beulahs Chapel Cemetery
 * Biddle Cemetery
 * Boyd Cemetery
 * Cagle Cemetery
 * Clark Cemetery
 * Collins Cemetery
 * Collinsville Cemetery
 * Copeland Bridge Cemetery
 * Cordell Cemetery
 * Corinth Cemetery
 * Countess Cemetery
 * Dalrymple Cemetery
 * Davenport Cemetery
 * DeKalb Memorial Gardens
 * Downer Cemetery
 * Ellison Cemetery
 * Fisher Cemetery
 * Forester Cemetery
 * Franklin Cemetery
 * Freeman Cemetery
 * Fuller Cemetery
 * Gilbreath Cemetery
 * Glenwood Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Green Chapel Cemetery
 * Greens Chapel Cemetery
 * Hall Cemetery
 * Hammack Cemetery
 * Harbour Cemetery
 * Hartline Cemetery
 * Head Springs Cemetery
 * Holly Spring Cemetery
 * Howards Chapel Cemetery
 * Husky Cemetery
 * Husky Chapel Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Kerley Cemetery
 * Killian Cemetery
 * King Cemetery
 * Lankford Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery
 * Lipscomb Cemetery
 * Longshore Cemetery
 * Lowrey Cemetery
 * Mahan Cemetery
 * Marvin Cemetery
 * Mathis Cemetery
 * Moore Cemetery
 * Mount Herman Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery
 * Mount Vernon Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * Mountain Home Cemetery
 * Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
 * Mt. Hermon Cemetery
 * New Bethel Cemetery
 * New Canaan Cemetery
 * Nicholson Cemetery
 * Norris Cemetery
 * Pannell Cemetery
 * Payne Cemetery
 * Pea Ridge Cemetery
 * Pine Grove Cemetery
 * Piney Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Plunket Cemetery
 * Plunkett Cemetery
 * Price Cemetery
 * Red Hill Cemetery
 * Scott Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery
 * Smith Chapel Cemetery
 * Steele Cemetery
 * Stewart Cemetery
 * Sulphur Springs Cemetery
 * Town Creek Cemetery
 * Union Grove Cemetery
 * Unity Cemetery
 * Valley Head Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Warren Stewart Cemetery
 * Weldon Cemetery
 * Wesson Cemetery
 * Whitehall Cemetery

Vital Records
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the DeKalb County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.


 * DeKalb County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)