Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander J. Dallas of Pennsylvania. The County 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.

Biographies

 * Biographies of many notable residents of Dallas County were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. Begins on page 844.
 * Dallas County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project

Cemeteries
The following web site has additional information on Dallas county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Alabama cemetery records by county.
 * Additional Dallas County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1

Census Records
State Census


 * 1866 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection

Church Records
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 $

Directories
Dallas County, Alabama Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both and pay-to-access websites.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 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.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 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
 * 1880-1930 - at FamilySearch — index and images- How to Use this Collection
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 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 Fought in Dallas County Battle information from Civil War Battle Summaries by State, by the Heritage Preservation Services. Map showing Civil War battles in Alabama, by the Heritage Preservation Services.
 * 1865 - April 2, Selma

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

Voting Records
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.


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

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1985 at FamilySearch. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1821-1848 Images of Wills (and index) 1821-1848 at Southeastern Genealogy ($)

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.

Tax Records

 * 1865-1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry $

Birth

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

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1809-1920 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) at Ancestry $
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1818-1929 in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1818-1826, 1835–1839, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1818-1845 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920"at Ancestry $. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.
 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry $

Death

 * 1881-1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection- How to Use this Collection
 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Libraries
Dallas Selma-Dallas Public Library 1103 Selma Avenue Selma, AL 36703-4498 Phone: 334-874-1725 Fax: 334-874-1742 Email: admin@selmalibrary.org becky@selmalibrary.org Website

Societies
Black Belt African-American Genealogical and Historical Society P. O. Box 971 Selma, AL 36702 Website
 * Publication: monthly newsletter/quarterly journal

Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society P. O. Box 586 Selma, AL 36702-0586 Phone: 334-874-6600 Facebook Website
 * Publication: Courier

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project ~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Dallas County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * 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.
 * Online Resources
 * Dallas Co. AL
 * United States Resources: Alabama
 * Al Gen Web