St. Clair County, Alabama Genealogy

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

Description
St. Clair County was created on 20 November 1818 and was named for General Arthur St. Clair, who came to America from Scotland as an officer in the British Army in the French and Indian War. He served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He also was the only Governor of the Northwest Territory. Its county seat is Ashville. It is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
St. Clair County Courthouse Ashville Division 100 6th Ave #400 Ashville, AL 35953 Phone: 205-594-2184 Fax: 205-594-2196 Pell City Division 1815 Cogswell Ave, #217 Pell City, AL 35125 Phone: 205-338-2511 Fax:  205-884-4224 St.Claire County Website Probate Judge has marriage probate and land records from 1800 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in St. Clair County:

Bible Records

 * St Clair County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives
 * St. Clair County Records Family Bibles at RootsWeb Records

Biographies

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Pg. 156. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.

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

 * 1819-1826 (*); Circuit and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1819-1849 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1827-1850 (*); Orphans' Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1850-1952 (*); Probate and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1900-1911 (*); Probate Court and Probate Judge at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Early St. Clair County, Alabama Records. By Mrs. C. P. McGuire. St. Clair County, Alabama : St. Clair County, Alabama. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

The Northern Judicial District county seat is Ashville. The Southern Judicial District county seat is Pell City.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1914-1936 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images

Funeral Homes

 * Christian Memorial Funeral Home Pell City
 * Kilgroe Funeral Home Pell City
 * Usrey Funeral Home Pell City

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

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


 * - 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A "Ashville Guards"
 * - 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company F "Coosa Valley Guards"
 * - 25th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D and H
 * - 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H
 * - 51st Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers, Company E
 * - 58th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A, C, G and I

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
 * 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. St. Clair County has one book.
 * 1834-1981  at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and some 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
 * 1819-1849 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1830-1976 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1850-1952 (*); Probate and County Courts at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1902-1916 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — 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 ($). St. Clair County is in District 3.

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
 * 1819-1895 St. Clair County Marriage Index 1819-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1881–1952  at FamilySearch
 * 1881-1895 St. Clair County Death Index 1881-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 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 Historical Records Collection.

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

 * Birmingham Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Columbiana Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Gardendale Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Leeds Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Talladega Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Birmingham Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Gadsden Public Library - Alabama City Branch - an affiliate library
 * Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * Shelby County Museum and Archives - an affiliate library
 * Wallace State College - an affiliate library

Libraries
Doris Stanley Memorial Library 300 Bookmark Circle Moody, AL 35004 Phone: 205-640-2517 Email: [mailto:dsml@moodyalabama.gov dsml@moodyalabama.gov] Website Facebook Pell City Library 1000 Bruce Etheredge Pkwy, Suite 100 Pell City, AL 35128 Phone: 205-884-1015 Email: [mailto:pclibrary@epell.net pclibrary@epell.net] Website Facebook Springville City Library 6315 US Highway 11 Springville, Al 35146 Phone: 205-467-2339 Email: [mailto:springvillepubliclibraryal@gmail.com springvillepubliclibraryal@gmail.com] Website Facebook Trussville Public Library 201 Parkway Dr Trussville, AL 35173 Phone: 205-655-2022 Email: [mailto:tr.help@jclc.org tr.help@jclc.org] Website Facebook

Museums
Ashville Museum and Archives St Clair County Courthouse 78 6th Ave PO Box 1570 Ashville, AL 35953 Phone: 205-594-2128 Email: [mailto:archives@stclairco.com archives@stclairco.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 St Clair Historical Society PO Box 262 Springville, AL 35146 Email: [mailto:info@stclairhistoricalsociety.com info@stclairhistoricalsociety.com] Website Facebook Publications: Cherish: The Quarterly Journal of the St. Clair County Historical Society

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.
 * St.Clair County ALGenWeb. Record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Saint Clair 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.