Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Dallas County

County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse 105 Lauderdale, Selma, AL 36702, Phone: (334) 874-2523

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1818 Divorce Records from 1917 Probate Records from 1821 and land records from 1820&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dallas County p. 36. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.&lt;/ref&gt;

Parent County
1818--Dallas County was created 9 February 1818 from Montgomery County and the Creek Cession of 1814. County seat: Selma

Neighboring Counties

 * Autauga
 * Chilton
 * Lowndes
 * Marengo
 * Perry
 * Wilcox

African American

 * 1883-1893, 1925-1930 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Biography

 * Dallas County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Cemeteries
Additional Dallas County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Baptist

 * 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 ($).

Civil War Battle Fought in Dallas County

 * 1865 - April 2 = Selma

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.

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Dallas County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

 * 1816-1957 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.


 * 1818-1929 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Voting Registers
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

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.
 * 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)
 * Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)