Lamar County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Lamar County

County Courthouse
Lamar County Courthouse 330 First St. NE. Vernon, AL 35592 Phone: (205) 695-7193

Probate Office has marriage records 1867-1997, probate and land records; Circuit Clerk Office has divorce and Court Records

Parent County
1867--Lamar County was created 4 February 1867 from Marion and Fayette Counties. County seat: Vernon

Record Loss
1866 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Fayette
 * Lowndes County, Mississippi
 * Marion
 * Monroe County, Mississippi
 * Pickens

Cemeteries

 * Almon Cemetery
 * Antioch Church Cemetery
 * Asbury Cemetery
 * Bankhead Cemetery
 * Beaverton Memorial Cemetery
 * Bethabara Cemetery (off Hwy 18)
 * Bethabara Cemetery (Bethabara Rd.)
 * Bethel Cemetery (Bethel Rd.)
 * Bethel Cemetery (Wheat Rd,)
 * Bethel Cemetery ( Co. Rd. 51)
 * Bethel Cemetery (Co. Rd. 9)
 * Bethel Cemetery (Hwy. 17)
 * Blaylock Cemetery
 * Blooming Grove Cemetery (Co. Rd. 49)
 * Blooming Grove Cemetery (Providence Rd.)
 * Branyon Cemetery
 * Canaan Cemetery
 * Cantrell Cemetery (by Webb Church)
 * Cantrell Cemetery (off Randle Rd.)
 * Carter Cemetery (off Hwy. 17)]
 * Carter Cemetery (near Detroit)
 * Christian Chapel Cemetery
 * Corinth Cemetery (Corinth Rd.)
 * Corinth Cemetery (County Rd. 21)
 * Crews Cemetery
 * Crump Cemetery
 * Eatman Cemetery
 * El Bethel Cemetery
 * Emmaus Cemetery
 * Evans Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery (Fairview Rd, Lamar)
 * Fairview Cemetery (Loundes,MS)
 * Fairview Cemetery (off Co. Rd. 151, Marion)
 * Fairview Cemetery (Tuscaloosa) 
 * Fairview Cemetery (Marion)
 * Fairview Cemetery (Hackleburg)
 * Fairview Cemetery (Walker)
 * Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Fellowship Cemetery
 * Flynn Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery (Friendship Rd)
 * Friendship Cemetery (off Co. Rd. 12)
 * Friendship Cemetery (Marion)
 * Friendship Cemetery (Tuscaloosa)
 * Furnace Hill Cemetery (starts w/Adair)
 * Furnace Hill Cemetery (starts w/Ayres)
 * Furnace Hill Cemetery (starts w/Benefiel)
 * Guin Cemetery
 * Henson Cemetery
 * Henson Springs Cemetery
 * Herron Cemetery
 * Higdon Memorial Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Holliday Cemetery
 * Hollis Cemetery (Class? Rd)
 * Hollis Cemetery (Hollis Cemetery Rd)
 * Holly Grove Cemetery
 * Kennedy Cemetery (Cemetery Rd)
 * Kennedy Cemetery (Blue Bird Rd)
 * Lamar Memory Gardens
 * Lampkin Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery (Co. Rd. 16)
 * Liberty Cemetery (Co. Rd. 49)
 * Love Joy Cemetery (Love Joy Rd)
 * Lovejoy Cemetery (Hamilton)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Sulligent)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Pickens)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Tuscaloosa)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Tuscaloosa; Hwy 69)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Walker)
 * Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Meadow Branch Cemetery (starts w/Allen)
 * Meadow Branch Cemetery (starts w/Cooper)
 * Moore Cemetery (off Hwy 96)
 * Moore Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Moore Cemetery (Walker)
 * Moore Cemetery (Hoolligan &amp; Moore)
 * Morton Chapel Cemetery
 * Moscow Cemetery
 * Mount Carmel Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron Cemetery
 * Mount Nebo Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Church of Christ Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery (Co. Rd. 23)
 * Mount Olive Cemetery (E of Beaverton)
 * Mount Pisgah Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Mt. Pleasant Rd.)
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Mt. Pleasant Church Rd.)
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Marion)
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * Mulberry Springs Cemetery
 * Nebo Cemetery
 * New Church Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * New Providence Cemetery
 * Nolen Cemetery
 * Oakes Chapel Cemetery
 * Oddfellows Cemetery
 * Old Antioch Cemetery (Old Antioch Rd)
 * Old Antioch Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Old Antioch Cemetery (Mt. Gap Rd)
 * Old Antioch Cemetery (Pickens)
 * Old Antioch Cemetery (Marion)
 * Old Asbury Cemetery
 * Old El Bethel Cemetery
 * Old Harmony Cemetery
 * Olive Hill Cemetery
 * Owens Cemetery (Rock Rd)
 * Owens Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Payne Chapel Cemetery
 * Pearson Cemetery
 * Pine Springs Cemetery
 * Piney Grove Cemetery (Deer Run Rd)
 * Piney Grove Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Pleasant Ridge Cemetery (starts w/Atkins)
 * Pleasant Ridge Cemetery (starts w/Mordecai)
 * Plynn Cemetery
 * Pope Cemetery
 * Poplar Springs Cemetery
 * Providence Cemetery (Providence Rd)
 * Providence Cemetery (Pickens)
 * Providence Cemetery (Walker)
 * Rising Star Cemetery
 * Rowland Cemetery
 * Sailor Cemetery
 * Sanders Cemetery
 * Sanders Cemetery (Fayette)
 * Sandlin Cemetery
 * Seven Oaks Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Sizemore Cemetery
 * Sizemore Memorial Cemetery
 * South Carolina Cemetery
 * Spring Hill Cemetery
 * Springfield Cemetery
 * Spruiell Cemetery
 * Stanford Cemetery
 * Stanford Cemetery Stanford Cemetery Rd)
 * Sudduth Cemetery
 * Sulligent Cemetery
 * Taylor Cemetery (off Co Rd 14)
 * Taylor Cemetery (off Co Rd 138 Marion)
 * Taylor Cemetery (Northport)
 * Taylor Springs Cemetery
 * Temple Star Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery (off Connie Rd, Lamar)
 * Thompson Cemetery (off County Club Rd, Lamar)
 * Thompson Cemetery (off Co Rd 49, Lamar)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Marion)
 * Turner Cemetery
 * Union Chapel Cemetery
 * Vernon Cemetery
 * Walnut Grove Cemetery
 * Wesley Chapel Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery (Junkins Rd, Fayette)
 * Wilson Cemetery (Co Rd 2, Lamar)
 * Wilson Cemetery (Tuscaloosa)
 * Wofford Cemetery

Newspapers
Transcribed newspapers:


 * The Vernon Pioneer (1875 - 1878)
 * The Vernon Clipper (1879 - 1880)
 * The Lamar News (1886 - 1887)
 * The Vernon Courier (1886 - 1889)

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * Marriages at ALGenWeb - free

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

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


 * Lamar County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection


 * Death notices and obituaries found in the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.


 * Marriage notices found in the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Lamar County has one book.

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.
 * County ALGenWeb~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Lamar County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lamar County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)