Alabama, United States Genealogy


 * This article is about the southern U.S. state. For other uses, see Alabama (disambiguation).

United States   Alabama

Spanish explorers are believed to have arrived at Mobile Bay in 1519, and the territory was visited in 1540 by the explorer Hernando de Soto. The first permanent European settlement in Alabama was founded by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile in 1702. The British gained control of the area in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris, but had to cede almost all the Alabama region to the U.S. and Spain after the American Revolution. The Confederacy was founded at Montgomery in February 1861, and, for a time, the city was the Confederate capital.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Baine | Baker | Benton | Cabela | Cotaco | Decatur | Hancock | Jones | Sanford

Major Repositories
Alabama Dept of Archives and History· Alabama Historical Association· Birmingham Public Library· University of Alabama Libraries· Mobile Public Library· Samford University Library· Wallace State College· National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)· Allen County Public Library

Migration Routes
Alabama-Chickasaw Road· Alabama, Choctaw and Natchez Road· Alabama and Mobile Road· Chattanooga-Willstown Road· Federal Horse Path· Georgia Road· Great Indian Warpath· Macon and Montgomery Road· Mobile and Natchez Road· Natchez and Lower Creeks Road· Natchez Trace· Okfuskee Road· Tallapoosa-Birmingham Road· Upper Creeks-Pensacola Road

Research Tools

 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The Alabama GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.
 * Courthouse addresses for all 67 counties.
 * Access Genealogy: Alabama Genealogy has a wealth of resources.
 * Research Guide: BYU Research Outline for Alabama

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