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| Alabama tombstone transcriptions date from the early 1800s. Tombstones and sextons’ records may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse, names of children, and maiden names. Birth places are infrequently mentioned. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias suggesting military service and social, fraternal, or religious affiliations. Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby.<br><br> | | ==Online Resources== |
| | *[http://billiongraves.com/ BillionGraves] - photos and GPS locations of grave markers ''Navigate to a country page and change the website link'' |
| | *[https://billiongraves.com/site-map?country=United+States&state=Alabama BillionGraves page for Alabama] has a list of individual cemeteries. |
| | *[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] - photos and GPS locations of grave markers ''Navigate to a country page and change the website link'' |
| | *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Alabama%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_3 Find A Grave Page for Alabama] |
| | *[https://accessgenealogy.com/alabama/alabama-cemetery-records.htm Index of Alabama cemeteries organized by county] |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610 United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969]- index and images. |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3264362 Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965]- index and images. |
| | *[http://www.interment.net/us/al/alabama-cemetery-records.htm Interment.net page for Alabama]- browsable by county name. |
| | *[http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/search.htm?form=extended US GenWeb Archives]. Select Alabama and Cemeteries. |
| | *[https://accessgenealogy.com/alabama/alabama-african-american-cemeteries.htm Accessgenealogy.com, Alabama African American Cemeteries]. Online transcription of burials. |
| | *[https://www.deathindexes.com/alabama/index.html Online Alabama Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries] |
| | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26317/ Alabama cemetery records] ($) |
| | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60427/ Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files, 1933-1990] ($) |
| | *[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-AL-NDX.html Cemetery Junction- Alabama] |
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| === '''Online Resources''' === | | == Jewish Cemeteries == |
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| The following have significant cemetery listings for Alabama State: {{Note|Sites may be incomplete. <br>• They may not list all cemeteries in a county <br>• and may not include all burials in a cemetery.}}<br>
| | *[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen] has a list for every country. Go to USA. Click the file folder. Then go to Region: Alabama. |
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| *{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
| | ==Military Cemeteries== |
| *Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=3&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n '''Search for names'''] Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates.
| | *[https://va.alabama.gov/veterans-memorial-cemetery/ Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort] |
| *{{RecordSearch|3264362|Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images | | *[https://armycemeteries.army.mil/Cemeteries/Fort-McClellan-Post-Cemetery Fort McClellan Post Cemetery] |
| **This site frequently has tombstone images
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| **[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=3&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n '''List of cemeteries'''] statewide for cemeteries in their database
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| ****Go to [http://www.findagrave.com/ '''Find A Grave Home page'''], click '''Search for a cemetery''', select the state (Alabama), then select from the '''county list''', and press '''Search'''. | |
| ***Click on the number below '''Interments''' for a cemetery to access names. Click '''Records''' arrow to scroll through to the end.
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70507 '''''Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012 Free'''''] (free) | | == Individual Cemeteries == |
| | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pratt_Cemetery Daniel Pratt Cemetery] |
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| # Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. | | To find cemetery records for ''STATE NAME'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br> |
| # [http://genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/ig/tombstone_symbols/ Symbols] and [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] may lead you to other records.
| | #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] |
| # Weathering and damage to tombstones make [[Alabama Cemeteries#Tombstone Transcriptions|early published transcriptions]] priceless.}} <br> | | #Enter: '''Alabama''' in the Place box |
| | #Click on: '''Search''' |
| | #Click on: '''Cemeteries''' |
| | To search for cemeteries at the county level, follow these steps: |
| | #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] |
| | #Enter: '''Alabama''' in the Place box |
| | #Click on: '''Search''' |
| | #Click on: '''Cemeteries''' |
| | #Click on: '''Places within Alabam''' |
| | #Click on the county you want to search |
| | #Click on: '''Cemeteries''' |
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| *'''[http://www.interment.net/ Interment.net]''' includes many Alabama cemetery transcripts.
| | == Additional Resources == |
| *'''[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#cemetery BillionGraves]''' can be searched by name, surname, or cemetery. It provides a photo and the GPS location of the grave marker.
| | *[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Alabama cemetery. |
| *Search the [http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/search.htm?form=extended '''USGenWeb Archives Digital Library.'''] This web site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state of interest and the subject cemeteries. Type the name of the ancestor you seek in the "Query" field, and click Search. For best results, use the "Search Tips" and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.
| | *[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org]- Do a search for Alabama Cemetery. |
| *'''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29748&cj=1&o_xid=0001546952&o_lid=0001546952 Alabama cemetery records]''' on www.ancestry.com ($)
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| *'''[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localSearch.php?state=1&locTGroup=Cemeteries&searchStr=&sec=0&destType=&Submit=Search&searchType=0 ePodunk]''' has a gazetteer of Alabama cemeteries. | |
| *'''[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/alabama.htm Accessgenealogy.com]'''
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| *'''[http://huntsville.about.com/od/alabamacemeteries/Alabama_Cemeteries.htm Alabama Cemeteries at about.com]'''
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| *'''Wiki Pages [[:Category:Alabama FamilySearch Historical Records|Alabama FamilySearch Historical Records]] All pages in the FamilySearch Wiki on FamilySearch Historical Records about Alabama.
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| *[http://www.deathindexes.com/alabama/index.html Online Alabama Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries]
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26317 Alabama cemetery records] ($)
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| *[http://www.interment.net/us/al/index.htm Alabama Cemetery Records at Interment.net]. | |
| *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Cemetery Records at Findagrave.com].
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| *[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/#country=United+States&state=Alabama&county=&search_text=&action=search_cemetery BillionGraves Cemetery Records].
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60427 Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files, 1933-1990]
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| *[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-AL-NDX.html Cemetery Junction Alabama]
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| *[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/al.html I Dream of Genealogy Cemetery Records]
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| *[http://ldsgenealogy.com/AL/Cemetery-Records.htm Alabama Cemetery Records]
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| *The Gandrud and Jones Collection, ''Alabama Records. ''The Gandrud and Jones collection is described in [[Alabama, United States Genealogy|Alabama Genealogy]].
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| ==== Daughters of the American Revolution Library ====
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| The [http://www.dar.org/library/ Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)] have tombstone inscriptions from Alabama cemeteries. This collection is located at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., which also includes transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, family records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills.
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| The Family History Library (FHL) has a Genealogical collection of Alabama cemetery records microfilmed from the original records in the D.A.R. library in Washington D.S. Daughters of the American Revolution (Alabama).
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| ::''Miscellaneous Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. {{FHL|235313|item|disp=FHL 835113 (first of seven films.)}} There are 44 other microfilms in the DAR collection for Alabama. See the FamilySearch Catalog, Author/Title
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| ''Alabama Cemetery Records.'' 6 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1946. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library: <br>
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/116855-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-1?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 1 Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Colbert, Coosa, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Limestone, Jefferson, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/130205-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-2?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 2 Barbour, Henry, and Houston counties
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/132381-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-3?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 3 Calhoun, Lauderdale, Talladega, and Walker counties
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/124662-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-4?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 4 Colbert, Coosa, Lauderdale, and Talladega counties
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/121954-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-5?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 5 Jefferson, Lauderdale, Madison, Mobile, and Perry counties
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| :*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/114905-alabama-cemetery-records-vol-6?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library] Vol. 6 Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Coosa, St. Clair, Talladega, and Winston counties
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| Search the microfiche catalog, under Daughters of the American Revolution (Alabama), for a list of the other films. This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1970 and 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, DC. The volumes are generally arranged by county and many have individual indexes. These records are indexed by surname in E. Kay Kirkham’s ''An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the Southern States'', cited in [[Alabama, United States Genealogy|Alabama Genealogy]].
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| *A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts and the book and film numbers to locate them may be found at the Family History Library.
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| ::The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah). ''Index to United States Cemeteries.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|613269|item|disp=FHL films 1206468–94.}} FHL film 1206468 includes Alabama through Arkansas.
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| Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions. [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Archives Project]] has records from cemeteries listed on their Internet site at:
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| ::The Alabama Tombstone Transcription Project. In [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Archives Project]]
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| You will find many cemetery records transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals. See [[Alabama Periodicals]] for indexes to periodicals.
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