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*{{RecordSearch|1915984|Alabama, State Census, 1855}} Index only. | *{{RecordSearch|1915984|Alabama, State Census, 1855}} Index only. | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1915987|Alabama, State Census, 1865}} Index only. | *{{RecordSearch|1915987|Alabama, State Census, 1865}} Index only. | ||
=== Online Alabama indexes and images === | === Online Alabama indexes and images === | ||
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Alabama state census records:[edit | edit source]
- Alabama, State Census, 1855 Index only.
- Alabama, State Census, 1865 Index only.
Online Alabama indexes and images[edit | edit source]
Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
| 1940 N/A | 1910 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 | |
| 1930 and Soundex | 1900 and Soundex | 1870 | 1840 | |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1890 fragments and index | 1860 | 1830 |
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624/Soundex T1259 | 1880 T9/Soundex T753 | 1850 M432 |
| 1930 T626/Soundex M2049 | 1900 T623/Soundex T1030 | 1870 M593 | 1840 M704 |
| 1920 T625/Soundex M1548 | 1890 fragments M407/index M496 | 1860 M653 | 1830 M19 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Alabama, click here.
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Alabama | ||||||||||
| Free | Free at Some Libraries(usually with library card) | Pay | ||||||||
| Year | Type | Record Search | Census Bureau | Google Book | Heritage Quest | Ancestry FHL | Ancestry Library | Ancestry Home | ||
| 1880 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link[1] | Link[1] | Link[1] | ||
| 1870 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link[1] | Link[1] | Link[1] | ||
| 1860 | Slave owner | Link | - | - | Link[2] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Slave owner | Link | - | - | Link[2] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1840 | Pensioner | Link | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
| 1890 Veteran | 1870 Mortality | 1860 Slave owner | 1850 Slave owner | 1840 Pensioners |
| 1880 Mortality | 1870 Agricultural | 1860 Mortality | 1850 Mortality | 1820 Manufacturers |
| 1880 Agricultural | 1870 Industrial | 1860 Agricultural | 1850 Agricultural | |
| 1880 Industrial | 1870 Social Statistics | 1860 Industrial | 1850 Industrial | |
| 1880 Defective | 1860 Social Statistics | 1850 Social Statistics |
| 1890 Veteran | 1860 Slave owner | 1860 Industrial | 1850 Agricultural | 1820 Manufactuer |
| 1880 Mortality | 1860 Mortality | 1850 Slave owner | 1850 Industrial | |
| 1870 Mortality | 1860 Agricultural | 1850 Mortality | 1840 Pensioner |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Alabama, click here.
State, Territorial, and Colonial Censuses[edit | edit source]
Censuses were taken in Alabama in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family.
- 1907[3]
- 1866 Counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Dale, Dallas, De Kalb, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston[3][4][5][6]
- 1861-1865 Covington County[5]
- 1855 Counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston. Has a printed index.[3][4][5][6]
- 1850 Counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Benton, Blount, Butler, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Dale, Dallas, De Kalb, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Jefferson, Lawrence, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington, and Wilcox[3][6]
- 1823[3]
- 1821[3]
- 1820 Counties: Baldwin, Conecuh, Dallas, Franklin, Limestone, St. Clair, Shelby, Wilcox[3][6][7]
- Alabama Census Returns, 1820 and an Abstract of Federal Census of Alabama, 1830. Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1944. Free Name Search[8]; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com ; FHL Book 976.1 X2o 1820 ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
- 1818 partial[3]
- 1816[5]
- 1809 Madison County[5]
- 1805 Mobile City[5]
- 1789 Mobile City[5]
- 1787 Mobile City[5]
- 1786 Mobile City[5]
- 1785 Tensas[9]
Confederate Veterans’ Censuses
1927, 1921, 1907--Special censuses of Confederate veterans who were receiving a pension were taken. Microfilm copies are available at the Alabama Department of Archives and History at http://www.archives.state.al.us/, and at the Family History Library:
- Alabama. State Auditor. Confederate Soldiers in Alabama: 1907–1927. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On ten FHL Films beginning with 1533727.)
The 1927 census contains the veteran’s name, his widow’s name, her age and birth date, and their marriage date. The records are arranged by county, then alphabetically by the name of the widow. This series is not complete. Some of the returns are found in the Confederate Pension Applications.
The 1921 census provides each veteran’s name, place and date of birth, place of residence, length of Alabama residence, occupation, wife’s age and place of birth, marriage date and place, names of living children, occupation, and post office box. The forms also contain the veteran’s rank, company, regiment, captain and colonel’s name, battles, wounds, captures, imprisonments, and transfers.
The 1907 census includes each person’s name, place of residence, date and place of birth, rank, date of entry into military service, date and place of discharge or separation, and name of military unit. The 1907 lists have been abstracted, indexed, and published. They are available in:
- 1907 Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers. Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1982. Five Volumes. (FHL Book 976.1 X22c 1907; on four films beginning with 1421815 item 23; on eight fiche beginning with 6093367.) The information covers the following counties: Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw, Cleburne, Coffee, Coosa, Cullman, Dale, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Marion, Mobile, Monroe, Morgan, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties. The volumes are alphabetical by county. This book gives the soldier’s name, full birth date, city and state of birth, when and where enlisted, unit, and mustering-out date.
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing Alabama censuses, click here.
Why use a census?[edit | edit source]
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
More about censuses[edit | edit source]
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
- index searching tips
- analyzing and using what you find
- census accuracy
- historical background
- contents of various census years and types
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:
- Alabama State Census, 1855 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Alabama State Census, 1866 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ancestry claims to have indexed all mortality schedules. The Alabama 1870 and 1880 mortality schedules to not appear to be indexed online.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 New Horizons Genealogy, "Alabama State and Colonial Census Records" in Existing Colonial, Territorial and State Census Records [Internet site] at http://newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/al-census.htm (accessed 18 November 2009).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 13-14
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Family History Library, State Census Register (Salt Lake City: FHL, 2005), 1: 2-43.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ancestry.com "Alabama State Census, 1820-1866" at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1576 (accessed 30 July 2009).
- ↑ Emily Anne Croom, The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1994)[[Template:Croom]], 38, cites a published version of this census in [[[:Template:AHQ]]] (Fall 1944) 6:339-515.
- ↑ Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com
- ↑ Winston DeVille, "Some Anglo-Americans in the Deep South, 1785," Genealogical Helper 36, number 5 (Sept.–Oct. 1982): 5–6. (FHL Book 929.05 G286). There are 46 men listed.