Jefferson County, Alabama:
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Projects

• Alabama Genealogy Trails  Jefferson County     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bhamwiki  An encyclopedic resource for anyone curious about Birmingham, Alabama and the region around it
• Jefferson County      (Source: Tracking Your Roots)
• Jefferson County Alabama      (Source: The Heart of Dixie)
• Jefferson County, Alabama      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jefferson County, Alabama Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Bibb County, AL  to the south
• Blount County, AL  to the north
• Saint Clair County, AL  to the east
• Shelby County, AL  to the southeast
• Tuscaloosa County, AL  to the southwest
• Walker County, AL  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Jefferson County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Birmingham GEDCOM Index 
• The Families of Genery's Gap, Alabama      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Jefferson Co, Alabama, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Jefferson County Alabama Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama  History and Biography, 1887     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• Jefferson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jefferson County GEDCOM Index 

Blogs

• Birmingham Genealogy Society Blog  We will post links, program information and other useful tips for those researching ancestors in the Jefferson County, Alabama area

Cemeteries (24)

Census Records and Indexes (50)

Church Records

• East Lake Methodist Church, Birmingham  Roster of Senior Citizens Christian Assoc. 1973 & 1974     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Court and Legal Records

• 1930 Prisoner Index Jefferson County Alabama Convict Camp # 7      (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers  1870-1916     (Source: Family History Library)
• Jefferson County Convict Camp # 7  1930 Prisoner Index     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Jefferson County Convict Camp List 1930      (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Jefferson County Court Records  including all Courts & Estate, Probate & Wills     (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• Jefferson County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jefferson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Birmingham City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Birmingham Directories  1888-90     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson County Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson County, Alabama City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Jefferson County Court Records  including all Courts & Estate, Probate & Wills     (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• Name Index  Deeds, Wills, Administrations of Jefferson County, 1818-1833

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center
• Early Black and Female Physicians  in Jefferson County
• The Piqua Shawnee Tribe 
• Records of the field offices for the state of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0011, includes Demopolis, Elyton, Eufaula, Eutaw, Garland, Girard and Greenville     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (86)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records (10)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Lookups

• Jefferson County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• hellomcardles  This group is for the McArdle's of Pratt City (Birmingham), Alabama and the decendents of Margaret "Nenas" O'Hare McArdle and Steven A. "Den-Den" McArdle, their relatives and friends     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• Jefferson County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Jefferson County, AL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• jefferson-county  Jefferson County, AL Researchers     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• AL-RUHEASTL-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Ruhama Baptist Church, East Lake area

  • AL-RUHEASTL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • AL-RUHEASTL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • AL-RUHEASTL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ALJEFFER-L Jefferson County Genealogy

  • ALJEFFER-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ALJEFFER-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ALJEFFER-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NE-ALABAMA-L Northeastern Alabama genealogy

  • NE-ALABAMA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NE-ALABAMA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NE-ALABAMA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Jefferson County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Jefferson County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jefferson County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Jefferson County, Alabama     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Civil War - 1883 Pensioners on the Roll      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jefferson County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jefferson County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Those Gallant Men of the Twenty-Eighth Alabama Confederate Infantry Regiment      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Birmingham City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Jefferson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Jefferson County, Alabama  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• History of Birmingham and Its Environs  Index
• Jefferson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jefferson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jefferson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (16)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (27)

School Records and Histories (102)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Jefferson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Slave Name Index  Deeds, Wills, Administrations of Jefferson County, 1818-1833
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Jefferson County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies (16)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (187)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Surname Index  Jefferson County Board of Revenue Minutes, 1856-1871

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• Birmingham, Alabama Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jefferson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Jefferson County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Jefferson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Jefferson County, Alabama     (Source: Google Patents)
• Regions Financial      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)

Vital Records (14)

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