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Projects

• Alabama Genealogy Trails  Shelby County     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• East Central Alabama Researchers      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Shelby AL GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)
• Shelby County      (Source: Tracking Your Roots)
• Shelby County Alabama      (Source: The Heart of Dixie)
• Shelby County ALGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Shelby County, Alabama      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Bibb County, AL  to the southwest
• Chilton County, AL  to the south
• Coosa County, AL  to the southeast
• Jefferson County, AL  to the northwest
• Saint Clair County, AL  to the northeast
• Talladega County, AL  to the east

Bible Records

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

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

• The Families of Genery's Gap, Alabama      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Shelby County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• Shelby County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Shelby County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Court and Legal Records

• Shelby County Court Records  including all Courts & Estate, Probate & Wills     (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)

Estate Records

• Shelby County Court Records  including all Courts & Estate, Probate & Wills     (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History

• Alabama Counties: Shelby      (Source: Alabama Department of Archives & History)
• Historical Markers: Shelby County      (Source: Alabama Department of Archives & History)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Shelby County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Shelby County, Alabama      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Shelby County, Alabama      (Source: Historic Markers)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • The History of Alabaster 
  • Calera: History 
  • A Little History  Columbiana, Alabama
  • City of Helena 
  • City of Pelham History 
  • A History of Wilsonville 

• Library

  • Shelby County Public Libraries  Serving Shelby County for over Sixty Years

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

  • Calera, AL Train Wreck, Jun 1890      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Helena, AL Coal Mine Explosion, Jan 1926      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Shelby County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Shelby County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Alabama locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• History and County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Shelby County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Shelby County Alabama Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Shelby County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Shelby Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Shelby County, AL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Shelby County Land & Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Shelby, Talladega Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jefferson, Shelby Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bibb, Shelby Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Chilton, Shelby Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Coosa, Shelby Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Aldrich Coal Mine Museum  Montevallo, Alabama
• Columbiana Museums 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum  Calera
• Shelby County Historical Society  Museum & Archives
• Shelby County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Shelby County Records      (Source: Alabama Department of Archives & History)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (16)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Family Maps of Shelby County, AL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Historical Maps of Shelby County      (Source: Historical Map Archive)
• Shelby County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Shelby County Post Offices 
• Shelby County Postal Covers      ($)
• Shelby County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Shelby County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, St. Clair, Shelby Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 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  Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Alabama Notes, Volume 1 and 2      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Alabama Notes, Volumes 3 and 4      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia      ($)
• Migrations through Shelby County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Shelby County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Shelby County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Southern Claims Commission  Shelby County     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Shelley County     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Shelby County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Shelby County Newspapers      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Shelby County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Alabama Archives)
• Shelby County Reporter  Recent obituaries
• Shelby County Reporter      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Alabaster Ancestral Photographs      (Source: DeadFred: The Original Online Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Calera Ancestral Photographs      (Source: DeadFred: The Original Online Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Dormitory at Alabama Girls Technical Institute, Montevallo      (Source: W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama)
• Historical Postcards of Shelby County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelby County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Cahaba-Coosa Chapter      (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)
• Shelby County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (85)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Shelby County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Shelby County, Alabama     (Source: Google Patents)
• Shelby County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902  Includes Shelby County (1818-1822)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920  includes Shelby, 1824-1868     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Alabama Vital Records: Marriages 1808-1920  includes Shelby County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Shelby County AfAm Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Shelby County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Shelby County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Shelby County, Alabama Vital Records  Births, Marriages, Deaths & Social Security     (Source: USGenWeb)

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