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Birmingham Histories
  • 100 things to do in Birmingham before you die
  • Abandoned Birmingham
  • Altamont : a portion of Red Mountain and its park
  • At bat : journeys to fame and glory through Rickwood Field, 1964 to 1987
  • Back to nature : a history of Birmingham's Ruffner Mountain
  • Birmingham beer : a heady history of brewing in the magic city
  • Birmingham : biography of a city of the new South
  • The Birmingham Botanical Society : a brief history
  • Birmingham and the long Black freedom struggle
  • Birmingham's first black in blue
  • Birmingham's forgotten founders : 26 stories from its history
  • Blach's fair and square : the store, the family, their story
  • Black baseball's last team standing : the Birmingham Black Barons, 1919-1962
  • Building Birmingham and Jefferson County
  • Christmas in Birmingham
  • Continental obscura : from Birmingham to Bellingham
  • Dawoud Bey : two American projects
  • Downtown Action Committee : 1961-1986.
  • Fifty years of dreams and discoveries : the University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Five-star trails. Birmingham : 35 beautiful hikes in and around Central Alabama
  • Five-Star trails : Birmingham : your guide to the most beautiful trails
  • For the beauty of: Birmingham : scenes from the studios of artisans reviving their city
  • For science and humanity : building Southern Research
  • From steel mills to stethoscopes : a history of the Birmingham medical profession
  • The future of Birmingham
  • Going west, going east : a memoir
  • Great temple of travel : a pictorial history of Birmingham Terminal Station, 1909-1969
  • Greater than a tourist -- Birmingham Alabama , USA : 50 travel tips from a local
  • Growing up in the Magic City : a detailed memoir of life in post-war Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1940's-50's-60's
  • Hellenic heartbeat in the deep south : a history of the Greek community in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Historic Birmingham & Jefferson County : an illustrated history
  • A history of Birmingham and its environs : a narrative account of their historical progress, their people, and their principal interests
  • The infamous Birmingham axe murders : prohibition gansters & vigilante justice
  • Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama : historical and biographical
  • The Kiwanis Club of Birmingham
  • Ku klux terror : Birmingham, Alabama, from 1866-present
  • Leadership patterns in Birmingham's history
  • Learning from Birmingham : a journey into history and home
  • Leaving Birmingham : notes of a native son
  • Legends and lore of Birmingham and central Alabama
  • Life & death in the Magic City
  • Lost Birmingham
  • Magic City nights : Birmingham's rock 'n' roll years
  • Magic City realism : Richard Coe's Birmingham
  • Magic City rock : spaces and faces of Birmingham's scene
  • Memories of downtown Birmingham : where all the lights were bright
  • Murder on Shades Mountain : the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham
  • The newcomer's key to Birmingham
  • North Birmingham : a city of its own
  • Parisian, you're somebody special : 1887-2007
  • Paul Louis de Launay : artist, musician, educator : an old world American
  • Pizitz : genesis of a retail giant
  • Post Card Exchange : Birmingham, Alabama
  • Presenting Birmingham : "the South's greatest industrial city."
  • Recollections, reminiscences-- and more legacies from the crossroads : a history of the development of northeast Jefferson County in Alabama
  • Remembrances of things passed
  • Secrets on Saulter Road : discovering hope and forgiveness in the wake of my toxic upbringing : a memoir
  • Segregation in the new South : Birmingham, Alabama, 1871-1901
  • A sense of place : Birmingham's Black middle-class community, 1890-1930
  • Showdown at Rickwood : Ray Caldwell, Dizzy Dean, and the early years of America's oldest ball park, 1910-1931
  • Stigma cities : the reputation and history of Birmingham, San Francisco, and Las Vegas
  • The story of Birmingham : "the city beautiful" : industrial center of the South.
  • The story of one little house : Help-One-Another Club, Inc.
  • A study of the growth of the city of Birmingham's corporate boundaries from 1871 to the present
  • Swing Lowe : a family's dedication to preserving music in the Magic City
  • Taylor Montgomery's walking stick : a North Alabama family memoir of Daniels, Montgomerys, Barrons, Cooleys, and more
  • Tenacity of purpose : Coach Preston Goldfarb's journey through life, loves and soccer
  • This is Birmingham : the story of the founding and growth of an American city
  • Underground Birmingham : images from Birmingham's iron ore mines
  • The valley and the hills : an illustrated history of Birmingham & Jefferson County
  • Warren H. Manning : landscape architect and environmental planner
  • Warren H. Manning's city plan of Birmingham
  • We lead the way = Ducimus viam
  • William Jelks Cabaniss, Jr. : crossing lines in his business, political, and diplomatic life : a biography
Cemeteries
  • 175th anniversary 1818 - 1993. (Canaan Baptist, Bessemer)
  • A history of the Cahaba Heights Baptist Church, 1897-1978
  • A Partial inventory of cemeteries in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Alabama church & family cemeteries
  • A roster and brief history of Liberty-Minter Cemetery
  • Alabama DAR genealogical Records Committee report. Series , volume , In commeration of 125 years - Turnham Calcedonia Cemetery
  • Alabama records
  • Avondale Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • Bessemer, Alabama area cemeteries
  • Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Road, Dora, Alabama
  • Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery inscriptions, established 1818
  • Cahaba Heights Baptist Church Cemetery, "Old New Merkel"
  • Canaan, garden spot by the Cuttacochee, 1818-1968
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Cemetery listings, Pleasant Grove, Alabama
  • Cemetery survey of Friendship Cemetery, Graham Cemetery, Hodges Cemetery, Mt Olive Cemetery of Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Central Baptist Church history, 1851-1948 (Argo)
  • Cole-Johnson Cemetery : est: 1827
  • Concord Baptist Church : centennial, 1887-1987
  • Confederate soldiers with military markers buried in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Directory of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
  • Early burials, 1823-1925, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Alabama
  • East Lake Cemetery : 78th Street & Division Avenue
  • Edwards cemetery census : a family burial ground near Gardendale, Alabama
  • Ellard Family Cemetery relocation project
  • Families and friends of Union Hill Cemetery
  • First Baptist Church, Bessemer, Alabama, 1887-1993
  • Freewill Cemetery, West Jefferson, Alabama
  • Good Hope Cemetery : the origin and index
  • Greenwood Cemetery : (formerly Sam Foley Cemetery) Pratt City
  • Historical atlas of Alabama
  • History of Brighton United Methodist Church 1891-1985
  • History of the First Presbyterian Church, Bessemer, Alabama 1888-1980
  • Index to W.P.A.'s Some tombstone inscriptions from Alabama cemeteries
  • John B. Moore Cemetery, McCalle, Alabama, Jefferson County
  • Knesseth-Israel-Bethel-El Cemetery, 320 11th Court North, Birmingham, Alabama and Bethel-El Cemetery, Bessemer, Alabama
  • McElwain Cemetery (sometimes referred to as Kirk Cemetery and Eastis Cemetery) : McElwain, Birmingham, Alabama, Jefferson County
  • Morris Cemetery, Morris, Alabama
  • Old Blue Creek Cemetery : Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Pioneer trails
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery : Jefferson County, McCalla, Alabama
  • Red Mountain Cemetery record of interments, 1888-1906
  • Report of the Watkins Family Cemetery relocation, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Some tombstone inscriptions from Alabama cemeteries
  • The Bucksville Cemetery, Bucksville, Alabama
  • The Fields Cemetery of Brookside, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • The history of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1887-1987
  • The Lawler Cemetary, a history and index
  • The Oak Hill pioneer
  • The Wood Family Cemetery
  • Tombstone inscriptions : Crumly Chapel Cemetery, 1858 to April 25, 1966
  • Union Baptist Church Cemetery Inscriptions : Lipscomb, Alabama, Jefferson County
  • Union Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Valhalla Cemetery
  • Watts Union Cemetery census taken 5-1-1996
Census Records
  • 1830 census Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 1850 census Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 1860 census Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 1850 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 1918 census of Fairfield, Alabama
  • Alabama 1850 agricultural and manufacturing census ... (vol. 2)
  • Alabama 1860 agricultural and manufacturing census ... (vol. 1)
  • Alabama 1907 census of Confederate soldiers
  • Alabama mortality schedule, 1850 : seventh census of the United States
  • Alabama mortality schedule, 1860 : eighth census of the United States
  • Jefferson County, Alabama census, 1840
  • Jefferson County, Alabama, census, 1870
Church Histories & Records
  • The African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963
  • Alabama Episcopal Church registers [electronic resource]
  • Annals of the Southside Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1886-1936
  • Aspiration : Birmingham's historic houses of worship
  • The bearing day is not gone : the seventy-fifth anniversary history of Independent Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, Alabama, 1915-1990
  • Behind the scenes : the memoirs of J. Frank Alexander, Jr. [South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-1986]
  • Behind the stained glass : a history of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
  • The Birmingham church directory of Birmingham, Alabama : containing a full and accurate history of each church represented, together with a complete list of the societies of each church, their officers and objects : this directory contains the membership of nine of the leading churches in the City of Birmingham
  • Briarwood : the first twenty-five years
  • Bryant Chapel A.M.E. Church : one hundred plus years of history, 1883-1987
  • Built on the pillars of faith, prayer, sacrifice : 75 years of service, 1888-1963 / South Highland Presbyterian Church
  • Cahaba Valley Baptist Church : minutes of church conferences April 1902-July 1933 : together with a list of members
  • Calcedonia
  • The Cathedral of St. Paul, 1893-1993
  • The Catholic Church in the Deep South : the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, 1540-1976
  • Central Baptist Church history, 1851-1948
  • Century of worship, 1872-1972 : the story of a century of service to God and man
  • Charters and changes : a history of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Birmingham, Alabama : 1903-1973
  • Charters and changes: a History of the Pilgrim Congregational Church United Church of Christ 1903-2003
  • Church of the Advent, its history and traditions
  • The church on the circle : Highlands Methodist Church reminiscences and history
  • Concord Baptist Church : centennial, 1887-1987
  • Cornerstone & Spire : celebrating the first century of the Sanctuary of First United Methodist
  • Covenant manual of rules and history of First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama
  • Dedication, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church : 1906-1956
  • Dedication services : Ensley Baptist Church, April 21, 1946
  • Directory of First United Methodist Church, 518 North Nineteenth Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35203
  • The East Lake Methodist Church of tomorrow
  • Ensley Baptist Church : 100th anniversary celebration, 1900-2000
  • The First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist, Birmingham, Ala.
  • First Methodist Church
  • The first one hundred years in the life of McElwain Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama : founded 1895
  • Forward in faith : from Compton Hill Mission to Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1894-1971
  • From a brush arbor : Canterbury United Methodist Church's 135 years of service to God
  • The gathering place : Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, 1832-1992
  • To God be the glory : highlights from the life and ministry of Herbert Thomas
  • Golden jubilee : a history of Shades Crest Baptist Church, 1954-2004
  • Grace to worship ... Grace to serve ... Grace to grow : Grace Episcopal Church Woodlawn, 1889-2002
  • A heritage of witness : South Highland Presbyterian Church, 1888-1988
  • History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Alabama 1868-1999
  • History of Antioch Baptist Church and the Lynns Crossing community
  • A history of the Cahaba Heights Baptist Church, 1897-1978
  • History [of] Central Park United Methodist Church, 1908-1981
  • History of the Diocese of Birmingham
  • History of the First Cumberland, the Fifth Avenue, and the Sixth Avenue Presbyterian U.S.A. Churches, Birmingham, Alabama, 1871 to 1960
  • History of First United Methodist Church of Center Point
  • A history of the Martin Memorial Methodist Church, Wylam, Alabama
  • A History of Morning Star Baptist Church, 1888-1988
  • The history of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1887-1987
  • History of Nichols Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • A history of ... Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Birmingham, Ala. 1880-1972
  • A History of St. Mary's-On-The-Highlands, 1887-1987
  • A history of Saint Paul's Parish, Birmingham, Alabama, 1872-1904
  • A History of Walker Memorial Methodist Church
  • History of West Woodlawn United Methodist Church
  • History, Woman's Missionary Union, Woodlawn Baptist Church, 1887-1987
  • History of Woman's Missionary Union of Ruhama Baptist Church
  • How firm a foundation [Church of the Advent]
  • Huffman Baptist Church : serving Christ for seventy-five years, 1908-1983
  • Independent Presbyterian Church : forward in faith : the one-hundredth anniversary history of Independent Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, Alabama, 1915-2015
  • The Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama
  • The Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama : golden jubilee year 1915-1965
  • A journey of faith : commemorating the 75th anniversary of Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Birmingham, Alabama, 1906-1981.
  • Keep looking up : a history of the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama) 1881-2001
  • Knesseth Israel : over 123 years of orthodoxy in Birmingham, Alabama, 1889-2012
  • Legacies : case histories of three pioneer Baptist churches illustrating the value of Baptist recordkeeping, Antioch, Bethlehem, Salt Creek
  • Light in the valley : history of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church
  • A light shines in the valley : a history of Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Leeds, Alabama, 1819-2019
  • Looking back (seventy-five years), 1901-1976 : the forward look, 1976 [McCoy United Methodist Church]
  • Membership directory / Independent Presbyterian Church
  • Minutes of the Alabama Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1855-1887
  • Mission on the mountain [The Independent Presbyterian Church]
  • 1994 directory of Canterbury United Methodist Church
  • 1964 directory & calendar of events, Wylam Baptist Church
  • "The Old First" : a history of the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham
  • 175th anniversary album of the Ruhama Baptist Church, 1819-1994
  • Our church after 50 years, 1901-1951 [McCoy Methodist Church]
  • Our genesis / Parkway Christian Fellowship
  • Outward focus : the first fifty years of Mountain Brook Baptist Church, 1944-1994
  • New Pilgrim Baptist Church : 93/40 celebration of pastor and people, 1900-1993, 1953-1993
  • Paying "civic rent" : the Jews of Emanu-El and the Birmingham community
  • Pictorial directory [Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery : Jefferson County, McCalla, Alabama
  • Precious memories, how they linger : Sandusky United Methodist Church, 1891-1991
  • Records of Hebron Baptist Church, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1819-1934
  • Ruhama Baptist Church sesquicentennial, 1819-1969
  • Reference book of Temple Emanu-El, Birmingham
  • Ruhama, the story of a church, 1819-1945
  • St. Elias Maronite Church golden jubilee and dedication
  • St. Elias Maronite Parish : 75th anniversary of its founding
  • Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 1949-1999 : a history of the first fifty years
  • St. Mary's-on-the-Highlands, 1887-1977 : ninetieth anniversary
  • St. Paul's Cathedral Parish centennial celebration, 100 years
  • Sardis Baptist Church : first hundred years 1893-1993
  • Sesquicentennial history: Ruhama Baptist Church, 1819-1969
  • 75 years, Central Park Baptist Church, 1910-1985
  • Seventy three years of history of Galilee Baptist Church, Grasselli Heights, 1908-1981
  • Shades Mountain Baptist Church : 1911-2011 living the legacy
  • Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama 120th anniversary 1881-2001
  • Sketches of the history of Rock Creek Baptist Church : 1822-1957
  • South Avondale Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama : its pastors, people and program, 1887-1974
  • Southside Baptist Church : a centennial history, 1886-1986
  • The spirit of one hundred years : a history of East Lake United Methodist Church
  • The story of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1973-2008
  • The steeple beckons; a narrative history of the First Baptist Church, Trussville, Alabama, 1821-1971
  • The strength of her towers; the first century of the Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama, 1872-1972
  • Then and now : a history of West End Church of Christ
  • Things faithfully asked and effectively obtained : a history of St. Andrew's Parish, Birmingham, Alabama
  • The things which have been accomplished among us : a history of Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, 1950 to 1994
  • A tiny speck in God's scheme of things : history of Brent Baptist Church, Brent, Alabama
  • To the glory of God : we build on the pillars of faith, prayer, sacrifice [South Highland Presbyterian Church]
  • Trinity United Methodist Church, 1889-1989
  • The vision of McCoy : McCoy Methodist Church, Birmingham, Ala
  • Walking tours of Birmingham churches conducted from 1990 to 1999
  • Woodlawn Baptist Church : the first century, 1886-1986
  • Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1887-1987
  • Wylam Presbyterian Church : in celebration, 100th anniversary, 1898-1998.
Civil Rights
  • The 5th little girl : soul survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (the Sarah Collins Rudolph story)
  • 1963 : how the Birmingham civil rights movement changed America and the world
  • The A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham : a civil rights landmark
  • Alabama civil rights crawl : a travel guide
  • Behind the magic curtain : secrets, spies, and unsung white allies of Birmingham's civil rights days
  • Birmingham, Alabama, 1956-1963 : the Black struggle for civil rights
  • Birmingham foot soldiers : voices of the civil rights movement
  • Birmingham's Dynamite Hill
  • Blessed are the peacemakers : Martin Luther King, Jr., eight white religious leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
  • But for Birmingham : the local and national movements in the civil rights struggle
  • Carry me home : Birmingham, Alabama : the climactic battle of the civil rights revolution
  • Civil rights in Birmingham
  • Civil rights movement
  • Controversy and hope : the civil rights photographs of James Karales
  • Dear Denise : letters to the sister I never knew
  • The development of southern public libraries and the African American quest for library access, 1898-1963
  • Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the fight for civil rights in Alabama, 1940-1975
  • Emory O. Jackson : a traditionalist in the early civil rights fight in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Emory O. Jackson : warrior
  • A fire you can't put out : the civil rights life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
  • Foot soldiers for democracy : the men, women, and children of the Birmingham civil rights movement
  • The freedom riders
  • The gentle giant of Dynamite Hill : the untold story of Arthur Shores and his family's fight for civil rights
  • I woke up with my mind on freedom
  • Leaving Birmingham : notes of a native son
  • Mattie C.'s boy : the Shelley Stewart story
  • "The most segregated city in America" : city planning and civil rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980
  • The newspaper boy : coming of age in Birmingham, Alabama during the civil rights era : a memoir
  • Prince of peace : a memoir of an African-American attorney, who came of age in Birmingham during the civil rights movement
  • Race and place in Birmingham : the civil rights and neighborhood movements
  • Schoolhouse activists : African American educators and the long Birmingham civil rights movement
  • Shaking the gates of hell : a search for family and truth in the wake of the civil rights revolution
  • Shattered glass in Birmingham : my family's fight for civil rights, 1961-1964
  • Speak truth to power : the story of Charles Patrick, a civil rights pioneer
  • The story of the Birmingham civil rights movement in photographs
  • Strength for the struggle : insights from the civil rights movement and urban ministry
  • This light of ours : activist photographers of the civil rights movement
  • Unloose my heart : a personal reckoning with the twisted roots of my southern family tree
  • The Tragic city : Birmingham 1963-2013
  • A walk to freedom : the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964
  • You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live : ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America
County / City / Family Histories
  • 50 years / Birmingham International Festival.
  • Alabama Crimson Tide : 1967 and the undercurrents of integration : the first five... before the season changed
  • Argo through the years
  • Barkley : a biography
  • Bessemer portraits : stories of Marvel City people
  • Bessemer, yesterday and today, 1887-1888
  • Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama [Arcadia]
  • Birmingham community profiles [1993]
  • Blach's fair and square : the store, the family, their story
  • Bold lions : a true story of corruption and redemption in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • A boy from Alabama
  • A brief history of Midfield, Alabama : 50 year jubilee commemorative, 1953-2003
  • Celebrating 100 years : City of Bessemer, Alabama, 1887-1987
  • A centennial celebration of the Bright Star Restaurant
  • Chief
  • Convicts, coal, and the Banner Mine tragedy
  • Distracted by Alabama : tangled threads of natural history, local history, and folklore
  • "Dwelling on days gone by" : the Bayview and Mulga area
  • Early Bessemer
  • An economic and social history of Ante-Bellum Jefferson County, Alabama
  • From the pit to the plate : the story of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q / told by the Bob Sykes family ; written by Niki Sepsas.
  • The fruits of his labor
  • History of Avondale
  • History of the Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company from 1886 to 1948
  • History of Jefferson County, Alabama, library services
  • The history of Rock Mountain in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • The history of Rock Mountain in Jefferson County, Alabama (revised 2nd ed.)
  • The history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Women's Club 2012 : 45th Anniversary
  • Homewood
  • Honky-tonk Row
  • Hoover
  • Howard Cruse
  • I heard the preaching of the elders : an odyssey - from the coal fields of Alabama to Earlham College and beyond - a memoir
  • The Journal of the Birmingham Historical Society : an anthology
  • The last folk hero : the life and myth of Bo Jackson
  • Leaving Pipe Shop : memories of kin
  • The life and times of Bud Coleman of Jefferson County, Alabama : book one: 1929-1978
  • The life and times of Bud Coleman of Jefferson County, Alabama : book two: 1978-2014
  • Memories of our hometown Tarrant, AL USA : more history
  • Mountain Brook
  • Mountain Brook Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Mountain Brook : a historic American landscape
  • Mountain Brook Village : then and now
  • Our first eighty-five years : a new look at the Warblers Club
  • Our hometown Tarrant, AL USA : a history
  • Outstanding African-American students of the greater Birmingham area
  • Pinson : the bicentennial history
  • Proceeding over the mountain : life memories collected for sharing as a project of Homewood Senior Center
  • Riverchase
  • The shadow tiger : Billy McDonald wingman to Chennault
  • A study of the Slovak community at Brookside, Alabama
  • Ten trying years : a history of Bessemer, Alabama, 1929-1939
  • The tenant farmer's son : It's not where you end up in life, it's how far you've come
  • Things... remembered! : stories about western Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Trussville
  • Trussville, Alabama : a brief history
  • Tuxedo Junction : right back where I belong
  • Vestavia.
  • Vestavia Hills
  • Wylam book
Court Records
  • A chronicle of the Jefferson County loose records project
  • Deeds, wills, administrations of Jefferson County, State of Alabama.
  • Index to deeds-wills-administrations of Jefferson County, State of Alabama : book I
  • Index to Orphans Court record 1826-1829, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Physicians, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1877-1900
Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Alabama DAR Genealogical Records Committee report. Series 2, volume 78
  • Alabama DAR Genealogical Records Committee report. Series 2, volume 79
  • Burials by Browns of Bessemer, Alabama
  • Burials by Huey-McConnell Undertakers & McCollum Undertakers of Bessemer, Ala., 1915-1925
  • Burials by Jacobs Funeral Home and Huey-McConnell Funeral Home of Bessemer, Alabama
  • Death and marriage notices from Jefferson County, Alabama newspapers
  • Deaths reported by early Bessemer, AL newspaper, 1887-1919
  • Obituary Index: Birmingham Area Newspapers
Land Records
  • Family maps of Jefferson County, Alabama : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more
  • Family maps of Jefferson County, Alabama : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more (Deluxe edition)
  • Jefferson County, Alabama, ancestral homesteads
Maps
  • Alabama Maps website (Jefferson Co.)
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Cover page
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Index
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate A
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate B
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate C
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate D
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate E
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate F
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate G
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate H
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88)- Plate I
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate J
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate K
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate L
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate M
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate N
  • Atlas of the City of Birmingham and Suburbs (Beers, 1887-88) - Plate O
  • Jefferson County, Alabama; Map produced by the Engineers of the U.S. Army showing a proposed canal through Jefferson Co. (1896)
  • Map of Jefferson County, Alabama (1889)
  • Mining, Metallurgic and Industrial District of Birmingham (1887)
  • Outline Map Showing Present and Proposed Park Areas within the City (1925)
  • Road Map of Jefferson County, Alabama (1922)
  • Tracing of the Birmingham Sheet of T.C.I. and R.R. Co. (1913)
Military History & Records
  • Alabama 1907 census of Confederate soldiers
  • Alabama bound Revolutionary War patriots in Jefferson County
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vol.26, 30, 93)
  • Beyond valor : a World War II story of extraordinary heroism, sacrificial love, and a race against time
  • Civil War records of Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Confederate soldiers with military markers buried in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • History of military service, Confederate States of America : sons of Louis De Shazo, Bridgeton, Alabama, Jefferson County : war between the states, 1861-1865
  • William Jemison Mims, soldier and squire
Marriage Records & Notices
  • Death and marriage notices from Jefferson County, Alabama newspapers
  • Historical records : marriages of Jefferson County, Alabama, 1819-1875
  • Jefferson County, Alabama, 1815-1859
  • Marriage records
  • Marriage records of Jefferson County, Alabama, 1818-1864
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Death and marriage notices from Jefferson County, Alabama newspapers
  • Historical collections of Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Pioneer scrapbook
Periodicals
  • Alabama family history
  • Alabama family history and genealogy news
  • Birmingham
  • Birmingham : official organ of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
  • The Journal of the Birmingham Historical Society
  • Old Birmingham
  • Pioneer trails
  • The Avondale sun
  • The Bessemer journal
  • The Bessemer weekly, special illustrated edition, Bessemer, Alabama, May 18, 1901
  • The magazine of Bessemer, Hueytown and surrounding areas
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