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Madison County
Cemeteries & Church Histories & Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Building Zion in the South : a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in northern Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama : a record of the tombstone inscriptions in all known white cemeteries in the west half of Madison County, Alabama, except Memory Garden
  • Enumeration of the Moon Cemetery & the Byrd Cemetery, Owens Cross Roads, Madison County, Alabama
  • First Baptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama : the first 175 years, 1809-1984
  • History of the Central Presbyterian Church, The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Corner, Lincoln and Randolph, Huntsville, Alabama, 1860-1960
  • A history of the First Methodist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, 1808-1958
  • Locust Grove Baptist Church of New Market, Alabama and community
  • Maple Hill Cemetery : phase one
  • The names of people buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama, 1867-1918
  • Sesquicentennial history of Church of the Nativity, Episcopal, 1843-1993, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Wheeler reservoir cemeteries
Census Records
  • The 1830 census, Madison County, Alabama
  • The 1840 census Madison County Alabama
  • 1850 U.S. census, Madison County, Alabama
  • The 1860 census, Madison County, Alabama
  • The 1870 census, Madison County, Alabama
  • The 1880 census, Madison County, Alabama
  • 1907 Confederate census : Limestone, Morgan & Madison Counties, Alabama
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
County / City / Family Histories
  • 75 years of service : a history of the Huntsville Rotary Club
  • The adventures of Riverboat John : glimpses of Huntsville in the 1950s
  • An Alabama school girl in Paris, 1842-1844 : the letters of Mary Fenwick Lewis and her family
  • Baseball in Huntsville
  • By two and two : the scandalous story of twin sisters accused of a shocking crime of passion
  • Cease not to think of me : the Steele Family letters
  • Changing Huntsville, 1890-1899
  • Children of industrial Huntsville, 1908-1915
  • Civilization comes to the Big Spring, Huntsville, Alabama 1823
  • Commemorative album celebrating our city's sesquicentennial of progress, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Don't tell all your business! : childhood stories
  • A dream come true; the story of Madison County and incidentally of Alabama and the United States
  • Early history of Huntsville, Alabama 1804 to 1870
  • Eden of the South : a chronology of Huntsville, Alabama, 1805-2005
  • Farley's favorites
  • Forging New Futures : an evaluation report, 1991-1995 : family support services for homeless mothers and their preschool children
  • The founding of Alabama : background and formative period in the Great Bend and Madison County
  • From Carnegie to Fort Book : the history of the Huntsville-Madison County Library
  • Glimpses into ante-bellum homes of historic Huntsville, Alabama
  • The heritage of Madison County, Alabama
  • Historic Huntsville : a city of new beginnings
  • Historic Huntsville : from Early history of Huntsville, Alabama, 1804 to 1870
  • Historic photos of Huntsville
  • A history of Alabama's deadliest tornadoes : disaster in Dixie
  • A history of Madison County and incidentally of North Alabama, 1732-1840
  • Homes of New Market, Alabama
  • Huntsville air and space
  • Huntsville, Alabama : sightseeing in 80 color photos
  • Huntsville : a pictorial history
  • The Huntsville historical review. A history of early settlement: Madison County before statehood, 1808-1819
  • Huntsville in vintage postcards
  • The Huntsville Parker historical edition
  • Huntsville textile mills & villages : linthead legacy
  • Huntsville tornado : November 15, 1989, 4:37 p.m. : a diary of destruction
  • Huntsville : where technology meets tradition
  • Huntsville's technological evolution : a technical history of greater Huntsville, Alabama from 1800 to the present
  • In the shadows of Birmingham : the 1962-1963 Huntsville civil rights movement
  • Index to A history of Madison County and incidentally of North Alabama, 1732-1840
  • Killer-for-hire : the final chapter of the Alabama twins murder case
  • Legendary locals of Huntsville, Alabama
  • Living life on the creek
  • Madison
  • Madison Centennial historical record : commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Madison, Alabama, 1869-1969, including the program of festivities, October 16 - October 22, 1969
  • Madison County 1817-1819 : from territory to statehood, Alabama at 200
  • Madison County : Alabama at 200
  • Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Medicine bags and bumpy roads
  • Mr. Anderson's monument : stories of Meridian Street, Lincoln Mill and Lincoln Village
  • Monte Sano State Park Festival, Huntsville, Alabama, August 31-September 1, 1939.
  • Murder in the heart of Dixie : a collection of capital murder cases
  • NASA and the long civil rights movement
  • Not your normal family : of Normal Alabama
  • One season in Rocket City : how the 1985 Huntsville Stars brought minor league baseball fever to Alabama
  • One sky, countless stars : a photographic portrait of Huntsville/Madison County
  • Photographic memories : a scrapbook of Huntsville & Madison County, Alabama
  • The pictorial history of Huntsville, 1805-1865
  • A professor's rage : the chilling true story of Harvard Ph.D. Amy Bishop, her brother's mysterious death, and the shooting spree that shocked the nation
  • Promise in the cornfield
  • Remembering Huntsville
  • A report on Madison County, its history, operation and finances
  • Rocket City of Huntsville : Huntsville musicians were boldly moving forward and ushering in a new era
  • Rocket City rock & soul : Huntsville musicians remember the 1960s
  • Rocket City, U.S.A.; from Huntsville, Alabama to the moon
  • Rocket City, USA. Photos. courtesy of U. S. Army [and] Huntsville Chamber of Commerce
  • Sims settlement : our squatter ancestors, 1806-1818
  • Singing in a strange land : a phenomenological examination of government sponsored forced displacement of African Americans in Madison County, Alabama
  • The sins of Madison County
  • Tales of Huntsville caves
  • Three capitals, a book about the first three capitals of Alabama: St. Stephens, Huntsville & Cahawba, including information about the politics, laws, and men of the Territory and State of Alabama, 1818 to 1826; also significant historical documents and records
  • Through the garden gate : the gardens of historic Huntsville
  • Transforming the cotton frontier : Madison County, Alabama, 1800-1840
  • True tales of old Madison County (Alabama) : tales of early Madison County pioneers and their historic old homes
  • Variety and spice
  • The way it was : the other side of Huntsville's history
  • Welcome to Big Cove : the history of Big Cove, 1807-2000
  • Why is it named that? : stories behind the names of 250 places in Madison County and Huntsville, Alabama
  • Why is it named that? : stories behind the names of over 300 places in Madison County and Huntsville, Alabama
  • Wicked North Alabama
  • Williams' Huntsville directory, city guide, and business mirror : contains also a list of post offices, in the United States, corrected up to date, 1859-'60
  • Winnette family history
Court Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Index of Madison County, Alabama wills, 1808-1870
  • Index to wills of Madison County, Alabama, 1808-1900
  • Madison County, Alabama deed books : A, B, C, D, E 1810-1819 (territorial) : a synopsis of every instrument recorded in deed books A through E...
  • Madison County, Alabama orphans court minutes, 1810-1817
  • Names from Huntsville, Alabama, 1865-1869, as recorded in registers of signatures of depositors in the Huntsville Branch, Freedmans Savings and Trust Company, accounts 1-385
  • Names from Huntsville, Alabama, II, 1870, as recorded in registers of signatures of depositors in the Huntsville Branch, Freedmans Savings and Trust Company, accounts 386-791
Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Obituaries "born before 1900" : from The Huntsville Times--1983/1984
Land Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Family maps of Madison County, Alabama : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more
  • Madison County, Alabama ancestral homesteads
  • Madison County, Alabama deed books : A, B, C, D, E, 1810-1819 (territorial) : a synopsis of every instrument recorded in deed books A through E ...
  • Old land records of Madison County, Alabama
Maps
  • Alabama Maps website (Madison Co.)
  • A carto-craft map book of Huntsville, Decatur & Athens : including detailed street maps of Limestone & Madison Counties with zip code scheme (1991)
  • Map book of Huntsville & Madison County, Alabama : with zip code scheme (1986)
  • City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (1861, Northeast)
  • City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (1861, Northwest)
  • City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (1861, Southeast)
  • City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (1861, Southwest)
Marriage Records & Notices
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Index marriage records of Madison County, Alabama
  • Madison County, Alabama, 1818-1820 : Morgan County, Alabama, 1848-1862
Military History & Records
  • 1907 Confederate census : Limestone, Morgan & Madison Counties, Alabama
  • The affair at Madison Station, Alabama before and after : compiled from official records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
  • Civil War days in Huntsville : a diary
  • Hard times : the Civil War in Huntsville and North Alabama
  • Incidents of the war : the Civil War journal of Mary Jane Chadick
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 1, 4, 12, 15, 35, 38, 42, 53-55, 59-60, 64, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 97, 100, 103, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207, 235)
Periodicals
  • The Huntsville historical review
  • On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the state of Alabama
  • The River counties
  • Valley leaves
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