Skip to main content
Birmingham Public Library Logo
  • Home
    • About the Library
      Our library is a place to discover, learn, and connect.
    • Hours & Locations
      Plan a visit - there's always a welcoming space near you.
    • Calendar
      Join us for programs, classes, and special events.
    • News
      Stay updated with the latest news and events.
    • Support the Library
      Your support truly makes all the difference for our library.
    • Rules & Policies
      Help keep our spaces welcoming and safe for everyone.

    Our Mission

    The mission of the Birmingham Public Library is to provide the highest quality experience to our community for lifelong learning, cultural enrichment and enjoyment.

    Learn More About Our Mission

    • Ask-A-Librarian
      Have a question? Our librarians are here to help you find answers.
    • Borrowing
      Borrow books, movies, and more. Explore everything our library has to offer.
    • Meeting Rooms
      Reserve a meeting room for your next group, class, or community event.
    • Technology
      Access computers, Wi-Fi, printing, and digital tools at our library.
    • Passports
      Apply for your U.S. passport at our library; it's convenient and easy.
    • Outreach
      Our outreach brings library services and programs directly to you.

    Library Services

    Discover all the ways our library can help you thrive. From books and digital resources to technology, meeting spaces, and engaging programs for all ages, we're here to support your learning, creativity, and community connections every step of the way.

    Learn More About Library Services

  • Catalog
  • Databases
  • Get A Library Card
    • Archives
      Explore our archives for rare documents, photos, and local history treasures.
    • Ask A Librarian
      Have a question? Our librarians are here to help you find answers.
    • Best Sellers Club
      Join our Best Sellers Club and never miss the latest popular books.
    • Bookstore
      Shop our bookstore for great deals on gently used books and more.
    • BPL Mobile
      Visit our BPL Mobile for library services and events on the go.
    • Calendar
      Join us for programs, classes, and special events.
    • Databases
      Explore our extensive databases for research and learning.
    • Digital Library
      Access a ton of digital resources, like eBooks, audiobooks, and more.
    • Genealogy
      Explore your family history with our genealogy resources.
    • Homework Help
      Get assistance with homework and study resources.
    • Jobs
      Explore job opportunities and career resources.
    • Local Authors
      Interested in becoming a local author? Learn how to share your work.
    • My Account
      Manage your library account, including renewals and holds.
    • Programs
      Join us for programs, classes, and special events.
    • Resources
      Explore our extensive databases for research and learning.
    • Volunteer
      Support your community by volunteering at the library.
  • Contact
Birmingham Public Library - Virtual Library - Subject Resources - Selected Resources for Alabama Counties
Guide Categories
  • Cemeteries & Church Histories & Records
  • Census Records
  • County / City / Family Histories
  • Court Records
  • Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Land Records
  • Maps
  • Marriage Records & Notices
  • Military History & Records
  • Newspaper Abstracts
  • Periodicals
Recently Added Resources
Selected Resources for Alabama Counties
 
Search Subject Resources
Subject Resource Pages
  • Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
    • Architecture & Interior Design
    • Art & Design
    • Crafts & Hobbies
    • Sports & Recreation
  • Business, Government & Law
    • Elections and Voting
    • Grants and Fundraising
    • Job Searching, Resume Writing, and Career Development
    • Legal Self Help
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Personal Finance
    • Small Business Resource Guide
  • Community, News & Special Interest
    • Birmingham Communities
    • Birmingham Travel & Attractions
    • Data & Demographics
    • Homelessness
    • Library Neighborhoods
    • Local Health Organizations
    • Local Hospitals
  • Family, Relationships & Society
    • Bullying
    • Disabilities
    • Internet Safety
    • Parenting
  • Health & Wellness
    • ADD/ADHD
    • Breast Cancer
    • Cancer
    • Diabetes
    • Drug Addiction
    • Heart Disease
    • Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Nutrition
    • Opioids Crisis, Electronic Links
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • History, Geography & Genealogy
    • 1940 Federal Census
    • 9/11
    • Alabama Inventors
    • American Civil War
    • Early Virginia Sources
    • Genealogy
    • Genealogy for Kids
    • Hispanic Heritage
    • Irish Ancestry/Genealogy
    • Jewish Heritage
    • Selected Resources for Alabama Counties
    • United States History
    • Using Gov Docs in Genealogy
  • Home & Garden
    • Calculators for Weekend Projects
    • Food & Drink
    • Moving and Relocation
  • Literacy, Education & Outreach
    • Financial Aid for Students
    • GED Test Preparation
  • Literature, Language & Philosophy
    • Fiction
    • Language
    • Literature Analytics
    • Mythology
    • Philosophy
    • Poetry
    • World Religions
    • Writing, Writers' Groups, & Workshops
  • Science & Technology
    • Astronomy
    • Blogs & Blogging
    • Botany
    • Chemistry
    • Climate Change
    • Computers
    • Earth Sciences
    • Human Anatomy
    • Mathematics
    • Patents and Trademarks
    • Physics
    • Science
    • Zoology
General Database Links
  • Databases by Name
  • Electronic Journals
Subjects last updated on Jul. 21, 2023.
Selected Resources for Alabama Counties RSS
Guide Sections
  • Summary
  • Autauga County
  • Baldwin County
  • Barbour County
  • Bibb County
  • Blount County
  • Bullock County
  • Butler County
  • Calhoun County
  • Chambers County
  • Cherokee County
  • Chilton County
  • Choctaw County
  • Clarke County
  • Clay County
  • Cleburne County
  • Coffee County
  • Colbert County
  • Conecuh County
  • Coosa County
  • Covington County
  • Crenshaw County
  • Cullman County
  • Dale County
  • Dallas County
  • De Kalb County
  • Elmore County
  • Escambia County
  • Etowah County
  • Fayette County
  • Franklin County
  • Geneva County
  • Greene County
  • Hale County
  • Henry County
  • Houston County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Lamar County
  • Lauderdale County
  • Lawrence County
  • Lee County
  • Limestone County
  • Lowndes County
  • Macon County
  • Madison County
  • Marengo County
  • Marion County
  • Marshall County
  • Mobile County
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery County
  • Morgan County
  • Perry County
  • Pickens County
  • Pike County
  • Randolph County
  • Russell County
  • St. Clair County
  • Shelby County
  • Sumter County
  • Talladega County
  • Tallapoosa County
  • Tuscaloosa County
  • Walker County
  • Washington County
  • Wilcox County
  • Winston County
Guide Information
Last Updated
Jul. 21, 2023
Comments
Lauderdale County
Cemeteries & Church Histories & Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (see vols. 43, 104, 123, 199, 213, 217, 221, 227, 230, 233)
  • Cemeteries of east Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • The First Baptist Church Florence, Alabama, 1888-1963 : a history
  • Following the vision, 1822-21st century : a history of the First United Methodist Church of Florence, Alabama
  • Gathering up our sheaves with joy : a history of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1824-1976, Florence, Alabama
  • A history of the First Presbyterian Church, Florence, Alabama. Sesquicentennial observance 1818-1968.
  • History of the First United Methodist Church, Florence, Alabama, 1822-1984
  • Lauderdale County Alabama in the 1870's
  • Parish registers of Trinity Episcopal Church, Florence, Alabama with marriages and obituaries, 1836-1933
  • Pickwick Landing reservoir cemeteries
  • Some Lauderdale County, Alabama cemetery records
  • Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery records, 1818-1976
Census Records
  • 1850 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • A history of Florence, Alabama : (with 1850 census of Lauderdale County)
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama, Civil War records : 1860 census
  • Lauderdale County Alabama in the 1870's
County / City / Family Histories
  • An Alabama Rose garden : the Rose family of Lauderdale and Limestone counties
  • America's greatest dam : Muscle Shoals, Alabama : description and pictorial illustration of Muscle Shoals
  • Beginnings-- of the University of North Alabama : the story of Florence Wesleyan University
  • Bugger saga : the Civil War story of guerrilla and bushwhacker warfare in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • Cotton was king
  • The Cypress Land Company : a dream of empire
  • The devil's backbone; the story of the Natchez Trace. With map and headpieces by the Dillons
  • Florence
  • The Forks of Cypress, home of James and Sally Moore Jackson : an epic narrative, with brief sketches of the cultural, economic, spiritual and military services of some of the descendants of these founders of "The Forks"
  • The formative period of TVA : the Muscle Shoals project 1783-1916
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Rosenbaum House : the birth and rebirth of an American treasure
  • Grinnin' like a jackass eatin' saw br'ars : a great granddad's mishmash
  • The heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • Hidden history of North Alabama
  • Historic Muscle Shoals
  • Historic Muscle Shoals; a guide to places of historical interest in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama
  • A History and description of the Bailey Springs, Lauderdale County, Ala. with an account of several remarkable cures of dropsy, dyspepsia, scrofula, and female diseases with certificates of and references to men of undoubted veracity all over the country [microform]
  • History of Anderson, Alabama in east Lauderdale County
  • History of Elgin Crossroads & nearbys : Whitehead, Toonersville, Thornton Town, Mitchell Town, Kingtown, Springfield, Pleasant Valley ; some unincorporated towns in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • The History of State Teachers College, Florence, Alabama
  • A history of Florence, Alabama : (with 1850 census of Lauderdale County)
  • A history of Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • History of Muscle Shoals : with views of Wilson Dam
  • Judi letters : (a collection of ancestral recollections of early families related to the McDonalds and Lindseys of Lauderdale County, Alabama.)
  • Lauderdale County
  • Lauderdale County
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama, water powered grist mills
  • Lore of the river : the Shoals of long ago
  • Muscle Shoals Canal : life with the canalers
  • The Natchez Trace : a pictorial history
  • A photographic collection of early prominent families in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • The place names of Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama
  • Presumption and burden of proof in situations of crisis : the Muscle Shoals debate, 1897-1933
  • Remembering Florence : a pictorial history
  • Remembering Sweetwater : the mansions, the mills, the people
  • River city outlaws of northwest Alabama
  • Sharp family : Patrick County, Virginia to Lauderdale County, Alabama and beyond : remembering those who have gone before us
  • Skeletons in the closet : more true ghost stories of the Shoals area
  • A Walk through the past : people and places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • A way through the wilderness : the Natchez Trace and the civilization of the southern frontier
Court Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (see vols. 43, 104, 123, 199, 213, 217, 221, 227, 230, 233)
  • County officers, 1819-1832, Lauderdale county, Alabama
  • Inventory of the county archives of Alabama (see no. 39)
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama : annotated index to Chancery Court records, equity record book C, 1827-1830
Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Death notices, memorials and obituaries : Lauderdale County, Alabama, and surrounding counties : extracted and indexed from The Florence times, weekly from 4 July 1890 to 28 December 1923 and daily from 1 January 1924 to 31 December 1930
  • Parish registers of Trinity Episcopal Church, Florence, Alabama with marriages and obituaries, 1836-1933
Land Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (see vols. 43, 104, 123, 199, 213, 217, 221, 227, 230, 233)
  • Early land buyers Lauderdale county, Alabama, 1818-25 : map and index
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama ancestral homesteads
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama, water powered grist mills
  • The place names of Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama
Maps
  • Alabama Maps website (Lauderdale Co.)
  • Muscle Shoals, Tenn. River, Little Muscle Shoals Division Sheet 2 (1882)
Marriage Records & Notices
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (see vols. 43, 104, 123, 199, 213, 217, 221, 227, 230, 233)
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama marriages, 1820-1857
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama, 1819-1882
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama marriage records, 1820-1840
  • Marriage records, Lauderdale County, Alabama, 1818-1857
  • Parish registers of Trinity Episcopal Church, Florence, Alabama with marriages and obituaries, 1836-1933
Military History & Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (see vols. 43, 104, 123, 199, 213, 217, 221, 227, 230, 233)
  • Bloody banners and barefoot boys : a history of the 27th Regiment Alabama Infantry CSA : the Civil War memoirs and diary entries of J.P. Cannon, M.D.
  • Bugger saga : the Civil War story of guerrilla and bushwhacker warfare in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  • Lauderdale County, Alabama, Civil War records : 1860 census
  • A narrative from an old confederate : or memoirs from the Civil War
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Death notices, memorials and obituaries : Lauderdale County, Alabama, and surrounding counties : extracted and indexed from The Florence times, weekly from 4 July 1890 to 28 December 1923 and daily from 1 January 1924 to 31 December 1930
Periodicals
  • Genealogical and historical journals in the Dunn History & Genealogy Room, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
  • The Journal of Muscle Shoals history
  • Natchez Trace traveler
  • The River counties
  • Valley leaves
Page Last Modified: 3/2/2026 11:12 AM

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203

Phone: 205-226-3600

About BPL

  • Hours & Locations
  • Jobs
  • Contact

Books & Materials

  • Catalog
  • Archives
  • Genealogy

Services

  • Ask-A-Librarian
  • Meeting Rooms
  • Outreach

Programs

  • Calendar
  • News
  • Book a Program

Digital Library

  • Databases
  • Subject Resources
  • Digital Collections

Copyright © 2026 Birmingham Public Library. All rights reserved.