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Limestone County
Cemeteries & Church Histories & Records
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
  • Dement Cemetery registry, Coxey Community, Limestone County, Athens, Alabama
  • History of Belle Mina Methodist Church South, 1880 to 1960
  • Hodges Cemetery : first burial, 1874, Pettusville, Alabama
  • Limestone County cemeteries
  • Recounting : entries from my journal, 1936-2005
  • The restoration of the Champion Easter Cemetery, Limestone county, Alabama
  • Tombstone inscriptions of Limestone County, Alabama
Census Records
  • 1840 Limestone County census
  • 1850 U.S. census, Limestone County, Alabama
  • 1866 state census, Limestone County, Alabama
  • 1870 census, Limestone County, Alabama
  • 1907 Confederate census : Limestone, Morgan & Madison Counties, Alabama
  • Alabama census returns 1820 and an abstract of federal census of Alabama 1830
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
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  • 200 years of masonry in Athens, Alabama
  • Athens, Alabama from the ashes of 1865
  • Athens and Limestone County
  • Athens State College : a definitive history, 1821-1991
  • Call me Herman : an autobiography
  • Cotton was king
  • Decatur
  • From conciliation to conquest : the sack of Athens and the court-martial of Colonel John B. Turchin
  • The heritage of Limestone County, Alabama
  • Historic Limestone County : a collection of stories and, incidentally, some history from Limestone County, Alabama, and surrounding counties
  • A history of Athens : and incidentally of Limestone County, Alabama, 1825-1876
  • History of Limestone County, Alabama
  • Legendary Limestone : its colorful characters and events
  • Limestone County after Appomattox, 1865-1870
  • Limestone County during World War I : gleanings from the Limestone Democrat and Alabama Courier
  • Limestone County during World War II
  • The lure and lore of Limestone County : containing a history and genealogical material of more than two hundred houses of the nineteenth century
  • A pictorial history of Limestone County, Alabama
  • Sims settlement : our squatter ancestors, 1806-1818
  • The spirits of Athens : haunting tales of an Alabama town
  • The story of Athens College, Athens, Alabama
  • The story of Mooresville
Court Records
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
  • Probate minute index : Limestone County, Alabama
Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Death notices from Limestone County, Alabama, newspapers, 1828-1891
Land Records
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
  • Family maps of Limestone County, Alabama : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more
  • Limestone County, Alabama ancestral homesteads
  • Old land records of Limestone County, Alabama
Maps
  • Alabama Maps website (Limestone Co.)
  • Muscle Shoals, Tenn. River, Little Muscle Shoals Division Sheet 2 (1882)
Marriage Records & Notices
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
  • Index for marriages, 1832-1900
  • Limestone County, Alabama, 1821-1862
  • Limestone County, Alabama marriages, 1818-1918
  • Limestone County, Alabama marriage book, 1832-1862
  • Limestone County marriage book, 1908-1912
  • Marriage book, 1865-1869
  • Marriage book Limestone County, Alabama, 1901-1905
Military History & Records
  • 1907 Confederate census : Limestone, Morgan & Madison Counties, Alabama
  • Alabama records (see vols. 21, 24, 40, 61, 84, 88, 95, 98, 114, 187, 205, and 209)
  • Confederate soldiers from Limestone County, Alabama : "Lest we forget"
  • From conciliation to conquest : the sack of Athens and the court-martial of Colonel John B. Turchin
  • Limestone County during World War I : gleanings from the Limestone Democrat and Alabama Courier
  • Limestone County during World War II
  • Minutes of Camp Hobbs # 400 Confederate Veterans Athens, Alabama 1909-1930
  • The Nashville and the Decatur in the Civil War : history of an embattled railroad
  • Southern Crosses of Honor : presented to Limestone County, Alabama, Confederate Veterans
  • When duty called
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Abstracts from Alabama newspapers
  • Death notices from Limestone County, Alabama, newspapers, 1828-1891
  • Limestone County during World War I : gleanings from the Limestone Democrat and Alabama Courier
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