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Calhoun County
Census Records
  • Index to heads of households, 1870 federal census, Calhoun County Alabama and 1870 mortality schedule, Calhoun County, Alabama
  • Index, heads of households, 1880 federal census, Calhoun County, Alabama, and 1880 mortality schedule, Calhoun County, Alabama
  • Index to 1860 census of Calhoun County, Alabama, with mortality schedule and index
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  • Calhoun County Alabama cemeteries
  • Cemetery inscriptions, Oxford Memorial Gardens : formerly Oxford (City) Cemetery in Calhoun County, Alabama, 1849-1987
  • Cemetery records of Calhoun County, Alabama
  • The Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Anniston, Alabama : the patron, the architect, and the buildings
  • Confederate veterans buried in Calhoun County, Alabama
  • Highland Cemetery, Piedmont, Alabama
  • History of the Baraca Class : Parker Memorial Baptist Church, Anniston, Alabama, 1904 - 1976
  • A history of First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Alabama, 1836-1986
  • History of the First Baptist Church, Oxford, Alabama : 150 years 1836-1986
  • A history of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Alabama, 1844-1994
  • The history of Temple Beth El, Anniston, Alabama
  • Legacies : case histories of three pioneer Baptist churches illustrating the value of Baptist recordkeeping, Antioch, Bethlehem, Salt Creek
  • The New Hopewell Baptist Church of Calhoun County, Alabama : sesqui-centennial celebration, 1832-1982
  • The pictures on our walls
  • Post Oak Springs Cemetery : Calhoun County, Alabama
  • Years of Grace : a history of Grace Episcopal Church, Anniston, Alabama
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  • Alabama's Calhoun County
  • Annie's town revisited : a picutre history of Anniston, Alabama
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  • Anniston diamond jubilee : commemorating seventy-five years of progress : a presentation to the citizens of Anniston, Alabama
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  • Baptized in PCBs : race, pollution, and justice in an all-American town
  • Beyond the burning bus : the civil rights revolution in a southern town
  • Biography of Maximilian Bethune Wellborn. Published by his children
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  • Echoes from a small town... : a long time ago
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  • The heritage of Calhoun County, Alabama
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  • More than a doctor : the extraordinary life of Samuel Ulysses Rodgers
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  • A program for a public library and museum center for the city of Anniston, Alabama
  • "Town among the trees" : paternalism, class, and civil rights in Aniston, Alabama, 1872 to present
  • Unmasking the klansman : the double life of Asa and Forrest Carter
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  • Old records of estates and administrations, Benton (Calhoun) County, Alabama
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  • Calhoun County, Alabama selected abstracts of deed records
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  • Alabama Maps website (Calhoun Co.)
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  • Benton County, Alabama marriage book 1, 1834-1850
  • Calhoun County, Alabama, 1815-1868
  • Calhoun County, Alabama, marriage record book B-2, 1877-1881
  • Calhoun County, Alabama, marriage record book C, 1882-1890
  • Calhoun County, Alabama, marriage record book D, 1889-1895
  • Marriage record book A-2, Calhoun County, Alabama, 8 July 1864-30 April 1877
  • Marriage record, 1834-1850, Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama
  • Marriage records, 1850-1865, Benton (Calhoun) County, Alabama
Military History & Records
  • Confederate veterans buried in Calhoun County, Alabama
  • The Fort McClellan POW Camp : German prisoners in Alabama, 1943-1946
  • When this evil war is over : the correspondence of the Francis family, 1860-1865
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Little gems of history : Choccolocco Valley and White Plains, Alabama
  • News from 1888 Calhoun County, Alabama : clippings of genealogical interest
  • Ties that bind : selected columns from The Anniston Star
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  • AlaBenton genealogical quarterly
  • AlaBenton Genealogical Society quarterly
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