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Tuscaloosa County
Cemeteries & Church Histories & Records
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols.2,3,7,8,9,25,33,41,47,50,78,79,99,126,142,168, 184)
  • Big Sandy : a story of the Baptist Church of Hull, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • A biographical index of Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Cemetery records of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : survey
  • Ebenezer Hearn, founder of the First Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • To God be the glory : highlights from the life and ministry of Herbert Thomas
  • A history of the black church in Tuscaloosa
  • History of the First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • History of Northport churches ; an outline history of all Northport, Alabama churches
  • History of the Tuscaloosa County Baptist Association, 1834-1934
  • "How firm a foundation" : a history of the first Black church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Hurd Shoals Church & Cemetery
  • Let us keep the feast : the history of Christ Episcopal Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1828-1998
  • Marking graves in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : the musings of a teacher
  • Miscellaneous records of Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama . . .
  • Moores Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1825-1990
  • Old cemeteries found in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : with inscriptions taken from headstones
  • A short history of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1959
  • South Sandy Church : South Sandy Baptist Church of Christ, Duncanville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Spring Hill Baptist Church, Moores Bridge, Alabama : 175th anniversary: Homecoming Day, May 26, 2002
  • Uplifting the people : three centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama
Census Records
  • 1850 Tuscaloosa County state census : enumeration of the inhabitants of Tuskaloosa County, Alabama
  • 1850 federal census of Tuskaloosa [sic] County, Alabama
  • 1850 U.S. census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • 1860 census of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • 1870 census index, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • 1880 Federal census of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Alabama 1860 agricultural and manufacturing census ... (vol. 4)
  • 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
  • The Baldwin and Weatherford Tuscaloosa, Alabama, consurvey directory
County / City / Family Histories
  • 1816, a Tierce comes to Tuscaloosa : a history of the Tierce family in the United States of America from 1764 to 2005
  • Alabama Crimson Tide : 1967 and the undercurrents of integration : the first five... before the season changed
  • The Baldwin and Weatherford Tuscaloosa, Alabama, consurvey directory
  • Bibliography of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1826-1846
  • Bridging the past of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Chasing the Bear : how Bear Bryant and Nick Saban made Alabama the greatest college football program of all time
  • Clements, George, & Hubbard families of the Tuscaloosa County, Alabama area, 1825-1989
  • Dead towns of Alabama
  • The descendants of John Maxwell (1712-1795)
  • Descendants of pioneer settlers of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Druid City Historic District, Tuscaloosa, Ala
  • Earline's Pink Party : the social rituals and domestic relics of a southern woman
  • Echola echos : the history of Echola, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • From there to here : the story you are about to read is true
  • Gorgas House at the University of Alabama
  • The heritage of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Historical record : commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Tuscaloosa, 1819-1969; including the program of festivities, April 19-26, 1969
  • The history of Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter NSDAR, 1901-1990
  • Historic Tuscaloosa : a self-conducted tour
  • History of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Introduction to the history of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Lineage chart book
  • Matt Clinton's scrapbook
  • Memoirs of a Southern Yankee Hispanic
  • A ministry, not a job : memoirs of a middle school teacher
  • Moores Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1825-1990
  • My! Bama : a mom-noir
  • The pageant of Tuscaloosa [1816-1916]
  • Pioneers of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, prior to 1830
  • The place-names of Greene and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama
  • The program : Alabama : a curated history of the Crimson Tide
  • The Raglands, Wyatts and Parkers of Bibb, Hale & Tuscaloosa Counties, & Warrior, Alabama in the 1800's
  • Reconstruction in Tuscaloosa County
  • Romulus : historical and genealogical gleamings [i.e. gleanings] concerning the community of Romulus, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • Roupes Valley : a history of the pioneer settlement of Roupes Valley which is located in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties, Alabama, from Along the Huntsville Road
  • A school building program for the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • A season to remember : faith in the midst of the storm
  • Sketches of Alabama, being an account of the journey from Tuscaloosa to Blount Springs through Jefferson County on the old stage roads, now first published in book form.
  • Stepping stones : Tuscaloosa at 200 its most decisive years, 1950s to 2018
  • The storm and the tide : tragedy, hope and triumph in Tuscaloosa
  • Summer snow : reflections from a black daughter of the South
  • A tide of dreams : the untold backstory of coaches Paul "Bear" Bryant, Carney Laslie and Frank Moseley
  • Turning the tide : the University of Alabama in the 1960s
  • Tuscaloosa
  • Tuscaloosa, Alabama "The Druid City" : a brief sketch of the history back of this thriving city
  • Tuscaloosa : the druid city.
  • Tuscaloosa, Alabama: its early days, 1816-1865
  • Tuscaloosa, portrait of an Alabama county : an illustrated history
  • Tuscaloosa sketchbook
  • Tuscaloosa sketches : "... in praise of gentle people"
  • Tuscaloosa through time
  • The University of Alabama : a guide to the campus and its architecture
  • When the wolf camped at our door : my childhood in the Great Depression
  • Yea, Alabama! : a peek into the past of one of the most storied universities in the nation : The University of Alabama (volume 1 - )
  • Yea, Alabama! : a rare glimpse into the personal diary of the University of Alabama. Volume 2. 1871 through 1901
  • Yea, Alabama! the Uncensored Journal of the University of Alabama (Volume 3: 1901-1926)
Court Records
  • Abstracts of estimates of articles due as tax in-kind issued from Tuscaloosa in the 2nd quarter ending the 30 day of June 1864
  • Abstract of tax assessment for collector - Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1894
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 2,3,7,8,9,11,13,25,33,41,47,57,67,78,79,81,99,109,126,142,168)
  • Internal Revenue assessment lists for Alabama, 1864-1865, roll 4 of 6 ; and, Internal Revenue assessment lists for Alabama, 1854-1865, roll 3 of 6 : microcopy #754, National Archives
  • Register of the Amnesty Oath taken 1865 by citizens of the County of Tuscaloosa, State of Alabama in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : Mortgage Book #1, 1850-1868 beginning page 66
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1824 Subpoena Book.
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1889 poll tax list : some 1868 beat roll/real estate records
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, will book, 1821-1855
Death Records, Obituaries, & Notices
  • Alabama mortality schedule, 1850 : seventh census of the United States
  • Alabama mortality schedule, 1860 : eighth census of the United States
Maps
  • Alabama Maps website (Tuscaloosa Co.)
Land Records
  • Alabama land sales, 1823-1832 : statewide conveyances of "university lands" to private ownership
  • Family maps of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more
  • Kaul Lumber Company, Kaul Land and Lumber Company, Sample Lumber Company : records, 1836-1966
  • Moores Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1825-1990
  • Old Tuskaloosa Land Office records & military warrants, 1821-1855
  • Register of the Amnesty Oath taken 1865 by citizens of the County of Tuscaloosa, State of Alabama in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : Mortgage Book #1, 1850-1868 beginning page 66
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama ancestral homesteads
Marriage Records & Notices
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 2,3,8,9,11,13,99,109)
  • Marriage records of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1823-1860, being transcribed and indexed from the original marriage books at the Court House at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by Pauline Jones Gandrud
  • Miscellaneous records of Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama . . .
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1821-1860
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama marriage book 3 : 1-10-1882 to 12-29-1888
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, marriage book J, Sept. 10, 1874-Jan. 7, 1882
  • Tuscaloosa County, Alabama marriages : 1859-1872
Military History & Records
  • Alabama 1907 census of Confederate soldiers
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 25,33,78,168)
  • All of us fought the war : the University of Alabama and its men and women in World War II
  • Autobiography of James Robert Maxwell of Tuskaloosa, Alabama
  • The federal invasion of Tuscaloosa, 1865
  • The federal raid into central Alabama, April 1865, including Wilson's raid on Selma and Montgomery, and Croxton's raid on Tuscaloosa
  • Four years in the Confederate Navy; the career of Captain John Low on the C. S. S. Fingal, Florida, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Ajax
  • Letters for Mary : from her Confederate soldier husband
  • The logs of the C.S.S. Alabama and C.S.S. Tuscaloosa, 1862-1863
  • Old Tuskaloosa Land Office records & military warrants, 1821-1855
  • Register of the Amnesty Oath taken 1865 by citizens of the County of Tuscaloosa, State of Alabama in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : Mortgage Book #1, 1850-1868 beginning page 66
  • Selected final pension payment vouchers, 1818-1864 : Alabama: Decatur-Huntsville-Mobile-Tuscaloosa
  • This cruel war : the Civil War letters of Grant and Malinda Taylor, 1862-1865
  • Tuskaloosa's own : a short history and muster roll of Confederate units from Tuskaloosa County, Alabama
  • Twilight of the Confederacy : the Alabama Corps of Cadets and the buring of the University of Alabama
  • War of 1812 veterans in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  • The Yankee invasion of West Alabama March-April, 1865 : including the Battle of Trion (Vance), the Battle of Tuscaloosa, the burning of the University, and the Battle of Romulus
Newspaper Abstracts
  • Alabama records / compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud (vols. 41,47,57,67,79,81,184)
Periodicals
  • Roots & branches : Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society newsletter
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