Alabama Genealogical publications (magazines, newsletters, periodicals, books, etc.) contain all sorts of valuable information about individual ancestors, entire lineages and families, places in time, and about all types of genealogical records and repositories.
Alabama Books
- Alabama Books at Amazon.com (amazon.com) rare and fully searchable old books, historical maps and documents give fresh insights into the daily lives of your early Alabama ancestors.
- Alabama Historical Books (1801 – 1900) (genealogybank.com) Has exclusive newspaper archive for family genealogy research provides information on millions of American families from 1690–today.
- Genealogy Publishing Company (genealogical.com)
- Southern Historical Press Alabama Books (southernhistoricalpress.com)
Alabama Newspapers
Alabama newspapers can supply all sorts of clues about historical events, local history, court and legal notices, obituaries, and much more. The earliest newspapers in the state occurred in the Tombigbee-Mobile area and included the Mobile Sentinel, Fort Stoddert, 1811; Mobile Gazette, Mobile, 1812; Halcyon, St. Stephens, 1815; and Blakeley Sun and Alabama Advertiser, Blakeley, 1819. Early newspapers from the Tennessee Valley included the Madison Gazette, Huntsville, 1812; Florence Gazette, Florence, 1820; and Tuscumbia Advertiser, Tuscumbia, 1821. Other pre-statehood papers included the Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer, Cahawba, 1819; Alabama Courier, Claiborne, 1819; and Tuscaloosa Republican, Tuscaloosa, 1819. Alabama law needs that all county newspapers that carry legal notices be maintained by that county’s probate judge. A couple of the county collections are complete.
- Alabama Newspapers Directory Listings (onlinenewspapers.com)
- Alabama Newspapers on Microflim Database (archives.state.al.us)
- Historical Newspapers from Alabama (1816 – 1923) (genealogybank.com) Has exclusive newspaper archive for family genealogy research provides information on millions of American families from 1690–today.
- Alabama Newspaper List (usnpl.com)
- AL-OLD-NEWS. A mailing list for the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Alabama newspapers published prior to 1931. Newspapers contain much of the information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, deaths, court notices, etc. They also provide community news and many fascinating details about the lives of our ancestors. To subscribe send “subscribe” to al-old-news-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or al-old-news-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
- The Alabama Courier (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Anniston Star (newspaperarchives.com)
- Athens News Courier (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Cullman Banner (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Cullman Democrat (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Dothan Eagle (newspaperarchives.com)
- Limestone Democrat (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Prattville Progress (newspaperarchives.com)
- The Southern Immigrant (newspaperarchives.com)
- Times-Journal (newspaperarchives.com)
- Alabama Newspaper Archives (newspaperarchives.com)the largest historical newspaper database online, contains nearly 100 million newspaper pages from 1759 to present.
- Alabama Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Alabama Periodicals
Genealogical periodicals offer many sources of information, they are often overlooked by genealogy researchers and genealogist in searching for family history. Because of the limited amount of published materials on most Alabama counties, periodical literature is essential. There are more than thirty-five periodicals published in Alabama by local and state historical and genealogical organizations.
- Alabama Genealogical Quarterly Vols. 1- (1979 – present).
- Alabama Genealogical Register (1959 – 1975)
- Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. Magazine (1967-present) Publication of the Alabama Genealogical Society 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, Alabama 35229.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol. 1-44 (1930-82) Publication of Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Alabama Review (1942-present) Publication of Alabama Historical Association
- Central Alabama Genealogical Society Quarterly(1976-present) Publication of the Central Alabama Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 125, Selma, Alabama 36701.
- Deep South Genealogical Quarterly (1963-present) Publication of Mobile Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 6224, Mobile, Alabama 36606.
- Natchez Trace Traveler (1981-present) Publication of the Natchez Trace Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 420, Florence, Alabama 35631.
- Pea River Trails (1975-present) Publication of the Pea River Historical SocietyP.O. Box 628Enterprise, Alabama 36330.
- Pioneer Trails (1959-present) Publication of the Birmingham Genealogical Society P.O. Box 2432 Birmingham, Alabama 35201.
- Tap Roots (1963-present) Publication of the Genealogical Society of East AlabamaP.O. Drawer 1351, Auburn, Alabama 36831-1351.
- Settlers of Northeast Alabama(1962-present) Publication of the Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 674, Gadsden, Alabama 35902.
- Valley Leaves (1966-present) Publication of the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1568, Huntsville, Alabama 35807-0568.
- WIREGRASS ROOTS c/o – SEAGHS, P.O. Box 246, Dothan, AL 36302-0246
