This is a list of free Alabama Genealogy Records at FamilySearch.

These records include birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, former slave records, freedmen records, pension records, military records and more. Included as well are general United States collections if they include or could reasonably include Alabama residents.

These collections are all free to search. You’ll need to be logged in with a free FamilySearch account to search these records. It’s easy to register for a free account at FamilySearch.

Some of these records have a searchable name index, others have browsable images, a few have both an index and images, and some link to individuals in the FamilySearch family tree.

Alabama Birth Records

• Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930, index
• United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931, index
• United States Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index

Alabama Marriage Records

• Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950, index & images
• Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936, index
• Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957, index
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872, index & images
• United States Western States Marriage Index, index
• United States Marriages, 1733-1990, index

Alabama Death Records

• Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952, index
• Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974, index links to images
• Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976, index & images
• Alabama Probate Records, 1809-1985, images
• Alabama, Mobile Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836-1995, index & images
• United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961, index
• United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968, images
• United States Social Security Death Index, index
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images
• United States Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index
• United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
• United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index & images
• BillionGraves Index, index & links to images
• CurrentObituary Index, 2001-2014, index & links to images
• Find A Grave Index, index & links to images

Alabama Residence Records

• Alabama State Census, 1855, index
• Alabama State Census, 1866, index
• Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927, index & images
• United States Census 1820, index & images
• United States Census 1830, index & images
• United States Census 1840, index & images
• United States Census 1850, index & images
• United States Census (Slave Schedule) 1850, index & images
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule) 1850, index & images
• United States Census 1860, index & images
• United States Census 1870, index & images
• United States Census 1880, index & images
• United States Census 1890, index & images
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
• United States Census 1900, index & images
• United States Census 1910, index & images
• United States Census 1920, index & images
• United States Census 1930, index & images
• United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, index
• United States Census 1940, index & images
• United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800 – circa 1955, images
• United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940, images
• United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, images
• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images

Alabama Daily Life Records

Compiled Genealogies

• Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969, images
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index

Court Records

• Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916, images
• Alabama, Madison County Chancery and Circuit Court Records, 1829-1968, images
• Alabama, Sumter County Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950, images
• United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918, index & links to images
• United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images

Employment Records

• United States Panama Canal Zone, Employment Records and Sailing Lists, 1905-1937, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images

Ethnic Records

African American Records

• Alabama, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872, images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records, 1865-1872, index & links to images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Claim Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture & Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878 
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen’s Complaints, 1865-1872, index & images

Japanese American Records

• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946

Prisons/Prisoners Records

• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images

Alabama Military Records

Mexican-American War

• United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images

US Civil War

• Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, index & links to images
• Alabama Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index & links to images
• Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927, index & images
• United States Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index
• United States Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917,  index & links to images
• United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865, images
• United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, images
• United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
• United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998, index
• United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867, index & links to images
• United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index & links to images
• United States Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, images
• United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
• United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872, images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872, images

Indian Wars

• United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images

Spanish-American War

• United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, index & images

World War I

• Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & links to images
• United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & images
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
• United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index

World War II

• United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 images
• United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945, index
• United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, index

Korean War

• United States, American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953, index
• United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
• United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957, index
• United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index
• United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954, index

Vietnam War

• United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998, index
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
• United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
• United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904, index & images
• United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003, index

Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions

• United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index & images
• United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
• United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
• United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
• United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, index & images
• United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866, images
• United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866, images
• United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, images
• United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
• United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index
• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
• United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images

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Onsite Records

• Alabama onsite records from the FamilySearch Catalog

Onsite Records that are becoming available online

• Alabama onsite records from the FamilySearch Catalog that may be available online if you follow the link to an individual collection. For example, Alabama Obituary Names from the Catalog, with a digital version available here. You’ll scroll through the images similar to scrolling through a microfilm.