Alabama Photos online include collections of photographs, postcards, movie clips, some school and tombstone photos but we try to add those to their own listing pages, and other image collections related to Alabama. This is a preliminary list.

This list is currently being curated. More collections will be added.

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KEY to collections

• FS – FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
• Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
• MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
• AG – AfriGeneas
• ADAH – Alabama Department of Archives and History Digital Collections
• ALGW – Alabama GenWeb
• ALGWA – Alabama GenWeb Archives
• APR – Alabama Public Records online
• BPL – Birmingham Public Library
• CAG – Central Alabama Genealogy
• GPL – Guntersville Public Library
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• HMCPL – Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
• IA – Internet Archive
• LC – Limestone County
• LCA – Lawrence County Archives
• ODCPL – Ozark Dale County Library Inc
• RW – RootsWeb
• TYR – Tracking Your Roots

Alabama Photos online at the state level

Alabama – Photos – Alabama Decorative Arts Survey – This database contains digitized photographs and survey sheets for 877 objects from the Alabama Decorative Arts Survey. The database will be expanded as funding becomes available, at BPL

Alabama Photos online by County

Autauga County – Photos – Pictures, AGWA

Baldwin County – Photos – Baldwin County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Baldwin County – Photos – Baldwin County Photos online, at GTHG

Barbour County – Photos – Barbour County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Bibb County – Photos – Bibb County Tombstone photos at GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Bibb County – Photos – Bibb County Photos online, at GTHG

Blount County – Photos – Blount County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Blount County – Photos – Blount County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Bullock County – Photos – Bullock County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Butler County – Photos – Butler County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Butler County – Photos – Butler County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Calhoun County – Photos – Calhoun County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Calhoun County – Photos – Calhoun County Photos online, at GTHG

Chambers County – Photos – Chambers County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Chambers County – Photos – Chambers County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Cherokee County – Photos – Cherokee County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Cherokee County – Photos – Cherokee County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Choctaw County – Photos – Choctaw County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Choctaw County – Photos – Choctaw County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Clarke County – Photos – Clarke County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Clay County – Photos – Clay County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Clay County – Photos – Clay County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Cleburne County – Photos – Cleburne County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Coffee County – Photos – Coffee County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Coffee County – Photos – Coffee County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Colbert County – Photos – Colbert County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Colbert County – Photos – Colbert County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Conecuh County – Photos – Conecuh County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Conecuh County – Photos – Conecuh County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Coosa County – Photos – Coosa County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Coosa County – Photos – Coosa County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Covington County – Photos – Covington County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Crenshaw County – Photos – Crenshaw County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Crenshaw County – Photos – Crenshaw County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Cullman County – Photos – Cullman County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Cullman County – Photos – Cullman County Photos online, at GTHG

Dale County – Photos – Dale County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Dallas County – Photos – Dallas County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Dallas County – Postcards – Dallas County Postcards online, at GTHG

DeKalb County – Photos – De Kalb County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

DeKalb County – Photos – Dekalb County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Elmore County – Photos – Elmore County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Escambia County – Photos – Escambia County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Etowah County – Photos – Etowah County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Fayette County – Photos – Fayette County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Franklin County – Photos – Franklin County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Franklin County – Photos – Franklin County Photos online, at GTHG

Hale County – Photos – Hale County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Henry County – Photos – Henry County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Henry County – Photos – Henry County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Houston County – Photos – Houston County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Houston County – Photos and Postcards – Houston County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Jefferson County – Photos – Jefferson County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Jefferson County – Photos – Jefferson County Photos online, at GTHG

Jefferson County – Postcards – Jefferson County Postcards online, at GTHG

Lamar County – Photos – Lamar County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Lauderdale County – Photos – Lauderdale County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Lauderdale County – Photos – Lauderdale County Photos online, at GTHG

Lauderdale County – Postcards – Lauderdale County Postcards online, at GTHG

Lawrence County – Photos – Lawrence County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Lawrence County – Photos – Lawrence County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Lee County – Photos – Lee County Photos online, at GTHG

Lee County – Postcards – Lee County Postcards online, at GTHG

Limestone County – Photos – Limestone County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Limestone County – Photos – Limestone County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Lowndes County – Photos – Lowndes County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Madison County – Photos – Madison County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Madison County – Photos – Madison County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Madison County – Photos – Madison County Photographs, at HMCPL

Marengo County – Photos – Marengo County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Marion County – Unidentified Photos – Marion County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Marion County – Photos – Marion County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Marshall County – Census Records – Marshall County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Marshall County – Photos – Marshall County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Marshall County – Photos – Marshall County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Mobile County – Photos – Mobile County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Monroe County – Photos – Monroe County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Montgomery County – Photos – Montgomery County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Montgomery County – Postcards – Montgomery County Postcards online, at GTHG

Morgan County – Photos – Morgan County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Morgan County – Photos – Morgan County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Perry County – Photos – Perry County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Perry County – Photos – Perry County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Pike County – Photos – Pike County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Pike County – Photos – Pike County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Randolph County – Photos – Randolph County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Russell County – Photos – Russell County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Russell County – Photos – Russell County GenWeb Records, at AGW

St. Clair County – Photos – Saint Clair County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

St. Clair County – Photos – Saint Clair County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Shelby County – Photos – Shelby County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Shelby County – Videos – Shelby County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Sumter County – Photos – Sumter County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Sumter County – Photos – Sumter County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Talladega County – Photos – Talladega County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Talladega County – Postcards – Talladega County Postcards online, at GTHG

Tallapoosa County – Photos – Tallapoosa County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Tallapoosa County – Photos – Tallapoosa County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Tuscaloosa County – Photos – Tuscaloosa County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Walker County – Photos – Walker County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Walker County – Photos – Walker County Photos online, at GTHG

Walker County – Postcards – Walker County Postcards online, at GTHG

Wilcox County – Photos – Wilcox County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Winston County – Photos – Winston County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA

Winston County – Movie Clips – Winston County GenWeb Records, at AGW

Alabama Photos online by City

Birmingham – Photos – Photographs – A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city, at BPL

Birmingham – Photos – Houses (Board of Equalization Photographs) – This collection contains photographs of Birmingham-area homes from the Board of Equalization files requested by patrons, at BPL

Birmingham – Photos – Birmingham Memory Project – snapshots taken by the public of  Birmingham residents, visitors, and events over a period of many years, at BPL

Birmingham – Photos – Temple Emanu-El Scrapbooks – Temple Emanu-El was established in 1882 as Birmingham’s first synagogue and the congregation constructed a temple on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 17th Street, North in 1889. A new temple was completed on Highland Avenue in 1908. These scrapbooks cover the life of the Temple and its members, at BPL

Birmingham – Photos – Preston Photograph Collection – As a commercial photographer Preston completed more than 27,000 commissions, or “shoots” for a variety of customers, including individuals for portraits or wedding pictures,  businesses opening new locations, and politicians recording campaigns, at BPL

Birmingham – Photos – O.V. Hunt Photograph Collection – Hunt had his own studio by the early 1920s and also took photographs for the Birmingham Ledger newspaper. Hunt often focused on Birmingham streetscapes in his photographs and documented Birmingham area manufacturing and mining, trains and streetcars and the construction of downtown buildings, at BPL