Alabama Census Guide

Federal/Territorial Censuses & Statewide Indexes:

Year Census Index Notes
1816 Territorial   Book Call # folio F325 .D38 1983
1820   Book  
1830 Film Book  
1840 Film Book  
1850 Film Book  
1850 Slave Film    
1850 Mortality   Book  
1860 Film Ancestry.com  
1860 Slave Film    
1860 Mortality   Book  
1870 Film Book  
1870 African-American   CD  
1880 Film CD, Soundex Film  
1890 Film   Fragments of Perry County
1920   Ancestry.com  
1930   Ancestry.com  

Federal Census Indexes, by County:

Calhoun 1870  
Calhoun 1870 Mortality
Morgan 1850  
Morgan 1850 Agricultural & Industrial Call # folio F332.M8 B872 1984
Sheffield City 1900 Call # folio F334.S47 S75 1985
Sumter 1850 Slave Call # folio F333.S8 H475 1998

Alabama State Census 1866 (Call # Microfilm 983)

Separate schedules for white and colored population. For white population, some counties show: killed, died of sickness, disabled, insane, epileptics, idiots.

By county:

Reel # 1  Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount 
Reel # 2  Butler, Calhoun, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh 
Reel # 3  Coosa, Covington, Dale, Dallas 
Reel # 4   Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Jackson 
Reel # 5  Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes 
Reel # 6  Macon, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile 
Reel # 7   Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry 
Reel # 8  Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St.Clair 
Reel # 9   Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa 
Reel # 10  Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston 

 

1907 Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers By County:

Bibb, Calhoun  Call # folio F325 .A88 no.3 
Blount   Call # folio F325 .A88 no.2 
Bullock, Butler   Call # folio F325 .B84 no.1  
Chambers, Cherokee  Call # folio F325 .B84 no.2 
Chilton, Choctaw  Call # folio F325 .B84 no.3  
Clarke, Clay   Call # folio F325 .C53 no.1 
Cleburn, Coffee, Coosa  Call # folio F325 .C53 no.2 
Colbert, Conecuh  Call # folio F325 .C53 no.3 
Covington, Crenshaw  Call # folio F325 .C53 no.4 
Cullman, Dale  all # folio F325 .C85 no.1 
Dallas, DeKalb  Call # folio F325 .C85 no.2  
Elmore   Call # folio F325 .C85 no.4 
Escambia, Etowah  Call # folio F325 .C85 no.3  
Fayette, Franklin  Call # folio F325 .C85 no.5 
Marshall 1907  Call # folio F325 .M34 no.2 
Russell, St.Clair   Call # folio F325 .R87 no.1 
Washington, Wilcox, Winston  Call # folio F325 .T964 no.3 

Other Censuses:

Cherokee Indians 1835 Call # Microfilm 508

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