Records and Links
The link to other sites below in many case themselves have links for you to explore. Like turning over rocks, you never know what you might find when you go exploring.
The records denoted by are selections from previous versions of Tap Roots, our quarterly journal. For the most part these are marriage records. The PDF format provides the ability to easily search the record without the need for cumbersome indexes. Simply use the PDF Reader "find" (Ctrl+F) function to find the person or place you are searching for.
US and Worldwide
www.familysearch.org – FamilySearch – hundreds of databases
geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic – Geographic Names Information System - find both past and present geographic names (cemeteries, etc.) and show their location on a map
www.findagrave.com – Lists over 250,000 cemeteries and contains a partial listing of graves
Alabama
www.familysearch.org – Guide to Alabama ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
www.familysearch.org – Alabama Image-only Records
archives.alabama.gov – Alabama Department of Archives and History
www.mapofus.org/alabama/ – Historical maps of Alabama and it's counties. Includes county line change timeline maps and links to other resources.
alabamamaps.ua.edu – Contemporary and historical maps of Alabama and it's counties. From Univ of Ala.
www.alabamapioneers.com – A genealogy and history library about Alabama's early pioneers
www.algenweb.org/ – Alabama GenWeb Project
Counties
Chambers County— Map
theusgenweb.org/al/chambers – Chambers County - ALGenWeb
usgwarchives.net/al/chambers – Chambers County - USGenWeb Archives
Lee County— Map
www.eastalabama.org/ – The Museum of East Alabama
www.leecountyhistoricalsociety.org –Lee County Historical Society
www.algenweb.org/lee/ – Lee County - ALGenWeb
usgwarchives.net/al/lee – Lee County - USGenWeb Archives
Macon County— Map
sites.rootsweb.com/~almacon/ – Macon County – ALGenWeb
usgwarchives.net/al/macon – Macon County - USGenWeb Archives
Russell County— Map
www.algenweb.org/russell/ – Russell County – ALGenWeb
usgwarchives.net/al/russell – Russell County - USGenWeb Archives
Tallapoosa County—Map
www.genrecords.net/altallap – Tallapoosa County – ALGenWeb
usgwarchives.net/al/tallapoosa – Tallapossa County - USGenWeb Archives