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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Talladega County, Alabama. Official Website Talladega County was established on December 18, 1832, from land ceded by the Creek Indians near the state's geographic center. The name Talladega is derived from a Muscogee (Creek) Native American word Tvlvteke, from the Creek tålwa, meaning "town", and åtigi, or "border" -- "Border To...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Tallapoosa County The name Tallapoosa is of Creek origin; many Creek villages were located along the banks of the lower river before Indian Removal in the 19th century. Tallapoosa County was established by European Americans on December 18, 1832. Adjacent Counties Clay County Randolph County C...
This project is for those buried in Midway Church of Christ Cemetery, McCollum, Walker County, Alabama. University of Alabama Cemetery and Graves Identification Cemetery #85 Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Walker County, AL.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Alabama.= Official Website =Jackson County was established on December 13, 1819, after the federal government arranged a treaty to remove the Cherokee from the area and extinguish their land claims. It was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of Ameri...
Facebook group . Campbell's of Argyll who's profiles posted here are for research purpose only. Presently I have no proof they are related to the Campbell's who were in Jamaica. I do know that the Campbell families in Jamaica were from Argyll. Before settling in Jamaica, some were in Barbados. After leaving Jamaica some settled in England and the USA The ones posted here will be used for refere...
Please add profiles for anyone who was born, lived, or died in Madison County, Alabama.= Official Website =Madison County was established on December 13, 1808 by the governor of the Mississippi Territory. The county is named in honor of James Madison , fourth President of the United States and the first President to visit the state of Alabama. It is recognized as the "birthplace" of Alabama, wh...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sumter County, Alabama. Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832. From 1797 to 1832, Sumter County was part of the Choctaw Nation, which was made up of four main villages. The first settlers in Sumter County were French explorers who had come north from Mobile. They built and settled at Fort Tombecbee, near the modern-day t...
This project is for those who are buried in Sturkie Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama. The cemetery is about 8 miles south of the town of LaFayette on the west side of U.S. Highway 431. Find a Grave
This project is for those from Alabama and/or their respective Counties. go to following link for further information.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.= Official Website =Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County. It was established in 1702 by the French as the first capital of colonial La Louisiane (New France). During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the Uni...
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This project is for those buried in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Baldwin County, Alabama. The cemetery was established in 1856 and is located at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 98 and Sibley Street. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Wikipedia =The county is named after Abraham Baldwin .
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Alabama.= Official Website = History Wikipedia Montgomery County was established by dividing Monroe County on December 6, 1816, by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature. It is named for Lemuel P. Montgomery, a young U.S. Army officer killed at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the final battle of the Creek Indian war,...
Wikipedia The county is named for Henry Clay , Speaker of the House, Seantor & Secretary of State.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morgan County, Alabama.= Official Website =The county was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County. On June 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of ...
Wikipedia =The county is named for John G. Cullmann .
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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Alabama.= Official Website = Overview Jefferson County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Legislature. It was named in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson. In a study of lynchings in the South from 1877 to 1950, Jefferson County is documented as having the highest number of lynchings of any c...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Escambia County, Alabama.= Wikipedia =
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Shelby County, Alabama. Official Website Shelby County was established on February 7, 1818, and it was named for the Revolutionary War hero and the first Governor of Kentucky, Isaac Shelby. The county has a long history in agriculture, and since about 1990, it has become an important location for growing soybeans, which has excee...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Clair County, Alabama. Official Website St. Clair County was established on November 20, 1818, by the Alabama Territory. Its name is in honor of General Arthur St. Clair, an officer in the French and Indian War. Adjacent Counties Etowah County Calhoun County Blount County Shelby County Jefferson County Talladeg...
Wikipedia Samford University is a private, coeducational, Christian university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College. Samford University is the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford University is Alabama's top-ranked private university. The university enrolls 5,471 students from 47 states a...
Wikipedia =Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a regional public coeducational university located in Jacksonville, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in five academic units leading to Bachelor's, Master's, Education Specialist, and Doctorate in addition to continuing and distance education programs. In the Fall semester of 2011, JSU began offering the ...
Huntingdon College, founded in 1854, is a coeducational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (often called Alabama A&M, formerly the State Normal and Industrial School of Huntsville and State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes) is a public, historically black, land-grant university located in Normal, a neighborhood of Huntsville, Alabama, United States. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and has be...
Wikipedia =Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 20,000 undergraduate students, and a total of over 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state.[11] Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College,[12] a private liberal arts school affiliated w...
Wikipedia =Birmingham–Southern College (BSC) is a private liberal arts college in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1856, the college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). More than 1300 students from 33 states and 16 foreign countries attend the college. Birmingham–Southern has a 13:1 student-fa...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marshall County, Alabama.= Official Website =Marshall County was established on January 9, 1836 and was named in honor of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. Adjacent Counties * Jackson County * Madison County * Morgan County * DeKalb County * Etowah County * Blount County * Cullman County
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Alabama .Virtual Jewish World: Alabama, United States Virtual Jewish World: Table of Contents | North America | United States Early History While Jewish traders are known to have been active in Alabama as early as 1757, and a number of Jews lived in Mobile in the 1760s under British rule, it was not until the 1820s that the firs...
This project is for those buried in Prattville Memorial Gardens, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. The cemetery is located on Highway 14/Fairview Avenue and is also known as Memory Gardens Cemetery and Prattville Memory Gardens . Notable Interments Kevin Turner (1969-2016) - NFL Player Links Official Website Find a Grave
Battle of Selma Selma in the Civil War James H. Wilson John T. Croxton Nathan Bedford Forrest C-Span C-Span2
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Perry County, Alabama. The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. Adjacent Counties Marengo County Dallas County Hale County Bibb County Chilton County Cities & Communities Adler Augustin Folsom Hamburg Heiberger...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lauderdale County, Alabama.= Official Website =Lauderdale County was established in 1818 and was named in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee. Four Alabama governors were from the county - Hugh McVay, Robert M. Patton, Edward A. O'Neal and Emmett O'Neal. Adjacent Counties * Colbert County * Hardin County, Tenn. * Wayne Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pickens County, Alabama. Official Website Pickens County was established on the western border of Alabama on December 20, 1820, and named for revolutionary war hero General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina. Adjacent Counties Lamar County Fayette County Tuscaloosa County Lowndes County, Miss. Noxubee County, Miss. S...
Wikipedia =The county is named for Vice President John C. Calhoun .
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Selma, Alabama. Wikipedia
Confederate States: Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Indian Territory , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia
Wikipedia =The county is named for Georgia Gov. John Clarke .
Wikipedia =The county is named for US Senator Henry H. Chambers .
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
Wikipedia =The county is named for Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, CSA .
Wikipedia =The county is named for Alexander James Dallas , US Secretary of the Treasury.
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Pike County, Alabama. Wikipedia The county is named for Gen. Zebulon Pike .
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lawrence County, Alabama.= Official Website =Lawrence County was established by the legislature of the Alabama Territory on February 6, 1818 and was named after James Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from New Jersey. Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the U.S. government forced most of the members of these Southeast tr...
Saint Austin Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA: Find a Grave Saint Austin Cemetery (also known as St Austin Cemetery and occasionally as St Augustine Cemetery) This is a historically important African American private non perpetual care cemetery on approximately 2.97 acres located in the City of Mobile. There is no known office or signage marking the cemetery, the entrance or s...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Randolph County, Alabama. Randolph County was established by the Alabama Legislature on December 18, 1832, following Indian Removal of the Creek people. It was named in honor of John Randolph, a well-known Virginia congressman. Randolph County was one of several counties created out of the last Creek cession formulated by the Treaty ...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = Alabama (Listeni/ˌæləˈbæmə/) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States. At 1,300 miles (2,100 km), Alab...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Russell County, Alabama. Official Wesbsite Russell County was established by an act of the state general assembly on December 18, 1832, from lands ceded to the state by the Creek Tribe. Its name is in honor of Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, who fought in the wars against the Creek. In the 1940s and 1950s, Russell County and especiall...
Descendants of the people buried in the Church Street Graveyard in Mobile, Alabama,
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Marengo County, Alabama.= Official Website =Marengo County was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818, from land acquired from the Choctaw by the Treaty of Fort St. Stephens on October 24, 1816. Like the other four of the "Five Civilized Tribes", over the course of the following twenty years the Choctaw we...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greene County, Alabama. History Greene County was established on December 13, 1819. It was named for Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island.The Greene County Courthouse in Eutaw was burned by arson in 1868, in a year with considerable election-associated violence throughout the South. On March 31, 1870, there were ...
Remount Park Cemetery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA : Find a Grave Remount Park Cemetery is located at the corner of Lincoln and Harrison Road in Montgomery, Alabama. Tentatively established around 1932, it is an African American burial ground. There are indications that other burials preceded those that began in 1932. There is no Sexton, no map, no formal record of burials and all maint...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, Alabama.= Official Website =Lee County was established by the State Legislature on December 5, 1866 and was named for General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. Adjacent Counties * Harris County, Geo. * Chambers County * Muscogee County, Geo. * Macon C...
This project is for those buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, located on 1939 Dauphin Island Parkway, Mobile, Alabama. Notable Burials Tommie Lee Agee (1942-2001) - MLB Player Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) - US Congress Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan (1932-2021) - US Congress Winston Groom (1943-2020) - Author John McDuffie (1883-1950) - US Congress Links Find a Grave Bill...
Wikipedia =The county is named for William Wyatt Bibb
Wikipedia =The county is named for frontiersman Samuel Dale .
The Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, also known as the Battle of Athens , was fought near Athens, Alabama (Limestone County, Alabama), from September 23 to 25, 1864 as part of the American Civil War. In September 1864, General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his force into northern Alabama and middle Tennessee to disrupt the supply of William Tecumseh Sherman's army in Georgia. Athens (September ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Houston County, Alabama.Houston County was established on February 9, 1903 and was named after George Smith Houston, the 24th Governor of Alabama. Adjacent Counties * Henry County * Early County, Georgia * Seminole County, Georgia * Dale County * Geneva County * Jackson County, Fla. Cities, Towns & Communities Ardilla | Ashford | Avon...
This project is for those who are interred in Montgomery Memorial Cemetery located on 3001 Simmons Drive, Montgomery, Alabama.The cemetery has also been known as Memorial Heights Cemetery . Find a Grave Billion Graves
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.= Official Website =In historic times, the county was primarily the territory of the Creek peoples, who became known to European-American settlers as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast.The county seat, Monroeville, is...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Geneva County, Alabama.= Official Website =Geneva County was established on December 26, 1868. The county was named after its county seat, which in turn was named after Geneva, New York which was named after Geneva, Switzerland, by Walter H. Yonge, an early town resident and Swiss native.On March 10, 2009, a gunman, identified as Mich...
Legg Cemetery, Leggtown, Limestone County, Alabama, USA Find a Grave
Hesters Chapel Cemetery, Lester, Limestone County, Alabama, USA:
Dean Cemetery, Rabun, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA:
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Macon County, Alabama.= Official Website =The historic tribes encountered by European explorers were the Creek Indians, descendants of the Mississippian culture.Macon County was established by December 18, 1832, from land ceded by the Creek, following the US Congress' passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Creek were removed t...
Wikipedia =The county is named for Gen. John R. Coffee .
Cahaba Prison, also known as Castle Morgan, was a prisoner of war camp in Dallas County, Alabama where the Confederacy held captive Union soldiers during the American Civil War. The prison was located in the small Alabama town of Cahaba, at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, not far from Selma. It suffered a serious flood in 1865. At the time, Cahaba was still the county seat, but...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Limestone County, Alabama.= Official Website =Limestone County was established by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 and was named after Limestone Creek. Adjacent Counties * Lawrence County * Lauderdale County * Giles County, Tenn. * Morgan County * Lincoln County, Tenn. * Madison County Cities, Towns & Communities
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama:
Wikipedia =The county is named for George Colbert - Chickasaw Nation Chief and his brother Maj. Levi "Itawamba Minco" Colbert .Colbert County is the home to the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound . and the birthplace of Helen Keller. From Wiki: Residents in Muscle Shoals created two studios that have worked with numerous artists to record many hit songs from the 1960s to today. These are FAME Studio...
Elmwood Cemetery Also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery LOCATION 600 Martin Luther King Jr Drive Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 35211 USA PHONE 205-251-3114 MEMORIALS 103,095 added (91% photographed) cemetery will disclose plot information over the phone to non-relatives, but not more than about two at a time, assuming someone is available to do the research. For a $20 charge, you can, at the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Etowah County, Alabama.= Official Website =The territory of Etowah County was originally split among the neighboring counties. It was separated and established as Baine County on December 7, 1866, by the first postwar legislature, and was named for General David W. Baine of the Confederate Army. Because of postwar tensions and actions...
Wikipedia Mobile National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Mobile, Alabama.1202 Virginia Street Mobile, AL 36604 Phone: 850-453-4846 Or 850-453-4108 FAX: 850-453-4635 Burial Status - Closed Find a Grave
Wikipedia =The county is named after the Choctaw Indian Tribe.
Wikipedia =The county is named for Johann de Kalb .
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Alabama.= Official Website =The county was created by the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on February 13, 1818, preceding Alabama's statehood by almost two years. It was created from land acquired from the Chickasaw Indians by the Treaty of 1816. It was named in honor of General Francis Marion (1732–1795), an Ameri...
The Creek War (1813–1814), also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War , began as a civil war within the Creek (Muscogee) nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812.The war began as a civil war, but the United States was pulled into the conflict in present-day southern Alabama, at the Battle of Burnt Corn.The term "red sticks" is derived from the red-colored wa...
Important Note: As of 2/6/2021 this Project will be a Work in Progress(WIP). I (CLM) will have to format it but please continue to add profiles.Important Notice/Disclamer: This project is not endorsed by any Civil Rights Organization or persons mentioned in this project. This project is for genealogical purposes only. Also, this project is an attempt at a comprehensive study of events at Selma....
Wikipedia =The county is named for Rep. William Parish Chilton .
Wikipedia =The county is named for Brig. Gen. Leonard Covington .
Mount Zion CME Church Cemetery, Smiths Station, Lee County, Alabama, 36877-2283 USA: Find a Grave
Wikipedia The county is named for Gov. Willie Blount .
Wikipedia =Faulkner University is a private Christian university, located in Montgomery, Alabama, US, and affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The University was founded in 1942 as Montgomery Bible School. In 1953 the school's name was changed to Alabama Christian College (ACC). In 1965, the college was moved to its present location on Atlanta Highway. The year 1975 marked the beginning of t...
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Primarily for early colonists of French and Spanish Louisiana and British and Spanish West Florida who have descendants throughout the Gulf Coast.One goal is to develop standardized surname spellings to allow for easier matching and merging in Geni.Includes people mentioned in Winston De Ville's "Gulf Coast Colonials," Stanley Clisby Arthur's "Old Families of Louisiana," Grace King's "Creole Fa...
The Baleine Brides were a group of women that were sent to French Louisiana (Old Biloxi) to marry eligible bachelors who were settling the colony. They arrived on the ship The Baleine which is how they got their nickname. These women came from Maison de St. Louis of the Salpetriere. It is believed that this was a home for girl who were orphans or illegitimate. They were cared for by Ursuline nu...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wilcox County, AL.
Victims and combatants of the Fort Mims Massacre (Battle) occurring in Baldwin County, Alabama on August 30th, 1813 during the Redstick War of 1813-1814. References * A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813 - 1814 by Gregory Waselkov
This project is used to relate all units from Alabama who served in the Confederate Army.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, AL
Major American, British and Spanish players in the American Revolution on the Gulf Coast.See: "Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution" by Kathleen DuVal, Random House, 2015
Wikipedia =The county is named for William Butler: