Alabama Genealogy

The “Unionists” were successful in the elections of 1851 and 1852. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill and uncertainty about agitation against slavery led the State Democratic convention of 1856 to revive the “Alabama Platform”. When Democratic National convention at Charleston, South Carolina failed to approve the “Alabama Platform” in 1860, the Alabama delegates, followed by those of the other cotton “states,” withdrew. Upon the election of Abraham Lincoln, Governor Andrew B. Moore, as previously instructed by the legislature, called a state convention. Many prominent men had opposed secession. In North Alabama, there was an attempt to organize a neutral state to be called Nickajack. With President Lincoln’s call to arms, most opposition to secession ended.

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In 1819, Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state to the Union. Its constitution provided for universal suffrage for white men.

One of the first problems of the new commonwealth was that of finance. Since the amount of money in circulation was not sufficient to meet the demands of the increasing population, a system of state banks was instituted. State bonds were issued and public lands were sold to secure capital, and the notes of the banks, loaned on security, became a medium of exchange. Prospects of an income from the banks led the legislature of 1836 to abolish all taxation for state purposes. This was hardly done, however, before the Panic of 1837 wiped out a large portion of the banks’ assets. Next came revelations of grossly careless and even of corrupt management. In 1843 the banks were placed in liquidation. After disposing of all their available assets, the state assumed the remaining liabilities, for which it had pledged its faith and credit.

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I’ve got an initial pass over all of the county pages now. So, there should be a bit of a profile on each county in the state of Alabama. Along with the profile will be some genealogy resource links, and other useful information for that county. As the site goes forward we will be adding more to the county pages, but they will be bits and pieces at a time instead of a huge bulk update like this has been.

This also marks what I would consider our GRAND OPENING! So…. once again WELCOME!

–UPDATE–

I’m sorry to say, there was a typo in the first press release referring to 64 Alabama Counties…. Of course there are 67. I’ve made attempts to get the releases edited, but some have not reflected the change. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Among the Native American peoples living within the present boundaries of Alabama in pre-contact times were ancestors of Alabama (Alibamu), Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, and Mobile people.

Spanish were the first Europeans to enter Alabama, claiming land for their Crown. They named the region La Florida.

Although a member of Pánfilo de Narváez’s expedition of 1528 may have entered southern Alabama, the first fully documented visit was by explorer Hernando de Soto. He made an arduous expedition along the Coosa, Alabama and Tombigbee rivers in 1539.

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In many ways the pages of a site like this never get finished. Resources move, new ones come along and you get more ideas for information to put on the pages. But, the following county pages have had their first pass with information!

I’m really pleased because it marks the 10% mark. I’ve unfortunately had slow going on the pages here since I’ve been simultaneously working a major revision on another site. We’ve also got some great content in the way of posts lined up for the next several months, so…. things are really starting to feel like we’re getting this site off the ground!

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I’ve started work today on some of the county resource pages. Autauga County is looking a bit more complete at the moment than it was earlier with quite a few resource and information links as well as a profile of the county… (only 66 more to go….) I’ve also queued up some articles to be posted here in coming months. Depending on the timing of other work I hope to be able to push ahead with more of the county pages soon and potentially line up more posts. You should expect the posts will be coming out initially every other week. As events warrant though, I may break that schedule and publish more frequently.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. After the Indian wars and removals of the early 1800s forced most Native Americans out of the state, white settlers arrived in large numbers. Wealthy planters created large cotton plantations based in the fertile central Black Belt, which depended on the labor of enslaved African Americans. Tens of thousands of slaves were transported to and sold in the state by slave traders who purchased them in the Upper South. Elsewhere in Alabama, poorer whites practiced subsistence farming. By 1860 African Americans comprised 45% of the state’s population of 964,201.

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Hello and Welcome to Alabama Genealogy. On this site we will be collecting and listing all sorts of genealogy resources for the state of Alabama. We’ll also be looking at the history of the state. This is part of a family of several sites which started with North Carolina Genealogy. One of the main centerpieces of these sites will be our county resource pages. They will take a while to build, but ultimately we will have a page for each county in the state of Alabama. I am putting together several of these sites and as you can imagine it is a huge project, but keep checking back and see our progress!

Thanks for stopping by, plan to come back soon!

Popularity: 48% [?]