DeKalb County Genealogy
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DeKalb County Alabama History and Profile:
DeKalb County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. As of 2000 its population was 64,452. Its county seat is Fort Payne.
DeKalb County was created by the Alabama legislature on January 9, 1836, from land ceded to the Federal government by the Cherokee Nation. It was named for Major General Baron Johann de Kalb, a hero of the American Revolution.
DeKalb County was the one time home of the famous Cherokee Sequoyah.
The county’s eastern edge, along the state line, was also the epicenter of a strong earthquake on April 29, 2003, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale. Power was knocked out in the area, mirrors and pictures thrown to the floor, foundations cracked, and one chimney fell to the ground. It was felt over a significant portion of the southeastern states, including quite strongly in northeastern Alabama and neighboring northwestern Georgia, and nearby eastern Tennessee (especially near Chattanooga). It was also felt slightly in western upstate South Carolina, far west-southwestern North Carolina, south and southeastern Kentucky, and east-northeastern Mississippi.
On the whole, DeKalb County is a dry county. In 2005, a change in local laws enabled Fort Payne to become the only location in the county to allow the legal sale of alcohol.
Source: Wikipedia.
Cities and Towns of DeKalb County, Alabama:
* Collinsville (part – part of Collinsville is in Cherokee County)
* Crossville
* Fort Payne
* Fyffe
* Geraldine
* Hammondville
* Henagar
* Ider
* Lakeview
* Mentone
* Pine Ridge
* Powell
* Rainsville
* Sand Rock (part – part of Sand Rock is in Cherokee County)
* Shiloh
* Sylvania
* Valley Head
DeKalb County Government
DeKalb County Government – Official Site
Crossville Public Library
80 Gaines Street
Crossville, AL 35962
Dekalb County Public Library
504 Grand Avenue Nw
Fort Payne, AL 35967
Geraldine Public Library
13543 Alabama Hwy 227
Geraldine, AL 35974
Henagar Public Library
Town Hall
Henagar, AL 35978
Ider Public Library
10808 Alabama Highway 75
Ider, AL 35981
Rainsville Public Library
941 East Main Street
Rainsville, AL 35986
DeKalb County Historic Places
Alabama Builders’ Hardware Manufacturing Company
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger Depot
Cherokee Plantation
Collinsville Historic District
Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District
Fort Payne Main Street Historic District
Fort Payne Opera House
Fort Payne Residential Historic District
Dr. J.A. Gorman House
Vance C. Larmore House
Mentone Springs Hotel
Winston Place
DeKalb County Genealogy Resources
DeKalb County Alabama USGenWeb site
DeKalb County Alabama USGenWeb Archives
DeKalb County Genealogy page at KindredTrails
DeKalb County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 681087
Fort Payne, AL 35968-1612
Phone: (256) 623-2052
Vital Records
DeKalb County Clerk
111 Grand Avenue SW
Fort Payne, AL 35967
Phone: (256) 845-8500
If you are outside the state of Alabama and are looking to request copies of vital records you must contact the statewide office of vital records:
Alabama Vital Records
P.O. Box 5625
Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
(334) 206-5418
Fax: (334) 262-9563
You can also call (334) 206-5418
There were no birth certificates prior to 1908, some counties may have recorded births in a ledger howeer. One way to search this centrally is by contacting:
Department of Archives and History
624 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-4363
Birth and Death Records have been recorded in Alabama since 1908, Marriage Records since August 1936 and Divorces since 1950.
Census
Tax Records
Cemeteries
USGS listing of Cemeteries in DeKalb County
DeKalb County Cemetery Transcriptions
Cemetery Transcriptions (Although both are usgenweb this seems a slightly different listing.)
Query Forums
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News Related to DeKalb County, AL
“DeKalb County” al – Google News
DeKalb County judge seeks re-election – Sand Mountain Reporter
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DeKalb County judge seeks re-election
Sand Mountain Reporter He was the second state court judge to receive the Award of Judicial Merit from the Alabama State Bar Association in 1991. He is the senior trial judge on the Alabama Court of the Judiciary and a member of the Alabama Sentencing Commission. |
Karri Willoughby Trial Underway – WAAY
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Karri Willoughby Trial Underway
WAAY Ft. Payne, AL – Jury selection is underway for a DeKalb County woman accused of drugging her stepfather to death in 2008. Karri Willoughby has been without bond in the DeKalb County Jail since her arrest in 2010. Prosecutors say she used her job as a … State won't seek death penalty for Willoughby |
Rick Santorum to speak in Mobile; Alabama senator goes Biblical; campaign news … – al.com (blog)
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Rick Santorum to speak in Mobile; Alabama senator goes Biblical; campaign news …
al.com (blog) Giving Alabama teachers a big pay raise could go against the Bible, state Sen. Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville, said recently at a prayer breakfast in north Alabama, according to the Times-Journal of Dekalb County. But McGill supports the 62 percent pay … |
Pass bills, then fix the Constitution – Times-Journal
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Pass bills, then fix the Constitution
Times-Journal It's because of our outdated state Constitution that three local issues require approval of the Legislature, but such is life in Alabama since the outdated document was written 111 years ago. So, bills pertaining to DeKalb County – the sale of draft … |
Alabama senator calls teacher pay raises unbiblical, defends raise for legislators – al.com (blog)
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Alabama senator calls teacher pay raises unbiblical, defends raise for legislators
al.com (blog) By Rena Havner Philips, Press-Register DEKALB COUNTY, Alabama — Giving Alabama teachers a big pay raise could go against the Bible, state Sen. Shadrack McGill (R-Woodville) said recently at a prayer breakfast in north Alabama, according to the … Times Journal article goes viral: Shadrack McGill blasted in world media Alabama State Senator Says Low Teacher Pay Is 'A Bibilical Principle' |
DeKalb County works to honor victims of April 27 tornadoes – Chattanooga Times Free Press
 Chattanooga Times Free Press |
DeKalb County works to honor victims of April 27 tornadoes
Chattanooga Times Free Press Donations for the memorial can be made to the DeKalb County Long-Term Community Recovery Committee, PO Box 396, Rainsville, AL 35986, by visiting the memorial's Facebook page "DeKalb County Tornado Monument — Memorial" or going to … |
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