Perry County Genealogy
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Perry County Alabama History and Profile:
Perry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established in 1819, and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. As of 2000 the population was 11,861. Its county seat is Marion.
The Perry County town of Marion was the site of a 1965 killing of a black man by a white state trooper that sparked the Selma to Montgomery marches. In 2008, the county voted to establish a Barack Obama Day, a legal holiday, every second Monday of November.
Perry County is home to Perry Lakes Park, part of the Talladega National Forest, and the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame located at Judson College.
Source: Wikipedia.
Cities and Towns of Perry County, Alabama:
* Adler
* Augustin
* Cleveland Mills
* Coleman
* Cunningham
* Ellards
* Folsom
* Hamburg
* Heiberger
* Hillcrest
* Jericho
* Levert
* Marion
* Morgan Springs
* Nave
* Norman
* Oakmulgee
* Osborn
* Panhandle
* Perryville
* Radford
* Sprott
* Suttle
* Tayloe
* Uniontown
* Vaiden
* Vilula
* Zimmerman
Perry County Government
Perry County Government – Official Site
Uniontown Alabama – Official Site
Marion-Perry County Library
202 Washington Street
Marion, AL 36756
Uniontown Public Library
108 Water Street
Uniontown, AL 36786
Perry County Historic Places
Chapel and Lovelace Hall, Marion Military Institute
Fairhope Plantation
First Congregational Church of Marion
Green Street Historic District
Henry House
Judson College Historic District
Kenworthy Hall
Marion Courthouse Square Historic District
Marion Female Seminary
Phillips Memorial Auditorium
Pitts’ Folly
President’s House, Marion Institute
Siloam Baptist Church
Uniontown Historic District
West Marion Historic District
Westwood
Perry County Genealogy Resources
Black Belt African American Genealogical & Historical Society
Covering the Counties of Alabama’s Black Belt Region–Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox
Perry County, Alabama USGenWeb archives
Perry County Genealogy page at KindredTrails
Vital Records
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 however. 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
1830 Federal Census Transcription
1850 Federal Census Transcription
1860 Federal Census Transcription – Free Persons
1860 Federal Census Transcription – Slaves
1860 Federal Census Transcription – School Teachers
Tax Records
Cemeteries
USGS listing of Cemeteries in Perry County
Perry County Cemetery Transcriptions
Cemetery Transcriptions (Although both are usgenweb this seems a slightly different listing.)
Query Forums
Genealogy Forums can be a great way to find other people that are researching the same ancestors as you are. Even if they may be not be researching the same direct line but related lines you may find information that is useful in your own research. Make sure to verify any other research that you add to your own research and try to document it well. If asking questions in genealogy forums it is good to provide as much information as possible and in the subject of the posting try to give name and a date or range of dates to help make your query more likely to be found. Posts with titles like “looking for family” or “help!” are too generic and something along the lines of “John Smith b. abt 1828 md. Hannah Jones” would be more helpful to get your post read by those that are interested in the John Smith/Hannah Jones family.
News Related to Perry County, AL
“Perry County” al – Google News
Alabama students give back in the Black Belt – Tuscaloosa News
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Alabama students give back in the Black Belt
Tuscaloosa News Others are complex, such as establishing an economic profile of available industrial sites in Perry County for inclusion on websites of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, the Perry County Chamber of Commerce and the Perry County Center … |
Uniontown sewage fix will cost more than $4M – Tuscaloosa Magazine
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Uniontown sewage fix will cost more than $4M
Tuscaloosa Magazine By Jason Morton UNIONTOWN | A team of engineers and consultants on Monday unveiled a $4.4 million plan to overhaul and upgrade this Perry County town's sewer system, which has been leaking untreated wastewater since 2005. The work will include sewer … |
Alabama sewage problems threaten downstream areas – Montgomery Advertiser
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Alabama sewage problems threaten downstream areas
Montgomery Advertiser The Tuscaloosa News reports (http://bit.ly/KXEGX4) that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management warns it could be a few weeks to a few months before the sewage in the water is washed downstream. State records show there have been numerous … Ala. sewage problems threaten downstream areas |
Briefly: Ivey to lead state’s GOP delegrates – Montgomery Advertiser
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Briefly: Ivey to lead state's GOP delegrates
Montgomery Advertiser Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey has been elected to chair the state's delegates to the upcoming Republican National Convention. Ivey was elected to the post Saturday. She served as the chair of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in … |
EDITORIAL: Prompt action important in sewage spill – Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
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EDITORIAL: Prompt action important in sewage spill
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) For years, Uniontown, a small Perry County town, has been slowly dying. That's bad news for the economically depressed Black Belt. But the fact that there aren't new subdivisions and businesses tying on to its sewer system might be good news for now. |
Sewage spill threatens waters in Perry County – Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
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Sewage spill threatens waters in Perry County
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) By Lydia Seabol Avant A sewage spill overflowing into Cottonwood Creek in Perry County has made it dangerous to swim or fish in Prairie Creek and parts of the Black Warrior River near Demopolis. The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday … |
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