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
Benefit concert helps Perry County – Selma Times-Journal
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Benefit concert helps Perry County
Selma Times-Journal A benefit concert held in Birmingham on May 5 yielded more than $7000 for the children of Perry County. âI was simply overwhelmed,â said Judson College education department head Gwen McCorquodale. âI didn't know what to expect. I thought it was like a … |
Unemployment drops significantly in April – Franklin County Times
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Unemployment drops significantly in April
Franklin County Times Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama's preliminary April unemployment rate is 6.9 percent, down from last month's 7.2 percent and below the 7.4 percent recorded in April 2012. April's rate represents 150,503 unemployed persons, compared to … Montgomery metropolitan area unemployment rate falls to 6.1 percent in April County unemployment rate dips to 6.5 percent in April |
County jobless rate falls to 7% – The Alexander City Outlook
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County jobless rate falls to 7%
The Alexander City Outlook Tallapoosa County's unemployment rate is down 1.9 percent from January 2013 to April 2013, according to the latest figures from the Alabama Department of Labor. Currently, the county's unemployment rate is at 7 percent. This number is 0.9 percent less … State, county jobless rate better Unemployment rate continues downward trend |
Boy, 9, takes first steps since beating rare disease – abc27
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Boy, 9, takes first steps since beating rare disease
abc27 Like most young boys, nine-year-old Deven Jackson of Shermans Dale, Perry County was getting pretty dirty while playing in his backyard the night we visited him. But unlike most young boys, Deven recently took his first steps since losing both his feet … |
Former Cannelton school superintendent booked into jail – 14 News WFIE Evansville
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Former Cannelton school superintendent booked into jail
14 News WFIE Evansville Indiana State Police say Al Chapman has been booked into the Perry County Jail. The former Cannelton School Superintendent is accused of embezzling more than $200,000 from the school. U.S. Marshals arrested Chapman in Louisiana last week and … |
State spends $38M for road repairs – Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
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State spends $38M for road repairs
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) The grants are limited to counties that have difficulty providing 20 percent of matching funds required in the governor's prior road and bridge program called the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, or ATRIP. ATRIP was … |
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