(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Alabama
- Alabama A&M University Digital Collections
- Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Alabama Department of Archives and History Digital Collections
- Alabama Genealogical Society
- Alabama Historical Association
- Alabama Maps
- Alabama Mosaic
- Alabama State University Digital Collections
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Alabama
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library
- Auburn University at Montgomery Digital Collections
- Auburn University Digital Collections
- Auburn University Digital Library
- Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Alabama
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Alabama
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Alabama
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America – Alabama
- Documenting the American South
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Alabama Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Alabama
- FindAGrave
- Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
- Foley Public Library
- Freedmen’s Bureau Online – Alabama
- Genealogical Society of East Alabama
- Genealogy Trails – Alabama
- Google Books – Alabama
- HathiTrust – Alabama
- Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Alabama
- Internet Archive – Alabama
- Jackson County Historical Association
- Jacksonville State University Digital Collections
- LDS Genealogy – Alabama
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Alabama
- Mobile Municipal Archives
- Mobile Public Library
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Atlanta
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Alabama
- Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Pell City Public Library
- Samford University Digital Collections
- Sanborn Maps – Alabama
- Scottsboro Jackson Heritage Center
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- The Official Land Records Site
- Troy State University Digital Collections
- Tuscaloosa Public Library
- Tuskegee University Digital Collections
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Alabama – Birmingham Digital Collections
- University of Alabama – Huntsville Digital Collections
- University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa Digital Collections
- University of Alabama Special Collections
- University of Montevallo Digital Collections
- University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections
- University of South Alabama Digital Collections
- University of West Alabama Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Alabama
- US GenWeb Archives – Alabama
- Wallace State Community College Library
Here is the list of over 4,275 curated Alabama genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!