Shelby County ALGenWeb

Free Genealogy Source for Shelby County, Alabama

A County Older Than Its State
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My name is Diane (Brandenberg) Seales.
My husband is Bobby Joe Seales.
Because of the decline in his health and Alzheimer's Dementia
I was appointed on 21 September 2023 to fill his position as the
Webmaster and County Coordinator for the Shelby County ALGenWeb.
"ALGenWeb is part of the USGenWeb® Project"

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Many of the original old courthouse records are maintained at the Shelby County Museum & Archives
located in Columbiana, Alabama

If you would like to place your related Shelby County Alabama family history FREE on this ALGenWeb website
please email me and I will send to you the instructions as to what format to submit your information.


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Shelby County, Alabama History and Genealogy
BEGINS HERE!
Shelby County, Alabama YouTube Videos of Interest
- All In A Day's Drive

- Walking & Biking in Shelby County by Leadership Shelby County Class of 2004


History of Shelby County, Alabama
- History of Shelby County ~ By Bobby Joe Seales
- Shelby County Courthouse Centennial Time Capsule Celebration ~ 1906-2006
Including photos, video and cornerstone ceremony speech
- Shelby County Alabama Probate Judges: 1818 to Date ~ By Bobby Joe Seales
- Shelby County Alabama Sheriffs: 1818 to Date ~ By Bobby Joe Seales
Including information on the Last Hanging in Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama
- Cahaba Coal Field Mining ~ There was a time when it was king
- Shelby Hotel ~ Gives a glimpse of the past
- Shelby Iron Company ~ Beginning of operation dates back to 1846
- Shelby Springs ~ The most notable resort in central Alabama
- Siluria Cotton Mills ~ Beginning of construction dates back to 1903 Updated

Plus links to view the
Thompson High School | Thomas Carlyle Thompson | Blue Spring Farm
James Thomas Phillips | The 1953 Tornado
Please check back often as additional "history" is added!
- The Beginning of Alabaster ~ Watch us grow!
- Early History of Calera ~ By Bobby Joe Seales
- Concise History of Columbiana ~ A story of great interest
- Bird's Eye View of the Early History of Columbiana ~ As told by E.B. Teague
Sometimes called Coonsboro
- Columbiana, Shelby County Seat, Developing Rapidly ~ August 18, 1929

Plus links to view the
1913-1914 Shelby County High School Catalog
1942 Shelby County High School "Shelana" Yearbook
- History of Harpersville
- Helena ~ Prize winning article on the History of Helena
- History of Keystone and Its Lime Production ~ One of the greatest of its kind
- Longview ~ Its population, enterprises, etc.
- Early Days In and Around Montevallo
- History of Pelham ~ The Gateway of Opportunity
- Early History of Vincent
- History of Wilsonville
- First Iron Made in County was Forged in Wilton


"Pelham Memories: A Pictorial History"
- Additional Book Information ~ Limited Edition and Quantity ~ Order Now
SPECIAL SALE PRICE
Presented by Bobby Joe & Diane Seales
In recognition of the Alabama Bicentennial this heirloom-quality,
hardcover coffee-table book offers a glimpse of Pelham, Alabama
in many stunning historic images on 128 total pages, archival quality.


Shelby County, Alabama Research Pages
- Complete Cemetery Survey in Shelby County Alabama ~ in alphabetical order

Once you have found your information please return to this page (using the back arrow) and ...
- CLICK HERE ~ to find the matching cemetery number, cemetery name and location

- CLICK HERE ~ for additional links and information on some of these same Shelby County Alabama cemeteries
- 1904 Register of Shelby County Alabama Voters
- 1905 Register of Shelby County Alabama Voters
- Early Shelby County Alabama Birth and Death Records
- 1850 Shelby County Alabama Mortality Schedule
- 1860 Shelby County Alabama Mortality Schedule
- 1870 Shelby County Alabama Mortality Schedule
- 1957-1980 Index to Bolton-Walton Funeral Home in Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama New
- 1980-1996 Index to Bolton Funeral Home in Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama ~ Listed by Alphabet of Death Year New
- 1866-1959 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 1960-1969 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 1970-1979 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 1980-1989 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 1990-1999 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 2000-2009 Index To Shelby County Alabama Obituaries
- 1820 Shelby County Alabama Census
- 1830 Shelby County Alabama Census Index
- 1840 Shelby County Alabama Census Index
- Shelby County Alabama Early Marriages ~ Not in the Marriage Record Books
- Shelby County Alabama Marriages by Rev. Marion Walker Jones ~Alpha by Groom
- 1824-1850 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1849-1859 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1859-1867 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1860-1869 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1869-1885 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1885-1891 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1891-1896 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1896-1899 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1900-1905 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1904-1906 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1907-1911 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1911-1915 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1914-1919 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1919-1923 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1923-1927 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1927-1930 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1930-1932 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1932-1934 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1934-1935 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- 1935-1936 Shelby County Alabama Marriage Index
- Shelby County Alabama Early Deed Book Index ~ 1827
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "B" Index ~ 1818-1841
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "D" Index ~ 1841-1846
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "E" Index ~ 1846-1851
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "H" Index ~ 1856-1867
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "K" Index ~ 1849-1854
- Shelby County Alabama Will Book "1" Index ~ 1896-1925
- Shelby County Alabama Record of Estates Index & Incorporations Book "A" ~ 1871-1899
- Shelby County Alabama 1818-1836 County Court Record Index
Orphans Court was later replaced by Probate Court
- Shelby County Alabama Chancery Record Book Index ~ 1856-1869
Chancery Court was later replaced by Circuit Court
- Shelby County Alabama Divorce Case Files Index ~ Through 1950
- Shelby County Alabama Bastardy Cases
- Shelby County Alabama Probate Estate Files Index ~ 1818-1915
- Shelby County Alabama Miscellaneous Documents Index ~ Miscellaneous "Drawer A"
- Shelby County Alabama Miscellaneous Documents Index ~ Miscellaneous "Drawer B"
- Shelby County Alabama Miscellaneous Documents Index ~ Miscellaneous "Drawer C"
- Shelby County Alabama Miscellaneous Documents Index ~ Miscellaneous "Drawer D"
- List of 1861-1868 Shelby County Alabama Jurors
- Shelby County Alabama 1869 Election Notice ~With List of the Registered Voters by Precinct
- Shelby County Alabama 1869 License Granted
- Shelby County Alabama Military Casualties
Inscription on monument erected by American Legion
Includes WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War
- W.M. "Mack" Wyatt Digital Newspapers Archive ~ Courtesy of Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama New
- Alabama Online Historical Newspapers ~ Including Shelby County Alabama, 1861-1949 New
- Newspaper Clippings from the Past in Shelby County AlabamaUpdated
- Oral Histories of Women in Shelby County Alabama
- Oral Shelby County Alabama History CD Index with Comments & Additional Information


Sites to Shelby County, Alabama Related Families
If you would like to place your related Shelby County Alabama family history FREE on this ALGenWeb website
please email me and I will be glad to give you instructions as to how to submit it to me.
- Bobby Joe Seales History & Shelby County Connection ~ including "Highlight Photo Album"

Plus links to view
Abraham & Clarissy Seale | Enoch & Biddy Seale | Greenberry & Sarah Seale
Rev. William Seale | David Lindsay, A Revolutionary War Soldier
Jessie Jonas Keith | John James Cabaniss | Miles Stamps Family History
Thomas Essman | James Massey Family History in Shelby County Alabama
Known Revolutionary War Soldiers in Shelby County Alabama ~ Researched by Bobby Joe Seales
Please check back often as other "connections" are added!
- John Turner Cromwell Family History in Shelby County Alabama ~ Submitted by Marshall T. Page and Bobby Joe Seales
- The Jacob Nabors Descendants of Shelby County Alabama ~ Submitted by John Robert Walker
- Rufus Monroe DeShazo Family History in Shelby County Alabama ~ Submitted by William C. Scott, Jr.
- Needham Lee, Sr. ~ Article from the "Lee Room" in the Shelby County Alabama Museum
- Menawa, A Chief of the Upper Creeks ~ Written by Miriam R. Fowler
- The Book "Theophilus"
A story depicting the lives and history of
"THE SOD-BUSTIN', TOBACCO-CROPPIN', COTTON-PICKIN', Southern Goodwins"
- Alabama Counterfeiters
The story of the romp through Alabama by counterfeiter Tom Davis and his gang of scoundrels
and of Shelby County cohort Smith Randall the "spiller of the beans."


Other Shelby County, Alabama Related Sites
- U.S. Land Offices in Alabama 1803-1879
This data accounts for the several land districts fixed at different periods in the first 75 years of the state's history.
- The Official Federal Land Records Site
- Shelby County Alabama Old Courthouse Books and Records
Maintained at the Shelby County Museum and Archives
- Shelby County Historical Society and the Shelby County Museum and Archives History and Information

To view searchable digital archives of the Shelby County Historical Society's Magazines,
Newsletters and Society Programs [April 1974 thru May 2016]
... CLICK HERE ...
- Bobby Joe Seales Retires After 15 Years of Leadership and Service
        with the Shelby County Historical Society and the Museum and Archives
~ November 1, 2015
-Cahaba-Coosa Chapter, Alabama Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Cahaba-Coosa Chapter was chartered in Pelham, Shelby County, Alabama on August 22, 2003.
Bobby Joe Seales was the founding first President, serving from 2003-2005.
- Blue Star Salute of Alabama
- Columbiana Culture Club History and Achievements 1937 ~ By Fay Miles Benton
- Maps of Shelby County Alabama
- TopoZone ~ The Web's Topographic Map


Shelby County ALGenWeb
"The Heart of Dixie"

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Diane (Brandenberg) Seales

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Last updated: 18 February 2025
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