Opelika Genealogy (in Lee County, AL)
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Opelika Birth Records
Alabama, Birth Records, 1908-present Alabama Department of Public Health
Opelika Cemetery Records
Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (selections) Ancestry 
Allen Cemetery Find a Grave
Alms House Lee County Cemetery Find a Grave
Bethel #1 Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery #2 Find a Grave
Brown Cemetery Find a Grave
Capps Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Chewacla Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
County Line Baptist Church Find a Grave
County Line Baptist Church Cemetery Genealogy Trails
County Line Cemetery Billion Graves
Cove Creek Cemetery Billion Graves
Dupree Cemetery Find a Grave
Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave
Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves
Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Garden Hill Cemetery Billion Graves
Garden Hills Cemetery Find a Grave
Hephzibah Cemetery Find a Grave
Hephzibah Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Holt Cemetery Billion Graves
Memory Hill Cemetery Find a Grave
Memory Hill Cemetery Billion Graves
Morris Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave
Morris Chapel Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Mount Zion AME Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Mountain Springs Cemeteries Find a Grave
Nazareth Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Oak Bowery Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Old Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery #1 Find a Grave
Old Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Old Mount Olive Cemetery Find a Grave
Pierce Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave
Pinehurst Cemetery Billion Graves
Pitts Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave
Pitts Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Pleasant Hill AME Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Power Hill Cemetery Billion Graves
Rising Star Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Rosemere Cemetery Billion Graves
Rosemere Cemetery Find a Grave
Ross Cemetery Find a Grave
Ross Cemetery Billion Graves
Ross Cemetery Records Interment
Ross Cemetery, African American US Gen Web Archives
Shady Grove Cemetery #2, Opelika US Gen Web Archives
Shady Grove Community Cemetery Find a Grave
Society Hill Cemetery Billion Graves
Union Hill CME Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Zion at the Hill A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Opelika Census Records
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Opelika Church Records
Church records, 1910-1996 (Catholic Church. St. Mary of the Mission (Opelika, Alabama)) FamilySearch Library
Emmanual Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1870-1879 Ancestry
Emmanuel Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1858-1948 Ancestry
Emmanuel Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1948-1964 Ancestry
Emmanuel Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1964-1970 Ancestry
Opelika City Directories
Opelika (Alabama) city directories FamilySearch Library
Opelika City Directory 1923 MyHeritage
Opelika and Auburn City Directory 1960 MyHeritage
Opelika, Alabama, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Opelika Death Records
1908-1959 Alabama Death Index Ancestry
1908-1974 Alabama Deaths MyHeritage
Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (selections) Ancestry
Alabama, Death Records, 1908-present Alabama Department of Public Health
Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry
Opelika Histories and Genealogies
The history of Opelika (conclusion) FamilySearch Library
The history of Opelika : and her agricultural tributary territory FamilySearch Library
The history of Opelika and her agricultural tributary territory : embracing more particularly Lee and Russell counties, from the earliest settlement to the present date FamilySearch Library
Opelika Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, 1903 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, 1909 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, December 1893 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, January 1885 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, June 1888 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, May 1898 Library of Congress
Opelika Marriage Records
1816-1942 Alabama Select Marriages Ancestry
Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936 (selections) Family Search
Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) Ancestry
Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 Ancestry
Alabama, Marriage Records, 1936-present Alabama Department of Public Health
Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry
Opelika Military Records
Shockley's Independent Escort Company (Gilmer, Morgan S., b. 1847?) FamilySearch Library
Opelika Newspapers and Obituaries
East Alabama Monitor, 1868-1869 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Opelika Daily News 1926-1969 Newspapers.com
Opelika Observer 1875-1883 Newspapers.com
Opelika Observer, 1876-1877 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Opelika Times 1875-1886 Newspapers.com
Opelika Weekly Era and Whig 1871-1871 Newspapers.com
Opelika Weekly Era and Whig, 1871 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Opelika Weekly Locomotive 1871-1871 Newspapers.com
Opelika Weekly Observer, 1875 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Opelika Weekly Times, 1875-1877 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Opelika-Auburn News 01/30/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank
Opelika-Auburn News 1969-2023 Newspapers.com
Southern Republic 1861-1862 Newspapers.com
Southern Republic, 1861-1862 Alabama Department of Archives and History
Times 1886-1887 Newspapers.com
True Union 1871-1871 Newspapers.com
Union Republican 1868-1869 Newspapers.com
Weekly Southern Era 1859-1860 Newspapers.com
Offline Newspapers for OpelikaAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. East Alabama Monitor. (Opelika, Ala.) 1860s-1869 Opelika Daily News. (Opelika, Ala.) 1904-1969 Opelika Daily Times. (Opelika, Ala.) 1874-1876 Opelika Democrat. (Opelika, Ala.) 1887-1889 Opelika Eagle. (Opelika, Ala.) 1947-1950 Opelika Industrial News. (Opelika, Ala.) 1890-1904 Opelika Leader. (Opelika, Ala.) 1878-1880s Opelika Locomotive. (Opelika, Ala.) 1871-1873 Opelika Morning Post. (Opelika, Ala.) 1908-1909 Opelika New Era. (Opelika, Ala.) 1869-1870 Opelika Observer. (Opelika, Ala.) 1873-1870s Opelika Observer. (Opelika, Ala.) 1875-1883 Opelika Post. (Opelika, Ala.) 1894-1908 Opelika Recorder. (Opelika, Ala.) 1860s-1870s Opelika Times. (Opelika, Ala.) 1877-1886 Opelika Weekly Era and Whig. (Opelika, Ala.) 1871-1870s Opelika Weekly Observer. (Opelika, Ala.) 1870s-1875 Opelika Weekly Times. (Opelika, Ala.) 1874-1877 Opelika-Auburn News. (Opelika, Ala.) 1969-Current Southern Reformer. (Opelika, Ala.) 1870s-1870s Southern Republic. (Opelika, Ala.) 1861-1860s Times. (Opelika, Ala.) 1886-1887 Weekly Era and Whig. (Opelika, Ala.) 1870-1871 Weekly Observer. (Opelika, Ala.) 1872-1873 Weekly Southern Era. (Opelika, Ala.) 1840s-1860 |
Opelika Probate Records
1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry
Opelika School Records
Clift High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958 Classmates
Clift High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Clift High School yearbooks, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Opelika High School - Zig Zag Yearbook (Opelika, AL), 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1988 E Yearbook
Scott Preparatory School yearbook, 1979 Classmates
Scott Preparatory School yearbook, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Scott Preparatory School yearbook, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
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