Gainesville Genealogy (in Sumter County, AL)

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Gainesville Birth Records

Alabama, Birth Records, 1908-present Alabama Department of Public Health

Births, 1909-1919; deaths, 1909-1919 FamilySearch Library

Gainesville Cemetery Records

Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (selections) Ancestry online

Charcone Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gibbs Williams Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Odd Fellows Cemetery Find a Grave online

Odd Fellows Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Cemetery Find a Grave online

Richardson Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Alban Episcopal Church Gainesville Billion Graves online

Spring Valley Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swilley Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Winston Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gainesville Census Records

1820-1866 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

1850 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

1855 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

1866 Alabama State Census MyHeritage online

1866 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Gainesville, Alabama LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Gainesville Death Records

1908-1959 Alabama Death Index Ancestry online

1908-1974 Alabama Deaths MyHeritage online

Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (selections) Ancestry online

Alabama, Death Records, 1908-present Alabama Department of Public Health

Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry online

Births, 1909-1919; deaths, 1909-1919 FamilySearch Library

Gainesville Land Records

Deeds, 1833-1901; general index, 1833-1925 FamilySearch Library

Gainesville Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, June 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, November 1884 Library of Congress online

Gainesville Marriage Records

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1816-1942 Alabama Select Marriages Ancestry online

Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936 (selections) Family Search online

Alabama Marriage Index, 1800-1969 (includes Sumter County 1833-1838, 1847-1901, 1936-1969) Ancestry online

Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) Ancestry online

Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 Ancestry online

Alabama, Marriage Records, 1936-present Alabama Department of Public Health

Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1833-1936 FamilySearch Library

Gainesville Newspapers and Obituaries

Gainesville Times 1909-1910 Newspapers.com online

Independent 1854-1865 Newspapers.com online

The Independent 1861-1865 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Offline Newspapers for Gainesville

According 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.

Alabama Reporter. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1837-1830s

Gainesville Messenger. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1886-1889

Gainesville Reporter. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1880-1880s

Gainesville Times. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1909-1910

Independent. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1854-1860s

News. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1868-1870s

Republican Pilot. (Gainesville, Ala.) 1840-1840s

Gainesville Probate Records

1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts from orphans' minutes book #1 1833-1839 Sumter County, Alabama Genealogy Gophers online

Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Ancestry online

Gainesville Tax Records

Poll tax records, 1901-1927, Sumter County, Alabama FamilySearch Library



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