Selma Genealogy (in Dallas County, AL)

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Selma Birth Records

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

Birth records, 1880-1930 FamilySearch Library

Selma Cemetery Records

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

Athens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Blevins Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brown Cemetery Find a Grave online

Casey Church Of Christ Cemetery Find a Grave online

College Hill AME Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Dr. Henry Cemetery Find a Grave online

East Salem Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elmwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Emmerson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greater New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lincoln Cemetery Find a Grave online

Live Oak Cemetery Find a Grave online

Live Oak Cemetery - West Side of King Street, Selma Genealogy Trails online

Lorenzo Harrison Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

New Live Oak Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Live Oak Cemetery Billion Graves online

New Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama : genealogical records from January 1, 1925 through December 31, 1987. WorldCat

New Sister Spring Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Live Oak Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pine View Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Columbarium Garden Find a Grave online

Sandridge Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Summer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Summerfield Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tarver Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Town Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Valley Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

White Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wilson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion No 1 Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Selma Census Records

1820-1866 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

1850 Alabama State Census Ancestry online

1866 Alabama State Census MyHeritage online

1866 Alabama State Census Ancestry 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

Selma Church Records

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Church records (microform), 1820-1948, Ocmulgee Baptist Church (Selma, Ala.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1862-1989 (Catholic Church. Church of the Assumption (Selma, Alabama)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1939-1971 (Catholic Church. St. Elizabeth's Parish (Selma, Alabama)) FamilySearch Library

History of the Valley Creek Presbyterian Church, Selma, Alabama LDS Genealogy online

History of the Valley Creek Presbyterian Church, Selma, Alabama Internet Archive online

Saint Paul's Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1837-1886 Ancestry online

Selma, the gospel at work : progress among the Selma Baptist Association (white) and the Black Baptists to strengthen their missionary and educational efforts FamilySearch Library

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1848-1895 Ancestry online

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1905-1913 Ancestry online

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1938-1970 Ancestry online

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records (included in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records) 1941-1970 Ancestry online

The First Hundred Years : A History of the Selma Baptist Church of Christ, Commonly Known As the First Baptist Church of Selma Ancestry online

Selma City Directories

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Polk's Selma (Alabama) city directories FamilySearch Library

Selma City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1920 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Selma City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Selma, AL 1904-1931 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Selma, AL; 1939, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Selma, Alabama, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

The Selma City Directory for 1880-81 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Selma, Fall/Winter 1931 thru March 1944 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Selma, March 1945 thru August 1961 Library of Congress online

Selma 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

Death records, 1882-1921 FamilySearch Library

Selma Histories and Genealogies

Selma; her institutions and her men FamilySearch Library

Selma Immigration Records

Naturalization declarations of intention, 1861-1862, United States Circuit Court (Alabama : Southern District : Selma Division) Archive Grid

Naturalization records, Selma, Alabama, 1901-1929 FamilySearch Library

Selma Land Records

Deeds, Sep. 1818 - Jul. 1829, Dallas County, Alabama FamilySearch Library

Selma Map Records

Perspective map of Selma, Ala. county seat of Dallas County 1887. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, December 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, July 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, May 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, October 1884 Library of Congress online

Selma 1887 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Selma 1887 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Selma Marriage Records

1805-1967 Alabama County Marriages (selections) Ancestry online

1816-1957 Alabama Marriages (selections) MyHeritage online

Alabama Marriage Index, 1800-1969 (includes Dallas County 1818-1826, 1835-1839, 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

Selma Military Records

Shockley's Independent Escort Company (Gilmer, Morgan S., b. 1847?) FamilySearch Library

Selma Newspapers and Obituaries

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Alabama State Sentinel 1853-1959 Newspapers.com online

Alabama State Sentinel 1857-1861 Newspapers.com online

Baptist Pioneer 1882-1882 Newspapers.com online

Central Alabama News 1947-1948 Newspapers.com online

Chattanooga Daily Rebel 1865-1865 Newspapers.com online

Daily Chattanooga Rebel 11/21/1864 to 04/27/1865 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Echo 1875-1875 Newspapers.com online

Daily Selma Reporter 1860-1865 Newspapers.com online

Daily Selma Times 1865-1874 Newspapers.com online

Daily State Sentinel 1860-1863 Newspapers.com online

Daily State Sentinel, 1862-1868 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Dallas County News 1933-1933 Newspapers.com online

Evening Mail 1882-1888 Newspapers.com online

Missionary Searchlight 1899-1904 Newspapers.com online

Morning Times 1865-1901 Newspapers.com online

Progressive Democrat 1880-1883 Newspapers.com online

Selma Advocate 1915-1915 Newspapers.com online

Selma Daily Reporter, 1861-1862 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Selma Dollar Times 1867-1882 Newspapers.com online

Selma Evening Dispatch 1864-1864 Newspapers.com online

Selma Evening Reporter, 1863, 1865 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Selma Free Press 1835-1841 Newspapers.com online

Selma Mirror 1905-1918 Newspapers.com online

Selma Morning Dispatch 1863-1864 Newspapers.com online

Selma Morning Dispatch, 1863-1864 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Selma Morning Reporter, 1861-1864 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Selma Morning Times 1869-1871 Newspapers.com online

Selma Morning Times, 1865-1866 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Selma Press 1871-1871 Newspapers.com online

Selma Record 1901-1902 Newspapers.com online

Selma Reporter 1851-1861 Newspapers.com online

Selma Sentinel 1965-1965 Newspapers.com online

Selma The Magazine 07/07/2020 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Selma Times 1865-1920 Newspapers.com online

Selma Times and Messenger 1865-1868 Newspapers.com online

Selma Times-Journal 10/02/2014 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Selma Times-Journal 1897-2021 Newspapers.com online

Selma Times-Mail 1889-1899 Newspapers.com online

Selma Weekly Messenger 1866-1867 Newspapers.com online

Selma Weekly Times 1867-1873 Newspapers.com online

Southern Argus 1878-1880 Newspapers.com online

Southern Argus, 1870-1877 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Southern Independent 1886-1886 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Mississippian, 1863-1864 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

Sunday Morning Mail 1883-1884 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Telegram 1896-1896 Newspapers.com online

The Daily Chattanooga Rebel, 1864-1865 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Daily Selma Messenger, 1867 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Daily Selma Times, 1865 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Selma Daily Messenger 1865-1868 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Selma Weekly Messenger 1866-1867 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Selma Weekly Times 1871-1872 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The Weekly Selma Messenger 1866-1867 Alabama Department of Archives and History online

The daily Chattanooga rebel, 1864-06-09 to 1865-03-15 Georgia Historic Newspapers online

Times and Mail 1888-1888 Newspapers.com online

Times-Argus 1869-1886 Newspapers.com online

Times-Mail 1888-1888 Newspapers.com online

Tri-Weekly Reporter 1856-1856 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Issue 1860-1861 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Times 1903-1906 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Selma

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 State Sentinel. (Selma, Ala.) 1853-1855

Alabama State Sentinel. (Selma, Ala.) 1853-1863

Craig Field Journal. (Selma, Ala.) 1940s-1940s

Daily Echo. (Selma, Ala.) 1874-1875

Daily Selma Reporter. (Selma, Ala.) 1859-1865

Daily State Sentinel. (Selma, Ala.) 1840s-1860s

Morning Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1880s-1901

Selma Courier. (Selma, Ala.) 1827-1830s

Selma Cyclone. (Selma, Ala.) 1886-1890s

Selma Daily Messenger. (Selma, Ala.) 1865-1868

Selma Evening Dispatch. (Selma, Ala.) 1863-1865

Selma Journal. (Selma, Ala.) 1890s-1920

Selma Mirror. (Selma, Ala.) 1900s-1920s

Selma Morning Dispatch. (Selma, Ala.) 1863-1865

Selma Morning Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1865-1868

Selma Morning Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1870s-1880s

Selma Morning Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1901-1900s

Selma News Record. (Selma, Ala.) 1970s-1977

Selma Press. (Selma, Ala.) 1869-1871

Selma Reporter. (Selma, Ala.) 1833-1860s

Selma Times-Journal. (Selma, Ala.) 1920-Current

Selma Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1900s-1920

Selma Weekly Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1860s-1870s

Selma [Dollar] Times. (Selma, Ala.) 1870s-1880s

Southern Argus. (Selma, Ala.) 1869-1882

State Index. (Selma, Ala.) 1880-1883

Sunday Morning Mail. (Selma, Ala.) 1881-1887

Tri-Weekly Republican. (Lynchburg Va.) 1866-1871

Selma Probate Records

1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

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

Selma School Records

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Albert G Parrish High School yearbooks, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Carlowville High School yearbook, 1959 Classmates online

Carlowville High School yearbook, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Carlowville High School yearbook, 1959 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Hudson High School yearbook, 1966 Classmates online

Hudson High School yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hudson High School yearbook, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

John T Morgan Academy - Forum Yearbook (Selma, AL), 1972 E Yearbook online

Meadowview Christian School yearbook, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Classmates online

Meadowview Christian School yearbooks, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Morgan Academy yearbook, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Morgan Academy yearbook, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 Classmates online

Morgan Academy yearbooks, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Parrish High School - Sel Ala Yearbook (Selma, AL), 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1959 E Yearbook online

Parrish High School yearbook, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Classmates online

Parrish High School yearbook, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Parrish High School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Selma High School - Sel Ala Yearbook (Selma, AL), 1924, 1925, 1928, 1930 E Yearbook online

Selma High School yearbook, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Selma High School yearbook, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Classmates online

Selma High School yearbook, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southside High School yearbook, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Southside High School yearbook, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981 Classmates online

Southside High School yearbook, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Westside Junior High School - Galleon Yearbook (Selma, AL), 1974 E Yearbook online

Westside Junior Hight yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Selma Tax Records

Poll taxes, 1901-1950 FamilySearch Library



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