Alabama Church Records

The Baptists (Southern Convention) form the largest denomination in Alabama. The first Baptist church was founded 2 October 1808 on Flint River near Huntsville. The Baptists are the only denomination having some form of centralized state and congregational historic records. Their records are housed in the Samford University Library, Birmingham, Alabama. Included are not only microfilmed minutes of defunct and active congregations, but also the personal papers of many churchmen and a run of the denomination's state newspaper, the Alabama Baptist (1835-present).

The state's oldest denomination, Roman Catholic, has records dating from the coming of Iberville's colony near Mobile in 1699. Most parish records are maintained by the local parish.

The first ordained Episcopal minister in the state was licensed in 1764 to minister to British settlers. The WPA Historical Records Survey in 1939 compiled a volume surveying the records of the Protestant Episcopal church in Alabama. The inventory contains a brief history of each parish, a statement on extant parish records, and an index by location and by parish names. Parish records are maintained by the parish. Unfortunately, the survey did not inventory any other denominational records. A copy of Alabama Historical Records Survey, Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama, Protestant Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Ala.: Historical Records Survey Project, 1939), is at the Birmingham Public Library.

In 1803 Lorenzo Dow, who claimed to be a Methodist, did his first preaching in Alabama. Methodist missionaries were sent by the South Carolina Conference into the Tombigbee area in 1809. Today, some Methodist records for north Alabama churches are housed at Birmingham Southern College, and south Alabama church records are housed at Huntingdon College, Montgomery. Birmingham Southern College has a run of the state denominational newspaper, the Christian Advocate (1880-present).
The first Presbyterian church was organized in 1818 at Huntsville. Historical records for active Presbyterian churches are usually maintained by the local congregation. Some records of defunct churches are held by Samford University and the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Source: Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book, American State, County, and Town Sources, 1992
Purchase: Ancetry's Red Book

• List Of Churches And Delegates To The Judson Baptist Association In Alabama, 1858

• Autauga County, Alabama Church Records

  • Hosted at Autauga Genealogical Society

    • Resolutions from Evergreen Baptist Church

    • Old Harmony Church Membership

    • Pine Level Church Membership - 1875

    • Rutledge Methodist Church Membership

  • Hosted at Autauga County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project

    • Pine Level Methodist Church Membership List , 1875
• Baldwin County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Baldwin County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Baptisms Of The Stedhams
  • Hosted at Silverhill History
    • Evangel Covenant Church
    • First Baptist Church
    • Zion Lutheran Church
• Barbour County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Barbour County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Records From Liberty Church & Shiloh Church, Barbour, Alabama
    • Pea River Presbyterian Church Session Book, 1854-1868, Barbour, Alabama
  • Hosted at Tracking Your Roots
    • Liberty Church Records: 1843-1849
• Blount County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Blount County, USGenWeb
    • The History of Blountsville Baptist Church
  • Hosted at Tracking Your Roots
    • Members of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church: 1886-1946
• Bullock County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Bullock County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • History Of The County Line Zion A.M.E. Church (African American), Bullock, Alabama
• Butler County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Butler County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Antioch East Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Antioch West Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Bethel Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Brushey Creek Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Butler Springs Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Central Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Damascus Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Ebenezer East Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • East Chapman Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • East Greenville Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • First Baptist Church, Greenville, Butler Co., Al
    • Forest Home Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Garland Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Georgiana Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Gravel Hill Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Greenville Southside Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Hopewell Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Liberty Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Mckenzie Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Midway Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Mt Olive East Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Mt Olive West Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Mt Pisgah Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church - Butler Co.,Al
    • Pleasant Home Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Sardis Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Shackleville Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Springhill Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Starlington Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Welcome Baptist Church - Butler Co., Al
    • Information About The Rev. J.H. Joyner's Book "History Of Baptist In Butler County, AL"
    • Misc. Names From "History Of Butler County Baptist 1819 - 1957".
• Calhoun County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted by Historical and Genealogical Archive
    • Original Minutes of the Antioch Baptist Church
• Cherokee County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Cherokee County, ALGenWeb

    • Cedar Bluff Baptist Church members picture, 1952

    • Cedar Bluff Baptist Church members list, 1952 (Print and use with the photo.)

    • Cedar Bluff Baptist Church minutes and records 1856-1870

    • Salem United Methodist Church history

• Chilton County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Chilton County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Marriages, Church Memberships, & Baptisms From The Records Of Revrend W. J. Reddick, 1901-1903, Chilton, Alabama
• Choctaw County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Choctaw County, ALGenWeb
    • Butler Methodist Circuit
    • Calvary Episcopal
    • Christopher Chapel
    • Halsell Methodist Church
    • Hurricane Baptist Church
    • Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Of Christ
    • Mt. Sterling Baptist
    • Providence Baptist Church
    • Rehoboth Baptist
• Clay County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Clay County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Hatchett Creek Presbyterian Church
• Coffee County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Coffee County, Alabama ALGenWeb
    • Church Associations
    • Churches and Delegates
    • Judson Baptist Association 1858
    • Judson Baptist Association
    • Sandy Creek Baptist Association
  • A Brief History of the Elba United Methodist Church
• Colbert County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Colbert County, ALGenWeb
    • 1913-1914 City of Sheffield Churches
    • 1913-1914 City of Tuscumbia Churches
    • 1920-1921 City of Sheffield Churches
    • 1920-1921 City of Tuscumbia Churches
    • Christian Home Church of Christ
    • History of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
    • Baptisms of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
    • Confirmations and 1st Communions of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
    • Baptisms of St Joseph Catholic Church of Sheffield
    • Deaths of St Joseph Catholic Church of Sheffield
• Conecuh County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Conecuh County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project

    • Bethlehem Association 1878

    • Brooklyn Baptist Church History

    • Shiloh Baptist Church Delegates, Conecuh, Al
  • Hosted at Conecuh County, ALGenWeb

    • Bellville Baptist Church Records (partial)

• Coosa County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Myrtle's Genealogy Page
    • Record Book of Carolina Church Coosa County, Alabama 1837-1845
• Covington County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Covington County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • The First Baptist Church Of The First Baptist Church Of Florala Copyright Date 1881
    • Good Hope Church History, Covington, Al
    • Goodhope Church Records, Part 1, Covington, Alabama
    • Goodhope Church Records, Part 2, Covington, Alabama
    • Goodhope Church Records, Part 3, Covington, Alabama
    • The Early History Of Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Part 1, Covington, Alabama
    • The Early History Of Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Part 2, Covington, Alabama
• Crenshaw County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Crenshaw County, Alabama Research Material
    • Pleasant Home Baptist Church
    • Chapel Hill Baptist Church
• Cullman County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Cullman County Public Library System Special Collections Department
    • Bowman (Boman's) Chapel United Methodist Church History
    • Bowman Chapel Membership
    • Historic Shady Grove
  • Hosted at Cullman County, Alabama USGenWeb
    • Concord Baptist Church History, Cullman, Fairview Alabama.
    • Lawrence Chapel Cemetery History, Fairview Community
    • Pastors of Flint Creek Baptist Church
    • Pioneer Preachers who helped to organize churches that constitute the Cullman Baptist Association
    • The Beginning of Shady Grove Church
• Dallas County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Dallas County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Baptisms By The Rev. Francis Beekman Lee
    • Marriages By The Rev. Francis Beekman Lee
    • Burials At St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  • Hosted at Dallas County, ALGenWeb
    • Register of St. Paul's Church, Carlowville 1837-1894
      • Baptisms 1837-1894
      • Marriages 1841-1891
      • Burials 1841-1893
    • History of Centre Ridge Baptist Church, Carlowville
  • Hosted at Pleasant Hill Prebysterian Church
    • Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church Membership - Oct 1881
• Escambia County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Escambia County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Catawba Springs Baptist Church, Escambia, Alabama
• Geneva County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Geneva County, ALGenWeb
    • History Of Reese Baptist Church
    • Mt. Gilead Church Membership List From 1927
    • Sandy Creek Baptist Association
  • Hosted at Grandpa's Silver Trunk
    • History Of Corner Creek Church
    • History Of Mt. Gilead Church
• Greene County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Greene County, ALGenWeb
    • History of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church
    • Sessional Records Of Hebron Presbyterian Church, Mantua, Greene County, Alabama
• Houston County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Houston County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Taylor, Al/Houston Co. Church Records
  • Hosted at Houston County ALGenWeb
    • 1858 Judson Baptist Association Pastors and Clerks
    • 1860 Judson Baptist Association Church Records
    • 1860 Judson Baptist Association Names of Churches and Delegates
    • 1909 Mount Ararat Church Membership List
• Jefferson County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Hueytown Historical Society
    • Bethlehem United Methodist Church
    • Hueytown First United Methodist Church
    • Mud Creek Baptist Church
    • Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
    • Rock Creek Baptist Church
    • Sketches of the History of Rock Creek Baptist Church
    • Vineland Park Baptist Church
• Lamar County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Lamar County, ALGenWeb

    • Antioch Church of Christ

    • Ebenezer Church History

    • Fellowship Baptist Church 

    • Macedonia Baptist Church 

    • Mt. Hebron Church  

    • Mt. Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church Deed

    • 1909 Register of Members Mulberry Springs Church
    • Old Mt. Pleasant Church
    • Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church
    • Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church  

    • Shottsville United Methodist Church

  • Hosted at Lamar County Kin

    • Chincopen
    • Fellowship Baptist Church
    • Mt. Hebron Church
    • Mt. Pleasant 
    • Mt. Zion Church
    • Mulberry Springs Baptist
    • Shiloh Baptist Church  
    • Vernon Church of Christ
    • Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, Fayette County, AL
    • Shiloh North United Methodist Church
• Lauderdale County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Lauderdale County, ALGenWeb
    • First Methodist - Florence
    • Florence Churches - 1913 - 1914
    • Florence Churches - 1920 - 1921
    • Stony Point Church of Christ
• Limestone County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Limestone County, ALGenWeb
    • Early Members of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
• Marengo County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Marengo County ALGenWeb
    • Aimwell Church History
    • Deep Creek Church Records
    • History of Vineland Baptist Church
• Monroe County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Monroe County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Lone Star Branch Of The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Monroe, Alabama
    • New Home Primitive Baptist Church Minutes, Monroe, Alabama
    • Zion Baptist Church Membership List 1890, Monroe, Alabama
• Morgan County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Morgan County, Alabama USGenWeb Project
    • Hebron Church Of Christ Church Roll Book, Morgan, Alabama
• Perry County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Perry County, ALGenWeb
    • Ocmulgee Church White Members 1820-1865
    • Ocmulgee Church Black and Slave Members 1820-1871
    • Ephesus Baptist Church, Perry County, Alabama
  • Hosted at Saint Wilfrid's Episcopal Church
    • A Short History of Saint Wilfrid's Parish
• Pickens County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Pickens County ALGenWeb
    • History of the Methodist Church of Alice
    • Charter Members of Bethesda Presbyterian Church
    • Organization of Big Creek Baptist Church
    • History of Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church
    • History of Oak Grove Prebyterian Church
    • History of Presbyterian Church of Reform, Pickens County, AL
    • Baptist Church of Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama
• Pike County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Pike County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Methodist (E) Church Circuit Rider Copyright Date 1854
    • Florida Conference Journal, 1864 pg. 522 Copyright Date  1864
    • First Christian Church  March 2 1963
    • Whittington, Sarah Shoemaker Church Membership 1857
  • Hosted at In Dixie Genealogies
    • The Clay Hill Church Register 1887 ~ 1939
• Randolph County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Randolph County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Zion Baptist Church Constitution, Randolph, Alabama
• Talladega County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Talladega County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • First Presbyterian Church - Talladega Co., Al
    • Marble Springs Presbyterian Church, Talladega, Alabama
    • Mardisville Presbyterian Church - Talladega Co., Al
• Walker County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Walker County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Walker, Alabama
• Wilcox County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Wilcox County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project
    • Early Baptist Churches, 1846-1849, Wilcox, Alabama
    • Early Baptist Churches, 1828-1845, Wilcox, Alabama
    • History Of Payne Chapel AME Church (African American), Wilcox, Alabama
  • Hosted at Wilcox County ALGenWeb
    • History of Payne Chapel AME Church
    • Founders of Pine Grove Baptist Church
    • Roll of Members, New Boiling Springs Baptist Church - May 1903
• Winston County, Alabama Church Records
  • Hosted at Winston County ALGenWeb
    • Childhood Church Memories of the Church of Christ in Haleyville
    • The Church of Christ in Haleyville
    • History of the First United Methodist Church in Double Springs
    • Original Register of Houston Methodist Church
    • New Prospect Baptist Church Historical Sketch
    • New Prospect Church Members in 1883
    • History of Old Union Missionary Baptist Church
    • Short Sketch of Pleasant Hill No. 1
    • Poplar Springs Methodist Church Register Book
    • Sardis Missionary Baptist Church History and Rules of Decorum
    • Sardis Missionary Baptist Church Membership Lists
       

 

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