Alabama

AL Talladega Marriage Book 1834-A and 1834 A-1 (Notes)

"Why do some researchers show the marriage on one page number, another researcher shows a different page number?" is a frequent question about the early Talladega County, Alabama marriages.

Both Marriage Book A and Marriage Book A-1 are copies. They contain basically the same set of marriages. Whether they are copies of a copy, or copies of the original is unknown. There are no original signatures for these books, only the handwriting of the scribe. I'm assuming the original books fell apart and were destroyed.

AL Jefferson 1818-1940 Indirect Index, White Female Marriage Records

This index is huge. On this website are many digital images of pages
from the original book in the Jefferson county courthouse in
Birmingham, Alabama. It is primarily the pages that have "my" names on
them, though there are a few random others. Because the book is thick,
taking 'flat" pictures was extremely difficult. Also, the lighting is
fairly dim in the room, and I didn't want to disturb the nearby workers
with a flash. All that to say, I did the best I could under the

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