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Welcome to
Dekalb County, Alabama
Genealogy and History
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Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
This county is "Up For Adoption"
Genealogy Trails is a group of volunteers dedicated to putting data online. Our goal is to help you track your
ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers.
If you think you might be interested in hosting a county or state website visit our
Volunteer Information
Page - then email Kim.
This is truly a fun project and you'll learn as you go.
[You must have a desire to transcribe data and
need to know how to build a basic webpage to put that data on]
We are sorry that we don't have time to perform personal research.
Any data we come across for this county, will be placed on this site.
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County
Information
Named in honor of Major General Baron Johan DeKalb, a hero of the American Revolution.
Its county seat is Fort Payne
Created by the Alabama legislature on January 9, 1836, from land ceded to the Federal government by the Cherokee
Nation.
DeKalb County was the one time home of the famous Cherokee Sequoyah.
[Source: wikipedia.org]
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Cities and Towns
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Collinsville (part - part of Collinsville is in Cherokee County)
Crossville
Fort Payne
Fyffe
Geraldine
Hammondville
Henagar
Ider
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Lakeview
Mentone
Pine Ridge
Powell
Rainsville
Sand Rock (part - part of Sand Rock is in Cherokee County)
Shiloh
Sylvania
Valley Head
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Online Data
(We need data!!!)
We hope you will consider contributing your Census Data, Marriage/Birth/Death Records, Obituaries, Biographies
and Pioneer Family History.
Send your contributions to Christina
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BIRTHS
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OBITS
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MARRIAGES
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CEMETERIES
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CENSUS INFO
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SCHOOLS
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DEATHS
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HISTORY
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NEWS ITEMS
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Website Updates:
Feb. 2008: CEMETERIES Index, ANTIOCH
Cemetery, BETHLEHEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST, & BROWDER Cemetery Death
Records, County HISTORY
Aug 2008: MULLENS murder news story
10 June 2008: CHANDLER, LINDSEY obits |
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We do it by regions - join as many or as few as you're interested in.
This is where we notify everyone of updates and changes.
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