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About Alabama Burial Records

Alabama's cemetery records reflect a rich heritage spanning Native American history, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. From historic churchyards in the Black Belt to national military cemeteries, Alabama holds thousands of burial records waiting to be found.

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Notable Alabama Records in Our Database

Here are a few records from Alabama — search the full database to find your ancestors.

Booker T. Washington

b. 1856 — d. 1915

📍 Tuskegee University Campus, Tuskegee

Educator, author, orator, and adviser to US presidents.

John Henry Newman

b. 1875 — d. 1948

📍 Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham

Baptist minister who built one of the first Black-owned newspapers in Alabama.

Cora Newman

b. 1878 — d. 1959

📍 Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham

Teacher and midwife who delivered hundreds of babies in rural Alabama.

Lucius Pemberton

b. 1856 — d. 1918

📍 Live Oak Cemetery, Selma

Former Confederate soldier who became an advocate for veterans' pensions.

Eugenia Pemberton

b. 1861 — d. 1940

📍 Live Oak Cemetery, Selma

Plantation daughter who became a schoolteacher after the Civil War.

Annie Mae Jackson

b. 1902 — d. 1991

📍 Grace Hill Cemetery, Birmingham

Steel worker's wife who raised five children during the Depression while working as a domestic.

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Notable Alabama Cemeteries

  • ðŸŠĶOakwood Cemetery (Montgomery)
  • ðŸŠĶOak Hill Cemetery (Talladega)
  • ðŸŠĶElmwood Cemetery (Birmingham)

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