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1870 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Alabama:

Autauga Dallas Marshall
Baker De Kalb Mobile
Baldwin Elmore Monroe
Barbour Escambia Montgomery
Bibb Etowah Morgan
Blount Fayette Perry
Bullock Franklin Pickens
Butler Geneva Pike
Calhoun Greene Randolph
Chambers Hale Russell
Cherokee Henry Sanford
Choctaw Jackson Shelby
Clarke Jefferson St Clair
Clay Lauderdale Sumter
Cleburne Lawrence Talladega
Coffee Lee Tallapoosa
Colbert Limestone Tuscaloosa
Conecuh Lowndes Walker
Coosa Macon Washington
Covington Madison Wilcox
Crenshaw Marengo Winston
Dale Marion

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.