Chilton County Book Resources

 

The following list of books are linked to more complete information. Some of them are outdated or duplicated in easier to obtain materials but I've included them so you can know that. Most of the books have a direct link to the Library of Congress (OCLC) web site. Their web site is linked to a large number of libraries and will give you a list of libraries that have the book. Most of the libraries linked to are large ones or universities and there are many libraries that are not listed. Many of them do not inter library loan but often copies of limited information can be obtained through inter library loan. You would need to know specific details to do that. Very few genealogy libraries do ILL of entire books.
Those not listed on OCLC may be listed with another organization such as a statewide system. Since I first wrote this more libraries are linked to OCLC.
To get an ILL you'll have to go through your local library and even in a large system there is often one person that handles ILL. They have more resources to find a book and who will loan it.
The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) has most of the books listed here and will do a limited amount of coping for a fee if you know the page numbers.

More info on interlibrary loan can be found at the following links.
The Library of Congress >> Librarians & Archivists >> Interlibrary Loan


Clicking on the books listed will take you to details.
 


    Availability of the following is unknown. Use the OCLC links to look for them.

    Other books pertaining to the early history of Chilton County, AL

      Memories Preserved, Vol. II: Scandinavians in Alabama and Guide to Interviews with Swedish Americans.
      Lilly Setterdahl and American Friends of the Emigrant Institute of Sweden, Inc. Verona, MO: Johnson's
      Valley Printers, 1992,Not Indexed
      Page 1 to 54 deals with the Scandinavians in Thorsby. This is a very good source of material on the history of Thorsby but from the standpoint of that ethnic group. Page 54 to 77 deals with Silverhill in Baldwin County and 77 to 80 with Fruithurst on the GA/AL border. All these communities had a similar background and some confections to the same Lutheran church body. It is based to a great extent on oral interviews. I had hoped it had some of the translated church records but although there are some references to them they are not included.
      OCLC: 19556559

      Silverhill had a similar background to Thorsby. Silverhill


    • A History of Early Bibb County Alabama 1820-1870 by Ulysses H. Abrams.

      • Copyright 1981, Mattie Sandford Johnson. [Availability not known. Recommend Interlibrary Loan.] OCLC: 10925568

    • Autauga County, The First Hundred Years, 1818-1918 by Daniel S. Gray.

      • 1972. Prattville Public Library. [Availability not known. Recommend Interlibrary Loan. ]OCLC 2083255

    • Bibb County Alabama - The First Hundred Years, 1818-1918

      • by Rhoda Coleman Ellison. 1984. University of Alabama Press.
      OCLC 45730180

    • History of Clanton First Methodist Church by Helen Parrish. Circa 1972. [Availability not known, not deemed genealogically significant.]

    • Verbena United Methodist Church by unknown author.Circa 1981. [Availability not known, not deemed genealogically significant.] OCLC 8378399



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    • Verbena, a Town Born of Yellow Fever by Sue B. McKinney.

      • Copyright 1981. [Availability not known, not deemed genealogically significant.] OCLC 21390772

    • 1907 Chilton County, Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers Thomas, Sue Hardy. F325.A42 1979. OCLC:22923344

      • This is included in Cecil Littles book

       

    • Chilton (Baker) County, Alabama marriage book I, II, III (1870-1883) Sue Hardy Thomas, Compiler.

      • The newer marriage book contains the same info plus ten years.

    • Chilton County, Alabama, cemetery census / copied by Sue Hardy Thomas.

      • Superseded by Cem. of Chilton F332 .C46 T48 1979. OCLC10597197

    • Chilton County and her people : history of Chilton County,

      • Alabama / Compiled by T.E. Wyatt ... in the year, A.D., 1941, OCLC 32841224I would advise checking the 1940 if you can and any of the other 3 editions.
      Rev. 1950.OCLC 29124115Available online at Ancestry and Heritage Quest. The only hard copy I can locate is at the ADAH.
      Rev. 1975 by Carlos W. Wyatt. OCLC 2753544 [Available from Chilton/Clanton Public Library, $10.00 plus $2.50 S&H
      F332 .C46 W96 1975
      Rev. 1985 is available from the Clanton library. OCLC 36713625

    • Confederate Park Cemetery / [compiled by Bailey G. McClellan

      • Chapter #2447. United Daughters of the Confederacy. Anniston,
      Alabama]. F332 .C46 U5 1976xOCLC 20406818

    • Genealogy, Lawrence, Edwards, Ham, Wheeler family of Bibb &Chilton County, Alabama, in the 19th century : our Carolina

      • ancestors who migrated to Bibb (Cahawba) County, Alabama, 1817- 1835, primary objective to trace the ancestry of the author /
      authored by M.N. Lawrence. CS71.L42 1977 OCLC 23238180

    • Genealogy, Lawrence, Edwards, Ham, Wheeler, Hicks, Bird,Latham, Spinks, Lawley family of Bibb & Chilton County, Alabama, in the

      • 19th century and sketches of some related families... : our Carolina ancestors who migrated to Bibb (Cahawba) County,
      Alabama, 1817-1835 / authored by M.N. Lawrence. CS71.L42 1980 OCLC 7097372

    • Genealogy supplement or addendum revised in 1979-1980 and printed in December 1980 titled Lawrence-

      • Edwards-Ham-Wheeler-Hicks-Bird-Latham-Spinks-Lawley family of Bibb / Chilton County, Alabama in the 19th century and sketches of some related families, our Carolina ancestors who migrated to Bibb (Cahaba) County, Alabama, 1817-1835 : supplement or addendum / authored by M.N. Lawrence. 929.2 LawOCLC 11609222

    • Heritage of Chilton County, AL.OCLC 45566601

       

    • A History of Chilton County / by Clanton Study Club ; edited by

      • Benjamin D. Roberts. F332 .C46 H57 1983 OCLC: 10502228

    • Thorsby : a northern colony in Alabama / Thorsby Real Estate Co.

      • F334.T56 T56OCLC 21615263

    • Williamses : a list of the descendants of James Livingston

      • Williams of Chilton County, Alabama / compiled by James Toy
      Williams. CS71.W72 OCLC 20697151

    • Some Ray, Dennis, Fair, Shirley Families

      • compiled by Joe Ray, Privately printed, no date, (I bought a copy about 1998 and as of 2006 Joe's phone and address still appear to be good. Lot's of mistakes as in most genealogies from the period but still useful. Joe states that the Shelby and Tuscaloosa county libraries have it.

    • Blest be the ties that bind : the families of Woolley, Williams, Garner, Gilmore, Jones, Yeager, Eiland, Whatley, and allied families of Chilton County Alabama, Cecil Little, 1991, OCLC: 28408229

       

    • Blalock family, Chilton County, Alabama, Cecil Little, 1992, OCLC: 37326141



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    • Cousins by the dozens, Cecil Little, Clanton, Ala. : [s.n.], 1991. OCLC: 34502522


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        Other Resources

        Hoole Library, Uni. of Alabama.         I've only been there once but I will be back. They have some things not available elsewhere. Their online catalog is excellent. (David Dennis)

        Wallace Library homepage
        This is an awesome library a little less than an hour North of Birmingham. They have a MAJOR genealogical Collection. See link. Other than Salt Lake City, B'ham FHC, and the State of Al Health Dept. the only place to access the Death Certs for Al without ordering it at a Family History Library. (David Dennis)

        Samford University Library 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, Alabama 35229

        AREA MAP

        The Library of Congress website search page. This is improving rapidly over the past few years as more libraries link their collections to it. It can tell you which libraries have a book in order of the closest to you. It also will give you a citation in your choice of 5 different styles at a mouse click.