Are we related? Is your great-grandfather our mother's cousin's grandma's nephew once removed? There's only one way to find out -- RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY. There are many other surnames in the county that are not listed.
Appleton, Ables, Avan/Avon, Avery
Bailey, Ball, Batey, Baxter, Bean, Beason/Beeson, Blake, Blansit, Bobo, Bohannon, Brandon, Brown, Burt, Bryan, Bryant/Briant
Coker, Copeland, Couch, Croley, Crow, Cunningham, Cuzzort, Chadwick, Chasteen
Dalrymple, Davidson, Davis, Deflis, DeShields, Dewyer, Dobbs, Dobson, Dodd
Edwards, Ellis, Ellison, Erwin, Everett, Evans/Evins/Evens, Evett, Ezell
Ferrel, Fischer, Floyd, Foster, Fowler,Fraisure/Frasier/Frazier, Frix/Fricks, Fugatt
Gass, Gaskey, Giles, Griggs, Guest/Gist, Greathouse
Hall, Hamilton, Hill, Hawkins, Hicks, Hickson, Holland, Hoge/Hogue, Hulgan, Humble
Irvin, Irwin, Izell, Igou, Ivy/Ivey
Jacoway, Jackson, Jones, James, Jolly, Jordan
Keith, Kerby, Killian, King, Kington/Kingston, Kirby, Knowles
Lacy, Lackey, Lowrey, Lowry, Long, Light, Lyons, Leath/Leeth, Lyda
Mathis, Mahan/Mohan, Mann, Martin, Moon, Morgan, Moore, Morris
MacDonald
McClung, McCurdy, McNair, McNaron, McKinney, McElhaney, McPherson
Nichols, Nicholson, Nix, Norris, Norrell, Noles, Norwood
O'Sheilds, O'Rear
Painter/Panter, Parker, Peoples, Petty, Phillips, Pointer
Quinn
Rhinehart, , Rice, Richey, Rogers, Roberts, Robison, Robinson, Roberson, Roden
Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, Stevenson, Schrader, Swann, Scott, Sawyer, Smalley, Smith, Siniard/Sinyard, Sizemore, Stansell
Tate, Taylor, Traylor, Tatum, Thomas, Thompson, Thomason, Teague, Troxtel, Turner
Underwood
Venable, Vann
White, Whittle, Wyatt, Wilder, Wilson, Williams, Weber/Webber
Yancy, Yates, Young, York
Please send us your DeKalb related surnames.
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COMMUNITIES:
Fort Payne-county seat
Portersville
Collbran
Collinsville
Crossville
Dutton
Dawson
Geraldine
Fyffe
Rainsville
Sylvania
Henegar
Ider
Cartersville
Higdon
Whitton
Adamsburg
Lick Skillet
Punkin Holler (Pumpkin Hollow)
Lydia (pronunced Lid-ie)
Guest
Dogtown (aka Ruhama)
Sulphur Springs
Hammondville
Mentone
Fisher
Blake
Bryant
Pleasant Hill (more than one)
Shiloh (more than one)
Grove Oak
Peek's Corner
Powell
Rosalie
Tenbroeck
Antioch
Lebanon
*May not be all of the communities in DeKalb County, AL*
Some links for more information:
http://fortpayne.com -City of Fort Payne and good links on county
http://tourdekalb.com -DeKalb Tourist Association
http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/dekalb.html -state archives/DeKalb
http://dekalb12.org -DeKalb County School System
http://trinityresourcecenter.org/Churches_AL/Dekalb/Ft_Payne - churches in DeKalb County, AL
http://www.rainsville-al.com -Rainsville, AL
http://www.census-online.com/links/AL/DeKalb -DeKalb AL census online
http://times-journal.com -one DeKalb, AL newspaper
http://www.Imn.lib.al.us/screens/MemberLibraries.html -links to North AL libraries
http://www.interment.net/us/dekalb.htm -one source for cemetery listings
http://daddezio.com/records/room/RR-AL-NDX.html -instructions for obtaining vital records from AL and other states; other good links
http://www.crosvillealabama.com/index.html -information on Crossville, AL
http://www.collinsvillealabama.net -information on Collinsville, AL
http://www.VisitAlabamaMountains.com -Fort Payne, Sand Mountain, and Mentone, AL
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SOME MAP SITES:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/landrec.html
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/counties/dekalb.html
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/counties/index.html
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/index.html
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Chambers of Commerce and Tourism addresses---for North Alabama
Albertville COC
P.O. Box 1457
Albertville, AL 35950
256-878-3821
www.cityofalbertville.com
Arab COC
1157 N. Main St.
Arab, AL 35016
256-586-3138
www.arabcity.org
Ardmore AL/TN COC
256-423-7588
256-508-7314
COC of Athens-Limestone County
101 South Beaty St.
P.O. Box 150
Athens, AL 35612
256-232-2600
www.tourathens.com
Blount County/Oneonta COC
P.O. Box 1487
Oneonta, AL35121
205-274-2153
www.coveredbridge.org
Boaz COC
306 W. Mann Ave.
Boaz, AL 35957
256-593-8154
www.boazalabama.com
Cherokee Couty COC
801 Cedar Bluff Road
P.O. Box 86
Centre, AL 35960
256-927-8455
www.cherokee-chamber.org
Colbert County Tourism & Convention Bureau
Hwy 72 West
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
256-383-0783
www.colbertcountytourism.org
Cullman Area COC
P.O. Box 1104
Cullman, AL 35056
256-734-0454
www.cullmanchamber.org
Decatur-Morgan County COC
515 Sixth Ave. N. E.
P.O. Box 2003
Decatur, AL 35602
256-353-5312
www.dcc.org
Decatur-Morgan Convention & Visitors Bureau
P.O. Box 2349
Decatur, AL 35602
256-350-2028
www.decaturcvb.org
DeKalb County Tourist Association
P.O. Box 681165
Fort Payne, AL 35968
256-845-3957
www.tourdekalb.com
Florence/Lauderdale Tourism
One Hightower Place
Florence, AL 35630
256-740-4141
www.flo-tour.org
Fort Payne COC
300 Gault Ave. N
P.O. Box 680125
Fort Payne, AL 35968
256-845-2741
www.fortpayne.com
Franklin County COC
P.O. Box 44
Russellville, AL 35653
256-332-1760
www.franklincountychamber.org
Gadsden Area COC
One Commerce Square
P.O. Box 185
Gadsden, AL 35902
256-543-3472
www.gadsdenchamber.com
Gadsden-Etowah Tourism Board
105B Locust Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
256-549-0351
www.gadsden-etowahtourismboard.com
Grant COC
P.O. Box 221
Grant, AL 35747
256-728-8800
www.grantchamberofcommerce.com
Greater Jackson County COC
407 E. Willow St.
Scottsboro, AL 35768
256-259-5500
www.sjcchamber.org
Haleyville COC
1200 21st Street
P.O. Box 634
Haleyville, AL 35565
205-486-4611
Hamilton Area COC
P.O. Box 1168
Hamilton, AL 35570
205-921-7786
www.cityofhamilton.org
Hartselle Area COC
110 Railroad St. SW
Hartselle, AL 35640
256-773-4370
www.hartsellechamber.com
Huntsville/Madison County COC
P.O. Box 408
Huntsville, AL 35804
256-535-2000
www.hsvchamber.org
Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau
500 Church Street, Suite 1
Huntsville, AL 35801
256-551-2230
www.huntsville.org
Lake Guntersville COC
P.O. Box 577
Guntersville, AL 35976
256-582-3612-800-869-5253
www.lakeguntersville.org
Lawrence County COC
12001 AL Hwy 157
P.O. Box 325
Moulton, AL 35650
256-974-1658
www.lawrencealabama.com
Madison COC
204 Main Street
Madison, AL 35758
256-461-0518
www.madisonalchamber.com
Marshall County Convention & Visitors Bureau
200 Gunter Ave.
Guntersville, AL 35976
256-582-7015
www.marshallcountycvb.com
Rainsville COC
Main Street West (North Room-Tom Bevill Enrichment Center)
P.O. Box 396
Rainsville, AL 35986
256-638-7800
Shoals COC
612 S Court Street
P.O. Box 1331
Florence, AL 35630
256-764-4661
www.shoalschamber.com
Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel
401 Adams Ave., Suite 126
P.O. Box 4927
Montgomery, AL 36103
334-242-4169
www.touralabama.org
North Alabama Tourism Association
P.O. Box 1075
Mooresville, AL 35649
256-350-3500
www.northalabama.org
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Some zip codes in DeKalb and surrounding communities:
Albertville-35950
Boaz-multiple listings-call for info-1-800-725-2161
Bridgeport-35740
Bryant-35958
Collinsville-35961
Crossville-35962
Dawson-35963
Dutton-35744
Fackler-35746
Flat Rock-35966
Ft. Payne-35967, 35968
Fyffe-35971
Geraldine-35974
Grove Oak-35975
Guntersville-35976
Henagar-35978
Higdon-35979
Ider-35981
Langston-35755
Mentone-35984
Pisgah-35765
Rainsville-35986
Scottsboro-35768, 35769
Section-35771
Stevenson-35772
Sylvania-35988
Valley Head-35989
Woodville-35776
