The data presented in Alabama Notes, Volumes 3 and 4 derive primarily from county court records, specifically wills and deeds, as well as selected marriage books and are supplemented by cemetery records, census records, and numerous other records of miscellaneous origin. A sequel to Mrs. England’s Alabama Notes, Volumes 1 and 2, the work at hand refers to thousands of ancestors whose records were culled from the counties of Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Shelby, and Wilcox.

The following is a list of some of the families treated: Adams, Autrey, Avery, Bates Benson, Blann, Bowler, Brantley, Burge, Butler, Chapman, Clements, Coleman, Corley, Cunningham, Cutts, Dacus, Day, Digby, Dobbins, Dunaway, Dust, Fike, Flanagan, Foster, Fowlkes, Fuller, Futch, Gayle, Gilmer, Glaze, Greer, Griffin, Hardin, Harris, Heard, Hendrix, Hightower, Hodnett, Holman, Holmes, Huntington, Huston, Irby, Jones, Jordan, King, Lathem, Lewis, Lockett, Lolly, Maples, Maroney, Martin, Mayes, Miller, Mobley, Moffett, Moody, Moore, Morrisette, Murff, Nelms, Nickerson, Nixon, Oakes, Packer, Parker, Phillips, Pickens, Pitts, Rawlinson, Rea, Reynolds, Riley, Risinger, Rogers, Sellers, Smyly, Speight, Stacey, Thames, Thomas, Thurmond, Tubb, Tucker, Wallace, Webb, Weissinger, Whittle, Worley, and Yongue.