Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Geneva County

County Courthouse
Geneva County Courthouse 200 North Commerce Street Geneva, AL 36340, Phone: (334) 684-5620

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1898 and military discharge records from 1890 Clerk Circuit Court has court recrods from 1923 and divorce records.

Parent County
1868--Geneva County was created 26 December 1868 from Dale, Henry and Coffee Counties. County seat: Geneva

Record Loss
1898 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

Burned Counties Research

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Coffee
 * Covington
 * Dale
 * Holmes County, Florida
 * Houston
 * Jackson County, Florida
 * Walton County, Florida

Land

 * Pre-1908 Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dothan Alabama
 * 3199 Ross Clark Cir NW Dothan, Dale/Houston/Henry/Geneva, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-793-7425 Hours: T 8:30-11:30pm, 1:30pm-4pm; T-Th 6:30pm-8:30pm; Th 9am-12pm, 1pm-3:30pm
 * Enterprise Alabama
 * 110 Shell Field Rd Enterprise, Coffee, Dale, Houston, Geneva, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-347-3631 Hours:Tues &amp; Thurs 10 am -2pm Wed 4pm-8pm; other times by appt. Closures: Closed on Holidays

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)