Russell County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Russell County

County Courthouse
Russell County Courthouse P O Box 969 Phenix, Alabama 36868 Phone: 334-298-6426

County Health Department has birth and death records Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records Judge of Probate has marriage probate and land records.

Parent County
1832--Russell County was created 18 December 1832 from the Creek Cession of 1832. County seat: Phenix

Neighboring Counties

 * Barbour
 * Bullock
 * Chattahoochee County, Georgia
 * Lee
 * Macon
 * Muscogee County, Georgia
 * Stewart County, Georgia

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery Records of Jefferson and Walker Counties, Alabama. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1945. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Piney Grove Cemetery (Phenix City, Ala.).

Probate Records

 * 1830-1976 - Probate Records, 1830-1976 at  - free.

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Russell County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

 * 1816-1957 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Russell County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Russell County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Russell County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)