Washington County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    Washington County

County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse 1 Court Street Chatom, AL 36518 Phone: (334) 847-2239

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1826 Land records from 1799 Military Discharge records from 1919 Birth &amp; Death Records from 1920 and probate Records from 1825

Parent County
1800--Washington County was created 4 June 1800 from Baldwin County and the Mississippi Territory. County seat: Chatom

Neighboring Counties

 * Baldwin
 * Choctaw
 * Clarke
 * Greene County, Mississippi
 * Mobile
 * Wayne County, Mississippi

Taxation

 * 1816 - Inhabitants of Alabama in 1816. Broken Arrow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955. Digital version at - free. Includes Washington County.

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

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Washington County has one book.

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.
 * Washington County ALGenWeb~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Washington County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Washington County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)