Escambia County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Escambia County

County Courthouse
Escambia County Courthouse 314 Belleville Ave. Brewton, AL 36427 Phone: (251) 867-0225

County Clerk has marriage records from 1897, probate and land records from 1869

Parent County
1868--Escambia County was created 10 December 1868 from Baldwin and Conecuh Counties. County seat: Brewton

Record Loss
1868 -- 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

 * Baldwin
 * Conecuh
 * Covington
 * Escambia County, Florida
 * Monroe
 * Okaloosa County, Florida
 * Santa Rosa County, Florida

Biography

 * Escambia County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Cemeteries

 * Baptist Hill Cemetery
 * Bethel Cemetery
 * Bethel Community Menonite Church &amp; Cemetery
 * Black Cemetery
 * Blackwater Cemetery
 * Booneville Church Cemetery
 * Bowman Cemetery
 * Bradley Church Cemetery
 * Brantley Cemetery
 * Brown Cemetery
 * Calvary Cemetery
 * Canoe Cemetery
 * Canoe United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Catawba Springs Cemetery
 * Cooper Cemetery
 * Damascus Cemetery
 * Dixie Cemetery
 * Dixie Church Cemetery
 * Dixonville Cemetery
 * Dollahite Cemetery
 * Driskell Cemetery
 * Elim Cemetery
 * Emmons Cemetery
 * Emmons Cemetery East
 * Emmons Cemetery
 * Fort Crawford Cemetery
 * Foshee Cemetery
 * Freemanville Church Cemetery
 * Freewill Cemetery
 * Fuqua Cemetery
 * Gay Cemetery
 * Green Acres Memorial Park
 * Hall Cemetery
 * Halls Creek Church Cemetery
 * Hammack Cemetery
 * Hammock Cemetery
 * Hanberry Cemetery
 * Hawkins Cemetery
 * Henderson Cemetery
 * Hillcrest Cemetery
 * Hollywood Cemetery
 * Hoomesville Church Cemetery
 * Huxford Cemetery (AKA Huxford Baptist Church Cemetery)
 * Huxford Church Cemetery
 * Jack Springs Cemetery
 * Judson Cemetery
 * Judson Indian Cemetery
 * Lambeth-Boutwell Cemetery
 * Lindsey Cemetery
 * Little Escambia Cemetery
 * Little Rock Church Cemetery
 * Lucy Hill Cemetery
 * Magnolia Cemetery
 * Mancill Cemetery
 * Mason Cemetery
 * May Creek Church Cemetery
 * McGowin Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery
 * Mize Cemetery
 * Mothershed Cemetery
 * Moyeville Church Cemetery
 * Nokomis Church Cemetery
 * Oak Grove Cemetery
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Odom Cemetery
 * Old Bradley Cemetery
 * Old Travis Cemetery
 * Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
 * Pineview Church Cemetery
 * Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Poarch Mission Cemetery
 * Pollard Cemetery
 * Robbinsville Church Cemetery
 * Rock Cemetery
 * Rock Creek Church Cemetery
 * Sam McGowin Cemetery
 * Sardis Church Cemetery
 * Serenity Gaden Cemetery
 * Steadham Cemetery
 * Still Cemetery
 * Sullivan Cemetery
 * Travelers Rest Cemetery
 * Travis Cemetery
 * Travis Creek Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery
 * Union Hill Church Cemetery
 * Wallace Church Cemetery
 * Weaver Cemetery
 * Weavers Cemetery
 * Zion Church Cemetery
 * Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Olive

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Escambia County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2006. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free surname index..

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 Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Atmore Alabama Family History Center
 * 166 Old Bratt Rd Atmore, Escambia, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-368-5130 Hours: Wed 6pm-7pm

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