Dale County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Dale County

County Courthouse
Dale County Courthouse Court Square Ozark, AL 36360, Phone:(334) 774-5003

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1884 and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has court records and divorce records from 1885 County Health Department has birth records

Parent County
1824--Dale County was created 22 December 1824 from Covington, Henry and Pike Counties. County seat: Ozark

Boundary Changes
1869 and 1884 -- 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
Barbour Coffee Geneva Henry Houston Pike

Cemeteries

 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Ariton Cemetery
 * Asbury Cemetery
 * Averett Cemetery
 * Beersheba Cemetery
 * Beulah Cemetery
 * Browns Cemetery
 * Byrd Cemetery
 * Carrin (AKA Corinth) Cemetery
 * Center Ridge Cemetery
 * Carroll Cemetery, Ozark
 * Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Clay Cemetery
 * Claybank Church Cemetery
 * Clay Hill Cemetery
 * Daleville City Cemetery
 * Dean Church Cemetery
 * Dykes Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Friendship AME Church Cemetery
 * Haw Ridge Cemetery
 * Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery
 * Mabson Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery
 * Morning View Cemetery
 * Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Mount Enon Cemetery
 * Mount Liberty Cemetery (AKA Level Plains Baptist Church Cemetery)
 * Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (AKA Wiggins Church Cemetery)
 * New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
 * New Summer Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Daleville
 * Newton City Cemetery
 * Old Bell Cemetery (AKA McCrary Cemetery)
 * Old Daleville City Cemetery (AKA Snell Cemetery)
 * Old Magnolia Cemetery
 * Old Mount Pisgah Cemetery
 * Old Salem Cemetery
 * Old Zion Cemetery (AME Zion Church, Ozark)
 * Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#1
 * Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#2
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Marley Mill
 * Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Arguta
 * Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Post Oak Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Sylvia Grove Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery, Ozark
 * West View Cemetery, Ozark
 * Woodlawn Memorial Garden Cemetery (partial)

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Dale County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. 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..

Local Histories

 * Hayes, Eustus Howard. Miscellaneous Records, Dale County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at - free.

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

A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Dale County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.


 * Dale County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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


 * Ozark Alabama
 * Mixon School Rd Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-774-9405 Hours: T-Th 6pm-8pm

Web Sites

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