Houston County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Houston County

County Courthouse
Houston County Courthouse 462 North Oats Street Dothan, AL 36303 Phone: (334) 677-4805

Health Department has birth, death and burial records Probate Office has marriage, probate and land records from 1903 Clerk Circuit Court has court records from 1903 Registrar in Chancery has divorce records from 1903

Parent County
1903--Houston County was created 9 February 1903 from Dale, Geneva and Henry Counties. County seat: Dothan

Neighboring Counties

 * Dale
 * Early County, Georgia
 * Geneva
 * Henry
 * Holmes County, Florida
 * Jackson County, Florida
 * Seminole County, Georgia

Cemeteries

 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Ashford City Cemetery
 * Bay Springs Cemetery
 * Bethlehem Cemetery
 * Beulah Cemetery Information about cemetery.
 * Beulah Cemetery, Dothan BillionGraves, with data and photos.
 * Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Bluff Springs Cemetery
 * Cedar Springs Cemetery
 * Clark Cemetery
 * Clayton Cemetery
 * Cowarts Cemetery
 * Cowarts Creek Cemetery
 * Crestlawn Cemetery
 * Dothan City Cemetery Information about cemetery
 * Dothan City Cemetery, Dothan BillionGraves, with photos and data.
 * Friendship Cemetery
 * Gardens of Memory Cemetery
 * Gates of Heaven Cemetery
 * Gordon Cemetery
 * Hunters Cemetery
 * Hurts Chapel Cemetery
 * Lassiter Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery
 * Little Vine Cemetery
 * Memory Hill Cemetery
 * Memphis Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Memphis Cemetery
 * Mount Gilead Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * New Corinth Cemetery
 * Piney Grove Cemetery
 * Piney Grove Church Cemetery
 * Poplar Spring Cemetery
 * Registers Cemetery
 * Rocky Creek Cemetery
 * Rocky Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Saint Phillips Cemetery
 * Saint Stephen's AME Church Cemetery
 * Saint Stephens Cemetery
 * Sanders Cemetery
 * Selma Cemetery
 * Shady Grove Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery
 * Union Springs Cemetery
 * Webb Cemetery


 * Houston County, Alabama, Cemetery Records. 1957. Digital version at - free. Includes Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Baptist Church Cemetery, Christian Home Cemetery, First Freewill Cemetery, Harpers Joy Cemetery, Hodgesville Cemetery, New Hope Primitive Cemetery, New Providence Cemetery, Robinson Family Cemetery, Rocky Creek Methodist Cemetery, Smith Family Cemetery, Spring Hill Freewill Cemetery, and Union Springs Cemetery.

Additional Houston County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records and  at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Newspapers

 * 1908-15, 1926, 1928-36, 1943-51 - The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Ala.) at Ancestry ($).

Vital Records

 * Houston County Vital Records at ALGenWeb - free

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
Dothan Alabama 3199 Ross Clark Cir NW Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-793-7425

Enterprise Alabama 110 Shell Field Rd Enterprise, Houston, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-347-3631

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